Best and worst hunt of my life.

I can only blame myself for not shooting the biggest buck I've even seen while hunting. Camera shows it much lighter then my eyes did. Also over whelmed with the amount if deer that all showed up with in 3 minutes of each other. Super bummed.

Some folks are hunters and some are photographers....

I've seen a few that can do both, but for me I didn't do good at either yesterday. Lesson learned.

Yeah but Nate ya gotta admit it was a VERY good video.

Enjoyable morning anyway. Nice video

That it was, very fortunate to see all that activity.

Enjoyed that. That deer will probably come back with all the doe you have. Good luck.

That's what I'm hoping going back out tomorrow.

Good job. I’ve had snuck show up the last two morning hunts and leaves 15 minutes before legal shooting light. It happens

That's tough that's happened to me several times this season

Neat video. There will be another day. If it was to dark for comfort, you made the right choice. Sometimes the feeling that overtakes us, when things do not work out the way we would have liked, keeps us going back.

Yeah looking back at the video it showed up much brighter then it truly was to my eyes. Never noticed how big he was until I watched the video back.

You just didn't see his size? How?

That deer will be back and soon I bet

I know hard to explain, I had so many deer come in at once I was truly over whelmed. Just need to learn from my mistakes and hope to get another shot at seeing him.

That was some action! That first buck was a dandy! Reminds me of my cousin. He always sees good deer and never gets a shot. Hope you get a crack at that 10 soon

A realkilla points and shoots his or hers mark without a thought of anything but killin. Anything else is failure.

Good luck keep us posted, at least you saw something that big in person. I've only seen deer like that on camera at night or very far away.

Best thing that could of happened to you. You can stop shooting and targeting 3.5 year old bucks now.

You and I had a discussion that you said you shoot them because you didn't have any older mature bucks to target. Now you've discovered that you do if your patient. Trying to pick out your favorite 3.5 year old buck you had targeted cost you the best buck you've seen.

It's only a lesson learned if you apply it to the way you hunt and the goals you set and STICK to the plan until you are successful and not give in just to say you killed your buck or bucks for the season just for the sake of getting a buck kill on video.

Nice video. Stuff happens, you know what you did wrong now get over it and move on because you can't undo what's been done. I'd be back in the stand hunting that ten ASAP! As for filming, I've tried to do it a little but when it's came time, when I've seen "the buck" I've always chose to shoot the buck with the rifle over the camera. The buck I shot last year I videoed in one feeder pen and was getting ready to shoot it which would have been the first time for me to get one that way only to have him jump out of the pen and head to my other feeder. I tried to get it set up again to video but when he was moving in front of the pen I decided not to risk losing him and went ahead and pulled the trigger....it simply came down to priorities.

Cameras and video have saved a lot of bucks’ lives. I love my camera, but I don’t even think about it when it comes to a buck I may take - until I determine otherwise.

Nate, I like to video as well. Kinda like counting coup on the nice ones you don't want to kill. I have self videod some of the buck harvests I have made but it's a game time decision on whether or not to film the deer as well as if it's one I want to harvest. Both videos and game cameras can at times be deceptive. Trust what you saw with your own eyes and you will not fall victim to ground shrinkage.

I would agree

Went tonight but it was really warm, only saw 1 small buck. Still have time holding out hope.

We all take the walk of shame

That ain't no joke, God knows I have.

Hang in there buddy!

Great video there!

Thanks for the encouraging comments everyone. I'm still pretty new to deer hunting and I learn more and more each season. A forum like this is a great learning tool with great people and great information.

It’s a really cool video. Trying to serve two masters (the camera and the hunt) just bit you, that’s all. You have a great attitude. Good luck to you I hope you get him.

Awesome video,Thanks for sharing. While I haven't had that exact same experience, I know the feeling in general, part of hunting. Good luck moving forward, I hope to see pictures of you holding him before the season is over.

Thank you, I wanted to film just to be able the replay the memories, but that day I took it too far.

I find that my memory does a pretty good job without a camera distracting from my hunt. I’ve tried filming before. These days, I prefer to hunt.

It's a great video because it's not staged and it's your real life hunting experience. It also shows you have some great up and comers to look forward to next year. Just keep at it this year and you never know, he could give you another shot. Good luck the rest of the season.

Thank you for saying that, because that's exactly what I try to record.

Great vid!
But what are you thinking having a heater in the blind! that's against the rules.

Best= When my son shot his first buck, he had hunted with since shortly after he could walk. Shot his first doe around 9 and it was rough for a while because he wanted to shoot a buck and all we were seeing while he was with me were young bucks and I would not let him take one. At first it ticked him off but then he got it, so after shooting several hogs and more doe along the way he finally got his first buck at age 14, it was a dandy 10 and I was and still am the proudest dad



Worst I went to a big ranch out west with an X friend of mine now and his two sons. They had Zero regard for the game laws and the oldest son actually bragged about harming a calf. He came back with scratches all over his upper body and arms. He then started bragging about how he had just put the smack down on a young calf and that it ain't never getting back up, that it is now the coyote's dinner, the dad just grinned?

On one day I had to dang near force the dad to tag a doe his son had shot, he said if the game warden pulls them over, they will say the meat is from a hog, finally he tagged it

When we were finally leaving (Thank God) to go home on the ranch road, there was a momma cow and her probably 3-5 day old calf, same boy said dad stop he wanted to put the smack down on this calf too and the dad started stopping to let him. I had to yell fiercely at them multiple times to keep going that they are not going to hurt that FN calf finally they drove off. The whole time it was such a surreal and weird experience that people actually have that much disregard for other people's property, animals and game laws!

It was such a messed up situation that I did not want to nor did I shoot a deer.

Hahahaha gas ran out after a hour, serves me right

And some are both

Wow Nate, never seen that many while hunting either. Sure haven't seen that many horns nor as big a buck as those. Great video though. Been watching videos at work, itching to get back after it this weekend. We are still developing our spot me and some buddies hunt. One day with any luck we will have a herd like that roll up. I'm sure you will get either the one you were after or that monster soon enough. Let us know. Good luck to ya!

Too awesome Stub! I know you are way proud. My boys didn't show much interest in hunting, my father didn't hunt and I never had much opportunity growing up. I'm older and have only been at it 5 years but have only taken one and it was a buck, opening weekend of rifle 3 years ago and it was the 1st off the property we hunt.

This is my first season in this spot, I'm very lucky to be seen the action I am. Thanks for the comment

I pulled my camera and the big boy showed back up. Now I need to figure out how to post a picture.

If you don't get the pic loaded send me a pm

I will add them

Congrats to your son that's a great buck, and to the rest of the story I'm glad you did what you did. People like that will get what's coming to them one day.

Here you go Nate

Thank you very much procraft05

Hey Nate, when you going back for round 2?

Saturday morning crossing my fingers.

They're lucky that momma cow didn't put "the smackdown" on them. Sounds like they are some real jerks.

Good luck sir, I too will be trying my luck again this weekend. And my darn friends keep coming up with excuses to not go. Told em they are going to have a hard time filling the freezer from the conditioned spaces at home.