Gun week Athens
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bigten05
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Congrats on the buck loosing property is always hard I've lost 2 farms recently that I basically grew up on lots of memories to reflect on but not the same not having those places.
Gordo
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There's nothing wrong with birding! I know a couple folks who get there 'outdoor fix' by doing just thay
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That is the first salt shaker I've ever seen in a deer blind. Well done sir. I have a whole new level of respect.
Congrats!
Looking forward to reading about the next chapter in your deer hunting book. What loads are you using in the 444?
Looking forward to reading about the next chapter in your deer hunting book. What loads are you using in the 444?
Big_Holla
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Great updates!! Heck, that blind reminds me of what my dad converted our shacks into LOL! Keep wondering if he's going to mount a grill on the outside.
huntn2
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Congrats on a fine buck Kim! Hope you find another property to continue your hunting on.
Did your new landowner hunt with you this year for you to show him around?
Did your new landowner hunt with you this year for you to show him around?
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I tried and offered but he implied that he didn't need any of my help or historical knowledge of the farm. It was fairly clear that he believed his knowledge and expertise to be far superior to anything I could offer. Am after all just an old guy that sits in a box with a gun all day dark to dark, what could I offer that he (they) don't already know.
Congrats on a nice buck Kim and for being able to end your hunting this property with a great memory! I'm sure you've left enough of a picture of how to hunt these deer that he'll benefit from it somehow even though he won't admit it.
Like Brock said, hoping it's an end to a chapter not the book buddy!
Like Brock said, hoping it's an end to a chapter not the book buddy!
I don't know what to say, Kim... Really nice buck. I always look forward to your pictures and outlook on things. Good luck with whatever you decide to do.
Well, I guess it'll just take him years to figure it out then! Nice of you to offer though. Did he come off as a douchebag when he implied that?
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I have always enjoyed the time in the field deer hunting for everything involved, the things I get to experience and share here as much as any killing I happened to do. It has always been a way for me to slow down a very hectic stress filled job.
I was on the phone talking with a customer when the buck I shot walked out of some very think stuff at 140 yds broadside going towards a doe that was feeding 5 yds away from where he stepped out. There is one narrow path that allowed for a short opportunity and demanded a quick decision. I told the guy I was talking to "gotta go, I'll call you back" I picked up the binoculars and took a quick look. He had dark antlers with decent mass and OK tine length. His body was large and he looked mature. I had no opportunity to see him from an angle that allow me to see his width. I made a decision to take him. As I was taking the quick look, the doe was skittish of him and skipped into the brush. He was walking slowly to where she had just disappeared into the thick stuff. I picked up the gun and got a solid rest on the window sill. There were a couple of brushy bush clumps near him that I knew I had to navigate. As the cross hairs settled in on him as he walked left to right the entire front half was obscured by one of the bushes. He took another step and stopped looking into the brush, I'm guessing towards the doe. When he stopped his front shoulder was open to me in a gap in the bushes that was 10-12 wide. He was quartering away so I slid the cross hair back to where it would exit his off shoulder and squeezed the trigger. He fell without taking a step. The entry and exit holes were where I wanted them. All of this took a whole lot longer to type out that it did that morning. From the moment I saw him. Hung up on one of my companies biggest customers
, to when I pulled the trigger was around 20 seconds tops.
The irony is that had I not been losing this property I would have probably never gotten to take the shot even if I wanted to. I would have spent a lot more time making sure he was a buck I was willing to take and he most likely would have drifted into the brush eliminating the opportunity before I could have done that. Had I had the time to evaluate him completely in past years I would have passed.
With all of that said I am extremely gratified to have been given the opportunity to hunt this property one last year by the new owners and to have taken this deer. It is with a great sense of respect, and a little remorse, anytime I take an animals life and this one will always hold a special place in my memories.
If I can find the right opportunity to hunt more in the future I might. If for nothing else just so I can sit out there all day and take pictures of mother nature at her finest and post the pictures here on TOO!
Thanks for your kind words.
I was on the phone talking with a customer when the buck I shot walked out of some very think stuff at 140 yds broadside going towards a doe that was feeding 5 yds away from where he stepped out. There is one narrow path that allowed for a short opportunity and demanded a quick decision. I told the guy I was talking to "gotta go, I'll call you back" I picked up the binoculars and took a quick look. He had dark antlers with decent mass and OK tine length. His body was large and he looked mature. I had no opportunity to see him from an angle that allow me to see his width. I made a decision to take him. As I was taking the quick look, the doe was skittish of him and skipped into the brush. He was walking slowly to where she had just disappeared into the thick stuff. I picked up the gun and got a solid rest on the window sill. There were a couple of brushy bush clumps near him that I knew I had to navigate. As the cross hairs settled in on him as he walked left to right the entire front half was obscured by one of the bushes. He took another step and stopped looking into the brush, I'm guessing towards the doe. When he stopped his front shoulder was open to me in a gap in the bushes that was 10-12 wide. He was quartering away so I slid the cross hair back to where it would exit his off shoulder and squeezed the trigger. He fell without taking a step. The entry and exit holes were where I wanted them. All of this took a whole lot longer to type out that it did that morning. From the moment I saw him. Hung up on one of my companies biggest customers
, to when I pulled the trigger was around 20 seconds tops.The irony is that had I not been losing this property I would have probably never gotten to take the shot even if I wanted to. I would have spent a lot more time making sure he was a buck I was willing to take and he most likely would have drifted into the brush eliminating the opportunity before I could have done that. Had I had the time to evaluate him completely in past years I would have passed.
With all of that said I am extremely gratified to have been given the opportunity to hunt this property one last year by the new owners and to have taken this deer. It is with a great sense of respect, and a little remorse, anytime I take an animals life and this one will always hold a special place in my memories.
If I can find the right opportunity to hunt more in the future I might. If for nothing else just so I can sit out there all day and take pictures of mother nature at her finest and post the pictures here on TOO!
Thanks for your kind words.
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