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My first Buck
So I just got back from my first hunt camp. Spent a week up in 514 with a few buddies to do some whitetail hunting. Up til then all I filled so far was one supp tag, so I still had another plus my Gen tag to fill for the week. Week started off slow as the first 4 days I wasn't getting anything. My buddies were having a bit of luck and got a couple does.
Around the 4th day it was like a light switch was flipped and all the bucks became completely stupid, and I mean downright dumb, it was pretty cool to see how they were acting for my first rut hunt. I ended up shooting my doe in the morning of the 4th or 5th day at 200 yards with my 30-30 and 150 gr round nose ammo. I'll spare you the details, but it ended up turning into quite the gong show trying to put her down as she didn't drop on the first shot. Turned into a 400 yard drag back to the trail and another 50 or so to the truck. Let's just say the ammo didn't fail me but my shot placement was a bit off.
It was about 10am when she was all cleaned and loaded onto the truck so we had another 2 hours to kill before we could unload the quad so we took a drive around and saw buck after buck running across roads and basically truck stalking this one little guy, 6 pointer who was just running with the truck and staring at us. I didn't want him though. I wanted bigger and definitely not from the side of a road. I was hunting with a good buddy of mine who's been hunting for 25 years. He was teaching me a lot about everything. I wanted to learn how to still hunt and how to call and rattle. So noon came and we took the quad out 30 km down the quad trails and back into an area he found last year untouched by humans for at least the last 50 years. We park the quad and walk in super quiet and get to the top of the ridge we were over looking after following some tracks of something big that we wanted to call in. Kinda funny because the tracks actually walked right through the gut pile of a doe we shot couple days before. So end up at the top of the ridge, kind of at the corner where to ridges meet and are perpendicular to each other and it goes down and up to another ridge about 80-90 yards across. So were standing there quietly discussing where we were gonna setup to call and rattle. All of a sudden across the other side of the ridge a doe is running along the ridge, tail and head down. We look at each other and say that there was no way we spooked her. Then it clicked in to my buddy. She was being chased by a buck. Well not even 5 minutes later this big guy comes out following her same path nose to the ground, tongue hanging out. My buddy gets excited and says its a smasher and to take him. I'll save the details again over what happened next but 4 shots later (first two being misses) I have my first buck. Kinda funny how different shooting at the range is compared to real life hunting situations. I never considered myself a bad shot but man missing twice at 80-90 yards sure isn't comforting haha. I learnt a lot though over the last week and can't wait til next year!
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11-18-2012, 08:32 AM
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Oh crap, i apologize for the sideways pic. On a side note I forgot to mention that he is now at the taxidermist getting mounted.
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11-18-2012, 08:35 AM
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Great buck man !!
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11-18-2012, 08:40 AM
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Right on congrat bud!!
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11-18-2012, 08:40 AM
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Very nice buck! Now you what buck fever is lol
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11-18-2012, 09:30 AM
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Congrats!!
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11-18-2012, 09:34 AM
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Well done!
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11-18-2012, 09:42 AM
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Very nice buck,love the split brows.It will look very nice on the wall.
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11-18-2012, 09:44 AM
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great buck
Congrats on that buck!! 
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11-18-2012, 10:43 AM
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Congrats on a slob for a first buck. You really got spoiled on that one. Lol. I took me a few years to get a buck of that caliber.
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11-18-2012, 10:58 AM
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You set the bar pretty high for your first.
Really nice deer.
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11-18-2012, 10:59 AM
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Beuty buck! Don't be in too much of a hurry to get it mounted. Have it caped and take it to some horn shows around your area, you might be surprised and you get to tell your story over and over!
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11-18-2012, 11:04 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by coolpool
Beuty buck! Don't be in too much of a hurry to get it mounted. Have it caped and take it to some horn shows around your area, you might be surprised and you get to tell your story over and over!
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Thanks all for the comments! He's already been caped and already at the Bruins Den Taxidermy.
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11-18-2012, 11:26 AM
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Congrats, nice buck.
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11-18-2012, 11:28 AM
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Congrats
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11-18-2012, 11:34 AM
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Hard to tell fr the pic but it looks like a 7x6 including the split brows
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11-18-2012, 11:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Mike_W
Hard to tell fr the pic but it looks like a 7x6 including the split brows
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Yup, 13 points.
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11-18-2012, 11:37 AM
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Nice first buck!
As far as comparing an 80-90yard field shot to that at the range....did you use a rest in the field? Bipod/tree/shooting stick? If not....do you practice freehand at the range? It is good to practice from all sorts of different shooting positions.
In the field I always carry my shooting sticks...and use them when I can. I will take any rest over no rest any day of the week.
If I had the choice of shooting 100 yards closer but without a rest....I would take the longer shot with a rest everytime.
LC
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11-18-2012, 12:19 PM
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Nice buck.....congrats!
Pretty tough to keep the rifle steady when you are looking at your first big buck. 
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11-18-2012, 12:42 PM
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Yeppers thats a keeper ..congrats hogie
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11-18-2012, 12:46 PM
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Congrats, very nice buck!!
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11-18-2012, 12:47 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Lefty-Canuck
Nice first buck!
As far as comparing an 80-90yard field shot to that at the range....did you use a rest in the field? Bipod/tree/shooting stick? If not....do you practice freehand at the range? It is good to practice from all sorts of different shooting positions.
In the field I always carry my shooting sticks...and use them when I can. I will take any rest over no rest any day of the week.
If I had the choice of shooting 100 yards closer but without a rest....I would take the longer shot with a rest everytime.
LC
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Nope no rest. Free handed both doe and buck. I do practice free hand at the range. I blame the shooting on the buck fever.
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11-18-2012, 12:48 PM
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Nice buck!
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11-18-2012, 12:52 PM
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Great buck! I'm heading to that zone later this week. Were the bucks chasing all day?
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11-18-2012, 12:57 PM
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Great buck! I'm heading to that zone later this week. Were the bucks chasing all day?
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Bucks are going full out stupid. Bring a doe bleat and find yourself a spot you won't have a problem.
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11-18-2012, 12:59 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hogie135
Nope no rest. Free handed both doe and buck. I do practice free hand at the range. I blame the shooting on the buck fever.
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Buck fever can make some crazy things happen!
LC
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11-18-2012, 01:47 PM
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nice deer. congrats.
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11-18-2012, 06:14 PM
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Congrats.
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11-18-2012, 06:27 PM
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Congrats on the buck.
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11-18-2012, 06:31 PM
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Beauty !!!!
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