Brizz
10-28-2015, 08:48 AM
Thought I'd post up this whitey my hunting buddy and I were lucky enough to harvest this week. We ended up spooking a bedded down buck on our way into the spot that was wider than this guy, probably about the same size body though. We were pretty early so we went for a bit of hike and then around 4:30 we assumed our positions - I was looking over a large open area with considerable sign and my buddy was situated about 400 meters to my right on the other side of a rocky area looking out over a different field.
The wind was swirling a bit so I wasn't sure what was going to happen. I had my back up against a tree and like I said the field was right in front of me. Around 5:45, I look to my right and staring right back at me is this brute. My rifle was laying in the grass beside me but I didn't want to make any sudden moves as I've seen the ass end of a whitey far too many times to admit. We stared at each other for what seemed like minutes, he would slowly turn his head down to the ground and I would inch closer to my rifle. Now, logistically this was quite tough - my back is against the tree but the buck is to my right - so once I finally do get my gun into my hands I have to turn my whole body to get the scope up to my eyes. It's probably about 65 feet away, no further and my scope is on 9 power!!! DOH. All the sudden the buck starts inching towards me and lets out two huge grunts. I turn the magnification down, and turn my body and he turns broadside. Scope on the boiler room, BOOM, perfect heart shot. Less than five seconds later I hear another BOOM - it was my buddy! Later I find out that the buck came right out in front of him and he wasn't sure if it was shot so he hit it again and it went about 50 more yards and died. I couldn't believe how tough this thing was because once I started gutting it I realized that the heart was completely destroyed. It was chasing a doe, but the neck wasn't overly swollen and it smells great.
The drag out was quite a chore... not the widest rack but some serious character.
http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p271/Brizzlei/IMG_2713.jpg (http://s130.photobucket.com/user/Brizzlei/media/IMG_2713.jpg.html)
http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p271/Brizzlei/IMG_2720.jpg (http://s130.photobucket.com/user/Brizzlei/media/IMG_2720.jpg.html)
The wind was swirling a bit so I wasn't sure what was going to happen. I had my back up against a tree and like I said the field was right in front of me. Around 5:45, I look to my right and staring right back at me is this brute. My rifle was laying in the grass beside me but I didn't want to make any sudden moves as I've seen the ass end of a whitey far too many times to admit. We stared at each other for what seemed like minutes, he would slowly turn his head down to the ground and I would inch closer to my rifle. Now, logistically this was quite tough - my back is against the tree but the buck is to my right - so once I finally do get my gun into my hands I have to turn my whole body to get the scope up to my eyes. It's probably about 65 feet away, no further and my scope is on 9 power!!! DOH. All the sudden the buck starts inching towards me and lets out two huge grunts. I turn the magnification down, and turn my body and he turns broadside. Scope on the boiler room, BOOM, perfect heart shot. Less than five seconds later I hear another BOOM - it was my buddy! Later I find out that the buck came right out in front of him and he wasn't sure if it was shot so he hit it again and it went about 50 more yards and died. I couldn't believe how tough this thing was because once I started gutting it I realized that the heart was completely destroyed. It was chasing a doe, but the neck wasn't overly swollen and it smells great.
The drag out was quite a chore... not the widest rack but some serious character.
http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p271/Brizzlei/IMG_2713.jpg (http://s130.photobucket.com/user/Brizzlei/media/IMG_2713.jpg.html)
http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p271/Brizzlei/IMG_2720.jpg (http://s130.photobucket.com/user/Brizzlei/media/IMG_2720.jpg.html)