Got it done this morning on the second to last day!!
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nicely done, story and equipment? don't tell where it was. just the day events. thanks for sharing
Sorry it took me so long to post the story but here it is.
Starting with opening week I decided to hunt an area that I found during the archery season, and of course there were a lot of people in the spots I wanted to watch. I decided to hike a little further and watch a hillside which was about 500 yds away at the time. I stopped walking and glassed the hillside and spotted two legal bucks off the bat,I decided to quickly take the shot because the deer were on the move. I shot twice and missed both times and the deer ran off....
Got back to camp with my head down and decided to check my rifle and scope and noticed the ring mounts were loose, I ran down the hill to grab my 7MM mag. Next morning I went to the same place to have another shot at those bucks. We glassed them up at about 750 yds and decided to not take the shot and hope that nobody would get them during the week.
We didn't see those deer the next couple of weekends and we were starting to get discouraged. The last weekend I decided that I was going to go off of a hunch I had and hunt a little farther right of the area I originally saw those bucks opening weekend with the hopes that the hunter pressure pushed the deer over in that area. I was right! As soon as I reached the area I wanted to sit and watch right next to a canyon that had oaks and led into an open sage area, I saw two does feeding. I sat and watched in hopes they weren't alone when 2 minutes later two bucks ran up the canyon. I took the first shot at the deer that gave me a clear broadside shot, unfortunately it was the forky and not the 3x3, but since it was the last weekend I wasn't going to take any chances.
My shot hit him in the neck and exited his lung. He dropped dead in his tracks with the 7MM mag that my dad gave me 2 weeks earlier so it was a cool experience to be able to break it in.
Dragging the deer out was the hard part!! 4 miles to the truck with a deer that weighed in at 140 pounds dressed out. The experience was totally worth the pain and this was definitely my most memorable hunt so far.
I'd like to thank all you guys on the forum that encourage and help out a lot. Especially Nicholas909 for giving me a lot of info on the area which helped me find this area in the first place.
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Starting with opening week I decided to hunt an area that I found during the archery season, and of course there were a lot of people in the spots I wanted to watch. I decided to hike a little further and watch a hillside which was about 500 yds away at the time. I stopped walking and glassed the hillside and spotted two legal bucks off the bat,I decided to quickly take the shot because the deer were on the move. I shot twice and missed both times and the deer ran off....
Got back to camp with my head down and decided to check my rifle and scope and noticed the ring mounts were loose, I ran down the hill to grab my 7MM mag. Next morning I went to the same place to have another shot at those bucks. We glassed them up at about 750 yds and decided to not take the shot and hope that nobody would get them during the week.
We didn't see those deer the next couple of weekends and we were starting to get discouraged. The last weekend I decided that I was going to go off of a hunch I had and hunt a little farther right of the area I originally saw those bucks opening weekend with the hopes that the hunter pressure pushed the deer over in that area. I was right! As soon as I reached the area I wanted to sit and watch right next to a canyon that had oaks and led into an open sage area, I saw two does feeding. I sat and watched in hopes they weren't alone when 2 minutes later two bucks ran up the canyon. I took the first shot at the deer that gave me a clear broadside shot, unfortunately it was the forky and not the 3x3, but since it was the last weekend I wasn't going to take any chances.
My shot hit him in the neck and exited his lung. He dropped dead in his tracks with the 7MM mag that my dad gave me 2 weeks earlier so it was a cool experience to be able to break it in.
Dragging the deer out was the hard part!! 4 miles to the truck with a deer that weighed in at 140 pounds dressed out. The experience was totally worth the pain and this was definitely my most memorable hunt so far.
I'd like to thank all you guys on the forum that encourage and help out a lot. Especially Nicholas909 for giving me a lot of info on the area which helped me find this area in the first place.
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I'm happy I was able to help and I'm glad you were able to knock one down. It's a good looking buck.
A great way to break in a new rifle.
A great way to break in a new rifle.
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