Last day deer.

04 December 2014, 03:44

RMiller

Last day deer.

The last day of this years hunting season was kind to me.

I was actually after a doe to just fill my tag and put some more meat in the freezer when I saw this buck. I got across from the hill he was on but decided it was about 450 yards and so I did not shoot from there. Instead I backtracked and circled around him to get above him as he was bedded on a hillside.

I came over the hill and he had left his bed. There was fresh snow on the ground so I followed his tracks. I realized that he had walked out of his bed and not ran so I continued following the tracks and looking at every brush pile in the nearby surroundings.

I looked down at his tracks then looked up and he was broadside about 100 yards max looking right at me. I almost had to remind myself "raise your rifle" as I figured I had already blown it. I got my barely steady crosshairs on him and made a shot that dropped him in 30 yards. He was dead before I could spot where he was in the little draw he ran into.

308 Winchester 165 Seirra boattails at 2800 FPS.

04 December 2014, 03:47

RMiller

The other half was boned out in my pack. I keep getting asked.

I am getting a shoulder mount done.

04 December 2014, 03:53

Snellstrom

Nice Buck!
Thanks for posting your hunt results.

04 December 2014, 04:15

SGraves155

Very nice. How much did he weigh?

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04 December 2014, 04:37

RMiller

I am not sure how much he weighed. 150 would be my guess. About as much as a small mule deer buck.

04 December 2014, 06:38

bwanamrm

Seriously nice deer... first day of season or last!

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04 December 2014, 09:01

delloro

Do I understand you correctly that you spotted it in its bed from 450 yards?

04 December 2014, 11:23

Ackley Improved User

great buck. congrats.

04 December 2014, 15:19

Highlander7

Congrats on your last day buck! I love the little character with the split brow tine!

04 December 2014, 17:36

RMiller

When I first spotted him he was walking across a hillside I was about a half mile away from. When I peeked over the last ridge across from him I saw him bedded but farther than I wanted to shoot.

When I hunt this area I almost always carry a spotting scope and my rangefinder. The temp was -8*F and my spotting scope worked fine but my rangefinder did not.