Opening day was Saturday and found me perched 30 feet up a poplar tree at the head of a hollow flanked by small ridges of white oaks that were very heavy with acorns this year. At 9:11am I shot a nice large bodied 8 pointer five yards from my tree after he finished thrashing a smaller buck in the thicket below. 200 grain Shockwave, 110 grains 777 2f, and Remington Kleenbore primer, from the SS Disc Elite....did not need the range finder.
No hunting on Sunday, so Monday found me sitting on a white oak ridge overlooking a 150 yard deep and 300 yard wide broomsage field bordering a creekbottom filled with briers and honeysuckle. At 9:11 am I passed an 84 yard lazered shot on an eight pointer that was smaller than Saturday's buck. Had a spike walk under me at daylight. Decided to sit in my Summit until noon. At 11:20 I saw a deer walking toward me at 154 yards in the field edge. Up go the scope covers and low and behold, a high, wide, and handsome buck approacheth. I settled in and waited. All of a sudden he turned 90 degrees to the right and started walking toward the thicket, and in a couple of steps was behind some branches of two white oaks trees in front of my stand....panic sets in as I found a hole in the leaves and waited to see if he would arrive.....he did, but was disappearing over the knoll crest. The top third of the body was visible, so the Shockwave went on its way......no deer, standing, running, or laying in sight. Did I miss and had he jumped into the thicket unseen in the smoke. I was sick. I collected my thoughts, climbed down, and began the long walk.....as I crested the knoll, there he was........down and out with those beautiful mahogony antlers resting on the damp grass. 9 long points, 20.5 inch outside spread, and good brow tines.....what a day to remember! If someone will tell me how I will post pictures.
Thanks,
bomtek44
No hunting on Sunday, so Monday found me sitting on a white oak ridge overlooking a 150 yard deep and 300 yard wide broomsage field bordering a creekbottom filled with briers and honeysuckle. At 9:11 am I passed an 84 yard lazered shot on an eight pointer that was smaller than Saturday's buck. Had a spike walk under me at daylight. Decided to sit in my Summit until noon. At 11:20 I saw a deer walking toward me at 154 yards in the field edge. Up go the scope covers and low and behold, a high, wide, and handsome buck approacheth. I settled in and waited. All of a sudden he turned 90 degrees to the right and started walking toward the thicket, and in a couple of steps was behind some branches of two white oaks trees in front of my stand....panic sets in as I found a hole in the leaves and waited to see if he would arrive.....he did, but was disappearing over the knoll crest. The top third of the body was visible, so the Shockwave went on its way......no deer, standing, running, or laying in sight. Did I miss and had he jumped into the thicket unseen in the smoke. I was sick. I collected my thoughts, climbed down, and began the long walk.....as I crested the knoll, there he was........down and out with those beautiful mahogony antlers resting on the damp grass. 9 long points, 20.5 inch outside spread, and good brow tines.....what a day to remember! If someone will tell me how I will post pictures.
Thanks,
bomtek44
