Title: Got a good one!!
Post by: chatterbox on November 07, 2021, 07:59:13 AM
Post by: chatterbox on November 07, 2021, 07:59:13 AM
Well, we had a ton of rain on our muzzleloader opener, and it continued through the night.
I decided that I wouldn't hunt Sunday morning, but go out in the afternoon.
I texted a buddy to hunt, and we hit his property around 1.
He sat in his blind, and I headed to a west facing treestand.
Well, it was warm, and nothing was happening all afternoon, but it was a beautiful day to be in the woods.
Well, around 5:30, I hear walking behind my stand. I turn, and I saw what I thought was a decent buck coming in behind me. He was coming to my right which meant I had to contort myself around in my stand.
Well, I had him in the scope, and he was looking right at me!
I touched off the muzzleloader, and heard him crash, then walk off.
I heard a deer blow, and was thinking "did I miss him?"
I got down, and me and my buddy went looking, but didn't see any blood or hair at the impact site. We looked as best we could, but I decided to get a tracking dog and not risk loosing him.
Long story short, the dog and handler found him piled up 125 yards away!
Coyotes already started gutting him, so some meat was lost, but only around the shoulder and ribs.
I learned some valuable lessons. Always take a picture after the shot to help identify when on the ground.
Second, have a really, really good flashlight.
I wasn't prepared to shoot a deer, and I consider myself fortunate to have recovered him! From the time of the shot, till we recovered him, was 3 hours, and they still found him.
206 lb, 9 point!(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20211107/d948739ae5544e1f5386462253446a32.jpg)
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I decided that I wouldn't hunt Sunday morning, but go out in the afternoon.
I texted a buddy to hunt, and we hit his property around 1.
He sat in his blind, and I headed to a west facing treestand.
Well, it was warm, and nothing was happening all afternoon, but it was a beautiful day to be in the woods.
Well, around 5:30, I hear walking behind my stand. I turn, and I saw what I thought was a decent buck coming in behind me. He was coming to my right which meant I had to contort myself around in my stand.
Well, I had him in the scope, and he was looking right at me!
I touched off the muzzleloader, and heard him crash, then walk off.
I heard a deer blow, and was thinking "did I miss him?"
I got down, and me and my buddy went looking, but didn't see any blood or hair at the impact site. We looked as best we could, but I decided to get a tracking dog and not risk loosing him.
Long story short, the dog and handler found him piled up 125 yards away!
Coyotes already started gutting him, so some meat was lost, but only around the shoulder and ribs.
I learned some valuable lessons. Always take a picture after the shot to help identify when on the ground.
Second, have a really, really good flashlight.
I wasn't prepared to shoot a deer, and I consider myself fortunate to have recovered him! From the time of the shot, till we recovered him, was 3 hours, and they still found him.
206 lb, 9 point!(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20211107/d948739ae5544e1f5386462253446a32.jpg)
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Title: Re: Got a good one!!
Post by: guesswho on November 07, 2021, 08:08:56 AM
Post by: guesswho on November 07, 2021, 08:08:56 AM
Nice one Mike. Congrats! And good call on the dog.
Title: Re: Got a good one!!
Post by: chatterbox on November 07, 2021, 08:10:43 AM
Post by: chatterbox on November 07, 2021, 08:10:43 AM
Quote from: guesswho on November 07, 2021, 08:08:56 AMThanks Ronnie! If I had left him overnight, there would've been nothing but a head and spine!
Nice one Mike. Congrats! And good call on the dog.
Really humbled to have gotten him, because I'm not really the best deer hunter, lol!
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Title: Re: Got a good one!!
Post by: Beards and Hooks on November 07, 2021, 08:42:16 AM
Post by: Beards and Hooks on November 07, 2021, 08:42:16 AM
Congrats CB nice buck
Title: Re: Got a good one!!
Post by: chatterbox on November 07, 2021, 08:42:59 AM
Post by: chatterbox on November 07, 2021, 08:42:59 AM
Quote from: Beards and Hooks on November 07, 2021, 08:42:16 AMThank you sir!
Congrats CB nice buck
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Title: Re: Got a good one!!
Post by: Yoder409 on November 07, 2021, 08:56:32 AM
Post by: Yoder409 on November 07, 2021, 08:56:32 AM
Nice lookin' buck !!!
CONGRATS !!!!
CONGRATS !!!!
Title: Re: Got a good one!!
Post by: chatterbox on November 07, 2021, 08:58:57 AM
Post by: chatterbox on November 07, 2021, 08:58:57 AM
Quote from: Yoder409 on November 07, 2021, 08:56:32 AMThank you! Best one I have ever gotten!
Nice lookin' buck !!!
CONGRATS !!!!
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Title: Re: Got a good one!!
Post by: Sir-diealot on November 07, 2021, 09:14:34 AM
Post by: Sir-diealot on November 07, 2021, 09:14:34 AM
Congratulations.
Title: Re: Got a good one!!
Post by: chatterbox on November 07, 2021, 09:15:40 AM
Post by: chatterbox on November 07, 2021, 09:15:40 AM
Quote from: Sir-diealot on November 07, 2021, 09:14:34 AMThank you sir!
Congratulations.
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Title: Re: Got a good one!!
Post by: boatpaddle on November 07, 2021, 09:39:33 AM
Post by: boatpaddle on November 07, 2021, 09:39:33 AM
Congratulations on a fine buck...
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Title: Re: Got a good one!!
Post by: chatterbox on November 07, 2021, 09:40:04 AM
Post by: chatterbox on November 07, 2021, 09:40:04 AM
Quote from: boatpaddle on November 07, 2021, 09:39:33 AMThank you sir!
Congratulations on a fine buck...
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Title: Re: Got a good one!!
Post by: JeffC on November 07, 2021, 02:44:09 PM
Post by: JeffC on November 07, 2021, 02:44:09 PM
Congrats on your best buck. Time for you do start some yote hunting.
Title: Re: Got a good one!!
Post by: Tail Feathers on November 07, 2021, 02:56:04 PM
Post by: Tail Feathers on November 07, 2021, 02:56:04 PM
Congrats on a good buck!
Title: Re: Got a good one!!
Post by: Tom007 on November 07, 2021, 03:12:55 PM
Post by: Tom007 on November 07, 2021, 03:12:55 PM
Congrats, great buck.....
Title: Re: Got a good one!!
Post by: chatterbox on November 07, 2021, 03:22:38 PM
Post by: chatterbox on November 07, 2021, 03:22:38 PM
Quote from: JeffC on November 07, 2021, 02:44:09 PMAgreed!!!
Congrats on your best buck. Time for you do start some yote hunting.
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Title: Re: Got a good one!!
Post by: Spring Creek Calls on November 07, 2021, 03:59:29 PM
Post by: Spring Creek Calls on November 07, 2021, 03:59:29 PM
Congratulations!
Title: Re: Got a good one!!
Post by: aclawrence on November 07, 2021, 10:22:34 PM
Post by: aclawrence on November 07, 2021, 10:22:34 PM
Nice big ole buck.
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Title: Re: Got a good one!!
Post by: Mossberg90MN on November 08, 2021, 12:27:56 AM
Post by: Mossberg90MN on November 08, 2021, 12:27:56 AM
Nice!!
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Title: Re: Got a good one!!
Post by: lacire on November 08, 2021, 01:57:26 AM
Post by: lacire on November 08, 2021, 01:57:26 AM
Yah, doesn't take to long for the coyotes to arrive, glad you found him and congratulations.
Title: Re: Got a good one!!
Post by: chatterbox on November 08, 2021, 06:01:46 AM
Post by: chatterbox on November 08, 2021, 06:01:46 AM
Quote from: aclawrence on November 07, 2021, 10:22:34 PMThank you!
Nice big ole buck.
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Title: Re: Got a good one!!
Post by: chatterbox on November 08, 2021, 06:02:09 AM
Post by: chatterbox on November 08, 2021, 06:02:09 AM
Quote from: lacire on November 08, 2021, 01:57:26 AMIt sure doesn't! Thank you!
Yah, doesn't take to long for the coyotes to arrive, glad you found him and congratulations.
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Title: Re: Got a good one!!
Post by: chatterbox on November 08, 2021, 06:02:25 AM
Post by: chatterbox on November 08, 2021, 06:02:25 AM
Quote from: Mossberg90MN on November 08, 2021, 12:27:56 AMThank you!
Nice!!
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Title: Re: Got a good one!!
Post by: chatterbox on November 08, 2021, 06:02:45 AM
Post by: chatterbox on November 08, 2021, 06:02:45 AM
Quote from: Spring Creek Calls on November 07, 2021, 03:59:29 PMThank you!
Congratulations!
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Title: Re: Got a good one!!
Post by: ncmountainfella on November 08, 2021, 09:00:56 AM
Post by: ncmountainfella on November 08, 2021, 09:00:56 AM
Wow! Dang nice buck! Way to go
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Title: Re: Got a good one!!
Post by: chatterbox on November 08, 2021, 10:34:49 AM
Post by: chatterbox on November 08, 2021, 10:34:49 AM
Quote from: ncmountainfella on November 08, 2021, 09:00:56 AMThank you! He's certainly a special one to me!
Wow! Dang nice buck! Way to go
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Title: Re: Got a good one!!
Post by: crow on November 08, 2021, 11:22:53 AM
Post by: crow on November 08, 2021, 11:22:53 AM
Congrats on a very nice buck,
good job with the muzzleloader
good job with the muzzleloader
Title: Re: Got a good one!!
Post by: chatterbox on November 08, 2021, 02:02:50 PM
Post by: chatterbox on November 08, 2021, 02:02:50 PM
Quote from: crow on November 08, 2021, 11:22:53 AMThank you so much!!
Congrats on a very nice buck,
good job with the muzzleloader
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Title: Re: Got a good one!!
Post by: Muzzy61 on November 10, 2021, 12:55:48 PM
Post by: Muzzy61 on November 10, 2021, 12:55:48 PM
Congrats! That's a good buck.
Title: Re: Got a good one!!
Post by: chatterbox on November 10, 2021, 01:07:23 PM
Post by: chatterbox on November 10, 2021, 01:07:23 PM
Quote from: Muzzy61 on November 10, 2021, 12:55:48 PMThanks Muzzy!
Congrats! That's a good buck.
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Title: Re: Got a good one!!
Post by: tomstopper on December 29, 2021, 08:27:58 PM
Post by: tomstopper on December 29, 2021, 08:27:58 PM
Nice. Congratulations
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Title: Re: Got a good one!!
Post by: RutnNStrutn on December 29, 2021, 10:20:42 PM
Post by: RutnNStrutn on December 29, 2021, 10:20:42 PM
Glad you found him. Congrats!!!
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