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Alex's redemption buck

Unread postby muddy » Wed Sep 22, 2021 3:02 pm

Opening night Alex drew fat and white hair off a real giant. Long story short we found a few pin drips of blood a.d that was it.

Tonight we went back to the same acorn transition flat he has shot every one of his deer off of. Yesterday was a sweet cold front and instead of it being 87° like days past it topped out at 68° with a NW wind.

We bumped 3 doe off the acorns walking in but set up anyway knowing deer would filter through closer to prime time. About 6pm 3 doe came walking up the ridge and 2 bucks followed about 75 yards behind. The larger buck started hitting some scrapes while the rest fed around. Eventually he worked into 45 yards and we readied for the shot. He lined him up and "CLICK".... Misfire?

He trotted off but wasnt too spooked as the wind was covering us a bit. At 60 yards he went broadside again and Alex lined up another shot... "CLICK" WTFudge? Fortunately the deer was far enough off the clicks didnt bother him. I grabbed the gun and quietly racked it again. I gave it an eyeball and noticed something... the safety was ON!! I got that figured out and we waited for the buck to go broadside. Fortunately he had walked closer to about 40 yards and this time thg old cowboy gun barked, the deer bucked, and the white flag waved.

We gave him 20 minutes and went to where we last saw him. Very little blood but I saw the bullet hit so continued down the path. Suddenly he opened up and shortly after that walked up on him. I really hate those Leverevolutions, super accurate but garbage blood trails for the first 50-75 yards.

Anyway, Alex was super happy and so was I. Always good to break the ice during youth season. 1 down, 2 to go.

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Re: Alex's redemption buck

Unread postby greenhorndave » Wed Sep 22, 2021 3:05 pm

Congrats! That’s an awesome buck
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Unread postby john1984 » Wed Sep 22, 2021 3:11 pm

Wow!!! Gr8 buck :clap:
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Unread postby mipubbucks24 » Wed Sep 22, 2021 3:12 pm

Congrats Awesome Deer
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Re: Alex's redemption buck

Unread postby Dewey » Wed Sep 22, 2021 3:16 pm

Great buck Alex. Congrats. :clap:

I think you better let that young man sign up for the Beast buck contest. I see a lot more bucks in his future. ;)
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Re: Alex's redemption buck

Unread postby Wihunter95 » Wed Sep 22, 2021 3:39 pm

Sweet buck congrats!
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Re: Alex's redemption buck

Unread postby Jackson Marsh » Wed Sep 22, 2021 4:00 pm

Congrats on a dandy buck Alex! :clap: :clap:
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Re: Alex's redemption buck

Unread postby Tsom » Wed Sep 22, 2021 4:06 pm

Awesome! Congrats!
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Re: Alex's redemption buck

Unread postby backstraps » Wed Sep 22, 2021 8:28 pm

Alex congratulations on a very nice buck!! :dance: :dance: :clap:
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Unread postby Wlog » Wed Sep 22, 2021 9:27 pm

Congrats! Very nice!
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Unread postby Ghost Hunter » Wed Sep 22, 2021 10:09 pm

Way to get it done!! :clap:
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Unread postby Ryan549 » Wed Sep 22, 2021 10:15 pm

Beautiful deer
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Re: Alex's redemption buck

Unread postby welded34 » Wed Sep 22, 2021 10:23 pm

Congrats!
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Unread postby PK_ » Wed Sep 22, 2021 10:56 pm

Dang man congrats!

Just switched to those bullets, I will have to pay attention to the blood trails. But not much choice for ammo in .32wspl.
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Re: Alex's redemption buck

Unread postby mag1 » Wed Sep 22, 2021 11:24 pm

Very nice! :mrgreen:


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