Oct 30th buck

[deerjunkie]

Ok, so yesterday Oct 30th we climbed into the stand at 0615. At 0700 we heard what sounded like a horse trotting down the small hill in front of my partner. A large deer came and stood 15yds in front of my partner. All we could make out was an outline of it's body and it looked like the rack was wider than the ears. Well this deer got a free ticket because it was still to dark to shoot. This buck then walked right to my camera that is forty yards away, then continued to walk out of sight. That afternoon I checked the card on the camera to see what the deer was and we were floored. It was a perfect 10 that would easily go 150"-155". We were just sick to our stomachs.

Now we move on to 0815. I did a rattling sequence and around 0830 I saw a buck that looked to be descent walking on the down side of the hill to our east. He was approx 80yds away and heading directly towards the path we used to get up that hill. I grunted at him and he stopped right away. Stood there for a minute eating a couple acorns so I turned my back to him and grunted once more. He picked his head right up, turned 90 degrees and walked right to us. Once he came to the field edge on top the hill he noticed the decoy we had out and walked right to him. I stopped him at 25yds and put the hammer down then he ran 70yds and dropped. It was such an exciting hunt and we got the whole thing on film in HD. What really makes this cool is that this is the second year in a row I shot a buck on Oct 30th. Yeah,
Oct 30th is my new favorite day. :smiley_blink:

 

[rrr]

Nice story and deer! Do we get to see the video?

I can't get enough of this :smiley_crazy:

 

[finelyshedded]

Awesome story and to get it on video! Priceless! Congrats on the great bowkill and goodluck to your buddy with the 10 pt.

 

[formerbowhunter1023]

Great job brother! Another awesome deer on the ground!!!

 

[deerjunkie]

Nice story and deer! Do we get to see the video?
I can't get enough of this :smiley_crazy:

At some point. We are just trying to spend as much time in the woods to capture video. Once things settle down I will get back to editing.

 

[rgecko23]

way to go brother...

Trust me guys, that buck that got passed in the morning was a brute!!

 

[Buckmaster]

Nice chocolate color there. Good job.

 

[badger]

Another good buck, congrats to you!

 

[cotty16]

Woo hoo! Our dead deer wall is filing up! Great buck!!!

 

[jagermeister]

That's pretty awesome, man! Congrats on a great buck!

 

[Mike]

Sweet deer!

 

[uglykat26]

nice buck , we wanna see pics from the cam , the one before shooting light

 

[RedCloud]

Congrats Dale. I like the chocolate rack. Can't wait till the off season video on that hunt .

 

[huntn2]

Congrats on a great buck! Looks like it was a successful weekend for many TOO members.

 

[old hunter]

Great buck,dark rack,congratulations.

 

[Curran]

Congrats & can't wait to see the video!! Great buck.

 

[Hoytmania]

Congrats on a great deer Dale. I love the chocolates.

 

[Fluteman]

Congrats on a dandy buck Dale. Were you hunting over a buck or a doe decoy? I thought about hauling my GlenDel target out behind the house one evening and pulling the antlers to see what happens.

 

[Diablo54]

Congrats:smiley_crazy:

 

[deerjunkie]

Congrats on a dandy buck Dale. Were you hunting over a buck or a doe decoy? I thought about hauling my GlenDel target out behind the house one evening and pulling the antlers to see what happens.

It was a buck decoy, upwind 35yds facing us. My buck came to the rear of the decoy. Normally the more dominant bucks or even the bucks in their minds are dominant will come to the head. The bucks that are more "passive" will go to the rear. At least that has been from my experience running a decoy. Timing is everything and from what I have seen the time is now.