Whitetail Buck, success in my hunt : )

Hi,

Yesterday was a successful hunt for me.  I shot a very nice 8 pointer only 15 minutes after getting into the tree stand.
It all started on Monday when my husband, father-in-law and I went muzzle loader hunting in the afternoon.  We set up Jim in a blind near a spot where I had seen deer ever time I had been in that area during bow season.  Then Bruce and I walked into the deep woods to stand hunt.  We came upon the tree stand mentioned above.  Bruce wanted to know if I wanted to get into that stand or should he.  I had an idea where I wanted to hunt which was further up in the woods, near a field.  I told he to get up in the stand.  I also said half heatedly  that by doing that I knew who was going to shoot a buck, and it wasn't me. Well I got out to the edge of the field where I thought deer would be running in the tree line between two fields.  A good choke point and plenty of signs that the deer did travel through there.  I kicked up does as I walked to my spot, but for the rest of the afternoon I did not see anything.  Well, about 4:45pm, Bruce shoots a nice 7 point buck.  It chased a doe about 40 yards from the stand, circled around and they came back by the stand.  Nice shot.

On Wednesday we were out hunting in the same location again.  This time I took the tree stand. Good luck for me.  As Bruce and I walked out to the tree stand, we kicked up many small does, and a spike buck.  There were not really concerned that we were there.  The deer run off a short distance, turn and look back at us.  We could have shot two of them right then and there.  But, I really was hunting for a bigger buck.  

I got up in the tree stand, and Bruce went off into the deep woods.  Our plan was for him to spook deer my way. You know that this trick can work just not today.  I was watching the woods looking for movement.  About 15 minutes after getting into the stand, here comes a nice buck.  He was just ambling up an old path coming out of some thick stuff about 40 yards away.  He had no idea I was there.  When he passed behind a tree, I pulled up my muzzle loader aiming at the edge of the tree where he should come out from.  There he was.  He stopped, ate a bit, then stood there.  Long enough for me to sight in on his left shoulder.  My shot brought him down immediately.  Success!!

My husband came back to tree stand within about 10 minutes.  I dragged it a short distance so we could gut it.  He did all the hard work. Then I dragged it almost all the way back to the truck before he took over that chore.  He is a big heavy deer!

I was very proud to show the buck off to the landowner, who was pleased to see such a nice buck. 

My buck is now at the butcher, and the rack will soon be on our antler wall.

Take care, good hunting and good shooting.

M.