GANDER
11-14-2008, 20:45
I have been bowhunting our 3 big bucks really hard but yet to get one of those close. Two weeks ago, I had this buck at 6 yards with my bow and passed on him. I kicked myself all the way back to the truck for passing him. I arrived at our hunting spot, only to have the wind completely wrong to bowhunt my stands. I decided I would try "Juanita" the doe decoy for the first time this year. I grabbed her, my rifle, my pack, and headed to the Double Bull blind. The blind is situated on a funnel next to one of the ponds.
I saw him early in the afternoon just cruising thru with three does and thought about it. Just about dark, I had a spike at 5 feet from my doe decoy trying to be all Rico Swuave'. I was videotaping the spike when I caught movement out of the window of the blind. This buck came charging in thinking he was missing out. He stopped at 60 yards and I dropped him where he stood. I am happy to put a leftover tag on a nice buck but a little disappointed in myself that I shot such a young deer. He had alot of potential and there was better bucks to take out of the herd. He has the same genetics of the buck I shot last year so I know in another year or two, he would have been a real good one. Oh well he will look nice right next to the rest of them. I got another tag so Hopefully! one of the 170's will cross under my stand. Now that I got some meat in the freezer. I have forced myself to only shoot one of the big boys with archery equipment.
60 yard shot with my .308 using 165 Hornaday SST handloads.
http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/2797/2008buckdf6.jpg
http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/6283/2008buck2ht9.jpg
Trail cam pic of him back on 8-10-08
http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/7271/172qg0.jpg
I saw him early in the afternoon just cruising thru with three does and thought about it. Just about dark, I had a spike at 5 feet from my doe decoy trying to be all Rico Swuave'. I was videotaping the spike when I caught movement out of the window of the blind. This buck came charging in thinking he was missing out. He stopped at 60 yards and I dropped him where he stood. I am happy to put a leftover tag on a nice buck but a little disappointed in myself that I shot such a young deer. He had alot of potential and there was better bucks to take out of the herd. He has the same genetics of the buck I shot last year so I know in another year or two, he would have been a real good one. Oh well he will look nice right next to the rest of them. I got another tag so Hopefully! one of the 170's will cross under my stand. Now that I got some meat in the freezer. I have forced myself to only shoot one of the big boys with archery equipment.
60 yard shot with my .308 using 165 Hornaday SST handloads.
http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/2797/2008buckdf6.jpg
http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/6283/2008buck2ht9.jpg
Trail cam pic of him back on 8-10-08
http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/7271/172qg0.jpg