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Long quest for this buck
Started by Sixes, November 06, 2019, 09:07:42 AM
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Sixes
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Long quest for this buck
November 06, 2019, 09:07:42 AM
I know this is a turkey forum, but this is the first buck in a long time that really got me excited after the kill. here is the story.
This is a buck that I have gotten on camera and hunted for the last 4 years.I first noticed him as a 3 year old and quickly saw how he did not like to show up in day light. I saw him once as a 3.5 years old and it was at/after dark. I drew and could not make out my sights, I never thought that it would take 3 more years to see him again.
Fast forward thru the years. I never saw him during shooting hours and in the 3 years since the first time him, I only had him on camera during daylight hours 3 times out of hundreds of video. One year, he showed in January during daylight and last year, he showed on Christmas Eve morning and about a week later, he showed up right after daybreak on camera.
He is not the biggest racked buck, never was, but he was slick and a survivor.
I had videos in September, none for almost all of October and then on the 30th and 31st, he showed on video two mornings in a row at 430, so I knew he was in the area.
This morning, I climbed up a little after 6 and saw 4 small bucks cruising throughout the morning. I have to work this evening, so I knew the cutoff was 1030 or so, and to my amazement, at a few minutes before 9, I saw him step out on an old road bed, angling to me, but appeared to have saw something he didn't like and got nervous. I took the slight quartering to shot and saw the lighted nock spin around when the buck took off. I waited a few minutes, eased down and walked over to the shot. The ground was torn up, but didn't see any blood (but I am color blind and struggle with blood). I eased out the trail where I saw him run and about 60 yards away, I saw the glowing nock. I walked over and scanned down the steep hill to the bottom and saw a big white belly laying in the branch. It's the first time in a long time that I had to call and get some help.
This buck has given me fits over the years and I'm both glad and sad that it is over.
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November 06, 2019, 09:11:51 AM
That is awesome! Congratulations on the buck, but I am sure you will miss the chase.
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November 06, 2019, 10:49:55 AM
Very nice.
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November 06, 2019, 11:46:36 AM
Good story and a Very nice buck congrats and thanks for sharing
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November 06, 2019, 12:03:41 PM
very nice Congrats
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November 06, 2019, 12:32:17 PM
Nice buck!
Congrats!
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November 06, 2019, 12:40:48 PM
Congrats. Nice buck, thanks for sharing the hunt.
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November 06, 2019, 12:58:42 PM
Congrats on a good deer and a good story !!
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November 06, 2019, 01:31:13 PM
Congratulations
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November 06, 2019, 04:37:34 PM
you know what I mean.
If I'm not back in five minutes, wait longer!
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November 06, 2019, 04:42:54 PM
That's a good buck!
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November 06, 2019, 06:24:10 PM
Nice deer. Congratulations.
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November 06, 2019, 07:15:15 PM
That is great!!
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November 06, 2019, 07:27:17 PM
Nice deer , congrats
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November 06, 2019, 08:14:53 PM
Congrats on the great buck
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