Got Lucky...

[kootenayelkslayer]

Managed to pop this buck on the long weekend as he worked his circuit of rubs and scrapes. Either my friend or I were watching this bucks favourite clearcut every morning and night, and it just happened to be that I was the one sitting there when he came into check his spot one evening. Right place at the right time.

[BIGHUNTERFISH]

Thats a sweet buck......great job ,congrats.

[mark]

very nice buck man, one day ill bag a whitey worth talking about!

[MB_Boy]

Nice work.....the persistence when hunting those whitey's can certainly pay off!!

[blacktailslayer]

That's not luck! That's skill. You located the buck, found his rub lines, and hunted him till you harvested him. Luck is the clowns that go to Princeton, drive up and down the road all day(Allenby Rd.) and shoot a deer they never even knew were there!
Congratulations on a great Kootenay whitetail!

[MB_Boy]

That's not luck! That's skill. You located the buck, found his rub lines, and hunted him till you harvested him. !

Amen to that!!

[talver]

awsome buck good job

[Mr. Dean]

OOOH SWEET FATHER OF BUCKS!

I'd have to tell Mrs. Dean to move over, we have an extra tonight.

[Browningmirage]

Nice Buck Dude
browningmirage
hunting this weekend?
Matt

[One Shot]

Ohhh!! Just another buck, here I thought you got something else. http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/images/icons/icon10.gif Now that I see you went hunting for the weekend I know you didn't didn't get it. Unless, You went hunting with who........http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/images/icons/icon12.gif

BTW nice looking buck.http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/images/icons/icon14.gif

[kootenayelkslayer]

Ohhh!! Just another buck, here I thought you got something else.

Haha, no I didn't get that lucky. That's a topic for a whole other kind of forum.

[3kills]

great lookin buck....

[Will]

Well done, Congrats !
and Thanks for the look8-)

[johnes50]

Congrats! That's a nice deer! Exactly how many points is it? John

[bigwhiteys]

That's a good whitey! Good work!

Happy Hunting!
Carl

[kootenayelkslayer]

Congrats! That's a nice deer! Exactly how many points is it? John
Well, I guess it would be considered 6x5 because that one little point is over an inch.
It should gross about 150 i would imagine.

[WhitetailKilla]

nice buck congrats

[Nooker77]

:lol: Awsome buck!! WTG!! what part of kootneys you from?? I hunt jaffrey area alot!

[rocksteady]

Very Nice Buck...
Give us the full story, you make it sound so easy...

[meat hunter]

That Deer should end up in BIG BUCK Magazine.Good job.

[Bigbuckadams]

It's a beauty! Very nice buck :lol: . Congratulations !

[kootenayelkslayer]

:lol: Awsome buck!! WTG!! what part of kootneys you from?? I hunt jaffrey area alot!

I'm originally from Nelson, and I use to hunt the Jaffray area for whitetails alot too (down around lake Kookanusa). But I live in Prince George now, and that buck came from region 7.

As for the whole story on this buck, it was pretty simple. My friend had actually been hunting this buck for a few years now, and the buck would always be hanging around the same area, so we were familiar with his circuit. Anyway, where we were hunting is really thick and pretty ugly in terms of whitey country and there isn't a largre population there. So we were pretty much hunting this one buck in one spot. So we had found his tracks in the snow, and found some of his rubs in his favourite clearcut, so we put out a bunch of doe in heat scent. We would watch that cut each morninig and night and work the surrounding area during the day, but we weren't seeing much at all. One afternoon my buddy couldn't make it out for the hunt, so I went and sat in our lil blind overlooking the cut. About a half hour before dark the buck came out and started rubbing and scraping and checking the scents. My first shot was only about 125-150 yards but I managed to miss him broadside (a bit of buck fever maybe), then he ran a bit and stopped facing right towards me and I plugged him right in his chest. He didn't got too far after that. I quickly gutted him and skidded him down to the nearest road. And that was that.

[trigger]

Thats an awesome deer. Good for you.

[Gus]

Wicked deer man! I'd be putting him on the wall myself, congrats.

[Phil]

Nice work! Good looking buck!

[Elkhound]

Congrats, nice deer. You found his hang out and watched it. Thats what it's all about.

[kootenayelkslayer]

Thanks for the comments guys. I think it'll be a few years (understatement) before a get another buck like this guy.
Enjoy the rest of the season, good luck

[Farmer]

Nice buck ! Persistence does pay off.