IHunt2live Report post Posted November 3, 2015 Been a while since I've posted any of my successes but I thought I would share this one. This year I decided to try a new unit and to my luck I got the very last Tag in that unit. I enjoyed learning new areas and seeing new country. I did quite a bit of scouting leading up to the hunt, including some out of the way areas. The week before the hunt I decided to look in an area that I thought looked good and it would be a backup spot for half day hunts, with a short 45 min hike in. That day I located this buck and decided he was worth trying to find again. I figured this buck would be right around 100 inches. My goal for this year was taking a 100 inch buck or just something unique. I was even able to get a short video clip of the buck. I figured this buck would be right around 100 inches so I decided to look for him again. Opening day came and I went back to that area, I ended up finding several other bucks in the area, one being a 90 inch 2x2, but this buck never showed himself. Day 2 went back to the same area; winds had picked up and found very few deer. Day 3 I decided to try out a new area that I really liked. I ended up seeing 9 bucks that day with a couple being 90-95 class bucks. Day 4 I went back to the original plan to find this buck. I was seeing a few deer then around 7am I looked back to where I last saw the buck the week prior and found 2 little spikes. As I watched the spikes spare a little I saw movement at the bottom of my view and knew right away it was the buck I was looking for. The two spikes and this buck started to slowly feed along the ridge. At this point the deer were about 650 yards. I got a new gun this year and with lots of practice I knew I could make that shot. I was fairly confident that they would bed down on the ridge within view as the kept feeding along the ridge. Even though I knew I could make that shot the ridge I was on turned and went straight to the deer cutting the distance to less than 400 yards. I was trying to decide to go after them right then or wait to bed down. I hate going after moving deer. They were moving slow so I decided to go for it and moved in closer. I finally found a spot where I could set up, grass was so tall I had to lay my pack down to move the grass which after the shot I noticed I was maybe an inch over the pack, lucky I didn’t shoot my pack. The shot ended up being right at 375. I located him again and as he came into an opening I took the shot. At that distance I could make the deer out with my naked eye so right after the shot I could see the buck do a backflip, I knew he was down. To my surprised the buck ended up taping right at 110 inches. 19 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Adicted Report post Posted November 3, 2015 nice work and nice buck....congrats on a great deer Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StraightTequilaNight Report post Posted November 3, 2015 WOW. AWESOME BUCK!!! Love the color and shape. What a toad. Congrats! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PJM Report post Posted November 3, 2015 Congrats!! Nice Buck! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elkslare Report post Posted November 3, 2015 Congrats very nice buck Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Apache7mm Report post Posted November 3, 2015 Great color, congrats and thx for sharing. DAN Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lucky Draw Report post Posted November 3, 2015 Sweet buck. Congratulations. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BMC Report post Posted November 3, 2015 Awesome buck, congrats! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rando Report post Posted November 3, 2015 Nice Buck, nice rifle too! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pixman Report post Posted November 3, 2015 Great buck, congrats. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
W.O.T Report post Posted November 3, 2015 Beauty of a buck you got there H2L!!! Hopin I stumble across one like that this yr Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Will K Report post Posted November 3, 2015 Stud of a buck. Congrat's. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Basser15 Report post Posted November 3, 2015 Awesome buck! Way to stick him out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rcdinaz Report post Posted November 3, 2015 That is a really pretty deer! Nice job! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
firstcoueswas80 Report post Posted November 3, 2015 Nice buck mike, how about some info on the new rig? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites