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Doe, Doe, Buck - story
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12/03/19 06:25 PM
12/03/19 06:25 PM
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Joined: Oct 2001
Posts: 26,012 Tampa
Beer Belly
OP
Freak of Nature
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Posts: 26,012
Tampa
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I can't get imgur to upload the photo. I put the google photo links below. If you have a google acct you can see them. Hunting in GA. Sat-Monday saw a few, but no shots. Heading home Tues morning after the hunt. Temp 30, light wind this morning after 30mph gust the past 2 days. Left the motel hoping that they decide to move this calm brisk morning and did they ever cooperate. The power line is waist-chest high weeds, we had a few shooting lanes & small food plot mowed. 7:30 - Sitting in my stand on power line doe steps out, went back in woods before I could get on her. 7:45 - Doe come jogging toward me with yearling behind her, she turned into the little food plot and stops 100 yards away. 7mag goes boom. She falls, jumps up and runs away. I expected her to stay down, but marked the tree where I saw her last. It was cold 30°F, so she was fine to lay there for a while. 7:50 - look to my right and see 2 good bucks on the neighbors property, just feeding and walking around. They were ~300 yards away. I watched them for ~15 mins until they finally crossed into the woods. I just shot 5 mins ago. 8:15 - Doe steps out and stands there about 200 yards way. Put cross hairs on her, 7mag goes boom. She turned and ran. Now I am questioning my rifle. I give her ~15 mins, and decide to get down to go pick up my dad. 2 deer are enough to try to track down. 8:30 - I toss my sweatshirt out my ladder cover window. I lower my back pack. I then lower my rifle. My truck is only ~25ft from the stand, because that is the best place to hide the truck on the property. I open the back of my bed cover and toss in my sweat shirt, go back untie my backpack toss it in, and close the bed cover. I walk back untie my rifle, and walk to the other side of the truck open the back door to put in my rifle. I look up and see a big deer and antlers in the food plot. I chambered a round, and walked to the back of the truck. The buck's head was down and he was walking slowly eating the grass. Put the cross hairs on him, 7mag goes boom. He stumbled, and then he ran OFF. He was hit hard but another deer ran. I ran out into the shooting land to see kinda where he crossed into the woods. I get in the truck, and head to pick up my dad. We are 125yrs old together. Tracking & dragging 2 deer was going to be enough, now there is a 3rd. Every one of them ran, the 2 Doe didn't jump or anything. I get to my dad and he says. "How many you got laying down?" I say "None, they all ran off." We stop on the little road on the way back to my stand and I walk out to where Doe #1 ran. After looking for ~10 mins I found her. She was on the very edge of the weeds on the power line, and didn't make it to the woods. My dad drives around while I drag her toward the food plot. We get her loaded up on the trailer hitch cargo carrier. I had to take off my heavy jacked because I am sweating in 35° weather. There is still frost on the ground. We drive to the other side of the plot, which is across the power line, and get out to look for the buck. We did NOT look for blood we just walked in where I though he crossed into the woods. Nothing, nothing, I walked further west, paralleling the power line and walked right up on Doe #2. I drug her to the little mowed strip between the woods and power line, then sit on a log for a min to catch my breath. I yell to my dad and he hasn't found the buck or any blood. I start walking back up the mowed strip toward the truck. My plan it so start over and look for blood. ~1/2 way back I see another deer laying next to the mowed strip. The closer I get the bigger he gets. I knew he was a bid bodied deer, with decent antler, but didn't think he was as nice of a deer as he turned out to be. The doe in the photo is ~100 lbs-ish for comparison. We loaded up all of the deer, strapped them down and were headed to the processor by 9:30. Hell of a morning.
Last edited by Beer Belly; 12/04/19 11:37 AM.
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Re: Doe, Doe, Buck - story
[Re: Beer Belly]
#2974367
12/03/19 07:09 PM
12/03/19 07:09 PM
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Joined: Feb 2002
Posts: 44,211 North Alabama
Wiley Coyote
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
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North Alabama
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Looks like you gott'er done!
I firmly believe that a double gallows should be constructed on the East Lawn of The White House. Politicians who willfully and shamelessly violate their oath to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States of America should be swiftly tried and, upon conviction, publicly hanged at sunup the day after conviction. If multiple convicts are to be hanged they can choose with whom to share the gallows or names shall be drawn from the hangman's hat to be hanged 2 at a time.
NRA Life Member
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Re: Doe, Doe, Buck - story
[Re: Beer Belly]
#2974386
12/03/19 07:21 PM
12/03/19 07:21 PM
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Joined: Feb 2012
Posts: 1,439 NE AL
duxlayer
8 point
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8 point
Joined: Feb 2012
Posts: 1,439
NE AL
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Dang good day . I didn’t know u could shoot 3 guess I need to read up on all the new e-check chuckey rules. Nvm I seen ur Florida I was thinking I missed an AL rule change
Last edited by duxlayer; 12/03/19 07:24 PM. Reason: Florida..
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Re: Doe, Doe, Buck - story
[Re: duxlayer]
#2974410
12/03/19 07:40 PM
12/03/19 07:40 PM
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Joined: Oct 2001
Posts: 26,012 Tampa
Beer Belly
OP
Freak of Nature
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OP
Freak of Nature
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Dang good day . I didn’t know u could shoot 3 guess I need to read up on all the new e-check chuckey rules. Nvm I seen ur Florida I was thinking I missed an AL rule change Hunting GA "12 per season, statewide. No more than 10 may be antlerless and no more than 2 may be antlered. One of the antlered deer must have at least 4 points, one inch or longer, on one side of the antlers."
Last edited by Beer Belly; 12/03/19 07:48 PM.
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Re: Doe, Doe, Buck - story
[Re: Beer Belly]
#2974439
12/03/19 08:09 PM
12/03/19 08:09 PM
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Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 11,690 Longwood, FL
jlbuc10
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Booner
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 11,690
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Great day! Wish I could see the pics!
I can see pics now. That’s a huge buck. Bigger than I imagined
Last edited by jlbuc10; 12/03/19 09:24 PM.
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Re: Doe, Doe, Buck - story
[Re: Beer Belly]
#2974478
12/03/19 08:31 PM
12/03/19 08:31 PM
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Joined: Oct 2012
Posts: 10,864 Central, Al
Bustinbeards
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Booner
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Posts: 10,864
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What a great day with Pops! Lots of work but, man good times there! Congrats! Stud of a buck!
Originally Posted By: Wiley Coyote Well, the way I see it is there's just too many assholes On a good day there's a bunch of assholes in here. On a bad day there's too many assholes in here.
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Re: Doe, Doe, Buck - story
[Re: Beer Belly]
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12/03/19 08:40 PM
12/03/19 08:40 PM
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Joined: Dec 2001
Posts: 35,496 Missouri
swamp_fever2002
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Administrator
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Congrats Kelly!! Glad you found all of them.
It takes a long time to grow an old friend.
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Re: Doe, Doe, Buck - story
[Re: Beer Belly]
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12/03/19 09:03 PM
12/03/19 09:03 PM
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Joined: Oct 2001
Posts: 26,012 Tampa
Beer Belly
OP
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OP
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Tampa
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