v8stang289
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Man am I stoked, I just killed a nice buck this morning.
I hunt a small farm about a mile from my house, and I've been hunting it for the past nine years. The deer activity this year has been much greater than years past. Probably because all the fields either have sweet potatoes, soy beans, or peanuts in them, and because the rainfall levels have been perfect in the area. So plenty of food + plenty of water = plenty of deer, haha.
I have a trail camera set up and pull the pictures once every week or so. I pulled them wednesday and the last pictures were of a nice buck. Went through and found a few more of him roughing up some tree limbs.
Fast forward to this morning. I Arrived at 5:45 at my tree stand around 60 yds from the trail where the camera is. This stand is about 40 yds into the woods and I also have a clear view out into a sweet potato field. Around 6:45 a few does came out into the field. I watched them for a little while until they left the field and around 7 I decided to do a little calling.
I've recently started trying to learn effective calling as I've been trying it for a few years with no success. I called with an estrous bleat 3 or 4 times and then paused for a few minutes and called again. I repeated this a couple times and then hit the grunt tube. After a few minutes I heard something walking through the woods, so I bleated again. When I did that A buck came busting in looking for the hot doe. He ran in on me fast and was 20 yds away when I stopped him with a quick grunt.
Needless to say at 20 yds a .270win is quite effective. I double lung shot him and he ran about 75 yds or so into the woods. The bullet passed through and he dumped tons of blood so trailing him was not an issue. Walking up on him on the ground and my adrenaline was pumping and I was shaking like crazy! Felt like a little kid I was so excited. It was the same buck from the trail cam pics. 6 points on one side and 5 on the other.
He may not be a "trophy buck" but in the area I hunt he is huge. Plus this was the first deer I've ever called in, and that is exciting to me. The meat is in the cooler chilling, and some tenderloins and gravy are in my near future.
-Matt
here a few pics.
I hunt a small farm about a mile from my house, and I've been hunting it for the past nine years. The deer activity this year has been much greater than years past. Probably because all the fields either have sweet potatoes, soy beans, or peanuts in them, and because the rainfall levels have been perfect in the area. So plenty of food + plenty of water = plenty of deer, haha.
I have a trail camera set up and pull the pictures once every week or so. I pulled them wednesday and the last pictures were of a nice buck. Went through and found a few more of him roughing up some tree limbs.
Fast forward to this morning. I Arrived at 5:45 at my tree stand around 60 yds from the trail where the camera is. This stand is about 40 yds into the woods and I also have a clear view out into a sweet potato field. Around 6:45 a few does came out into the field. I watched them for a little while until they left the field and around 7 I decided to do a little calling.
I've recently started trying to learn effective calling as I've been trying it for a few years with no success. I called with an estrous bleat 3 or 4 times and then paused for a few minutes and called again. I repeated this a couple times and then hit the grunt tube. After a few minutes I heard something walking through the woods, so I bleated again. When I did that A buck came busting in looking for the hot doe. He ran in on me fast and was 20 yds away when I stopped him with a quick grunt.
Needless to say at 20 yds a .270win is quite effective. I double lung shot him and he ran about 75 yds or so into the woods. The bullet passed through and he dumped tons of blood so trailing him was not an issue. Walking up on him on the ground and my adrenaline was pumping and I was shaking like crazy! Felt like a little kid I was so excited. It was the same buck from the trail cam pics. 6 points on one side and 5 on the other.
He may not be a "trophy buck" but in the area I hunt he is huge. Plus this was the first deer I've ever called in, and that is exciting to me. The meat is in the cooler chilling, and some tenderloins and gravy are in my near future.
-Matt
here a few pics.
