My Accura V2 .45 dropped a 9 @ 9

[Ninering62]

I just moved my treestand location a few days ago. I hunt from a Summit Viper Mini.
I had this 2.5yr old 9 point buck with 5 does come thru the pine thicket at about 9am. I have very limited shooting lines, so the instant I have an opening, I shoot. I mostly do head or neck shots to drop them in their tracks. It's just too dang hard to track & retrieve a deer that's run off after bein shot. DRT is the only way to go. This buck was quartering to me, nose into the 8mph northeast wind. Head shot on a walking deer at 70yds. The does all ran & stopped 20yds from me. I didn't want to reload & blow my sweet new stand location. So I waited until they moved off. Then as I was reloading a much nicer buck popped his head up comin from behind that herd & the sun hit all them horns. My eyes got big lol but he busted me reloading & high tailed it before I could shoot him. Hopefully my body will let me hunt again tomorrow. I couldn't have hauled two deer out today anyway. He's broken down & in a cooler with 20lbs of ice now. I am thoroughly whooped. But I saw plenty of deer & made a great shot on this guy. Awesome day in all.
I can kill 1 more buck this yr then I'm tagged out. Then it's fall Osceola turkey time.

 

[Mnt monkey]

Good shooting!!

 

[HC]

Congrats on a great shot..ya gotta love it.

 

[Ninering62]

Good shooting!!

Thank you

 

[Ninering62]

Congrats on a great shot..ya gotta love it.

Thank you, yessir I sure do love it.

 

[phalanx]

Nice shot! Sounds like you have to be quick from them stands.

 

[Ninering62]

Nice shot! Sounds like you have to be quick from them stands.

Thank you. Yep, in the past I've tried to wait for the deer to stop or get a perfect broadside shot, but that is just rare & I've had several get behind some thick leafed undergrowth trees & never see them again. I have a small semi open area around my stand & about 40yds from it, then it's pretty thick everywhere else. There's a trail running N to S & another running E to W & I'm set up to utilize both. But usually by the time I see them, they're danger close & I can't move. Or I have to be able to bring my gun up & shoot in a second or two.
It's challenging & really fun. Getting them out, even with a deer cart is absolutely brutal.

 

[deermanok]

Congrats brother, nice buck!
How do you like the mini viper stand?

 

[michiganmuzzy]

Great shooting brother! Beauty of a buck.

 

[Ninering62]

Congrats brother, nice buck!
How do you like the mini viper stand?

Thank ya kindly. This mini viper is sound deadened & only 18lbs. It's a lil bit tight inside it when I have my cold weather gear on, but not unmanageable. It's easy to pack, easy & quiet to set up, easy to climb up & down quietly, and still comfortable enough for dark to dark hunts. I had the orig Viper when they came out, but it weights 26lbs & was not sound deadened. I still loved the heck out of it & hunted all over the place in 3 states with it. I won't have any other self climber than a Viper. Well worth every dime.

 

[deermanok]

Thank ya kindly. This mini viper is sound deadened & only 18lbs. It's a lil bit tight inside it when I have my cold weather gear on, but not unmanageable. It's easy to pack, easy & quiet to set up, easy to climb up & down quietly, and still comfortable enough for dark to dark hunts. I had the orig Viper when they came out, but it weights 26lbs & was not sound deadened. I still loved the heck out of it & hunted all over the place in 3 states with it. I won't have any other self climber than a Viper. Well worth every dime.

My old API climber will need replaced one of these days. The mini viper is what I would want. I'm average height and weight.
5'9, 168 pounds. It should fit me pretty good.
Thanks

 

[Ninering62]

My old API climber will need replaced one of these days. The mini viper is what I would want. I'm average height and weight.
5'9, 168 pounds. It should fit me pretty good.
Thanks

You're welcome. Yes, that mini viper should suit & serve you very well. It can be used on trees as small a dia as 8". Thats how big of a pine tree its hangin on right now.

 

[Ninering62]

Great shooting brother! Beauty of a buck.

Thank ya kindly brother.

 

[deermanok]

You're welcome. Yes, that mini viper should suit & serve you very well. It can be used on trees as small a dia as 8". Thats how big of a pine tree its hangin on right now.

Lol, my way of gaugeing a suitable tree is by doing a bear hug. If I can touch my fingers, my stand will fit.

 

[MrTom]

Nice shooting. That kind of shot will stop a deer dead in it's tracks. looks to be a young deer so probably dandy fixins right there.

 

[edmehlig]

Great shooting a great looking buck. I don’t think I could have held thevML that sturdy to make that shot?

 

[toytruck]

Way to go! Great shot!! I guess the neck hole is the exit? I hear ya on being pooped after draggin one out...

 

[Ninering62]

Lol, my way of gaugeing a suitable tree is by doing a bear hug. If I can touch my fingers, my stand will fit.

That'll work! It's about that size too. Keep checking Amazon for a deal on one. That's what I did.

 

[Ninering62]

Way to go! Great shot!! I guess the neck hole is the exit? I hear ya on being pooped after draggin one out...

Thank you, yes on the exit hole

 

[Ninering62]

Great shooting a great looking buck. I don’t think I could have held thevML that sturdy to make that shot?

Thank you very much