What a week !!!!

[antharper]

Just wow is about all I can say ! Started Tuesday morning Nov 5 , decided to go hunt a little while and then hang my climber and scatter out some corn in several different locations in preparation for my vacation from work coming up . So I get in my stand at daylight and had action quick . This buck chased a doe by me first thing and I passed him . They came back by with better daylight and I decided I liked him . I’ve been hunting this property for 25 years and haven’t killed a buck off it since 2019 .

 

[Tnhunter]

Great Buck! Congratulations!

 

[Spotlite]

Nice!! Congratulations!!

 

[antharper]

Didn’t hunt anymore the next few days , only rode through a couple times keeping the does fat and happy . So I’ve got off work this week and decided to go yesterday Nov 10 and check trail cams and feed up and sit a couple hours before dark .
My dad wanted to go so I let him pick what stand he wanted and we went on our way around 4 . I hadn’t been in the stand 15 minutes and seen this buck headed in my direction crossing a 100 acre cow pasture without a care in the world . I quickly recognized him from previous years with his flop/ broken ear ., I’ve had pictures of him for 4 years . We have been seeing him mostly on Camera for only a week or 2 right around this time . It was pretty emotional pulling the trigger on this old man . I’m guessing he was 7-8 years old . Scars from one end to the other .
Back to the hunt , he was in a field I don’t have permission to be in and I was about 50 yards from line . He looked like he was gonna cross over to my side about 300 yards . So I started grunting pretty loud and he finally heard it and stopped . When he did I gave him another loud grunt . I shot him at about 20 yards just a few minutes later . He tried to go back through fence but got hung up and died right there in a couple seconds .

 

[antharper]

Picture of his ear , looks like he about tore it slam off .

 

[antharper]

Last year’s picture .

 

[antharper]

He had already broke both his brow tines off but I didn’t mind .

 

[Cool Hand Luke]

That is a great week! Getting to do some of it with your Dad makes it even more special. Congratulations on two good'uns

 

[kayaksteve]

Dang. It don’t get any better than that. I’m sure your earned them both

 

[rugerfan]

Congrats! Great season for you. Two great bucks in a week. Awesome man!

 

[Philnlucky]

Wow! Two great bucks! A season to remember for sure! Congratulations!

 

[Spotlite]

Didn’t hunt anymore the next few days , only rode through a couple times keeping the does fat and happy . So I’ve got off work this week and decided to go yesterday Nov 10 and check trail cams and feed up and sit a couple hours before dark .
My dad wanted to go so I let him pick what stand he wanted and we went on our way around 4 . I hadn’t been in the stand 15 minutes and seen this buck headed in my direction crossing a 100 acre cow pasture without a care in the world . I quickly recognized him from previous years with his flop/ broken ear ., I’ve had pictures of him for 4 years . We have been seeing him mostly on Camera for only a week or 2 right around this time . It was pretty emotional pulling the trigger on this old man . I’m guessing he was 7-8 years old . Scars from one end to the other .
Back to the hunt , he was in a field I don’t have permission to be in and I was about 50 yards from line . He looked like he was gonna cross over to my side about 300 yards . So I started grunting pretty loud and he finally heard it and stopped . When he did I gave him another loud grunt . I shot him at about 20 yards just a few minutes later . He tried to go back through fence but got hung up and died right there in a couple seconds . View attachment 1341144View attachment 1341145View attachment 1341146

Double nice!!! You paid the smack down on’em!!

Now you gotta get back to work to cover a taxidermist!!!

 

[NCHillbilly]

Two really nice bucks! Good week indeed.

 

[Jonboater]

A week to remember for sure! Great deer!

 

[James12]

Slow yer roll man! Wow! Awesome!

 

[kmaxwell3]

Great bucks sir. Congrats. What cal is that Ruger? I got one just like it in .270

 

[jaydawg]

^purty sure his is a 7 mag…wow!…great job Ant!…awesome week for sure!…you get rewarded for livin right and hard work!…congratulations!

 

[Railroader]

That was a fine weeks work!

 

[ddavis1120]

Awesome week!

 

[kmckinnie]

Fine deer ant. Congrats