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[/IMG]I made a tough call Sunday Morning to take a buck that is decent by anyone's standards, but would have gotten a pass if I had more time to hunt this year. I'm taking my son Pheasant and Prairie chicken hunting in South Dakota this week, and off to Florida next week. With family dinners and other obligations, I only would have two days to hunt after this past weekend. Last year I was lucky enough to place my stand in the perfect bedding area, and with a strong south wind, harvested a pretty large 8 with a 26 inch wide spread. That was the only time I sat in that stand. Some similarities with last year. Iowa got beat this weekend, my wife was out of town on a shopping trip, and it was warm and windy. So I was back in that same bedding stand on Sunday morning. I had very little deer activity around me that morning, as 6 does milled around, eventually bedding about 40 yards away. At around 9, I was thinking a nap sounded good, and was considering getting down. I looked through the woods to the west, and saw a pretty good buck coming towards the does. At first I was like, Oh yeah, shooter. Then I waffled a bit, as he chased the does around, going back and forth on whether or not to shoot him. Well, I waited a second too long, as I settled my 40 yard pin on him, he took off after a doe. I really wanted to shoot him at this point, after seeing his swollen up neck and how aggressive he was. I grunted a long grunt, stopping him at 60 yards, where he proceeded to rub a tree. I grunted again, same thing. So I turned away from him, and gave three short tending grunts, and hung the grunt tube up. When I turned back towards him, he was trotting towards me. I drew back, and stopped him at 8 yards....extinguishing his life with my z7. Moral of the story.....next November, I'm sending my wife out of town, and won't be so upset if Iowa loses.
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Here is a pic of last years from the same stand
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Here is a pic of last years from the same stand
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