FletchDeep
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- Aug 7, 2018
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Got lucky last night and had this great 10pt give me a 12 yard shot. Hunted Saturday morning up till 1pm and saw around 20 deer with plenty of young bucks chasing and grunting around, but nothing old enough to earn an arrow. Sunday night I moved to a stand I hung two weeks ago on an annual rub line with a few fresh scrapes started in the area. Around 4:00 had a smaller 8pt walk 50 yards behind me, I let him get out of sight and then hit the grunt call to see if any other bucks were on their feet already. Not 5 minutes later I see this guy walking straight towards me. I turn my camera on and start it recording while getting my bow positioned for a shot. First thing I noticed was how wide he was, at this point I thought he was just an 8pt. Every buck I have ever killed has been an 8pt. All while having filmed my cousin shoot a big 10pt, as well as my brother hunting the same property and killing multiple 10 pts. When he got within 30 yards I start to see the mass in his bases along with his 9th pt. It was right then and there I decided he was a shooter. He continued on a trail leading right by me even pausing in my one good shooting lane. I zipped a G5 deadmeat right through his pump station and he runs 10 yards out into the field, stands for about 15 seconds, wobbles and falls over. When I get down and look at him I find a 10th pt, it won't score because it is just shy of an inch but I'm giving him an A for effort. Got him loaded into the truck and headed back into town with light running out and there was a train holding us up. So knowing light was fading my Wife and I jumped out and got some redneck style buck in the truck pictures. Taxidermist guessed him at 5.5 just from his bases, will know for sure after he gets the jaw cleaned up. I roughly green scored him at 148" making him my PB.
Now I get to spend the rest of the season filming others hunt from my saddle, and hopefully I can get confident enough in it to shoot some late season does while using it.
Now I get to spend the rest of the season filming others hunt from my saddle, and hopefully I can get confident enough in it to shoot some late season does while using it.
