duckaholic
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This harvest has quite the story behind him. My father hunted everyday of the ML season and only had a shot at a 150 which is passed on as it was early into the week. Friday he made his mind up that he was taking the next 140 or better he saw.
Friday evening he had just got into the stand when he saw a rack about 100 yards away. The deer was bedded down and stayed there for another hour or so. Once the buck was up he slowly made his way toward the stand but on the opposite side of the creek, no shot. The buck managed to cross the creek and offered a quartering toward shot at 30 yards. He put the scope on him right where the shoulder meets the neck and then a little low. The buck dropped and thrashed for about 10 minutes. When the buck first hit the ground he immediately when to reload and hammer him again. No ramrod!! The ramrod flew out when he pulled the trigger. We later found it between where the deer was standing when it was shot and the tree. Dad waited until he thought the deer was dead and then backed out. When he left the deer wasn't moving and was laying on his side.
He made it back to the house and called me to bring a ramrod. We were back under the stand in less than an hour and no deer! We found blood but after following it 100 yards or better we decided to back out. We normally would have backed out sooner but Saturday was calling for rain.
We slipped back into the timber at first light with 4 guys to search the entire area. After 4 1/2 hours of looking we bumped the buck and pushed him further into the property. You could tell he was hurt but he was running at a real good pace. We decided that he was going to live from his wounds.
Sunday dad decided to still hunt the area that the buck ran to. He entered the timber at 9:00 and decided to sit on a bluff overlooking a creek bottom. After about 10 minutes went by, here came the buck running the creek. Dad stopped him at 40 yards and hammered him 1 last time. This time he had a double lung and the deer expired only 20 yards from where he was shot. The deer was finally dead at least 1/2 mile from where he was first hit!
After skinning the deer we found that the first shot hit about 3 inches high and entered right above the shoulder into the neck. We are assuming the deer dropped the first time from spinal shock.
Friday evening he had just got into the stand when he saw a rack about 100 yards away. The deer was bedded down and stayed there for another hour or so. Once the buck was up he slowly made his way toward the stand but on the opposite side of the creek, no shot. The buck managed to cross the creek and offered a quartering toward shot at 30 yards. He put the scope on him right where the shoulder meets the neck and then a little low. The buck dropped and thrashed for about 10 minutes. When the buck first hit the ground he immediately when to reload and hammer him again. No ramrod!! The ramrod flew out when he pulled the trigger. We later found it between where the deer was standing when it was shot and the tree. Dad waited until he thought the deer was dead and then backed out. When he left the deer wasn't moving and was laying on his side.
He made it back to the house and called me to bring a ramrod. We were back under the stand in less than an hour and no deer! We found blood but after following it 100 yards or better we decided to back out. We normally would have backed out sooner but Saturday was calling for rain.
We slipped back into the timber at first light with 4 guys to search the entire area. After 4 1/2 hours of looking we bumped the buck and pushed him further into the property. You could tell he was hurt but he was running at a real good pace. We decided that he was going to live from his wounds.
Sunday dad decided to still hunt the area that the buck ran to. He entered the timber at 9:00 and decided to sit on a bluff overlooking a creek bottom. After about 10 minutes went by, here came the buck running the creek. Dad stopped him at 40 yards and hammered him 1 last time. This time he had a double lung and the deer expired only 20 yards from where he was shot. The deer was finally dead at least 1/2 mile from where he was first hit!
After skinning the deer we found that the first shot hit about 3 inches high and entered right above the shoulder into the neck. We are assuming the deer dropped the first time from spinal shock.
