2023 Deer Pics/Chat/Excuses

[Jcann]

Well, the deer didn’t get too offended by my mowing and planting yesterday. I ended up seeing 11 does and fawns this morning, but they didn’t move until about 7:45. At 8:00, they all went on high alert, and the buck I’ve been hunting came running in. I wasn’t sure he was going to stop, but he circled around the feeder like he’s always done and gave me a perfect broadside shot. After the shot, he ran back up the trail he came in on, and after about 30 seconds, I saw a flash of white and heard him fall. He ran less than 20 yards from where I shot him. I’m pretty sure he’s 5 and weighed 178 lbs. It seems early, but he was rutting.
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Very nice buck and picture, congratulations

 

[retrieverman]

I doubled on Saturday.
Shot a doe in the morning went to same stand and shot a buck that evening out of the same stand. He was just a 3.5 year old but he has some character with his palmated rack and some mass so couldn’t pass him.
44 yards with the doe and 36 yards on the buck. Shot with my new cp400.View attachment 417937

Dang it boy!!! That buck has some serious mass!!! Congrats!!!

 

[Bocephus123]

Well, the deer didn’t get too offended by my mowing and planting yesterday. I ended up seeing 11 does and fawns this morning, but they didn’t move until about 7:45. At 8:00, they all went on high alert, and the buck I’ve been hunting came running in. I wasn’t sure he was going to stop, but he circled around the feeder like he’s always done and gave me a perfect broadside shot. After the shot, he ran back up the trail he came in on, and after about 30 seconds, I saw a flash of white and heard him fall. He ran less than 20 yards from where I shot him. I’m pretty sure he’s 5 and weighed 178 lbs. It seems early, but he was rutting.
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Nice One

 

[BobbyV]

Well, the deer didn’t get too offended by my mowing and planting yesterday. I ended up seeing 11 does and fawns this morning, but they didn’t move until about 7:45. At 8:00, they all went on high alert, and the buck I’ve been hunting came running in. I wasn’t sure he was going to stop, but he circled around the feeder like he’s always done and gave me a perfect broadside shot. After the shot, he ran back up the trail he came in on, and after about 30 seconds, I saw a flash of white and heard him fall. He ran less than 20 yards from where I shot him. I’m pretty sure he’s 5 and weighed 178 lbs. It seems early, but he was rutting.
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Sweet. Congrats!

 

[BobbyV]

I doubled on Saturday.
Shot a doe in the morning went to same stand and shot a buck that evening out of the same stand. He was just a 3.5 year old but he has some character with his palmated rack and some mass so couldn’t pass him.
44 yards with the doe and 36 yards on the buck. Shot with my new cp400.View attachment 417937

Congrats!

 

[retrieverman]

Very nice buck and picture, congratulations

I hunt alone 99% of the time and have fought for years with timers on cameras to get decent pictures with my prizes, but earlier this year I learned about and bought a bluetooth remote for my iPhone that makes taking ”selfie” glamour shots super easy.

 

[OkieJoe72]

Congrats to Retrieverman and OkieShooter. You guys both got a couple of good looking bucks.

 

[Oklahomabassin]

Wow Okieshooter set the bar high with the early season brute!

 

[makeithappen]

Congrats RM and okieshooter! Great way to get on the board.

I had 4 does and 4 fawns in front of me for 3 hours yesterday morning. Due to hunting really small places, I'm not sitting does until after the rut. I could get away with it when i had a lease but on 12 and 5 acres, once you anger the does, your rut is less eventful (from my experience). Last night i had a doe and fawn come in, only to get immediately ran off by a 2 year old 9 point. A little fork came in and knocked heads a little. That was it.

 

[okieshooter777]

I hunt alone 99% of the time and have fought for years with timers on cameras to get decent pictures with my prizes, but earlier this year I learned about and bought a bluetooth remote for my iPhone that makes taking ”selfie” glamour shots super easy.

lol I feel ya I set a timer and had to
Do lots of running to get in the shot.