Filled my buck tag yesterday morning. Wasn't even going to go out because I had to be back in town for 11:15 to pick up my daughter from school but decided to go at the last minute.
He is not a monster but not bad for where I hunt. Also due to the location of the shot I did not bother getting any field photos of him which is pretty dissapointing.
Here is a cut and paste from an email I sent my brother describing the hunt:
I sat first thing in the morning didn't see anything then when I went back
to that road we usually drive in on I saw 2 bucks jump out of the brush
right next to the road. Looked like a forker and a 3x. I watched them to
see where they went then decided to just keep going and do a loop around the
back end where that abandonded building is.
When I came back out I figured what the hell, I would walk in and see if
could get that 3x3. On the way in I was walking by some brush, I knew the 2
deer I saw earlier ran past it but figured I would check it out anyways. I
didn't see anything so was going to walk past then something told to to stop
and take a better look, sure enough I spotted this guys antlers about 80
yards away looking right at me. I turned and went to my knee. Brought the
gun up, he didn't look bad. Then I didn't know what to do,
all I could see were antlers basically, I tried to do a doe bleat to get him
up but he wouldn't move so I just shot him between the eyes. It Was
just luck that I saw him, I would have walked right past and he wouldn't
have moved.
Its a shame I had to shoot him in the head but he didn't leave me any choice.
Here are a couple pictures, they are kinda gory so viewer beware.
Opening morning WT buck in 116
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