cainer
11-28-2008, 01:22 PM
So, finally returned to BC with my 1st Whitetail that I shot while hunting in Northern Sask with my mother-in-law.
We were out on a -15 degree morning at dark. We scared a bunch of Does out of the field on our tromp in to our spot and figured we probably wouldn't see much after that.
But as the morning got brighter, so did our luck. About an hour after sunrise, she thinks she sees something on the horizon-so i take a look with the binos-nothing. We're looking in 2 separate fields from a windbreak, and on one side there is what only can be described as swells and valleys(kinda like the ocean) of large stubble of mowed wheat.
She says about 2-3 times that she thinks she sees something on the horizon, so i come over from my side with the binos and have a look and Nothing each time.
On the 4th time, i walk to her side without my rifle to have a look-this time i see it without the binos-150yards out-i don't even need the binos but i put them up anyway-SHOOTER:shock:.
They say you know a shooter without even having to think about it, and that's the truth.
I run back to pick up my rifle, come back and plant myself-open up the scope and he disappears into a valley-Doh. As luck would have it-he appears on the horizon, no shot- as there's way too much sky behind him.:cry:
He lingers around, and finally comes down the front side of a swell and puts some dirt behind him. He stops and my bullet goes, but not with the resounding Boom that i'm accustomed to hearing. It was more like a Pop!
My 30-06 usually makes a fairly large noise, so i thought it was a misfire, because without missing a beat-he bolts. He goes about ten yards while i chamber another round-Elaine whistles and he stops and looks over- it would be his last stop. Down he goes.:razz: i guess the cold changes the sound?:confused:
We look at each other in shock-high 5's:tongue: Turns out the bullet went straight through his boiler room and out the other side-good thing i didn't take that shot when he was on the horizon.
Taxidermist grossed him at 173 7/8 ths, 7points on each side- No mount for the head, but decided to make a rug out of him.
It's my first Whitetail, and only my second deer. I think it might become a bi-annual event! Hunting with the mother-in-law, who would'a thought?
Oh yeah, then we hunted 2 hours for the truck keys that she lost in the snow after that-:oops: luckily i found them or it woulda been a very long walk back to ?
Hope these pics work..
http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/rr331/cainer1/saskwhitey08.jpg
http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/rr331/cainer1/DSC03463.jpg
http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/rr331/cainer1/DSC03458.jpg
http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/rr331/cainer1/DSC03462.jpg
http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/rr331/cainer1/DSC03464.jpg
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We were out on a -15 degree morning at dark. We scared a bunch of Does out of the field on our tromp in to our spot and figured we probably wouldn't see much after that.
But as the morning got brighter, so did our luck. About an hour after sunrise, she thinks she sees something on the horizon-so i take a look with the binos-nothing. We're looking in 2 separate fields from a windbreak, and on one side there is what only can be described as swells and valleys(kinda like the ocean) of large stubble of mowed wheat.
She says about 2-3 times that she thinks she sees something on the horizon, so i come over from my side with the binos and have a look and Nothing each time.
On the 4th time, i walk to her side without my rifle to have a look-this time i see it without the binos-150yards out-i don't even need the binos but i put them up anyway-SHOOTER:shock:.
They say you know a shooter without even having to think about it, and that's the truth.
I run back to pick up my rifle, come back and plant myself-open up the scope and he disappears into a valley-Doh. As luck would have it-he appears on the horizon, no shot- as there's way too much sky behind him.:cry:
He lingers around, and finally comes down the front side of a swell and puts some dirt behind him. He stops and my bullet goes, but not with the resounding Boom that i'm accustomed to hearing. It was more like a Pop!
My 30-06 usually makes a fairly large noise, so i thought it was a misfire, because without missing a beat-he bolts. He goes about ten yards while i chamber another round-Elaine whistles and he stops and looks over- it would be his last stop. Down he goes.:razz: i guess the cold changes the sound?:confused:
We look at each other in shock-high 5's:tongue: Turns out the bullet went straight through his boiler room and out the other side-good thing i didn't take that shot when he was on the horizon.
Taxidermist grossed him at 173 7/8 ths, 7points on each side- No mount for the head, but decided to make a rug out of him.
It's my first Whitetail, and only my second deer. I think it might become a bi-annual event! Hunting with the mother-in-law, who would'a thought?
Oh yeah, then we hunted 2 hours for the truck keys that she lost in the snow after that-:oops: luckily i found them or it woulda been a very long walk back to ?
Hope these pics work..
http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/rr331/cainer1/saskwhitey08.jpg
http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/rr331/cainer1/DSC03463.jpg
http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/rr331/cainer1/DSC03458.jpg
http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/rr331/cainer1/DSC03462.jpg
http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/rr331/cainer1/DSC03464.jpg
http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/rr331/cainer1/DSC03470.jpg