Buckmeister
11-09-2008, 04:44 PM
Story time:
Saturday morning, around 8:00 a.m..
I walked into a cut block where I had seen a 2 point the week before. There's snow on the ground and track everywhere! I sat next to a stump on a rock ledge that gave me a good view of the cut before me. I grunted, doe called, rattled and then waited. Nothing. After awhile it started to rain. Still nothing. I noticed the rain was washing my own boot tracks out and I figured I wouldn't be able to tell the difference between 10 min old deer track or a 5 hour old track.
I left my spot and decided to walk the skid trails. The rain subsided. After a short ways I came across a set of tracks that looked rather fresh. I noticed where the deer had steped in a puddle and had drawn mud up onto the snow and I could tell it was VERY fresh. Good size track too. I followed the track up the hillside as it angled back along the slope. Nice gentle grade. Every few feet I would stop and look. The trees in the block had grown to about 10 feet in height and where spaced in such a way that I could get up to a 50 yard view in some spots.
After about a 100 yards or so I saw what looked like Mulie hair between two trees. Looked thru the binos and saw a pair of legs and hooves but branches obscured the rest of the deer. I crouched down and saw eyes, nose and 2" worth of antler off head. "Yes. A buck! But how big?" Then the deer disappered. I grunted and a doe appears. Then the buck steps back in. The doe walks to my left and the buck follows. They both step into plain view. I could easily count 4 points as he was only about 30 yards away. I grunted again and he stops broadside. I leveled the crosshairs of the Bushnell 4500 elite mounted on my old British .303 just under his chin. Boom, it was all over.:biggrin: I walked up to him and saw a small 4 point (barely) off to my left looking very bewildered. I figure I just made his day too since he could now have that doe all to himself.
I drug him down the hill and caught up with .308Norma and ShedHunter. They assisted with the cleaning, loading and picture taking. Thanks guys!!!
http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/medium/MulieHunting001.jpg
http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/medium/MulieHunting002.jpg
http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/medium/MulieHunting004.jpg
http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/MulieHunting005.jpg
Saturday morning, around 8:00 a.m..
I walked into a cut block where I had seen a 2 point the week before. There's snow on the ground and track everywhere! I sat next to a stump on a rock ledge that gave me a good view of the cut before me. I grunted, doe called, rattled and then waited. Nothing. After awhile it started to rain. Still nothing. I noticed the rain was washing my own boot tracks out and I figured I wouldn't be able to tell the difference between 10 min old deer track or a 5 hour old track.
I left my spot and decided to walk the skid trails. The rain subsided. After a short ways I came across a set of tracks that looked rather fresh. I noticed where the deer had steped in a puddle and had drawn mud up onto the snow and I could tell it was VERY fresh. Good size track too. I followed the track up the hillside as it angled back along the slope. Nice gentle grade. Every few feet I would stop and look. The trees in the block had grown to about 10 feet in height and where spaced in such a way that I could get up to a 50 yard view in some spots.
After about a 100 yards or so I saw what looked like Mulie hair between two trees. Looked thru the binos and saw a pair of legs and hooves but branches obscured the rest of the deer. I crouched down and saw eyes, nose and 2" worth of antler off head. "Yes. A buck! But how big?" Then the deer disappered. I grunted and a doe appears. Then the buck steps back in. The doe walks to my left and the buck follows. They both step into plain view. I could easily count 4 points as he was only about 30 yards away. I grunted again and he stops broadside. I leveled the crosshairs of the Bushnell 4500 elite mounted on my old British .303 just under his chin. Boom, it was all over.:biggrin: I walked up to him and saw a small 4 point (barely) off to my left looking very bewildered. I figure I just made his day too since he could now have that doe all to himself.
I drug him down the hill and caught up with .308Norma and ShedHunter. They assisted with the cleaning, loading and picture taking. Thanks guys!!!
http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/medium/MulieHunting001.jpg
http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/medium/MulieHunting002.jpg
http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/medium/MulieHunting004.jpg
http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/MulieHunting005.jpg