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Dejavu Buck

Unread postby PK_ » Tue Oct 22, 2013 7:28 am

Friday I decided to trek back out to the area where I killed my buck the week before since there was so much doe activity and the rut is really cranking there. I really wanted to hunt a different tree but the one I was in was so 'user-friendly' that I talked myself into climbing back into it. I dropped my Dad off at a tree that I killed a buck out of last year that was on the way. While continuing towards my tree after dropping him off, the smell of a rutting buck smacked me right in the face. That got my hopes high as we were each sitting on a major funnel on either side of where that buck apparently had been, or was headed.

The morning started off slow. Had a few hogs come by, I just filmed them with my phone, I didn't feel like dealing with a pig that deep on that hot of a day. I tried to roust something up by giving a few tending grunts. Little did I know a doe had made her way to about 30 yards in front of me and the second I hit the call she darted straight away from me with her tail tucked between her legs. 'They must be running pretty good', I thought.

Late morning I caught myself dillydallying on my phone taking random pictures of things like sunlit spiderwebs:

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After a few minutes I thought 'boy I really need to take a look around'. I noticed plenty of birds darting around making movement everywhere as usual. A flicker of brown/white caught my eye about 80 yards in the scrub brush, there were birds right where I saw the movement but I thought it really looked like a deer tail. Straining my eyes I caught slight glimpses of brown and finally saw a leg. I got the gun ready on the first opening it was going to pop out in. He steps out and bam I see good horns. Now he is moving through the lane at about 70 yards. 'BAAAHHHH'. He stops perfect broadside. Finally get the gun settled where I want it, BOOM. He takes off at mach 10 speeds with his head down. He is blurring through openings in the thicket and then goes behind a patch of brush and never exits. The SST did it's duty and he was down and out in a matter of seconds just like the buck last week.

Shot him at 10am
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Then the real work began...

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Re: Dejavu Buck

Unread postby dan » Tue Oct 22, 2013 7:32 am

:clap: :dance:
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Re: Dejavu Buck

Unread postby Bucky » Tue Oct 22, 2013 7:33 am

Great buck! You gotta get some warm clothes and head to WI... we grow em bigger up here.

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Re: Dejavu Buck

Unread postby PLB » Tue Oct 22, 2013 7:34 am

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Re: Dejavu Buck

Unread postby BassBoysLLP » Tue Oct 22, 2013 7:36 am

Congrats!

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Re: Dejavu Buck

Unread postby Black Squirrel » Tue Oct 22, 2013 7:40 am

8-)
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Unread postby Edcyclopedia » Tue Oct 22, 2013 8:47 am

Spectacular! :clap: :dance:
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Re: Dejavu Buck

Unread postby Arrowbender » Tue Oct 22, 2013 8:48 am

Congrats PK!

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Re: Dejavu Buck

Unread postby Stanley » Tue Oct 22, 2013 8:49 am

Good job on the nice buck.
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Re: Dejavu Buck

Unread postby Mario » Tue Oct 22, 2013 10:06 am

:clap: Nice
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Re: Dejavu Buck

Unread postby BigHunt » Tue Oct 22, 2013 11:39 am

Nice 8-)

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Re: Dejavu Buck

Unread postby PLB » Tue Oct 22, 2013 11:54 am

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Re: Dejavu Buck

Unread postby PredatorTC » Tue Oct 22, 2013 12:16 pm

Awesome!! I have been waiting for you to post this!
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Re: Dejavu Buck

Unread postby backstraps » Tue Oct 22, 2013 12:35 pm

Good Job man!!! Congrats :dance:
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Re: Dejavu Buck

Unread postby Uncle Lou » Tue Oct 22, 2013 12:57 pm

Your a BEAST Palmetto. Congrats
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