And finally the buck worked his way back

And finally the buck worked his way back and i looked at my watch, it was 8:30AM, wow, time flies when you are watching a big buck!! So know it was legal shooting time…..I took the shot.

Congrats. Wonder if the meat will be tough

Congrats. Wonder if the meat will be tough

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Yeah, nice buck there bud If I remember right you are on my team for the IDA contest too…even better. Anyway, that is a dandy, the one I shot had a couple teeth in front but nothing else.

Yeah, nice buck there bud If I remember right you are on my team for the IDA contest too…even better. Anyway, that is a dandy, the one I shot had a couple teeth in front but nothing else.

Yes scott, i believe i am on your team. Thanks guys. and by the way the meat was still pretty darn good!

Yes scott, i believe i am on your team. Thanks guys. and by the way the meat was still pretty darn good!

For sure that is a very nice buck Looks to be pretty wide with real nice length to the tines and main beam and respectable mass. But, we would love to hear the story behind the harvest Great job on an awesome buck.

For sure that is a very nice buck Looks to be pretty wide with real nice length to the tines and main beam and respectable mass. But, we would love to hear the story behind the harvest Great job on an awesome buck.

Nice buck Ryan!!!!
I’d have to say that team 3 has this contest all but locked up. If they can fill there doe tags they will win hands down. I know the 3rd member of your team has a heck of a buck on the ground and hasn’t had time to post the pic yet.
I didn’t think any team would have all 3 bucks filled and you guys have it done and its only the middle of Nov. Congrats on a fine season team 3.

You’ll have to wait until after Thanksgiving before you get to see GMAN’s deer. We are leaving for Montana tomorrow.

Nice buck Ryan!!!!
I’d have to say that team 3 has this contest all but locked up. If they can fill there doe tags they will win hands down. I know the 3rd member of your team has a heck of a buck on the ground and hasn’t had time to post the pic yet.
I didn’t think any team would have all 3 bucks filled and you guys have it done and its only the middle of Nov. Congrats on a fine season team 3.

You’ll have to wait until after Thanksgiving before you get to see GMAN’s deer. We are leaving for Montana tomorrow.

SLACKERS I wish I had your vacation plan at my work. Just jealous, hope you guys shoot some pigs out there. Good luck

SLACKERS I wish I had your vacation plan at my work. Just jealous, hope you guys shoot some pigs out there. Good luck

Beautiful buck. Good job. How the heck do they eat without teeth?

Beautiful buck. Good job. How the heck do they eat without teeth?

well…..if ya want the story i would be more than happy to share. On opening morning i always like to get to my stand, i know what time the people that hunt around me get in the woods and usually let them push the deer to me. I decided to sit in the stand behing my house, i usually forget how good of a stand it is, seems almost to close to be that good, but over the last ten years my brother and i have harvested over thirty deer out of it. Nice to have one that close when we didnt have a license to drive anywhere, and now there is no chance in moving the stand as it is growing into the tree. But back to the story, i got into my stand at about 5:15 and sat down and had not been on stand for ten minutes and i heard something off to my right, it was still to dark to see much but i could see the outline of a doe. I sat another couple minutes and i heard a buck grunting down the trail in the same area she came in, he was behind thick brush and could not tell what he was as he walked by. He then must have lost his scent trail on her as he made a complete circle around my stand out of shooting range and went right back to where i first heard him. I knew he was a pretty good buck by the size of his body but could not see his rack, so i waited. Then he had been gone another five or ten minutes, seemed like an eternity. Then he came back on the same trail and ya could tell he was not happy about losing that doe. He decided to take the trail that went about forty yards behind my stand, and there was my shot. One shot and he was down and i was standing in my treestand on my cell phone talking to my brother as he had to miss opening weekend and do his Army reserve thing at Fort McCoy. I really wish my best hunting buddy could have been there but he knew just as soon as the deer was down.

well…..if ya want the story i would be more than happy to share. On opening morning i always like to get to my stand, i know what time the people that hunt around me get in the woods and usually let them push the deer to me. I decided to sit in the stand behing my house, i usually forget how good of a stand it is, seems almost to close to be that good, but over the last ten years my brother and i have harvested over thirty deer out of it. Nice to have one that close when we didnt have a license to drive anywhere, and now there is no chance in moving the stand as it is growing into the tree. But back to the story, i got into my stand at about 5:15 and sat down and had not been on stand for ten minutes and i heard something off to my right, it was still to dark to see much but i could see the outline of a doe. I sat another couple minutes and i heard a buck grunting down the trail in the same area she came in, he was behind thick brush and could not tell what he was as he walked by. He then must have lost his scent trail on her as he made a complete circle around my stand out of shooting range and went right back to where i first heard him. I knew he was a pretty good buck by the size of his body but could not see his rack, so i waited. Then he had been gone another five or ten minutes, seemed like an eternity. Then he came back on the same trail and ya could tell he was not happy about losing that doe. He decided to take the trail that went about forty yards behind my stand, and there was my shot. One shot and he was down and i was standing in my treestand on my cell phone talking to my brother as he had to miss opening weekend and do his Army reserve thing at Fort McCoy. I really wish my best hunting buddy could have been there but he knew just as soon as the deer was down.

You eat lots of soft food and gum it to pieces! LOL

A great discription of how much food deer need to eat each fall to survive the winter and how long each day they needed to eat was, take a garbage bag and try to fill it with a tweezers, and see how long each day it would take!
And remember how hard food gets to find as the snow gets deeper.

Makes you think about what they go through in a tough winter. No wonder they look so thin and ragged by spring.

You eat lots of soft food and gum it to pieces! LOL

A great discription of how much food deer need to eat each fall to survive the winter and how long each day they needed to eat was, take a garbage bag and try to fill it with a tweezers, and see how long each day it would take!
And remember how hard food gets to find as the snow gets deeper.

Makes you think about what they go through in a tough winter. No wonder they look so thin and ragged by spring.

TEAM 3

LAYING THE SMACK DOWN

TEAM 3

LAYING THE SMACK DOWN

Beauty Buck Ryan!

Big G you better spank a 10 point for us to keep up with Team 3. They have 18 points in bucks plus another ???. We have 15 points .

Beauty Buck Ryan!

Big G you better spank a 10 point for us to keep up with Team 3. They have 18 points in bucks plus another ???. We have 15 points .

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I didn’t think any team would have all 3 bucks filled and you guys have it done and its only the middle of Nov. Congrats on a fine season team 3.

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And the way it sounds 3 dandies to boot!

Just don’t choke on your does

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I didn’t think any team would have all 3 bucks filled and you guys have it done and its only the middle of Nov. Congrats on a fine season team 3.

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And the way it sounds 3 dandies to boot!

Just don’t choke on your does

Maybe you should change your timeline a little. By my account you shot before 06:00. That would disqualify your deer in the contest wouldn’t it?