I haven’t been out since last Saturday morning. But I still need 3-4 deer to meet the wife’s quota. I’m not done yet. I can still add 5 pts
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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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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I feel your pain. Missed one twice this year with the ML in the same sit. Good luck in the morning!Man I get frustrated with muzzloaders. Shot 2 does tonight from a makeshift ground blind. Both shots felt good, no blood. Not surprised! It’s 45 overnight, gonna go out in the morning…..
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…..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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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.