Well spent last week at the lease in Mo.
Saturday I saw a few deer, nothing to get overly excited about.
Sunday morning started off slow, didn't really see any deer for about the first hour.
Then they started popping up everywhere. Between 7:30- 8:00 AM I counted 5 different bucks in the CRP grass. Most were little fellas. A couple of three points, a fork horn running a doe, a spike and one deer that popped up at 250 yards running a doe. He ran her for a ways and lost interest.
Turned around and walked back towards where he came from. Finally bedded down about 400 yards away looking at my stand location. County we're in it has to have 4 points on one side to be legal. This deer may have been, couldn't put brow tines on him running through the grass and cottonwood saplings.
Well it got a bit quiet. I'd check this bedded buck to see if he'd give me a better view then look around.
All of the sudden a doe comes out of the woods about 30 yards to my left front.
She's running all out.
I hear grunting and see another big deer running after her, and bright white antlers with at least three tines on one side.
She heads away, he's hot on her heels.
A second buck enters my view chasing the first buck. but he's 75 yards behind suitor number one.
The first buck stops about 150 yards out, reverses course and runs straight at buck #2, who is now only 75 yards away. Buck number two is a smallish fella. 3 points on left beam and a long spike on right side.
Looked like the fight was about to be on when buck number two thought the better of it and decided to retreat. The big buck chased him all the way back to the woods, then turned to look for his girlfriend.
By this time I had my 264 shouldered, thinking I'm gonna have to take a running shot.
He starts back from my left to right at a 45 degree angle, bounding through the chest high grass. Just as I'm about to squeeze the trigger he stops and quarters to me at 85 yards.
The junction of his neck and shoulder are all I can see when he stops and the crosshairs settled there.
At the shot he just disappeared.
Creedmore actually recovered part of the 130 AB. Found the plastic tip in his neck when we caped him.
Oh and there were 3 other deer killed last week with my hand loads.
Saturday I saw a few deer, nothing to get overly excited about.
Sunday morning started off slow, didn't really see any deer for about the first hour.
Then they started popping up everywhere. Between 7:30- 8:00 AM I counted 5 different bucks in the CRP grass. Most were little fellas. A couple of three points, a fork horn running a doe, a spike and one deer that popped up at 250 yards running a doe. He ran her for a ways and lost interest.
Turned around and walked back towards where he came from. Finally bedded down about 400 yards away looking at my stand location. County we're in it has to have 4 points on one side to be legal. This deer may have been, couldn't put brow tines on him running through the grass and cottonwood saplings.
Well it got a bit quiet. I'd check this bedded buck to see if he'd give me a better view then look around.
All of the sudden a doe comes out of the woods about 30 yards to my left front.
She's running all out.
I hear grunting and see another big deer running after her, and bright white antlers with at least three tines on one side.
She heads away, he's hot on her heels.
A second buck enters my view chasing the first buck. but he's 75 yards behind suitor number one.
The first buck stops about 150 yards out, reverses course and runs straight at buck #2, who is now only 75 yards away. Buck number two is a smallish fella. 3 points on left beam and a long spike on right side.
Looked like the fight was about to be on when buck number two thought the better of it and decided to retreat. The big buck chased him all the way back to the woods, then turned to look for his girlfriend.
By this time I had my 264 shouldered, thinking I'm gonna have to take a running shot.
He starts back from my left to right at a 45 degree angle, bounding through the chest high grass. Just as I'm about to squeeze the trigger he stops and quarters to me at 85 yards.
The junction of his neck and shoulder are all I can see when he stops and the crosshairs settled there.
At the shot he just disappeared.
Creedmore actually recovered part of the 130 AB. Found the plastic tip in his neck when we caped him.
Oh and there were 3 other deer killed last week with my hand loads.
Very nice; congrats!
