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Team 3 Thread

I'm just a spectator now. My season ended last Saturday and I had a nice 8 walk in front of my cell cam behind the house at 11:15 that morning when I wasn't in my tree so that about sums up how my season went. Sorry I couldn't help with any points guys but it just wasn't my year.
The highlight of my season was the fact that my brother shot a spike and a nice nine pointer with his cheat stick this year. He hasn't gotten a deer in the last few seasons so I was super psyched for him.
 
I'm still thinking I'm done for the year, though I may get out once or twice more to do some early spring scouting. We are having some unseasonably warm weather in northern Michigan, snow is gone in a lot of places and it feels wrong not to take advantage of it tonsee what I can learn for next year.
 
Got out this morning and headed into an area I haven't been into yet this year. It's only about a 1/2 mile from where I've been hunting but its not accessible from that side due to the swamp/beaver ponds. I parked and walked in well before light and set up in a tree I had scouted this spring. Turns out the trail I had hoped to be sitting over wasn't being used but I saw deer crossing 75yds to both the north and south of me. One of the deer was the 8 point I missed with the muzzleloader. He walked across a wide open clearcut in broad daylight 75yds away. I had set up there since I expected my wind to be blowing across the open area and "I knew" a deer wouldn't be out there in daylight this time of year. :tearsofjoy:

Luckily the breeze was slightly easterly at the time and I don't think I was actually winded. He had one other deer with him which I assume was another buck given the time of year but it skirted the edge and I could never pick it out cleanly. The other eight deer were two groups of does, 4 in each about an hour apart, that walked a trail 75yds to my south. I think that's the most deer I've seen in a single sit all year.

I wish I could get out tonight knowing about where that buck is bedded today but unfortunately I have my granddaughter's Christmas Program tonight. Hopefully they're on a pattern and I can get a shot tomorrow morning.
 
This won’t score us any points, but I spot and stalked this behemoth for 2 days in South TX. I went with the intent of shooting a free range whitetail, but this joker made a show the first am, and I changed my plans. I had one close encounter with him that day, but he caught me drawing back behind a cedar when he was about to walk out from behind some other brush. The 2nd morning of the hunt we glassed him early, and after a couple of hours I had him quartering away hard at 35 yards. I put the arrow in him right in front of his right hind quarter, and ran it through his gut into his lung. He only made it 20 yds, and was down. He was so big we had to bring a back hoe in to get him in the truck. It was definitely one of the most unique hunts I’ve ever been on. I saw a bunch of nice TX whitetails while chasing this Scimitar, but I’ve killed so many whitetails, I just couldn’t bring myself to shoot one when I knew this hoss was out there.
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shmelton said:
This won’t score us any points, but I spot and stalked this behemoth for 2 days in South TX. I went with the intent of shooting a free range whitetail, but this joker made a show the first am, and I changed my plans. I had one close encounter with him that day, but he caught me drawing back behind a cedar when he was about to walk out from behind some other brush. The 2nd morning of the hunt we glassed him early, and after a couple of hours I had him quartering away hard at 35 yards. I put the arrow in him right in front of his right hind quarter, and ran it through his gut into his lung. He only made it 20 yds, and was down. He was so big we had to bring a back hoe in to get him in the truck. It was definitely one of the most unique hunts I’ve ever been on. I saw a bunch of nice TX whitetails while chasing this Scimitar, but I’ve killed so many whitetails, I just couldn’t bring myself to shoot one when I knew this hoss was out there.
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Whoa! Congrats!
 
How much does something like that weigh? It looks like a Brahma bull with horns!!!
 
450lbs is my guess. They are pretty agile, and can run pretty fast so they can be that heavy. It’s a type of antelope that is native to North Africa. They are pretty popular in TX high fences, and they also have a free range population in certain areas. Here’s another pic that makes it look smaller.


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shmelton said:
450lbs is my guess. They are pretty agile, and can run pretty fast so they can be that heavy. It’s a type of antelope that is native to North Africa. They are pretty popular in TX high fences, and they also have a free range population in certain areas. Here’s another pic that makes it look smaller.


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My youngin got his 1st deer yesterday! I made a post in the deer hunting forum. Here is a link in case yall didn’t see it.

I’m One Proud Father

My 8 yr old shot his 1st deer ever today! When we got in a shooting house about 1.5 hrs before dark I thought we wouldn’t see a thing. To say the least we weren’t quiet at all getting to the stand, and it was dead still. Well about 15 mins after finally getting him settled, I see a deer moving...
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shmelton said:
I’m going to try and get 1 more from the saddle now that the little one got one. Hopefully it will be a monster, lol.


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I’m with you, I have the rest of January I need to at least get a doe from the saddle, they keep popping out on the way in…..
 
Well I had. I blood to work off of I found where they stood when I shot. I grid searched with my beagle for 2.5 miles total according to onx. The projectile from my 20ga slug is so similar to my ML round but consistent dead deer with massive blood trails. Not swearing off my MLs but I’m just salty this morning. I think shooting a deer in grass versus leaves is also a contributing factor. I’ve always found it tougher to get first blood in a field vs woods.
 
Bigterp said:
Well I had. I blood to work off of I found where they stood when I shot. I grid searched with my beagle for 2.5 miles total according to onx. The projectile from my 20ga slug is so similar to my ML round but consistent dead deer with massive blood trails. Not swearing off my MLs but I’m just salty this morning. I think shooting a deer in grass versus leaves is also a contributing factor. I’ve always found it tougher to get first blood in a field vs woods.
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Tall grass can be very tough on finding blood. The buck my son shot left no blood trail, for 27 yds in grass. I could see the deer laying dead from the stand, but I still like to look for a trail for possible future reference. He did shoot him with a 350 legend, and they are as notorious as ML’s for not leaving blood trails.

I’ve never shot a ML, but I remember seeing somewhere that a certain common hunting projectile is common for not putting deer down or leaving blood trails. You may want to read some reviews on the projectile you are shooting just in case.


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