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Re: member Wvirgle shoots a big public buck!

Unread postby Beauford » Fri Oct 14, 2016 1:38 pm

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Unread postby cbay » Fri Oct 14, 2016 1:48 pm

What a stud. Congrats!
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Unread postby stash59 » Fri Oct 14, 2016 1:57 pm

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Unread postby Lastcast#1 » Fri Oct 14, 2016 2:00 pm

ah...holy moly..Beautiful buck...Incredible.....

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Unread postby headgear » Fri Oct 14, 2016 2:10 pm

Yep beautiful deer!
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Unread postby mainebowhunter » Fri Oct 14, 2016 2:11 pm

Wow....wow..what a nice buck!
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Unread postby kurt » Fri Oct 14, 2016 2:14 pm

Congrats...I love the character

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Unread postby csoult » Fri Oct 14, 2016 2:16 pm

Wow! Great buck.

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Unread postby DaveT1963 » Fri Oct 14, 2016 2:17 pm

That's a nice buck!

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Unread postby James » Fri Oct 14, 2016 2:39 pm

Awesome buck. Congrats

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Unread postby U.P. MAN » Fri Oct 14, 2016 2:42 pm

Fantastic buck

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Unread postby Motivated » Fri Oct 14, 2016 2:43 pm

Congratulations!

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Unread postby PK_ » Fri Oct 14, 2016 2:47 pm

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Re: member Wvirgle shoots a big public buck!

Unread postby wvirge1 » Fri Oct 14, 2016 2:48 pm

Here's the story:

This was a long awaited trip for me and my brother, Thomas. We applied for our tags the minute they opened up and both got them. Mapped out some of the public lands we wanted to check out for a few months and finally left Baton Rouge after work on Thursday 9/16. We were racing to the first spot to try to beat the daylight. We got the overstuffed rental car to about a quarter mile from our first mapped out spot before we about got stuck in the mud and hoofed it the rest of the way in just as daylight was about to break. We blew deer all over the place from a small bean field hidden back in the timber but didn't find any good buck sign on the property so we started moving.

We hit property after property, see a boot track, back in the car, see a good buck track, put together a plan. All the while mapping out likely buck beds from what we learned from this site and the dvds over the past year. It was about 90 degrees the whole time so we scouted like crazy and limited the hunting to 2-4 hours in the evenings. NOTHING was moving more than 100 yards in daylight except coyotes. All the bucks we jumped and beds we found were set up right next to standing corn, in the exact spots we had predicted from the map. After each hunt we would find some green on the map and go look for two trees close enough together for a hommock, plan the next day, and lay there til the next morning.

We found a TINY piece of public cattle pasture about 150 acres with corn on the north side of it. We went in by the cows with low expectations after checking the perimeter road for tracks (nothing but cougar tracks all over). About 10 minutes in without seeing the first deer track we were about ready to move to the next spot when out of nowhere two really nice bucks jump up from the side of the creek and take off. We got out quick and kept scouting more and more pieces, while putting together theories of where they would move for bed after being busted in a semi open edge of the creek.

We picked our spots on the map the next day assuming they would move up to the next big bend in the creek with some thicker cover to bed. The wind was light out the south so Thomas snuck in to about 75 yards to the east of where we thought he would be and I went in from the opposite side of the property to about 50 yards to the west.

I got up on my second stick and found that any higher and I wouldn't be able to shoot much so I strapped in my saddle at about 8 feet. After the super sneaky entry it was about 5:50 and starting to feel right. A little after 7 I looked up and there he was stepping up from the creek bank directly between me and my brother coming right for me quick. I managed to get my bow ready and had to draw at 7 yards in slow mo with nothing between us. He never suspected a thing and I stopped him with my best impression of that stupid tree frog noise tv hunters make and let her fly.

He hopped out into the corn and then I heard the choking followed by some regular kicks and started shaking violently once I knew it was all over. When I got to the point that I could produce a sound, I yelled for Thomas in my best TV hunter yankee accent "I GOT HIM!!! DOUBLE... LUNG... GREAT.. BIG... (state)... BOONER!!!!!!" He showed up in about 30 seconds, just as excited as I was.

I left out the state in the story because we didn't see the first other hunter until I found a guy glassing from the road to lend me a pen for my tag. He was glassing the corn field the buck died in, and seemed ultra mad so I'm thinking he had been watching the buck over the last few weeks. He definitely heard me screaming like a fool after the shot. I told him I had shot a decent little buck so I don't think he totally gave up hope. Got the pen anyway. We only saw one other hunter besides that guy the whole week after scouting at least 30 pieces of public land. Is that common in places that aren't LA/MS???

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Re: member Wvirgle shoots a big public buck!

Unread postby Country » Fri Oct 14, 2016 2:49 pm

Holy Jackpot Batman! Congratulations!! BAM!!!


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