Deadtoyou

Not a troll. Just some honest reporting. Been hunting responsibly for 46 years. Excitement got the best of me.

Thanks for the offer and encouragement.

Son in law has a tag I can use. Went for the bird in the hand. Probably bad judgment call. Fortunately able to harvest him.

Only issue is lack of a second buck tag? I will get him cleaned up and take it from there.

Had a lot of action this morning. A big body deer 11 point I have been watching chased a 4 pt across the hay field at 7am. The 4 darted into the woods and I stopped the 11 with a couple grunts from the mouth. Took one shot and he bolted. He didn’t appear to be hit. I was waiting for the sun to brighten things up before checking things out and the 4 point came back out and I was able to take him with a nice double lung shot. After getting him gutted, I searched the field and saw no blood or hair. I just went back out before dark and found the 11 dead in the next patch of woods. The shot was high forward in the chest cavity. Probably the reason for no blood. The body is cold. Wondering about harvesting the meat. I hate that I was not able to find him earlier.

I’m in 6R. Bare ground at my house. Full snow coverage 3 miles away at my daughters. Gave a pass to a young spike yesterday and a small doe today. Tempted to take anything as I am out here for the meat. Hard to do when you know there are big rack bucks close by.