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Here's a good one

I've gotten 3 more pics of this buck this week. Twice in the daylight between 5 and 5:45 in the evening. I usually wait to hunt my place hard til November but I may have to rethink that this year.11siz19o5.JPG
 
I'm waiting cause of a 4 letter word.....work. but have time this weekend so I'll be in a tree this morning.
That's what I thought and the one in front with the move rack!
There are 2 more bucks there, but the closest is much, much bigger.
What in the World are you waiting on? Super nice Buck!!! Good Luck
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I posted in successful hunts about the 11 point in the first photo but didn't follow up on this thread.
The buck broke the right G4 off October 15. I've never had a big buck go in front of my cameras so much. I have somewhere around 36 photo sequences of this buck. That's how I know when he broke the tine, he had it the afternoon of the 15th and a photo on the 16th it's gone.
Anyway, I finally saw him November 4. I got in the stand I call Sneaky Pete, so named because I have had a lot of trouble entering the area without pushing deer in the dark. I moved the stand closer to the hilltop so that once I Crest it's only 45 yards to the tree. Then I go as slowly and quietly as possible to the base of the tree.
I got in without spooking anything and set up. It was 42 degrees with a moderate SW wind. Perfect if they came down the main trail south of me. Most morning traffic there is east to west. The location is just west of a large bedding area. Some deer stop there coming from the ag field farther east, but many continue on to bedding 2 more ridges away.
The leaves were wet and quiet as they had been so far this season from the 30" of rain we had gotten in the last 3 months!
By 8:15 I had seen 4 deer on the other side of the draw south of me. Thoughts of work started taking over as I contemplated how much longer I could stay. Being self employed has both advantages and disadvantages. There is always something that needs attention.
As noted critters were hard to hear in the wet conditions, but i heard a soft rustle east on the main trail. Not sure if had heard anything more than the wind in the leaves i turned to gaze that direction. Vision is obscured along the trail as a couple of cedar trees as well as a small white oak shade the area adjacent to my platform. Nothing was there.
I wasn't sure that a deer or even a squirrel had made any noise but I still had the feeling that something was there. I kept my eyes in that direction. Then after 15 or 20 seconds of staring I saw movement. It was a deer. Then I could see a part of an antler, then the deer was coming. And it was the deer I had been obsessing about since July 31st, the first day I had a picture of him!
He came down the main trail that would put him 15 yards away and down wind. It would be a strongside shot that I would have to swing out for at about 11 o'clock. I have been bowhunting 46 years but this was first year saddlehunting and my first shot at big game from the sling.
He was walking, I would normally bleat at a buck to stop him, but something told me not to this time. I drew my Longbow and took the shot as he ambled by.
He was completely broadside, the arrow entered the body cavity farther back than I would have liked. I couldn't kick myself for long about not bleating, he ran 30 yards, stopped, staggered and regained his footing, albeit with his back legs splayed to keep his balance. As I wondered how long this scenario could last and maybe 1/2 a minute in he lost his balance, tipped over and went into his death throes.
The Simmons land shark had completely torn apart his liver. I've never seen such complete bleed out in a minute from a liver hit. Not even close.

I am still a in a bit of disbelief. Usually if I'm getting trailcam pics of a good buck in the summer they disappear in October when feed patterns change. This one stayed right here in a small area for 3 months right into the start of the rut.
He's the biggest whitetail I've killed. I'm going to have the tine added back by the taxidermist when he does the shoulder mount.
All I can say is I couldn't be happier with how things turned out. Even a blind pig..................
 

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Congratulations on a wonderful buck!!

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I posted in successful hunts about the 11 point in the first photo but didn't follow up on this thread.
The buck broke the right G4 off October 15. I've never had a big buck go in front of my cameras so much. I have somewhere around 36 photo sequences of this buck. That's how I know when he broke the tine, he had it the afternoon of the 15th and a photo on the 16th it's gone.
Anyway, I finally saw him November 4. I got in the stand I call Sneaky Pete, so named because I have had a lot of trouble entering the area without pushing deer in the dark. I moved the stand closer to the hilltop so that once I Crest it's only 45 yards to the tree. Then I go as slowly and quietly as possible to the base of the tree.
I got in without spooking anything and set up. It was 42 degrees with a moderate SW wind. Perfect if they came down the main trail south of me. Most morning traffic there is east to west. The location is just west of a large bedding area. Some deer stop there coming from the ag field farther east, but many continue on to bedding 2 more ridges away.
The leaves were wet and quiet as they had been so far this season from the 30" of rain we had gotten in the last 3 months!
By 8:15 I had seen 4 deer on the other side of the draw south of me. Thoughts of work started taking over as I contemplated how much longer I could stay. Being self employed has both advantages and disadvantages. There is always something that needs attention.
As noted critters were hard to hear in the wet conditions, but i heard a soft rustle east on the main trail. Not sure if had heard anything more than the wind in the leaves i turned to gaze that direction. Vision is obscured along the trail as a couple of cedar trees as well as a small white oak shade the area adjacent to my platform. Nothing was there.
I wasn't sure that a deer or even a squirrel had made any noise but I still had the feeling that something was there. I kept my eyes in that direction. Then after 15 or 20 seconds of staring I saw movement. It was a deer. Then I could see a part of an antler, then the deer was coming. And it was the deer I had been obsessing about since July 31st, the first day I had a picture of him!
He came down the main trail that would put him 15 yards away and down wind. It would be a strongside shot that I would have to swing out for at about 11 o'clock. I have been bowhunting 46 years but this was first year saddlehunting and my first shot at big game from the sling.
He was walking, I would normally bleat at a buck to stop him, but something told me not to this time. I drew my Longbow and took the shot as he ambled by.
He was completely broadside, the arrow entered the body cavity farther back than I would have liked. I couldn't kick myself for long about not bleating, he ran 30 yards, stopped, staggered and regained his footing, albeit with his back legs splayed to keep his balance. As I wondered how long this scenario could last and maybe 1/2 a minute in he lost his balance, tipped over and went into his death throes.
The Simmons land shark had completely torn apart his liver. I've never seen such complete bleed out in a minute from a liver hit. Not even close.

I am still a in a bit of disbelief. Usually if I'm getting trailcam pics of a good buck in the summer they disappear in October when feed patterns change. This one stayed right here in a small area for 3 months right into the start of the rut.
He's the biggest whitetail I've killed. I'm going to have the tine added back by the taxidermist when he does the shoulder mount.
All I can say is I couldn't be happier with how things turned out. Even a blind pig..................
Awesome Buck! And with Trad gear on top of it. Congratulations and Thanks for sharing the story.
 
After hunting in South GA since I was a kid looking at these much bigger northern deer gives me envy. Don't get me wrong, I've seen some nice deer but I've never seen a deer like that where I hunt.
 
What a beauty!! Congrats!! I would leave the tine off, he's a fighter and obviously the champ if he stayed in that area. Any idea who he was fighting with?
 
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