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Long story short, had a few misses last year on the early rifle hunt down south. Figured out I had a loose ring on my scope. That boiled in my gut for a year and got lucky drew the same tag again. Got it done this time. This year the early early rifle hunt was extra hot. Didn't see any big bucks.....on day 1 we saw the buck I harvested on a ridge bedded with a doe. I looked him over quite a bit and decided to pass. Eyes were playing tricks on me because he was pretty heavy. I keep looking for that 3rd point LOL. Day two was tough, lots of deer but only dinks. Three of us had tags so we decided hey lets go back to that ridge and put something on the ground to get momentum. If you can believe this, that buck and doe were bedded under the exact same tree. I had plenty of time to get situated and shot him in his bed at 477 yards. Later that evening my other partner shot a small 3pt. Fun hunt. Wish it was a little cooler though. My buck is the large 2pt on the left.

Heading out now to hit the rut for a few weeks. Should be good weather and big bucks moving around. Then a weekend of pheasant with some family that is coming in. I hope my treestands stay up on the rack for the next 14 hours.

Thanks guys, Yea im super stoked to have been able to seal the deal. Just dropped him off at the taxidermist yesterday. He said he should be able to fix the G2. Cant wait for January...

I was fortunate enough to draw another deer tag this year and have been putting in alot of time in the hills the past 2 months. I had 2 bucks picked out for sure this year and knew it would be one of them or nothing. I packed in the day prior to the hunt and set up my camp. I managed to turn up a few nice bucks the evening before the opener but wasn't able to locate one of the bucks I was after. 3:45 came early the next day and I crawled out of my sleeping bag and started getting everything ready. Within a hour my brother inlaw showed up to hunt the morning with me before he had to work. We managed to get to the glassing hill with time to set up everything before the sun came up. I soon found my self glassing into the basin that I've seen my target buck in. I scanned the only turning over a few does. I was about to turn and glass below us for my other buck when some coyoties started sounding off below ous and deer came pouring over the cut above us. I saw what looked like a nice buck come out of the same area I've seen the big buck and although he was a solid deer he wasn't the one I was looking for. We glassed for another hour or so then started focusing our efforts on the shade. My brother inlaw called me over to his spotter and he had located a buck that he knew I needed to take a look at and make the judgment call myself. We sat and watched him for probably 15 minutes before I decided to pass. We continued to glass when I turned up 2 bucks. one was a smaller 4x4 maybe mid 80s and the other was a stud of a 2 point. As im watching the larger 2 point I see a deer making his way through some thick brush. I turned to my brother inlaw and said we need to figure out what that deer was. We knew that most of the bucks were still running together and he had to be a buck. We stared at a 40 yard circle for close to 20 minutes when my brother inlaw happened to glass the buck bedded in a small opening inside the thicket. He was just sat in a way that we though it was him but couldn't quite tell. We compared him to the videos we had back and forth for what seemed to be forever. Finally he turned jsut right giving us the look that we had been looking for to make conformation. Laying down below us bairly noticeable through the 15s was the one of the bucks I was after Pitchfork. We got set up and checked the range, we waited for what seemed like a eternity and finally he stood up. Shortly after he got up, I was able to successfully harvest this amazing buck. What a awesome, yet short hunt it was. I cant wait to do it again.

I’m pretty sure I have a full box I’ll double check when I get home. Where are you located

Where I have to get into some stands I’m not using an F350 this year.

Huh? I've already posted three in this very thread and also put up a video of one kill. 🙄

As Mentioned its not perfect but a credit freeze is one of the best things that can be done. Especially with the big hack that Equifax got a couple of years ago. there is no telling how many social security numbers are out there on the dark web.

This was one of my favorite threads on here...awesome stuff and hoping this one turns out as good!

Really weird year......bulls bugling all night long and chasing cows around like it was the first week of October. They're just a month too late. Watched a 6x6 breed a cow this am.......that will be a late calf!

Everything You do .no matter what now days people have an opinion against Ya on social media!.......................BOB!

Can't hire a guide, can't have spotters for a kid and can't troll for crappie in November. That's the norm on this site now. Hmmm

Congratulations and thanks so much for contributing your success to the forums! That's a super sweet buck, and to get that footage on film...outstanding! Nice.

One of the best videos I have ever seen

Thanks for sharing the video, appreciate you making it even harder to be sitting at work.......

Awesome video. You could see your adrenalin spike after the shot!

Great video. Congratulations on the nice buck.

well done!

Holy crap is right. Man you have a great tank. Congrats on tagging such a nice Coues and awesome footage. Thanks for sharing the vid.

Outstanding... congratulations. Ed F

Congrats on both bucks. I honestly had to google Bishops Tape.

Congratulations and welcome back, great buck.

Congrats. Thanks for sharing.

Do they come with help installing them lol?