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Most fulfilling season yet..

Unread postby bblefty » Mon Jan 25, 2016 3:45 am

I hunted extremely hard this year. I am in Medical school and have a very demanding schedule. I took a lot of time to scout this year and focus on one property.

I lost my Grandpa this March, who I grew up hunting with. Every year I would wish that he could kill just one more deer as he got increasingly ill and he always got it done.

As hard as I scouted in past years, I doubled down this year and never slept in or got down early. My goals were simple

1. To kill AND recover a whitetail with a bow.

2. Finally kill a decent buck!

The last 2 years, I have killed a spike each year and seen nothing else, despite hunting pretty hard.

This year I knew it was the year!
I missed a doe opening day (sept 15th) by misranging after shooting every single day of the year.

Did not see another deer until late October when two does walked into a small kill plot I made over the summer and I had my first clean bow kill in over 3 years:
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Finally, I hunted the entire rut without seeing much other than a couple does.
On a whim, I hunted the other side of this farm where I had never seen much activity, but I jumped two does walking out one morning. I had almost given up for the year as my family was sick of me always being gone hunting.

I went and sat with the rifle against this pine where I could see about 60 yards. One doe crept up on me and I almost shot, but it wasn't clean.

Then Tex appeared out of nowhere! I got one picture of this buck 2 years ago as a 1.5 year old or 2.5 year old making him 3/4, at 50 yards all I could see where his antlers poking out of the woods. I followed his neck line down to his front shoulder and squeezed off a round.

He took off and crashed, I found no blood, but after 20 minutes of looking, I found Tex rammed into a tree dead. I completely broke, this is by far one of the most special deer I have ever killed, as he was sent out of nowhere by my Papa.

It was also the same date that I killed my first deer as a 12 year old with my Papa. This is a big deer for South Carolina and a very hard-earned buck.
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Re: Most fulfilling season yet..

Unread postby checkerfred » Mon Jan 25, 2016 4:05 am

Congrats! I'm sure your grandpa would be proud!

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Re: Most fulfilling season yet..

Unread postby Bbostrom » Mon Jan 25, 2016 4:10 am

Congratulations great buck!

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Unread postby johndeere506 » Mon Jan 25, 2016 4:14 am

Way to stick with it. Great buck!

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Re: Most fulfilling season yet..

Unread postby backstraps » Mon Jan 25, 2016 4:48 am

Good job!! :clap: :dance:
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Unread postby Jackson Marsh » Mon Jan 25, 2016 4:57 am

Congrats bblefty! ! Dandy buck :dance:

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Re: Most fulfilling season yet..

Unread postby Lockdown » Mon Jan 25, 2016 5:15 am

Congrats! Way to get it done!

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Unread postby wickedbruiser » Mon Jan 25, 2016 5:18 am

Nice work!

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Unread postby john1984 » Mon Jan 25, 2016 5:33 am

nice one!

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Re: Most fulfilling season yet..

Unread postby stash59 » Mon Jan 25, 2016 5:45 am

8-) :clap: :clap:
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Re: Most fulfilling season yet..

Unread postby DeerDylan » Mon Jan 25, 2016 7:52 am

Heck yeah! Congrats

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Re: Most fulfilling season yet..

Unread postby Ghost Hunter » Mon Jan 25, 2016 7:57 am

Hard work pays off. Way to put him on the ground. :clap: :clap:
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Re: Most fulfilling season yet..

Unread postby jmaas07 » Mon Jan 25, 2016 9:15 am

Nice buck, congrats

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Re: Most fulfilling season yet..

Unread postby Wlog » Mon Jan 25, 2016 9:34 am

Outstanding buck! Way to go!

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Re: Most fulfilling season yet..

Unread postby kripp53 » Mon Jan 25, 2016 9:53 am

Awesome!


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