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Post by meateater on Aug 12, 2024 9:09:42 GMT -5
8.30 am friday morning stalked a nice 8pt, followed him thru the myrtles for bout a hour over 1500 yds and could never get closer then 75yds, then he disappeared into really thick cover. got back to truck exhausted at 10.30 and headed home, half day that was my plan anyway. saturday morning got to a cattle pond and sat up top of the hill, watched a spike ,4 point and a 6 point chase 2 doe,s from 8 till 9.30 then they headed off. 6 point never got closer then 100 yds and they where in a open field with 6 inch grass so no chance on a stalk. back to truck at 10.45 time to drive around with ac on. spotted a really nice 10 point at 11.30 5or 6 hundred yards out , got busted at 80yds and he took off, back to truck and half hour later spotted a really big and tall 4 point way over 10 inch beam so another failed stalk, he was in scattered myrtles and brush couple hundred yards off main road creeped around for a hour and then spooked him at 30 yds , he was behind a thick bush watching me the whole time. parked under a big oak at 3pm cranked the ac set my phone alarm for 5pm and i was out cold. drove around till 6.30 then parked at a lightly used trail and started walking at about 7.15 pm i spotted a buck walking same trail 200 yds ahead of me 5 point , stalked to about 50 yds then he winded me and walked off the trail into thick stuff, so i walked past where he went in and went another 5 or 6 hundred yards down the trail, turned around at 7.45 with wind in my face and headed for the truck, 8.05 was sundown so figured i would be able to see and shoot till 8.15 about. 10 minutes later caught the same 5 point feeding in a little clearing off the trail, crawled 15 yds, put 30 yd pin on him and double lunged him, waited thirty minutes by then pitch dark and billions of skeeters and other bugs attracted to headlamp, 50 yd blood trail, i actually could smell him once i was withing 25 yards, turned out to be a 7 point if you count 2 little 3/4 nubs . gutted him, dragged to truck only bout 50 yds away, check station, skinned and quarted him up, stopped for ice on way home. pulled into driveway at 1.45 am. meat in the freezer on 2nd day hunting so pressures off the next 4 months. full rut going on right now at this place.
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Post by Crkr 23 on Aug 12, 2024 10:03:52 GMT -5
Damn right, congratulations!
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Post by tampaspicer on Aug 12, 2024 11:49:31 GMT -5
Hell yeah
Congrats
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Post by nuthinfancy on Aug 12, 2024 12:25:02 GMT -5
It ain’t called supper island for nothin. Congrats on a good hunt
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Post by cracker4112 on Aug 12, 2024 12:47:36 GMT -5
Well done, and no heat stroke!
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Post by swampdog on Aug 12, 2024 13:57:14 GMT -5
Awesome meat! Enjoyed the read.
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Post by drivinmike on Aug 12, 2024 14:46:58 GMT -5
Way to put in the hard work! Congrats on a great hunt.
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Post by One Man Gang on Aug 12, 2024 16:11:33 GMT -5
Nice work Meat.
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Post by cyclist on Aug 12, 2024 17:06:20 GMT -5
You really earned that one, great job!
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Post by 4ward on Aug 12, 2024 17:51:03 GMT -5
Something tells me “ the pressure is off” is not something that is very true about you.
Way to get after it, and job well done! Nice work meat
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Post by altuck on Aug 12, 2024 18:03:03 GMT -5
Congrats to you, great story.
You probably saw more bucks than a lot of "hunters" see all year.
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Post by One Man Gang on Aug 12, 2024 19:18:41 GMT -5
I most liked the parts where he napped in the truck, rode around a little in the AC, and went home early. He is human after all!
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Post by meateater on Aug 13, 2024 11:39:46 GMT -5
Something tells me “ the pressure is off” is not something that is very true about you. Way to get after it, and job well done! Nice work meat when i was younger i admit i was a deers nightmare, 10 deer a year was nothing , thats just the glades. today all i need is 2. kids are all gone, wife is cutting back on red meat which means im cutting back on red meat. got 1 in the freezer so i will be a little picky, not with the horns but age and size of the deer. next one gonna have to have a big body and be mature. after i get 2 i will still work as a hired gun helping friends put some meat in there freezer as long as theres beer in the cooler and i dont have to drag anything. |
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Post by meateater on Aug 13, 2024 12:00:07 GMT -5
I most liked the parts where he napped in the truck, rode around a little in the AC, and went home early. He is human after all! it really was crazy out there, got the permit last tuesday in redraws. the rut is going on full bore out there, this weekend should be really good then slow down for 3rd and 4th archery hunts,muzzle and gun. TO ALL YOU ANTI TRANSFERABLE PERMIT FOLKS,,,, 45 permits given out, on friday there was 23 hunters checked in, on saturday 27 hunters checked in, this system sucks for the public land hunter. what happened to the 18 permits that didnt get used. |
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Post by One Man Gang on Aug 13, 2024 12:04:23 GMT -5
I returned mine, Meat. You probably hunted on it this past weekend. Look for your favorite wma a little to the north this week in redraws. I returned one for a hunt you wanted.
Good luck.
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