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October 2018 Beast Style Buck w Pics

Unread postby Sequoia » Sat Mar 23, 2019 10:11 am

Gents,

Found Dan's stuff on youtube around this time last year. Since then I have purchased his DVDs and find them to be the BEST info on real deer hunting out there. I put his methods into practice this last season and was rewarded with some of the most buck sightings I've ever had in a season, including watching a mature buck on public land in his bed... Wild... I'd never seen that before.

Here follows a quick story of an old bruiser i was able to arrow using a modified beast style approach....

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Unread postby Sequoia » Sat Mar 23, 2019 10:17 am

Early morning on October 26th I found myself checking the wind reports and trying to decide where I wanted to hunt. I had been doing some in-season scouting the throughout the previous week and identified a hot little patch of white oaks that were dropping a mere 30yds from a known bedding area. I decided to set up on the downwind side of those oaks and intercept the deer between the oaks and their bedding.

The white circle annotates the white oaks. The red is the bedding in the thick pines, and the green are the suspected deer trails coming out of the fields. Blue arrow indicates wind. Took this screen shot from my saddle after having been set up for over an hour. I sneaked through the woods to avoid bumping any deer in the fields.

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Unread postby Sequoia » Sat Mar 23, 2019 10:26 am

It was a cool, clear morning and my anticipation was high. I took this pic at first light because the woods were just so serene.

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Only a few minutes after I captured that picture I heard heavy footfalls to my north. I slipped my bow off its hook and peered into the gloomy, unlit under story of the forest. After a few minutes of searching I caught movement. The deer zig-zagged its way toward me, apparently feeding on the heavy mast fall as it slowly inched in my direction - I couldn't yet tell anything about the animal other than the fact that it appeared to be a good sized deer.
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Unread postby Sequoia » Sat Mar 23, 2019 10:38 am

As the deer came into bow range I could tell that this buck was a "sweeper", a "hammer", or whatever people call big bucks in your area. I was amazed at his width! I had never seen a deer like this. My nerves began to set in and I was aggressively searching for a shot opportunity, not wanting the old buck to wind me as so often happens.

He kept the zig-zag pattern going all while feeding directly towards me and offering nothing but hard quartering forward shots. Eventually he worked his way to within only a few feet of my tree and I knew that if he took another step he would smell where I had climbed the tree and be gone in a flash. I worked my way slowly to the right side of my tree in order to be able to lean as far down and to left as I possibly could.

He took one more step while browsing and then looked directly up at my tree sticks! I knew the moment was now or this buck would be forever gone. In one quick motion I drew, anchored and let fly an arrow I hoped would fly true. I don't like taking straight down shots but I knew my heavy recurve (65#) and heavy arrows (650gr with 300gr broadhead) could get the job done.

The string loosed, the arrow leaped from my bow and the buck tore off in a flash! All seemingly in the blink of an eye.

View straight down where the buck was standing.

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Unread postby Sequoia » Sat Mar 23, 2019 10:48 am

I at first thought it was a clean miss. The dawn had not yet come and I could not make out the flight of my arrow. I cursed myself for taking such a shot and shame hung with me in my saddle. Why had I done that? Maybe the buck would have fed past me and given me a perfect quartering away angle... maybe, maybe, maybe.

I sat there waiting for light and kicking myself for my lack of ethics, woodsmanship, shooting ability and whatever else I could conjure up. After 20 minutes or so it was light enough that I should be able to see my arrow sticking out of the ground; a reminder of my own stupidity. But alas! When I peered down, there was no arrow there! I picked up my binoculars and scanned and scanned and finally picked up just a broken fragment of my shaft protruding from the ground. I had hit him and it looks as if the arrow had completely passed through! Good news.

I quickly climbed down and found this.

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Unread postby Sequoia » Sat Mar 23, 2019 10:58 am

White hair and frothy specks of blood told me it exited his chest straight through the bottom and I had caught at least one lung. I excitedly packed my tree saddle and sticks onto my pack and sat at the base of the tree. After an hour I could no longer take it. I had checked the forecast and saw that rain was coming in a few hours which also expedited my decision to track.

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After a few yards....

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And then...
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Unread postby Sequoia » Sat Mar 23, 2019 11:01 am

After 40yds the blood began falling more steadily. I could also see where the buck had stumbled and I knew he would be down shortly.

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Unread postby Sequoia » Sat Mar 23, 2019 11:03 am

I saw a white ahead on the trail and knew exactly what it was.

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Unread postby Sequoia » Sat Mar 23, 2019 11:07 am

He was an old monarch. 5-6 years old (butcher estimate) and 27.25 inches wide. By far my most unique buck and definitely the most mature buck I've taken. I'm thankful for Dan's knowledge and the the knowledge I've gleaned on this forum.

You can see the entrance hole in the previous pic. Here's the exit. Arrow sliced angling through one lung and the back of the heart. All told he ran about 65 yds.

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Unread postby Sequoia » Sat Mar 23, 2019 11:10 am

Man, I love bowhunting.

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Thanks for reading.

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Re: October 2018 Beast Style Buck w Pics

Unread postby backstraps » Sat Mar 23, 2019 11:26 am

Man that is an awesome story and buck! Very cool to see guys getting it done like you did. AND MAN..... CAN YOU SAY W----I----D------E ! ! ! ! !

Congratulations!
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Unread postby muddy » Sat Mar 23, 2019 11:29 am

Cool buck, congrats.
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Re: October 2018 Beast Style Buck w Pics

Unread postby Grizzlyadam » Sat Mar 23, 2019 12:22 pm

Very cool!! Way to go man, great buck and congrats on getting him with the trad gear, that is not easy.
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Re: October 2018 Beast Style Buck w Pics

Unread postby Jackson Marsh » Sat Mar 23, 2019 12:32 pm

Congrats on a wide STUD!!

Loved the story. Well done on a cool setup.
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Unread postby OH nontypical » Sat Mar 23, 2019 1:55 pm

Great story and love the pics.


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