Yesterday - 10/19/14 - kind of late at 6:54 had this one sneak up behind me - I could only catch intermittent glimpses of him and antler tips coming through the brush. (Somehow I was able to hear him walking despite my ever ringing ears). Looked like a good deer (much better than the all the small bucks I’ve seen recently). Thought it was an older 6 point we were after for the past few weeks but it turned out to be a different one that we didn’t have pics of yet.
Anyway, it was running a scrape line and in the process of getting my rifle turned around so I could shoot left handed, I heard the buck do a snort wheeze. Never heard that before other than on some of those worthless outdoor canned TV shows. I finally got turned around just in time for him to walk into a very small opening. Re-focused the scope since he was only 10 yards away at this point and picked out his shoulder. It was shoot quick or watch it walk off.
Decent buck - good sized body - not the monsters you guys are posting but I’m happy with him. He was “musky” big time. I think its getting ready to break loose in the next week or so. I could smell all the scrapes he freshened up on the walk back.
This just capped off a great weekend that saw my admitted subpar Tarheels beat GA Tech and - praise the Lord - I was there to see it!
I’m going to be doing my best to get my son a shot at one the next few weeks…hope to post his pic soon.
Best of luck to you guys!
Billy
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