#2 Buck Down
Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2024 5:19 pm
Having some good luck this season.
Was not going to hunt during this warm spell, but I’ve been seeing a lot of activity in the middle of the day despite the heat, including a nice eight pointer mating a doe in the field near my home at 12 noon.
Headed out early about 1 PM. When I got within about 100 yards of where I was going to sit, I put a little Tinks 69 on my rubber boots and then continued to my stand.
I was all settled in sitting there with the bow across my lap, checking the wind direction and watching mostly downwind.
All of a sudden from behind me and maybe 15 yards off to the side of the trail I had walked in on comes this nice buck running right towards me and suddenly stops 10 yards broadside. I didn’t even have an arrow on the string yet so I quickly knocked an arrow stood up, but he took off again. He stopped at about 50 yards and I gave a couple soft grunts. He looked and then came walking right at me. He was coming head-on and stopped when he was at 10 yards. Then he looked right up at me in the tree and stared me down for a couple minutes, seemed like an hour. Finally, he looked away, turned to his left and started walking slowly, at which time I slowly drew and released an arrow at about eight or 10 yards. I saw the hit was perfect and he ran out of sight over a little hill. I packed up right away and slowly took the trail and found him about 100 yards expired.
Had a great season in New Jersey now going to try PA until I head for Maine.
Thanks for reading. Good luck to everybody!
Deer was basically an eight pointer but had two short points over an inch off his brow also.
160# dressed, 19.5” wide.
Zipper 56# longbow, Muzzy 125’s, Gold Tips.
Was not going to hunt during this warm spell, but I’ve been seeing a lot of activity in the middle of the day despite the heat, including a nice eight pointer mating a doe in the field near my home at 12 noon.
Headed out early about 1 PM. When I got within about 100 yards of where I was going to sit, I put a little Tinks 69 on my rubber boots and then continued to my stand.
I was all settled in sitting there with the bow across my lap, checking the wind direction and watching mostly downwind.
All of a sudden from behind me and maybe 15 yards off to the side of the trail I had walked in on comes this nice buck running right towards me and suddenly stops 10 yards broadside. I didn’t even have an arrow on the string yet so I quickly knocked an arrow stood up, but he took off again. He stopped at about 50 yards and I gave a couple soft grunts. He looked and then came walking right at me. He was coming head-on and stopped when he was at 10 yards. Then he looked right up at me in the tree and stared me down for a couple minutes, seemed like an hour. Finally, he looked away, turned to his left and started walking slowly, at which time I slowly drew and released an arrow at about eight or 10 yards. I saw the hit was perfect and he ran out of sight over a little hill. I packed up right away and slowly took the trail and found him about 100 yards expired.
Had a great season in New Jersey now going to try PA until I head for Maine.
Thanks for reading. Good luck to everybody!
Deer was basically an eight pointer but had two short points over an inch off his brow also.
160# dressed, 19.5” wide.
Zipper 56# longbow, Muzzy 125’s, Gold Tips.
