[vt4ster]

congratulations, good job!!

 

[marlinluvr]

Nice buck. Good shooting. What did you do about the powder burns?

Was thinkin' the same thing... at 15 yds, the muzzle blast should have put him down! 😁

Congrats on a fine lookin' buck!

 

[capt greg]

15 yards??.. dang why didn’t ya save a bullet an just heave a rock?? lol... Just funnin ya, very nice buck congratulations!

 

[phwebster]

Wow nice Buck!!!. Most of my shots in the woods of Maine are under 30 yards. I sight in for dead zero at 50 yds and thats plenty. Its easy peep sight hunting most of the time other than I need the scope for sun up and sun down. I keep my scope at 3X most of the time.

 

[LakeOFan]

A great shot took a great buck. Congrats!

 

[burzynsr]

Nice buck, the rifle earned it's keep and so did you. Best thing is reliving it every time you eat some venison.

 

[Rifle Shoppe]

Great story and pictures....thanks for pisting.....enjoy that fresh venison !

 

[marlin54]

Congratulations!! NICE Buck!!

 

[Lucky1]

My tradition for the first buck of the season, (like the one in this post), is to take out the tender loins as I am gutting the deer in the woods so we (my wife is the chef) can cook them for our dinner the next evening…home made marinade then seared in a cast iron skillet with butter, garlic and rosemary. The rest of the deer goes into the freezer to be used as needed…we use mostly steaks and stew meat with some burger. I also clean the skull cap so the rack is preserved respectfully. Although I have always wanted to use a part of a deer rack for a knife handle or some other purpose, I’ve never gotten around to it. I have boxes of deer racks of all sizes going back to when I was a teenager.

 

[94win30wcf]

30 WCF been taking deer since 1895. well done!

 

[M700]

OUTSTANDING!

 

[buckeyeshooter]

nice shooting!

 

[TimR]

Very nice buck, thanks for sharing!!! Good shooting😁😁😁

 

[DukeM]

Very nicely done. I wish they all looked like your buck but tasted like the spike you passed up. I pass up the big ones to shoot and eat the little ones, but it is hard.

 

[Carp444]

Nice buck! Congratulations!

 

[FATBIRD255]

Nice Nice Deer! I got lucky on the 4th day of our Missouri Firearms Season using my Revelation Model 200 Western Auto marked 336 .30-30 manufactured in 1962. I'd let does walk every day and finally this little 8 point came out and was about 25 - 30 yards away. One shot using traditional Remington 150gr SP and he went 25 or 30'. Nowhere as big as yours but was fun to finally see a buck.
I bought this Rechargeable Doe Urine Heater for this year and the buck appeared to be headed straight to it. I haven’t used it enough to swear that but it appeared that way !
FATBIRD

 

[Mophet]

Great deer with a great rifle! What a great story too.

 

[Kuduhunter]

Nice Buck. Seen lots of Bucks this year just no shooters yet.

 

[Lucky1]

FATBIRD255; Very nice buck! I bought a pop up ground blind some years ago but haven’t used it…like you described in your post, they definitely work. Thanks for sharing

 

[FATBIRD255]

Hey Lucky,
I love my ground blinds. My tree stands just sit ignored now. I have 3 towers with a blind on them that are 6' tall and that's plenty for me anymore. Here's something you can laugh at. I had an old trailer sitting around and I put a ground blind on it and simply used the tie down ropes on the outside of the blind to tie it down to the trailer. I then used those rubberized 2'x2' interlocking mats inside so I wasn't clumping my boots on the wooden floor. I drag it all around the farm with my Polaris and have shot several deer out of it over the years. Sat in it only one afternoon this year and let a doe walk at about 50 yards. A crazy idea but it works. Both Deer & Turkey ignore my ground blinds !
FATBIRD