And finally the buck worked his way back

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?

Or you could change your idea of thinking, young kid, excited, and from what I read didn’t seem to remember exactly how much time went by between sightings. I don’t think he would tell his story if it was illegal.

Or you could change your idea of thinking, young kid, excited, and from what I read didn’t seem to remember exactly how much time went by between sightings. I don’t think he would tell his story if it was illegal.

Depends if there’s prizes or money involved. I’m giving the guy a helpful hint.

Depends if there’s prizes or money involved. I’m giving the guy a helpful hint.

Understood, I am just jealous that I haven’t got a crack at one like that in a while.

Understood, I am just jealous that I haven’t got a crack at one like that in a while.

I’m sure Ryan was just excited telling the story and thinking back his watch said 6:30 or so when he climbed down from his stand. Right Ryan????? Say yes.
I personally do not recognize the legal hours posted by DNR. My eyesight tells me when I can shoot something.

I’m sure Ryan was just excited telling the story and thinking back his watch said 6:30 or so when he climbed down from his stand. Right Ryan????? Say yes.
I personally do not recognize the legal hours posted by DNR. My eyesight tells me when I can shoot something.

Suzuki, just curious. Eyesight or Scope? Read my 2005 NMn Buck debacle post and you will understand my curiosity That thing was a giant

Suzuki, just curious. Eyesight or Scope? Read my 2005 NMn Buck debacle post and you will understand my curiosity That thing was a giant

Ryan,
very nice buck. do you have any pics from the front or quartering from the front.
good job. IS there a neat hunting story behind your deer that you;d like to share,
We would like to hear IT.
thanks Jack..

Ryan,
very nice buck. do you have any pics from the front or quartering from the front.
good job. IS there a neat hunting story behind your deer that you;d like to share,
We would like to hear IT.
thanks Jack..

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IS there a neat hunting story behind your deer that you;d like to share,
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thanks Jack..

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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.

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IS there a neat hunting story behind your deer that you;d like to share,
We would like to hear IT.
thanks Jack..

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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.

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Congrats Ryan that’s an Awesome Buck!!!

Congrats Ryan that’s an Awesome Buck!!!

Hey nice buck congrats, just as well get it done on the first day huh??

Nice deer

bg

Hey nice buck congrats, just as well get it done on the first day huh??

Nice deer

bg

4 minutes and 5 miles over the speed limit. An Odd sense of hypocracy if you ask me

What makes it ok for us to break the speed limit laws, yet worry about 4 minutes?

Not a personal attack on you BG, just using the situation as an example on how we pick and choose which laws are ok to break, because I’ll be the farm there isn’t a person who reads this that doesn’t “speed” the majority of the time on the road.

Just playing advocate.

4 minutes and 5 miles over the speed limit. An Odd sense of hypocracy if you ask me

What makes it ok for us to break the speed limit laws, yet worry about 4 minutes?

Not a personal attack on you BG, just using the situation as an example on how we pick and choose which laws are ok to break, because I’ll be the farm there isn’t a person who reads this that doesn’t “speed” the majority of the time on the road.

Just playing advocate.

You make a good point slop, For most of us it is a matter of personal choice I guess. bottom line is Ryan shot a nice deer and that is history and nothing will change that

bg

You make a good point slop, For most of us it is a matter of personal choice I guess. bottom line is Ryan shot a nice deer and that is history and nothing will change that

bg

Yep, time can be subjective as can speed if you do not have a watch or are staring at the speedo. In our camp it’s a big deal who shot the first buck. This year when we got in saturday afternoon after dragging all 5 bucks out we compared times of when they were shot. 1st deer-7:05, 2nd deer-7:10, 3rd deer-7:11, 4th deer-7:12 and the 5th was at 7:15. We all had different times on our watches, but didn’t get to anal about the minutes.
Oh, and my first deer was shot deep in the swamp at 7:10, within 20 yds. of me and until I got the scope on it I didn’t see horns, it was a nice 10 pointer. First light may differ greatly from place to place, day to day, cloudy to clear skys, fog to rain. You get my drift.
I’ve always wondered about the reason for the law and how it was determined a 1/2 hour before daylight?
I’ve had mornings where a deer would of had to be very close to see 1/2 hour before official sunrise and vice versa.

Yep, time can be subjective as can speed if you do not have a watch or are staring at the speedo. In our camp it’s a big deal who shot the first buck. This year when we got in saturday afternoon after dragging all 5 bucks out we compared times of when they were shot. 1st deer-7:05, 2nd deer-7:10, 3rd deer-7:11, 4th deer-7:12 and the 5th was at 7:15. We all had different times on our watches, but didn’t get to anal about the minutes.
Oh, and my first deer was shot deep in the swamp at 7:10, within 20 yds. of me and until I got the scope on it I didn’t see horns, it was a nice 10 pointer. First light may differ greatly from place to place, day to day, cloudy to clear skys, fog to rain. You get my drift.
I’ve always wondered about the reason for the law and how it was determined a 1/2 hour before daylight?
I’ve had mornings where a deer would of had to be very close to see 1/2 hour before official sunrise and vice versa.

I am pretty sure his times were estimations and he wasn’t watching his watch as he was watching this Buck work. I am quite sure he knew it was legal shooting hours when he pulled the trigger, AS WE ALL DO I think we can end this all right here and congratulate him on a great buck

On a side note I saw a 12 (180’s) & 10 (120’s) with a doe last night. The 12 could have dwarfed the 9 pointer I harvested in terms of a rack. Despite freezing in my stand it was a great night to be out there. Man that gets the blood pumping!! Look out Does..here I come

Go get some Does guys!!TEAM 3, LAYIN THE SMACK DOWN

I am pretty sure his times were estimations and he wasn’t watching his watch as he was watching this Buck work. I am quite sure he knew it was legal shooting hours when he pulled the trigger, AS WE ALL DO I think we can end this all right here and congratulate him on a great buck

On a side note I saw a 12 (180’s) & 10 (120’s) with a doe last night. The 12 could have dwarfed the 9 pointer I harvested in terms of a rack. Despite freezing in my stand it was a great night to be out there. Man that gets the blood pumping!! Look out Does..here I come

Go get some Does guys!!TEAM 3, LAYIN THE SMACK DOWN

Scott, You silly man!

Go get some does!

Camp meat!

Scott, You silly man!

Go get some does!

Camp meat!

Never really had that choice. I have clearly seen at least 3 bucks approach and I shot them possibly before time. It never even crossed my mind. I was brought up to hunt when you could see and not by a time table in a book. Good question on scope. It’s got me thinking. And by the way my original point was not about hunting ethics it was about contest rules/outcome.