ratherbhunting Report post Posted October 29, 2009 Another season has come and gone leaving only the memories. Opening morning found me glassing my favorite spot. I didn’t see much so I worked my way back to the truck. My dad said he had seen a couple of small bucks one being a little basket head. Me and my brother hiked over for a closer look. We jumped the bucks up and one was a little 2x3. I had a 290 yard shot at him but decided not to shoot. It was only opening day and I was confident I could find him again if I needed to. We decided to go back to camp to grab a quick bite to eat. On the way back my brother said he wanted to shoot his gun at 400 yards to make sure it was on. I decided to fire off a few shots also. We were both hitting where we were aiming. My brother suggested we take a few shots at 600 yards. I had never shot that far before. The buck I killed last year was around 500 yards and that was the furthest one I had killed. So we picked out a shiny rock about the size of a volley ball on the side of the hill 618 yards away and shot 3 times each at it. I hit it 3 out of 3 times and my brother hit it 2 out of 3 times. I was pretty impressed!! We have the burris scopes with the hash marks so it makes it nice for the longer shots. Saturday we saw a quite a few does and a few small bucks. Sunday morning found us back at our glassing spot. My brother spotted a nice 3 pt running with a pretty nice 2 point. We watched the bucks until they went down into a canyon. We kept glassing trying to see if we could find anything else. It was starting to get late in the morning and we were coming up with a game plan to go after the bucks when I picked up the pair on the ridge closest to us. The 2 pt bedded near the top of the ridge about 1000 yards away, but the 3 pt kept going down the hill. I had a good feeling about our chances of killing the buck. He finally bedded down we ranged him at around 800 yards. We agreed that I would take the shot because I had to go home and back to work and he had taken the whole hunt off. Because of his location and the terrain I was only able to get to 550 yards. I found a big bolder to lay my pack on for a great rest and my brother spotted me. I asked him if he was ready and he said he was. I fired my first shot and my brother said I was right above him. He ran up the hill 50 or 60 yards. I aimed at him with my 600 yd mark and let it fly. My brother said good shot I can see the whole right behind his shoulder. We watched him for a few seconds and he was down. We watch him for a few minutes just to make sure he wasn’t going to get up. These little deer are like the energizer bunny if you know what I mean. We hiked up to where he was and we were both all smiles. I came home Sunday and my brother killed a nice buck on Monday. I can’t wait until next year when we can do it all again!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ratherbhunting Report post Posted October 29, 2009 This is my brother Sam's buck he killed on Monday. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shylopolito Report post Posted October 29, 2009 Nice bucks! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GameHauler Report post Posted October 29, 2009 Is that you holding the gun Congratulations on a couple nice bucks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coues Archer Report post Posted October 29, 2009 Nice bucks great job. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gr8 White Jr Report post Posted October 29, 2009 Two nice bucks! Congrats to you and your brother! -Tracy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ernesto C Report post Posted October 29, 2009 Nice bucks and nice story too! Way to go guys! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
