I had two bucks following a hot doe this morning about 7 AM this big guy that I got a photo of Thursday and a smaller buck.


The doe flashed across a clearing 60 yards away and 5 seconds behind her the big ten point was nose to the ground trotting after her. 10 seconds after that, a smaller 8 point was following.

The doe crosses another clearing 40 yards away in about 2 seconds so I ready with the Ruger No.1 RSI (7x57) and as the buck showed in the opening I drove a 160 grain Accubond high and behind his right shoulder. I was sitting in a 6 foot tall mini tower blind so I was 15 feet higher than the deer, who were downhill.

The doe cut straight across the meadow that I'm sitting over and then the 8 point comes out spraying blood like a fountain. The 10 point must have given up the chase in the brush and let the 8 point pass him by before they hit the opening that I shot through.

Stevie Wonder could have followed the blood trail and the buck made about 40 -50 yards before he died.




I had a heck of a time loading it in the truck because it weighed more than I did.

Stevie Wonder might have recognized the younger buck’s lighter steps so he would have waited

Frank,

I did the same thing only with a cape buffalo. Shit happens!

Mark

Tasty.

Hey Frank,
Looks like one fat buck !! What are you feeding them ? Looks like a very nice buck despite the mistaken identity. I would be happy with it.
Congrats on a good shot. Cheers.

Looks like a pretty buck that should be very good eating. Too bad it was the smaller one.
I will make a suggestion for loading a deer by yourself. I've done several over the last few yrs. Buy a jet sled like what the ice fisherman use. With a little effort you can get the sled up on its edge and roll the deer into it. Lately I have been able to get the truck to the deer. Use the truck to pull it to somewhere that the read tires are substantially lower that the front ones. Then lift the front of the sled up onto the truck tailgate. Then go to the back of the sled. Lift and push it into the truck. MUCH easier than getting the deer in without the sled.
Bruce

what you meant to say is- you left the big guy for your wife...

Nice Buck all the same.

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Buy a jet sled like what the ice fisherman use. With a little effort you can get the sled up on its edge and roll the deer into it.

We like Otter sleds they seem to be tougher.

They also work great on bare ground for getting critters out of the woods.

Two people can get a good size bear out of some tough country. Using one.

Then a easy lift into the truck.

I usually have a half sheet of plywood but used it on a chicken coop job last month. I did drag the deer over to a ditch and put the rear wheels in it but even only having to lift it two feet was a trial.

Two of my daughters were out looking for him last night and Wifezilla and one of them are out right now.

Good shooting!

Enjoy that meat, nice buck

A few years ago had a friend who had never had great eyesight hunting on my place who wanted a doe. He had a doe and a nice buck come into the feeder about a hundred yards away, so he dropped the doe in its tracks. For whatever reason, at the shot the buck trotted toward him and stopped broadside about 40 yards away. He really didn't want a buck but it was too tempting and he had a buck tag, so he took the buck, also. When he got down to gather up his morning's work he found that the "doe" had two inch spikes. His problem was that it was a one-buck county. One of our group kindly bailed him out with by claiming one of the deer and tagging it (not fully legal, but certainly ethical under the circumstances).

Hey Great Hunt and a great memory.
Hunt will actually be more memorable now lol.
Beautiful Buck and you’ll enjoy the table fare.
Plus..the other guy is still out there to hunt again

Thanks for the great story and photos.

He's a big boy and you killed him quickly and cleanly.

Congrats!

Still a nice buck and will eat just fine.

My daughter was in a box blind in the top right corner of this photo when this buck walked by and didn't see him until it was too late to shoot.

A fine looking buck despite the glitch. I feel your pain, as I did nearly the same thing a couple years ago on a pronghorn hunt.

This evening, Wifezilla just passed on the buck my daughter didn't get yesterday. She's waiting for one of the big boys and if that doesn't work out by the last weekend then she'll shoot a cull buck.

I did that on my first axis hunt. Wrong buck, i was determined to get the bigger one so i paid up and re-set and dang if i did not do it again. Lots of meat and over the years got the hang of it course the guys in camp bring it up each year. Doesn't bother me, good meat is good meat. Horns doesnt bother me any more.

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Doesn't bother me, good meat is good meat. Horns doesnt bother me any more.

I have always been more of a meat hunter.

But I will shoot a big buck if he walks by.

Wifezilla shot a roebuck.

We haven't seen any big bucks for a week or more so Wifezilla said that she was going to shoot one of the culls that we always see around.

He was a big buck, over 200 Lbs but had a roebuck's antlers.

I respect a man that admits and owns his mistakes, and I always assume that when fellow hunters judge that man they either aren’t truthful about their own mistakes or haven’t hunted enough to make any yet.
I’ve killed the “wrong” buck a few times, and it just is what it is.