IL Opening Day -story included now-
Nov 22, 2009 13:00:19 GMT -5
Post by skin290 on Nov 22, 2009 13:00:19 GMT -5
41 gr N110
250gr Flextip (.452)
Fed 209A
Short Black MMP
ETA: I have problems with work IT not letting me use this website for whatever reason...just a glitch I think...
Not much of a story...except this part. 3 of them coming thru early Friday morning, 1 hot doe, this guy and a 1.5 yr old little buck (in a train, 20 yards apart). I notice this one was bigger, and never looked at antlers again (good move!) and waited until I had a good shot at him at 50 yards, bang, he runs 50 yds, I see him go down.
The doe and little buck at fairly unfazed, come my direction and, well, since big boy was not around, the little one decides its his turn, and they "attempt to make babies" 20 yards from me! They then went off (I was hoping they were going towards my little brother who was kinda that way but he never saw them). Another little buck comes by later (after a reload) but I had already used my buck tag, so no go there (he follows their trail out-little bro didn't see him either).
Had to wait around 3 hours because where he stopped was too close to one of my guys to mess around there, got a coyote from the ground 2 hours later (dropped like a bad habit with one neck shot).
I didn't know he was THAT BIG until I sneaked up to him at 9:30 --I have been hunting these woods 15 years and have maybe seen one this big before, so it was definitely unexpected! I have never gotten anything like this size before, so I had to furiously call a couple buddies to find out what to do with the taxidermy stuff! Getting a shoulder/neck mount out of him...
have to thank my buddy who has let me hunt there so long for letting us come back so many times, we really have a lot of fun there.
If you notice, he is a 6 X 4, has a brow tine at 90 deg from the normal one on the right side...
