Flatlander Report post Posted November 16, 2013 Well my wife is expecting and even though her due date is 12-29 it looks like the baby is trying to get here early. So I don't dare get away from home for too long. So I am making a one day run out to the desert tomorrow. Here is hoping. **Update** Well I left the house this morning at oh dark thirty and met up with the guys in camp before light. It was a short drive to our take off point and first light found us looking over some new country. At 9:00 we were looking at a group of three bucks bedded just 244 yds from us. None of them were anything to write home about but the short amount of time available and my love for shooting things combined to make it an easy decision. We looked them over and proclaimed one of them king of the dinks and decided he was the one to kill. After watching for half an hour hoping a bigger buck would appear we decided to try and sneak in and see if we could get it done with my muzzleloader. We got to 135 yds and the first shot was wide right by about 4 ft, guess my nerves got to me. Taking down a king brings a lot of pressure. Luckily the .300 win mag was loaded up and ready to go and two hits later the buck was more than done. I felt bad afterwards when the other two bucks with him just stood and stared at him on the ground. We hunted the rest of the day with the other two guys and of 7 bucks we spotted today this was the biggest. Maybe he really was the king. 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
huntjunkie Report post Posted November 16, 2013 Good luck. Hope all is well with mom and baby. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mountainman99 Report post Posted November 16, 2013 Good luck! I went to Utah for a week three weeks ago our baby is due today. It was a little nerve racking but here we are still waiting. Hopefully we both have some luck today! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flatlander Report post Posted November 17, 2013 />Good luck! I went to Utah for a week three weeks ago our baby is due today. It was a little nerve racking but here we are still waiting. Hopefully we both have some luck today! Well I did how about you? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Elkhunter1 Report post Posted November 17, 2013 Congrats on capitalizing with the time you had. Good Buck! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
loco4coues Report post Posted November 17, 2013 Congrats! Way to get it done. Thanks for keeping us updated. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
huntjunkie Report post Posted November 17, 2013 Right on!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lv2hnt Report post Posted November 17, 2013 Good job, Andrew! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mountainman99 Report post Posted November 17, 2013 Way to get it done! No luck here we are still waiting... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pine Donkey Report post Posted November 17, 2013 Way to take care of business! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Meyer Report post Posted November 17, 2013 Congrats on the nice buck Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
randyolson Report post Posted November 18, 2013 Congrats on the nice muley!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bonecollector Report post Posted November 21, 2013 Nice job Flatlander. Way to make the most out of the time you had. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
capoeirajosh Report post Posted November 21, 2013 Nice job! That is a good buck in my book any day. ;-) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flatlander Report post Posted November 21, 2013 It's a good thing I didn't try to stretch it out. 4 lbs 13 oz 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
