Great Weekend!

[XD9]

Well, I opened up season last week by taking a 1 1/2 old doe.  A great way to start out with some good meat.  Over this past weekend, I got up Saturday morning at 5:30am to go hunting again.  I looked outside and it was pouring the rain.  I lost all dedication and climbed back in my bed! haha  I did NOT feel like sitting in the rain all morning.  About 9:30am, it was only drizzling off and on so I decided to go up and do a circle around my property.  I didn't see anything so I cam back and sat in my ladder stand up on the ridge for about 30 minutes.  For some reason, I just didn't feel like being in the woods...I was literally shifting my weight to my feet to get up when I heard leaves rustling to my left.  I looked over and here came two does around the ridge...a yearling and a 3 year old.  I got to my feet, took aim, and shot the 3 year old.  They both took off running and she dropped about 50 yards down the hill.  I was ready to get her so I immediately climbed out of my stand took about ten steps from the bottom of my ladder.  I looked up and a decent sized buck was standing 40 yards from me, head down, following that doe.  He only had one thing on his mind and he never knew I was there.  I put one in him but failed to compensate for being so close so I shot him low (gut shot).  I had to shoot him again after he ran about 60 yds.  He went down immediately after that.  I just finished cutting up the last of the doe this evening.  I got about 40 lbs of burger, five roasts, and countless steaks and stew meat out of the two of them.  My freezer is looking good! haha

Here's some pictures:




Hope everyone else is having a good season!  I'd like to get one more before season is out.

[XD9]

By the way, it's a seven point buck.  Haven't measured the spread on him.  I'm going to mount the antlers...ordered the plate kit today.

[littlecanoe]

Congratulations!  Sounds like you'll have a pot of chili stewing soon.

[kyelkhunter3006]

Mmm, I can smell the backstrap on the grill now.     What gun did you use?  First glance it looks like a Remington 700....

[XD9]

Good eye...it's a Remington 700 SPS BuckMaster edition in .30-06 with a Nikon 3x9x40 on it.  I LOVE that gun!  I shoot factory ammunition from it and put 4 out of 5 touching at 100 yds.  That's good enough for me! haha

[kyelkhunter3006]

Yep, I thought that it was the Buckmaster one.  Did the scope come on it?  I think I recall seeing them at Dicks with the camo Nikon as part of the package.  As for the accuracy, well, meat on the ground tells the story in the end!

[XD9]

No, this scope didn't come as a package with the gun.  I don't remember what model Nikon it is...it was $229 I think.  It's a nice setup.  I'm obviously happy with it.

[BAP]

congrats on a great hunt..it is great when it all comes together like that.. it is a job dragging 2 deer out at the same time.lol..i hope you had some help..
i did the same thing several years ago and had to drag both out about a mile and a half by myself..wasnt able to take the atv. that day and man i wish i had.. any way congradulations on a job well done..bap

[XD9]

Wow, a mile and a half drag wouldn't be fun with ONE deer...even a small one.  I was lucky, the buck ran himself to the edge of the woods where I was able to pick him up with the ATV.  The doe was pretty difficult because she dropped in the middle of a very dense thicket which I could barely get into myself, let alone the ATV.  Once I drug her clear of that though, it wasn't bad.