I'm going to so one thread for two different hunts even though it might get messy. Opening weekend I'm going after a management deer called Lucky. Last year on an extremely windy night old Lucky presented a 30 yard shot with about 3 minutes of shooting light. He was a 4 year old 8 point and gave me a perfect slight quarter away leg forward shot. I settles my pin right on the elbow and touched the release.
THWACK
Right where I was aiming at. I hit that joker square in the elbow and he literally shook it off and tore butt out of there.
Weeks later I was hunting with a young lady for her first buck when ole boy stepped out on the sendero and unfortunately we we're settled wrong. After doing the seat shuffle she got the rifle tip out the window pulled back the hammer and that joker literally took three steps backwards covering his vitals and then disappearing.
Later that same week he came to his normal spot but came straight in from 12 o'clock never pausing ..... On the run......only to feed head down but facing the blind for about 10 minutes. Never presenting the shot he spun and then turned in the gas never being seen the rest of the season.
As a 5 year old he's come back as the same pencil horned menace but added a 9 mainframe point and a long kicker at his base. Once an 8 always an 8 my rear residential area.
Picture of lucky
As usual up to two weeks ago he was click work. Now he's showing up every third or fourth day.
THWACK
Right where I was aiming at. I hit that joker square in the elbow and he literally shook it off and tore butt out of there.
Weeks later I was hunting with a young lady for her first buck when ole boy stepped out on the sendero and unfortunately we we're settled wrong. After doing the seat shuffle she got the rifle tip out the window pulled back the hammer and that joker literally took three steps backwards covering his vitals and then disappearing.
Later that same week he came to his normal spot but came straight in from 12 o'clock never pausing ..... On the run......only to feed head down but facing the blind for about 10 minutes. Never presenting the shot he spun and then turned in the gas never being seen the rest of the season.
As a 5 year old he's come back as the same pencil horned menace but added a 9 mainframe point and a long kicker at his base. Once an 8 always an 8 my rear residential area.
Picture of lucky
As usual up to two weeks ago he was click work. Now he's showing up every third or fourth day.
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