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My first deer!
#6054756
11/28/15 08:43 PM
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Regular Guy
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I took my first deer yesterday morning. No bait, no blind, no stand. No special camo or scent blocker or any of that. Just spot and stalk, hunting into the wind. This was my fourth hunt this year, and it was the first legal deer I'd seen. I'd been hunting pretty hard all morning, and I had already heard three shots nearby. I figured most of the deer had probably run into another training area, and I was about to call it a day. Before heading home, I decided to hunt a draw in the far north end of the training area (wind blowing north by northeast.) When I found the draw, I could smell the deer in it. It smelled almost like horses, i swear, only very faint. I thought my mind was playing tricks on me, I wanted a deer so bad! And the tracks, there were tracks everywhere in every direction, probably a dozen different animals. I thought, they must be rutting down here. I found a place to hide in a cluster of scrub oaks downwind of the draw, where i had a nice open field of fire and I could see the hillside on the north end of the draw. I tried to be patient and wait, but I needed to get home and do Christmas decorations, among other things, and my patience was wearing thin. About 10 AM, I decided to push down into the draw to see if I could jump one. He was bedded down in the bottom of the draw with a couple of does where I jumped him. As soon as I saw the antlers, my heart jumped into my throat and the adrenaline flowed like crazy! I backed out uphill to the south so I could see where he ran, and it was so hard to keep my eyes on him. I lost sight of him a couple of times, but the draw was so thick i could hear him ripping through it. Then he stopped on the hillside to the north and tried to smell me. Luckily I had a perfect view. He stretched his neck out, head held high, and I shot him in the neck with my .243. He fell dead where he stood. I still get the shakes just thinking about it! I don't know how I was able to hold steady when I shot him. I was calling on the Lord when i put the crosshairs on his neck, and I had tunnel vision when I pulled the trigger. Thank the Lord! I feel so blessed for my first deer to be such a nice buck. He weighed 146 pounds and was about 3.5 years old according to the biologist at the check in station. Here's a picture of my deer...
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Re: My first deer!
[Re: Regular Guy]
#6054778
11/28/15 08:58 PM
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North2AK
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Congratulations. Nice buck and an even better write-up.
“If there is a place in heaven for Labrador Retrievers (and I trust there is or I won’t go)" – Gene Hill
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Re: My first deer!
[Re: Regular Guy]
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11/28/15 09:14 PM
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Dave Davidson
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Congratulations; nice start.
Without a sense of urgency, nothing ever happens.
Boy, if I say "sic em", you'd better look for something to bite. Sam Shelley, Rancher Muleshoe Texas 1892-1985 RIP
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Re: My first deer!
[Re: Dave Davidson]
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11/28/15 09:20 PM
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SnakeWrangler
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Congratulations; nice start.
I believe in science and I’m an insufferable [censored] Actually, BBC is pretty damn good "You Cannot Simultaneously Be Politically Correct And Intellectually Honest!"
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Re: My first deer!
[Re: North2AK]
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11/28/15 09:26 PM
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tdecker22
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Congratulations. Nice buck and an even better write-up.
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Re: My first deer!
[Re: Regular Guy]
#6054955
11/28/15 10:51 PM
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TimOub007
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Good job, and great result!
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Re: My first deer!
[Re: Regular Guy]
#6054958
11/28/15 10:53 PM
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Hen-Killer
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"I'm responsible only for what I say, not for what you understand"
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Re: My first deer!
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11/29/15 12:13 AM
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Western
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If at first you dont succeed, then skydiving is not for you..
"Don't trust everything you read on the Internet"- Abraham Lincoln Dennis
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Re: My first deer!
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11/29/15 12:47 AM
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tex70
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Congrats on your first deer
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Re: My first deer!
[Re: Regular Guy]
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11/29/15 01:05 AM
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Dalee7892
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Way to go, love the write up, thought I was their with you on the hunt
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Re: My first deer!
[Re: Regular Guy]
#6055195
11/29/15 01:15 AM
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TAT
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You will never forget that hit the rest of your life.
It's not how you fall, It's how you get up.
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Re: My first deer!
[Re: Regular Guy]
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11/29/15 01:36 AM
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Regular Guy
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Thanks guys. I can't wait to do it again. Hooked for life!
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Re: My first deer!
[Re: tex70]
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11/29/15 02:35 PM
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Deerhunter61
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Congrats on your first deer
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Re: My first deer!
[Re: Regular Guy]
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11/29/15 06:06 PM
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Regular Guy
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I fried the heart up for lunch. It is really good just seasoned with lowrey's and rolled in flour, then egg, then flour! I brought another heart home I got from another hunter and fried them up together. Almost a pound and a half of meat, and my oldest daughter and I ate most of it right out of the pan!
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Re: My first deer!
[Re: tex70]
#6056146
11/29/15 06:35 PM
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Longhunter
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Congrats on your first deer!
Longhunter >>>-------> Make It Count!!!<><
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Re: My first deer!
[Re: Regular Guy]
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11/30/15 12:36 PM
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Pitchfork Predator
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Good job. Congrats on a very nice first buck. Welcome to the addiction.
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Re: My first deer!
[Re: Regular Guy]
#6058417
11/30/15 08:12 PM
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JH117
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Good job man! It's definitely addicting from here on out!
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Re: My first deer!
[Re: Regular Guy]
#6059111
12/01/15 01:18 AM
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CenTex
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Can feel the excitement in your story. That is what it's all about. Congrats!
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Re: My first deer!
[Re: Regular Guy]
#6059602
12/01/15 04:13 AM
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Ramsey
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Your hooked admit it. Congratulations
Big Beckett!!
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Re: My first deer!
[Re: Regular Guy]
#6061643
12/02/15 02:28 AM
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Regular Guy
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Yep hooked for life! I wish I could justify getting another, but there is no room in the freezer! Deep freeze is on the Christmas wish list Meanwhile I am going to see about getting permission to bait coyotes. Whatever makes the deer hunting better next year
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