Last day public land 10pt.
- Bonecrusher101
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Last day public land 10pt.
Everyone I know has had flu like symptoms immediately following Christmas. Wife and kids were sick and throwing up and battling fatigue and body ache. I usually don’t get sick, but it caught me too and I had a couple rough days where I just was happy to have the last few days of the year off. Deer season closes today and with everyone feeling better yesterday, I had my eye on hunting.
I was watching this cold front but didn’t know what to expect with all the rain. I had previously been talking to My buddies about where we’d go hunt today. Both were still sick so I was just going to go it alone which is ok too.
I had a spot in mind that has a lot of oaks and it’s on some high ground and I was thinking deer would feed through there with this cold front blowing through.
There was standing water everywhere through the woods this morning. I couldn’t get across one of the ditches and couldn’t get where I wanted to setup. So I just climbed a tree where I hit the impasse with zero confidence.
I was only there till about 7:30 when I heard something behind me. These deer had crept up behind me and when I turned to look around the tree, I glimpsed a buck cruising. I got the scope on him and saw there was a 3 buck bachelor group. The first two bucks I saw were small and one of them started mock sparring with a nice buck with a solid frame.
I hurried up and shot the biggest of the 3 and knew he was a pretty nice one. When I got to him, I saw he was a very nice 10 point! Not how I drew it up and I have to believe in a higher power shining down on this cold sleeting overcast day. The lord has blessed me with a great season and a very nice 10 point on the last day!
It was a wet cold drag out, but I still stopped often and soaked in the cold rain and the thrill of the moment.
I was watching this cold front but didn’t know what to expect with all the rain. I had previously been talking to My buddies about where we’d go hunt today. Both were still sick so I was just going to go it alone which is ok too.
I had a spot in mind that has a lot of oaks and it’s on some high ground and I was thinking deer would feed through there with this cold front blowing through.
There was standing water everywhere through the woods this morning. I couldn’t get across one of the ditches and couldn’t get where I wanted to setup. So I just climbed a tree where I hit the impasse with zero confidence.
I was only there till about 7:30 when I heard something behind me. These deer had crept up behind me and when I turned to look around the tree, I glimpsed a buck cruising. I got the scope on him and saw there was a 3 buck bachelor group. The first two bucks I saw were small and one of them started mock sparring with a nice buck with a solid frame.
I hurried up and shot the biggest of the 3 and knew he was a pretty nice one. When I got to him, I saw he was a very nice 10 point! Not how I drew it up and I have to believe in a higher power shining down on this cold sleeting overcast day. The lord has blessed me with a great season and a very nice 10 point on the last day!
It was a wet cold drag out, but I still stopped often and soaked in the cold rain and the thrill of the moment.
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Re: Last day public land 10pt.
Awesome buck, brother! Congratulations!
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Congrats on getting it done!! Very nice buck!!!
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Heck yeah that’s a beauty! Sometimes it just all comes together and you gotta enjoy the moment. Congrats!
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Nice buck. Congrats.
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Great way to close out the season. Congrats.
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Excellent! Congratulations on a great buck!
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Re: Last day public land 10pt.
Man that is awesome!! Also to close the season out and a with a dandy buck!!
Congrats
Congrats
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Way to end season! Hunt to remember.
I'm reason they call it hunting and not shooting.
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Re: Last day public land 10pt.
Way to grind!
Congrats!
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That's going out on a high note. Congrats
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Re: Last day public land 10pt.
Nice job bro. Looks like the drag out was tough
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Dandy buck
Heck of a way to close the season. Congrats!
Heck of a way to close the season. Congrats!
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Well done brother congrats!
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