Rut Is On!! Region 4 Whitey Down

[jacksondog]

Spotted this buck bedded 20 yards behind a doe, as soon as we made eye contact he was up and in the heavy timber. With the doe still out in the open feeding I knew there was still a chance. Tried rattling with no luck, he was moving back and forth in the timber and he was only giving up glimpses of himself for a few seconds but nothing long enough for a shot. Option 2 was to grunt at him and again no luck, he was still holding tight. With the doe feeding her way to the buck and almost in the heavy timber I was desperate and decided to snort wheeze, jackpot, the Buck decided to step out of the timber but only offering up a neck shot at 160 yards. I held off for a few more seconds hoping he would give up his chest but as the doe disappeared into the timber I knew the hunt was over if I didn't take the neck shot , moment of truth as I squeezed the trigger, the shot felt good but the last thing I saw was the Buck spinning to the right in the direction the doe took off. Second guessing myself all the way up to the location where I last saw him, it was a bit of a surprise to see that he had dropped in his tracks, the buck must have spun to the right with the impact of the bullet. I had been a slow week but on this day the rut seamed to of intensified, had also seen a good 4 point with his nose to the ground but could not get a shot off. Now it's time to get my 15 year old a buck, going to pull him out of school this Thursday and Friday, snow in the forecast and the rut in full swing, it should be fun!!! A big thanks to Adam.
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[Whonnock Boy]

Another quality buck posted up. Congrats.

[coach]

That's a gorgeous whitetail! Well done and thanks for sharing!!

[Rattler]

Awesome buck! Congrats on a dandy mature WT buck. Interesting he responded to the snort wheeze...

[Brew]

That's a beauty buck. Thanks for sharing

[Stone Sheep Steve]

Beauty buck there, JD!!!

Congrats!!

SSS

[monasheemountainman]

Awesome buck

[Ohwildwon]

Doesn't get much better in BC, way to go..!

[dougan]

Monster buck and great story way to go!!

[Shikari300WSM]

Dandy. Very jealous!!!

[guest]

Dandy Buck, congrats to you, I sure wish I could close on a BC WT Buck like that!

Beauty!

CT

[smallfry14]

Sweet buck! How did you snort wheeze? Use a call or just with your mouth??

[Billy52]

Nice Buck!! Thanks for sharing…...

[HarryToolips]

Way to pull it off, congrats!

[GrandA]

Nice buck! Congrats

[Hank Hunter]

Awesome buck, congrats

[todbartell]

that's the nicest WT posted on HBC so far this year, that I've seen! congrats he's a beauty

[hunter1947]

I heard about the buck you got a good one on sat when we helped Mat drag his WT deer down to the road now I see the buck you got very nice WT deer you got there Gord
are you going to get a shoulder mount ??? big congrats to you on taking another fine WT deer hopefully will see you next year..

[quincy]

Wow that's a beauty, is that an east or west kootenay deer?

[jacksondog]

That's a gorgeous whitetail! Well done and thanks for sharing!!
#5- Thanks the Coach

[jacksondog]

Awesome buck! Congrats on a dandy mature WT buck. Interesting he responded to the snort wheeze...
He was walking back in forth in cover when I rattled and grunted, I guess the snort wheeze was enough to convince him that there was a threat in the area and that he might loose the doe.

[J_T]

Yup, best buck on HBC this year. Nice kill. Congrats.

[Brambles]

Great buck....surprised they were in the snow, since the snow line is pretty high up.

[Linksman313]

Wow really nice buck, congrats and good eatin!!

[Clint_S]

Beautiful buck .

[Blainer]

Handsome buck!!

[jacksondog]

Sweet buck! How did you snort wheeze? Use a call or just with your mouth??
The Roar from Primos has a snort wheeze chamber on top.

[Timbow]

Wow, that's an awesome buck! Thanks for sharing

[jacksondog]

I heard about the buck you got a good one on sat when we helped Mat drag his WT deer down to the road now I see the buck you got very nice WT deer you got there Gord
are you going to get a shoulder mount ??? big congrats to you on taking another fine WT deer hopefully will see you next year..
Thanks Wayne, yes he will be shoulder mounted on a pedestal. Congrats on your 4 point, great buck. How was Matt's buck?

[kennyj]

Nice one!! Thanks for the story.
kenny

[nazarow]

Great buck! Thanks for sharing.

[buckshot]

Wow! If you said from Saskatchewan I would of said " where is your hunter orange". Beauty BC whitetail!

[kitnayakwa77]

wow! nice buck!

[hunter1947]

Thanks Wayne, yes he will be shoulder mounted on a pedestal. Congrats on your 4 point, great buck. How was Matt's buck?

Gord Matt's buck was Identical to my buck 4x4 would score around 130 give or take a few inches..

[jacksondog]

Great buck....surprised they were in the snow, since the snow line is pretty high up.
In this area they are consistently found from the valley floor to the top of the mountains.

[JDR]

Really nice looking buck, congrats!!

[ElliotMoose]

Cranker! Should make a beauty mount. Be sure to post pics of the final result

[jacksondog]

Cranker! Should make a beauty mount. Be sure to post pics of the final result
Absolutely, going to have a pedestal mount done so that will be a first for me.

[Manglinmike]

that's a keeper

[meat hunter]

Nice Very NICE

[jacksondog]

Thanks to everyone for the awesome comments.

[hunter1947]

Gord I hope you can make it in there with your son so he can try to get his WT buck there saying lots of snow for tonight and Fri Sat..

[Elkaholic]

I think I have pics of that buck from Sept. Great buck.

Went and looked at my pic, ill be damned its a different buck. They could almost be brothers though. The brows are configured different. Everything else looks similar.

[325]

Great buck!!