Bigbuckadams
11-15-2006, 09:49 PM
Got up this morning just before 3 a.m., with visions of Whitetails bouncin' through my noggin. The way the wind was blowing, I was actually thinking of staying home for the morning and doing stuff around the house, maybe go out for an afternoon venture.Well, I couldn't get back to sleep, so I played around on the stupid computer 'til about 5 and then headed out. Jumped a couple does just at daybreak, then I ran into a few Mulies. I also caught a glimpse of a Whitetail buck sneaking away, but never caught up to him. I was getting closer to where I wanted to be, saw a few more does, but no more bucks. About 8 a.m. is when things started to heat up. I saw a little spike, looked like he had little Devil Horns :twisted: , he was looking back at something. Sure enough, about 150 yards behind him was another Whitetail.. Couldn't make out at first what it was, but then saw it was a pretty good buck. Gave chase for a few minutes and ran into a doe sitting on a knoll. The buck had gone quite aways downhill into some very thick stuff, so I went back to the truck and decided to try to bump him back up to the area where the doe was. En route, I ran into a really nice 3-point ( above brow ). He just sat there and looked at me, with that goofy look that said, " My girl's on the other side of the road, kill me, or let me pass ". I let him go be with his girlfriend. So, after awhile, I parked the truck again and hiked in to where the doe was earlier. The doe was now up the hill a bit, but almost exactly where she was standing was a very impressive looking buck. Spread out just past his ears, nice tall tines. He turned his head, damn, only a 3-point again. Was cool to watch, but then he started acting wierd. He was walking down the knoll, but sideways. I was just thinking what the heck is going on, when I see another buck come out from behind some trees. They just went at it, no little spar, but a full out fight. Wow, here I am, about 80 yards away from 2 mature Whitey's just goin' to town on each other :lol: . Fight lasted about a minute, but I couldn't believe the display of power these two put on. The ground was chewed up in about a 10-15 foot circle and the big 3-point got chased off by the other buck. I have seen bucks spar before, but I have never seen a full blown battle ( other than on video ). With all of this excitement, I never did get a look at the other bucks rack, but figured he'd be back soon enough so I stayed put. A few more minutes went by and I started to hear grunting. He was nose to the ground and all I did was count to 4-points ( above brow ) and pulled the trigger. He won the battle, but it was his last. He isn't that big, but I'm sure he will taste just fine :lol: . The 3-point he was with was bigger, but he will grow up to be a big'un next year. Saw 2 more bucks on the way out, one more 3-point, and a 4-point that made me wish I had another tag :mad: . Still haven't had time to figure out how to post pics, but I have them to send if somebody can post them for me.