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 BUCK DOWN! (PICS ADDED)
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11/04/17 12:40 PM
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JH117
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Still sitting in my box blind. Target buck down! Came within 20 yards of the blind to run a buck off! Still shaking..... Pics to come shortly     Here he is! My best buck to date! I'll add a little more about the experience later. Ok so here's how it went down. I got in the box blind around 6:30. The winds were not favorable but I just had to do it because I wouldn't be able to hunt him for a few more weeks. Since the trail cams were indicating that he was coming from the west i figured there was a chance I could get him before he winded me. And the last thing I wanted was for him to disappear or get shot by someone else. I bought that dead downwind kit and washed my gear and took a shower to keep the scent to a minimum. I'm assuming it worked pretty good because by 7 I could see a group of does in the moonlight about 30 yards in front of stand. By 7:15 I had a nice 8 point dogging the does in front of me. He was bigger than anything I had shot before but I waited patiently for the one I wanted to show. About 15 minutes later and there he was! He came from the west all pigeon chested up looking to fight that buck! I could see the fur on the back if his neck standing he was so close! I expected him to be about 150 yards away so I had my scope dialed up to ten. (Another mistake to learn from) Surprisingly he didn't wind me. Even if he could smell me I don't think he would have cared since he had other things on his mind. At this point he was about 30 yards in front of me. I lifted my rifle up and struggled to find him in my scope all while trying to control my breathing and shaking. When I did find him I let a 30-06 180 grain federal bullet fly. When I saw him go down I was ecstatic! When I got him to the processor I also had him caped so i could get him to the taxidermist. He measured 18 1/2 inches wide and the taxidermist estimated him to score about 140 and gross 130. I still can't believe it actually played out the way I wanted it to. This is my first mature buck in my 4 year hunting career and by far the my best hunting experience! Hopefully there will be many more to come. Now its time to get my boy on a good buck! Thanks everybody and good hunting!
Last edited by JH117; 11/04/17 06:45 PM.
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Re: BUCK DOWN!
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11/04/17 12:49 PM
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pittdog33
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Awesome. Looking forward to pics.
I dont know what we're put on this earth to do but we're here damn it!
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Re: BUCK DOWN!
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11/04/17 12:55 PM
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Re: BUCK DOWN!
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11/04/17 12:59 PM
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Re: BUCK DOWN!
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11/04/17 01:00 PM
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Re: BUCK DOWN!
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11/04/17 01:00 PM
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Congrats 
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11/04/17 01:03 PM
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Pitchfork Predator
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Congrats! I guess the wind wasn't a problem! Lol. 
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11/04/17 01:08 PM
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Re: BUCK DOWN!
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11/04/17 01:08 PM
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11/04/17 01:08 PM
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11/04/17 01:10 PM
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Re: BUCK DOWN!
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11/04/17 01:13 PM
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S.A. hunter
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Boooooo
Maybe he's developing them.
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11/04/17 01:22 PM
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11/04/17 01:25 PM
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Congrats waiting on pics!!!!
No doubt about the AR crap, just damn shame hunters don't have self control and knowledge
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11/04/17 01:30 PM
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Re: BUCK DOWN!
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11/04/17 01:30 PM
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Hope he didn't get back up. Lol
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11/04/17 01:31 PM
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11/04/17 01:33 PM
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If I'm not hunting something I must be dead.
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11/04/17 01:35 PM
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my best Lee Corso "not so fast my friend" 
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11/04/17 02:10 PM
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Hope he didn't get back up. Lol 
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11/04/17 02:26 PM
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 Just kidding. Post him up and congrats
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#6945904
11/04/17 02:32 PM
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Awesome looking forward to the pics
"A king or a Queen for an afternoon, beats a lifetime as a pawn."
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11/04/17 02:33 PM
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11/04/17 03:29 PM
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