Hey guys, my D16 buck

[Glennxj98]

Hey Guys,
New to this forum, I wanted to share my D16 buck I harvested this veterans day, it was a solo hunt and a memorable one to say the least. I spotted him Saturday evening after glassing for two hours, made the plan to go back the next day. After waiting a while I decided to hike down where I had seen him before, 30 minutes into my hike I spot him starring at me and the rest is history. The fun started when the meat went in the pack lol

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[Prime]

Nice buck! I like how you put the orange over his head and on your head, ya hear stories of dumb people with itchy trigger fingers shooting at people carrying out bucks.

 

[QuePasaJames]

Congrats, what a cool rack!

 

[Muledeerhunter]

Great buck. Congrats.

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[steveo007]

congrats nice d16 buck.

 

[TRICER]

Cool buck the eye guards are sweet. Almost would call him a non typical. Very cool.

 

[ilovesprig]

Glen,

Welcome to SCH.....Great intro.....Thank you for sharing your very nice D-16 buck with great pix.

 

[JakeSCH]

Congrats on the great D16 buck!

 

[Lungpopper]

Nice buck. Congrats

 

[Bowman]

Nice Rack on that buck.
Euro mount
Congratulations.
LB

 

[bassin_rob]

Great D16 buck! Congrats! Love those eye guards

 

[NBK]

That is a great buck Glennxj98. Give us some more details. What cartridge, rifle, how far etc..

 

[Glennxj98]

That is a great buck Glennxj98. Give us some more details. What cartridge, rifle, how far etc..

I usually hunt with my friends near Julian and that Saturday morning the area was too crowded for me, I got bummed out because a noisy hunter spooked a buck I was stalking since the morning. On my way home I stopped at an area I've been curious to check since my GPS marked it as a hunt zone. I waited and glassed for two hours, I glassed every bush to the point I started seeing moose and elk lol. Just when I wanted to call it quits, he pops out. Seconds after another buck follows and I wait , I make sure it's a legal buck and get my Rifle ready, as I am waiting for either buck to pop out of the shrubs I try to relax and breathe. I have a Tikka T3 lite in stainless steel, it's a 30-06. After a while I noticed no movement so I started to make my way down the mountain to locate them but was not successful, the only thing that popped out was a spike. I made a plan to go the next day in the morning and see what happens. Sunday morning I'm on my way to the area when a deer pops out along the side of the road, I took that as a good sign. I got to the spot and waited for them but nothing. I hiked my way down the mountain and as I'm walking on a deer trail, on the corner of my eye I see movement, it's not one but two bucks a spike and four does working their way up the hill. All of them kept going except the big buck, he starred at me from 100+\- yrds while I got ready to take him down. One shot, dropped him down and the rest is history. As I got near him I spot the other deer and see that the other buck was already taking the role of Alpha with the does lol

 

[SDLIVIN]

Awesome! Great pics and story. Solo no less.
Congrats!

 

[TheGDog]

Nice and thick one! They make hillclimbs so much fun, don't they?

 

[Americanpride]

Congrats, that's a great buck.