Mid Afternoon Success

Congrats on a successful, quick hunt!

Way to go

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Greenhorn

Darn,I was expecting a neck shot. Congrats

---

Yes it would have been nice to punctuate the viability of the shot for that thread, however, this buck never presented a broadside shot.

In fact, as it was, I had to take another frowned upon shot, the quarter away shot. He had his butt facing me and only swiveled the front 1/2 of his body slightly to the left to give me a vital shot. Placing the shot was easy at 15 yds and as a bonus he was facing the right direction, so when he ran he headed straight down my trail. Easy recovery/load.

Thanks Guys, the opportunity for a mid day hunt was pure Karma so I took it. They don't come by very often. Nice to get the work done and all cleaned up when it' still daylight.

That was to easy :)

Great story and nice to.see an old trike still gettin used for hunting

Nice shooting Mike ,that will make great table fair for the second week hunt camp.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by MikePal

Well it sure was a fast hunt…less than 30 minutes from the time I sat down in the tree stand the buck was down. I had barely settled down and opened my book to read when the opportunity to wreak revenge availed itself.

The wind was in my face, everything was a go, then less than 25 minutes into the hunt, I heard the telltale noise of a deer moving up from behind the stand, down wind from me..isn't that typical !! I was truly expecting to get busted, but he came out of the cedars on my right side and meandered in front of the stand, about 5’ from the ladder. Proof it pays to be up 16’, keep your scent above them !

I finally got my first look at him, as he emerged from the left side, and low and behold, it’s the same buck that had stuck his tongue out at me earlier in the day at my pop-up. Revenge :)

He was totally oblivious that I was sitting almost directly over him, but I actually couldn’t shot him. He was in too close, the gun was resting on the bar in front of me so I had to wait till he moved out some. A few more steps and he gave me decent quarter way shot. The old Mil-Surp 6.5 x 55 Mauser was true to aim, as always and I was able to punch the lead thru the heart and out his front right shoulder. Impressive damage inflicted by those Norma 156 gr bullets.

He ran a few yds with the front leg flaying and what was amazing was the blood trail that I could clearly see from up in the tree stand. Blood was spraying against the trees as he ran and it looked like a red carpet on the ground. Dropped right beside the trail, stoned cold dead.

Went back to the house, picked up the sled and bought him back to the barn and got him gutted and skinned. I’ll let the meat cool overnight then de-bone it in the morning.

Pulled the trigger at 3:00 and was washing the knives and my hunt cloths by 5:00, the sun hadn’t even set yet…my favourite kind of hunt. !!!

Here's a pic I have of him from a few days ago.



The recovery kit !!!

---

Good job! I guess you don't want to put blood all over your shiny bike?!

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by seabast

Good job! I guess you don't want to put blood all over your shiny bike?!

---

HaHa..yea respect the ride !!

Way to go Mike, leaving the big boy for my wife to shoot :). Congrats on the nice deer and full freezer.

Nice job. Congrats.