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Live from the saddle 2019

I sat a total of 11 hours in the saddle Monday and saw a doe in the morning and a buck right at dark. Looked descent but not the one I’m after. Yesterday was an awesome day. Saw 4 different bucks for the day. Two spikes an 8 or 10 at 52 yards. Not huge but probably would’ve shot him had he choose to take the right trail.
On my way back to my spot in the evening at 315 had an encounter with a stud 8. I drive my sxs to about 800 yards from where I hunt then walk the rest. I have to cross an old steel bridge that is always hog signed out by the mud/swamp. I always stop before crossing the bridge to make sure there’s no snakes on it and just as I started to pull away the buck stepped out of the palmettos. Wider than his ears with good tines on both sides.

No idea where he lives but I’ll be sitting in the swamp strand at the break line from cypress to hardwood for the rest on the week hoping he makes a return trip through.

Oh and this guy decided to visit with me for a while
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Last Saturday I was scouting mid day and came across some rubs in an oak flat. I followed the sign back to some thick stuff that I assumed was bedding and set up on the edge. Right before dark I saw 2 bucks come out of the thicket 40 yards away and couldn't get a shot at either. I headed into the same area today and saw a climber stand at the base of a tree right where I wanted to be. So I decided to go into the thick stuff thinking the bucks wouldn't make it to the oak flat in daylight. I found a very fresh scrape and knew that this was where I needed to be, but there were no huntable trees. So I set up the JX3 hybrid in ground chair mode and tucked into some brush and as I'm settling in I see antlers coming towards me. He's coming directly at me, gets to 12 yards, turns broadside and looks back the way he came from. I drew back put the pin on his heart and shot and he took off like a bat outta hell. He made it 70 yards and crashed! My second buck ever and first from the saddle, even though it wasn't from a tree!
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fbwguy said:
I’m sick to my stomach. I spent till dark looking for any signs of a lethal hit. He trotted off after the shot, stopped at about 60 yards and then trotted off into the thicket. I’m going back out tomorrow morning and grid search that thicket to ease my mind. Such a bad feeling to wound one
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Sounds like me two years ago. Missed biggest I've ever had the pleasure to shoot at at ten yards. Next day gut shot a 125 at 7 yards almost straight down. Only two shots for three weeks hunting every day.
Still have nightmares.
Good luck on finding him.

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First saddle hunt for me. Didn’t walk in until first light as I wanted to sneak in and find some acorns. Didn’t strap on my release until 7:30 and just shot a doe at 9:00


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Beautiful morning, no shooter bucks though. Yet.
 

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