Whitetail buck on the ground

Trav · #1 09-21-2009, 12:25 AM

Went out tonight and took my buddy dave who has not hunted with a bow before and put him in a stand at 5:30 then I drove to my stand and got to the stand at 6:10pm. I settled in for the night and at 7:15 I seen a doe and two fawns walking across the meadow at about 250 yards all of a sudden right under my stand a 2x2 whitetail came flying past me goin mach 1 and right behind him was another buck a 3x3 on the dead run I figured they must have winded me and spooked. I thought oh well maybe another time. about 2 minutes later I heard a snap behind me on the cutline. All of a sudden there was 4 more whitetail bucks comeing past my shooting lanes. I think that these four bucks had chased the other two smaller ones, instead of me getting winded by them. This guy was the biggest of the 6. I looked at him and thought I was going to harvest him if he presented a shot for me because of his mass on the bases, I needed a summer cape for my last years buck since my cat wrecked the cape before I got it caped out last year. He came walking past my stand through the second shooting lane and I counted 6 points on each side. As he was walking towards my last shooting lane I drew my bow and waited he walked into the lane and I grunted at him with my voice and he stopped before he could look my way the luminok was going behind his shoulder. He took off and went 20 yards before piling up. I know he is not the biggest but I wanted the cape for last years.

outbackpat · #2 09-21-2009, 03:31 AM

There's nothing wrong with him, and you got kim with a bow, congrats!

russ · #3 09-21-2009, 05:52 AM

Nice deer Travis. I'll phone tonight, my season's been an absolute grind.

3Dshooter · #4 09-21-2009, 07:23 AM

Beautiful buck! I would love to see my pins on something similar. Congratulations, every deer harvested should be celebrated!

slopeshunter · #5 09-21-2009, 07:33 AM

Congrats, he's certainly got nice mass!

hunter10 · #6 09-21-2009, 08:01 AM

great whitetail

BigRackLover · #7 09-21-2009, 08:07 AM

Nice buck! I've never seen anything like that ... 6 bucks in the same stand. I'm lucky to see one per night.

russ · #8 09-21-2009, 08:13 AM

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Originally Posted by BigRackLover

Nice buck! I've never seen anything like that ... 6 bucks in the same stand. I'm lucky to see one per night.

I haven't seen a whitetail buck yet. It's been a brutal year for me.

timba · #9 09-21-2009, 08:26 AM

nice buck

str8shooter · #10 09-21-2009, 08:45 AM

Looks pretty good to me Trav. Nice work. Sounds like I'm having about as much luck as Russ. Opening day was good but not much since.

Congrats on the fine deer.

Walleyes · #11 09-21-2009, 09:52 AM

Yup thats a dandy,, never make exuses for taking a fine animal like that. You have every right to be proud of him..

Well done on the deer and great little story and pic.

Thx for sharing it with us.

Trav · #12 09-21-2009, 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Walleyes

Yup thats a dandy,, never make exuses for taking a fine animal like that. You have every right to be proud of him..

Well done on the deer and great little story and pic.

Thx for sharing it with us.

I roughed him today at 144 4/8 I will get him officially done soon

Sakoman · #13 09-21-2009, 12:55 PM

Nice Buck!!

Tabers Best · #14 09-21-2009, 03:38 PM

Nice bow as well (MX1 or MX2 ???). What arrows are flyin out of it. The deer is also nice.

COngrats

BrownBear416 · #15 09-21-2009, 04:18 PM

Great buck Trave..I love the Mass...

Congrats

Cowboy Al · #16 09-21-2009, 04:30 PM

Congrats. No need to apoligize for a quality animal like that.

Trav · #17 09-21-2009, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Tabers Best

Nice bow as well (MX1 or MX2 ???). What arrows are flyin out of it. The deer is also nice.

COngrats

Black mamba MX1 Pink victory arrows .350 spine with 85 grain montecs and a green luminoc

blackmamba · #18 09-21-2009, 06:20 PM

Trav , nice deer buddy .. Chalk up another beautiful deer taken with APA .. Congrats again . Oh love the arrows ,

mountain man 300 win · #19 09-21-2009, 06:24 PM

Good job! Congrats. I have seen 2 bucks and quite a few does. No shots yet. Oh well got lots of time. Congrats again

Rockymtnx · #20 09-21-2009, 09:00 PM

Congrats on a nice buck.
Looks like he has some good mass.
Job well done.

Albertabowhunter · #21 09-21-2009, 10:48 PM

Nice job Trav, I'm impressed your heading out in these warmer temps. sitting over water or just on trails out to the field?

again congrats!

Trav · #22 09-21-2009, 11:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Albertabowhunter

Nice job Trav, I'm impressed your heading out in these warmer temps. sitting over water or just on trails out to the field?

again congrats!

staying in the deep bush, they are moving around in the bush where it is cooler. It might be warm out but unfort for them they still have to move to survive to eat and get water. caught this guy on a way out of the deep bush to the alfalfa fields and oat fields.

SugarCreek · #23 09-22-2009, 07:29 AM

Beautiful buck...congrats on a great hunt and a fine animal......Marco