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Post by mnfish on Mar 6, 2017 18:53:04 GMT -6
So nice to be outside working the earth. In the pig pen today. Frost seeding clover and releveling areas rooted up last year. Pretty wet but made the most of it. Jumped a couple of those gosh darn whitetails in the pen.  Forgot to mention...deer ticks are out! 2 of those bastards crawling on my pants |
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Post by Freeborn on Mar 6, 2017 19:11:43 GMT -6
I worked my place in OTC this weekend and I found a tick on me also. Tics just go dormant when its cold and with the heat they are alive and active.
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Post by Bwoods11 on Mar 6, 2017 19:39:03 GMT -6
I worked my place in OTC this weekend and I found a tick on me also. Tics just go dormant when its cold and with the heat they are alive and active. You find any antlers?? |
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Post by Freeborn on Mar 6, 2017 19:57:23 GMT -6
I worked my place in OTC this weekend and I found a tick on me also. Tics just go dormant when its cold and with the heat they are alive and active. You find any antlers?? More than that I found the buck I hit and could not find last gun season . I made a mistake last year and shot him right at dusk so I could not tell if I hit him or not and I found zero blood. I spent the best part of the next day looking for any sign I hit him and I found nothing. I should not have shot him where he was at. I'm glad I found him but it took the swamp to be frozen and the snow gone from me to find him. I had a bad feeling in my gut I hit him and I am glad I found him as it was bothering me.  |
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Post by nhmountains on Mar 6, 2017 20:07:16 GMT -6
I'm glad you found him FB. How far was he from where you last looked?
Around here the coyotes would have pulled those bones apart and dragged that skull away some and the tree rats would've had the rack 1/2 gone.
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Post by Freeborn on Mar 6, 2017 20:26:45 GMT -6
He was 200+ yards across the swamp in an area they like to bed in. The area is 180 degrees in the opposite direction he was headed when I shot him. He basically went to the safest spot he new which was his bedding spot.
I always pride myself on very clean kills, it doesn't set with me very well. I'm glad I found him.
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Post by kl9 on Mar 6, 2017 20:28:20 GMT -6
How old do you think he was?
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Post by Bwoods11 on Mar 6, 2017 20:30:26 GMT -6
That's a nice buck... at least you know the end of the story
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Post by Freeborn on Mar 6, 2017 20:34:42 GMT -6
How old do you think he was? Old, past his prime. Hard to say but I would not be surprised if he wasn't over 6+. |
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Post by Freeborn on Mar 6, 2017 20:39:40 GMT -6
That's a nice buck... at least you know the end of the story I'm glad I found him. Odd how we as hunters behave when we see horns. I new when I saw him through my scope it could be a difficult track but I shot him anyway. Maybe it takes something like this to learn to not pull the trigger. When your in the moment bucks in scopes always look larger than they are. |
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Post by biglakebass on Mar 6, 2017 20:42:57 GMT -6
Get it aged with some teeth. What are your plans? Euro?
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Post by Bwoods11 on Mar 6, 2017 20:48:42 GMT -6
That's a nice buck... at least you know the end of the story I'm glad I found him. Odd how we as hunters behave when we see horns. I new when I saw him through my scope it could be a difficult track but I shot him anyway. Maybe it takes something like this to learn to not pull the trigger. When your in the moment bucks in scopes always look larger than they are. Freeborn--I'm pretty sure I have a buck piled up dead just like that on my neighbors property. Opening day of shotgun, looked for three days--no luck. Made a poor shot, but probably fatal. Stinks, but it happens. I'm going to check around this weekend. Did you have trail cam pics of that buck?? |
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Post by Freeborn on Mar 6, 2017 21:04:10 GMT -6
I'm glad I found him. Odd how we as hunters behave when we see horns. I new when I saw him through my scope it could be a difficult track but I shot him anyway. Maybe it takes something like this to learn to not pull the trigger. When your in the moment bucks in scopes always look larger than they are. Freeborn--I'm pretty sure I have a buck piled up dead just like that on my neighbors property. Opening day of shotgun, looked for three days--no luck. Made a poor shot, but probably fatal. Stinks, but it happens. I'm going to check around this weekend. Did you have trail cam pics of that buck?? I did not, I have not run cameras in a few years as the deer particularly the bucks don't like the red glow. I have not purchased a black flash but I should. |
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Post by Freeborn on Mar 6, 2017 21:07:04 GMT -6
Get it aged with some teeth. What are your plans? Euro? Probably Euro. Here he is detached.  |
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Post by Catscratch on Mar 6, 2017 21:21:17 GMT -6
Nice deer and glad you found him. I think we've all been there and done that at some point. Finding him helps settle that nagging voice bouncing around in your head.
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