Glenny
10-19-2012, 01:00 PM
Finally got my first whitie. I haven't really hunted them much but when the doe season came up I thought I would give it a whirl.
I was putting down a road when I came across a Ford Ranger stopped in the middle of the road. I asked the guy what was going on and he said a doe and a spike whitie crossed the road and his buddy was after them. I wished him good luck and turned around. I decided to go up a smaller adjacent road that paralleled the road where they crossed. I got no further than 60yards up the little road when I saw the little buck standing in a boggy patch about 45yds from me.
I slipped off the bike and quietly loaded the trusty ole 308. He didn't move a mussel, he was facing away from me and only presented a head shot as a Texas lung shot was out of the question.
What seemed like an eternity waiting for him turn and give me a bigger target I decided to do the head shot. Bang went the 308, I missed and he didn't even blink. Bang again wtf I missed and he didn't bolt cause he must have thought he was pretty safe with this dummy by now. I was bang on at 25yds at the range and thought I must me shooting over him and was waaaay too excited. So ok focus and squeeze and aim a little lower. Finally he went down.
This is no monster by any means but I was doing cartwheels (almost literally) Why he didn't bolt as soon as he even saw me was very strange and I feel very lucky. Thank you hunting gods.
http://i1156.photobucket.com/albums/p567/g-rock2/2012%20Hunting%20N%20Fishing/DSC00861.jpg
http://i1156.photobucket.com/albums/p567/g-rock2/2012%20Hunting%20N%20Fishing/DSC00860.jpg
http://i1156.photobucket.com/albums/p567/g-rock2/2012%20Hunting%20N%20Fishing/DSC00862.jpg
http://i1156.photobucket.com/albums/p567/g-rock2/2012%20Hunting%20N%20Fishing/DSC00866.jpg
Here are some vids.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhlM3Urd2LY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdoe_12tiyY
I was putting down a road when I came across a Ford Ranger stopped in the middle of the road. I asked the guy what was going on and he said a doe and a spike whitie crossed the road and his buddy was after them. I wished him good luck and turned around. I decided to go up a smaller adjacent road that paralleled the road where they crossed. I got no further than 60yards up the little road when I saw the little buck standing in a boggy patch about 45yds from me.
I slipped off the bike and quietly loaded the trusty ole 308. He didn't move a mussel, he was facing away from me and only presented a head shot as a Texas lung shot was out of the question.
What seemed like an eternity waiting for him turn and give me a bigger target I decided to do the head shot. Bang went the 308, I missed and he didn't even blink. Bang again wtf I missed and he didn't bolt cause he must have thought he was pretty safe with this dummy by now. I was bang on at 25yds at the range and thought I must me shooting over him and was waaaay too excited. So ok focus and squeeze and aim a little lower. Finally he went down.
This is no monster by any means but I was doing cartwheels (almost literally) Why he didn't bolt as soon as he even saw me was very strange and I feel very lucky. Thank you hunting gods.
http://i1156.photobucket.com/albums/p567/g-rock2/2012%20Hunting%20N%20Fishing/DSC00861.jpg
http://i1156.photobucket.com/albums/p567/g-rock2/2012%20Hunting%20N%20Fishing/DSC00860.jpg
http://i1156.photobucket.com/albums/p567/g-rock2/2012%20Hunting%20N%20Fishing/DSC00862.jpg
http://i1156.photobucket.com/albums/p567/g-rock2/2012%20Hunting%20N%20Fishing/DSC00866.jpg
Here are some vids.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhlM3Urd2LY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdoe_12tiyY