St. Gunner
Member
Some of you had heard about the buck I was chasing trying to kill. I had seen him originally between bow and gun season, just caught a glimpse of him as he headed into the brush. Saw him again two weeks ago at 300yds in high wind and all he presented me was a head on chest shot. I passed it that day, thinking in time if I was patient and hunted hard I would find him again. I did this morning, I spotted him about 600yds out with a doe bedded down on the edge of a huge coastal field and just into some regrowth mesquite. A 600yd attempt was out, I had to get closer. The coastal patch is right at 400yds wide, so I just laid down on my belly and crawled across it right to the edge of the brush line where he was standing watch over the bedded doe. I quietly snapped out my harris bipod legs, and eased into a spot I could shoot. They had moved closer to me, so I had a 100yd broadside shot. I put a 160gr trophy bonded bearclaw right through his lungs with the Browning A-bolt Stalker in .280 remington topped with a Tasco world class plus 3-9x44mm. At the shot he stumped 20yds and piled up. He is 13 points, basic 10pt rack with 3 kickers.
I really hunted this deer, no feeder to shoot him out from under, no protein block, he'd been avoiding all that stuff and skirting the edges, he rarely crossed a sendero or anything. Just wanted to share it with all of you first.
Steve
I really hunted this deer, no feeder to shoot him out from under, no protein block, he'd been avoiding all that stuff and skirting the edges, he rarely crossed a sendero or anything. Just wanted to share it with all of you first.
Steve