Heck of a week. 9 pt down

[NYbuck50]

Hunted pretty hard Wednesday afternoon through Friday last week, taking Thursday afternoon off for Thanksgiving. Saw over 60 deer in total. Wednesday and Thursday I saw about 20 doe while still hunting/pushing for my wife, father and brother.  Friday morning things really took off. I still hunted across the top of a steep ridge, The deer were feeding on the flat below the ridge the past few days so i was confident i'd get into them. To this point in the season, i have a nice bow buck and several doe, so i was really just looking for a rack. By 10:30 Friday i had seen 9 doe and a small spike that i let walk. As i came over a small crest in the ridge i looked below and the flood gates seemed to open up. There were deer everywhere. I counted approximately another 30, mostly doe, a few spikes and 4 pointers. Most of them had moved on and then this 9 point stepped out about 130 yards.  Double lung shot with the 30-06, he took 3 steps and dropped in his tracks.

 

I've never seen more than a dozen or so deer in a day, much less the roughly 40 i saw Friday. Needless to say im glad i let the doe and small ones walk.

 

 

[F-150]

Congrats on a great Buck and a great story, it sounds like you have had a great season !!!        

[moog5050]

Congrats. 

[bryabbio]

Congrats on a great deer! Sounds like you were in the deer honey hole! Great story. Also that doe seems to be a pretty good size one. Congrats to that hunter as well!

[NYbuck50]

Thanks guys. The other hunter is my brother. He lives in NYC and only gets to hunt thanksgiving morning and the following friday every year. Was glad he got to put one down

[TeeBugg]

Congtats!

[G-Man]

congrats

[G-Man]

congrats

[DROpTINE]

Congrats

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