I will never quite understand hunting success...
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Re: I will never quite understand hunting success...
I think "husband of the year" would be behind that camera taking a picture of his wife with that buck!
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Great buck and nice story. Don't let your lack of history with that buck take from your success in stand placement, approach, timing, scouting and getting it done when the time came. I think with all the guys on TV and even some guys on these forums having "hit list" bucks they take most years, it gives the impression if you take anything but a buck with history it's pure luck. That is 100% false in my opinion.
Luck plays into 100% of hunting situations. However, there's a huge window of opportunities to up the odds in your favor. Sounds like you had confidence in that location for one reason or another. You played the odds in your favor and it worked! Congrats on that!
This is the first year I have ever taken a buck that I had labeled a "target buck". I have shot one other buck that I had seen on a previous occasion, and the rest were all first timers. I'd be willing to bet a good percentage of bucks killed during the rut especially, are bucks guys had never seen before.
Congrats again on getting it done, now go get the wifey one!
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Great buck and nice story. Don't let your lack of history with that buck take from your success in stand placement, approach, timing, scouting and getting it done when the time came. I think with all the guys on TV and even some guys on these forums having "hit list" bucks they take most years, it gives the impression if you take anything but a buck with history it's pure luck. That is 100% false in my opinion.
Luck plays into 100% of hunting situations. However, there's a huge window of opportunities to up the odds in your favor. Sounds like you had confidence in that location for one reason or another. You played the odds in your favor and it worked! Congrats on that!
This is the first year I have ever taken a buck that I had labeled a "target buck". I have shot one other buck that I had seen on a previous occasion, and the rest were all first timers. I'd be willing to bet a good percentage of bucks killed during the rut especially, are bucks guys had never seen before.
Congrats again on getting it done, now go get the wifey one!
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Great buck and story!
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Thanks so much for all the kind words fellas...It really means a lot to me on my journey of learning to hunt! The tree I picked did come with a little history as I saw deer using that exact area a few weeks back on a morning sit in the rain....just a funny little thing...a bend in a tiny creek with brush on the bank at about 20 yards...it wasn't much, but it was easier for deer to travel that little open area than cross that creek of fight the brush....it led to a path that was 20 yards from the target tree...just setting up a perfect broadside shot at any deer walking that little "funnel"...nice part was the tree was straight and limbless but had a smaller tree next to it that blocked the view of any deer walking south to north. You could see them but they were pretty much blocked from seeing you...by the time they were past it, bow was back and you were just waiting.
All in all a great night and the wife was right there experiencing the moment...tell you what she did a bang up job helping drag too!!!
All in all a great night and the wife was right there experiencing the moment...tell you what she did a bang up job helping drag too!!!
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A wife that helps drag deer...........now there's a perfect woman. I have one of those too!
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Great story, screw inches of antler, that's the good stuff right there.
Trust me, your preparation this year will serve you well for the rest of your hunting career. You learned a lot from it.
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awesome, congrats
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Spectacular!
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Congrats Briar!!!
Hey sometimes we make our own luck by just getting out in the woods and putting ourselves in the right place at the right time. Had a similar hunt this year but needed just a couple of extra minutes to get in the tree, instead I was on the ground when a large buck was chasing does by me and had no shot.
Hey sometimes we make our own luck by just getting out in the woods and putting ourselves in the right place at the right time. Had a similar hunt this year but needed just a couple of extra minutes to get in the tree, instead I was on the ground when a large buck was chasing does by me and had no shot.
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Cool story and a nice buck! My wife has zero interest in hunting so it's interesting when I hear about women that love it.
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No greater feeling, just look at your smile in the pic ~ great job and story!!
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Heck of a buck!
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Cool story and a darn nice buck.
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Dewey wrote:A wife that helps drag deer...........now there's a perfect woman. I have one of those too!
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Huge congrats! Great buck!
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