Lets see your personal best for SoCal... here is mine. I find myself staring at him more this time of year.
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SoCal biggest and best
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I find myself staring at my best buck often ..i still get emotional thinking about him..
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Wow that is a sin to have not shoulder mounted him!
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Damn Hatch. That thing is so heavy it keeps pulling the screw out of the wall.
Biggest so far = 2016, my 2nd buck ever. Was sitting on the Tripod stool with leafy gear on. Had my eyes closed for a bit, letting them rest. Head drooped down a lil. Just letting my ears be on alert. At some point heard something, opened eyes and looked up without moving head... Doe crossing the long gap between trees. Figured keep eyes open, maybe a buck might be following. Rotate just eyes over to my right... Oh Heck Yeah! Even looking thru the scraggly dead branches hanging down from this Oak I could CLEARLY see he was legal. Didn't know yet he only had one side. I try to slowly move and raise rifle... didn't move very much at all and saw that his body tensed like he saw and recognized my movement. Froze. All the while his chic is gettin' away, so it put pressure on him. Eventually he decided to trot across the gap. Mistake!
Let one loose with Marlin 336BL .30-30. Was taking far too long to steady the crosshairs so shot was at quite an angle coming in just under last rib... blew like maybe 1.25" hole thru liver... completely decimated righthand side lung... bullet got trapped under far side scapula. Upon initially taking the shot... I was trippin out hard because he didn't flinch!! I felt dumb-founded! I was thinking WTH... there's NO WAY I could've missed that!!!
As he's running away, maybe 15yds away he begins to not let his opposite forelimb touch the ground... I felt a great relief at seeing this. But still no exit wound so no blood trail. Watched him like a hawk.. committed to memory exactly where he went out of view. It was almost 9am and already like 90-95 degrees, so as soon as he ran outta view it was off with the leafy suit and switch out to my hike-out shirt. This old comfy No Fear Jersey that's seen many two-wheeled adventures. Took a bit of looking to find this guy. Since only half the antlers...the way he fell..ya didn't have any antlers sticking up like a sore thumb to mark where he went down. Was getting nervous on the 2nd loop around scanning the area. Felt soo relieved when I found him!
Since it was so hot this was the first one I actually gutted. And because of the time of day I had to move everything like 3-4 times to remain under the shade while processing him.
Let one loose with Marlin 336BL .30-30. Was taking far too long to steady the crosshairs so shot was at quite an angle coming in just under last rib... blew like maybe 1.25" hole thru liver... completely decimated righthand side lung... bullet got trapped under far side scapula. Upon initially taking the shot... I was trippin out hard because he didn't flinch!! I felt dumb-founded! I was thinking WTH... there's NO WAY I could've missed that!!!
As he's running away, maybe 15yds away he begins to not let his opposite forelimb touch the ground... I felt a great relief at seeing this. But still no exit wound so no blood trail. Watched him like a hawk.. committed to memory exactly where he went out of view. It was almost 9am and already like 90-95 degrees, so as soon as he ran outta view it was off with the leafy suit and switch out to my hike-out shirt. This old comfy No Fear Jersey that's seen many two-wheeled adventures. Took a bit of looking to find this guy. Since only half the antlers...the way he fell..ya didn't have any antlers sticking up like a sore thumb to mark where he went down. Was getting nervous on the 2nd loop around scanning the area. Felt soo relieved when I found him!
Since it was so hot this was the first one I actually gutted. And because of the time of day I had to move everything like 3-4 times to remain under the shade while processing him.
i hope that one day i can match your size....
This is my best to date, i am just learning how to kill things
This is my best to date, i am just learning how to kill things
From the "16" a few years back.
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Here’s a few. The good stuff is in the house.
I wish Steve. Probably as close as I’ll ever get to a Bighorn.Dang Darryl....You got a bighorn to the cred too?....
That’s a Corsican I killed. That was my first bow kill. 30 years ago, pretty sure most people are aware of the so cal ranch that came off of.
When I first saw that garage I was in awe....Lots of horn porn. And yes the good stuff is inside!