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OK so I am sitting Saturday mourning drinking my coffee upset because I have to work today. Great mourning for fishing but I have to go in for a half a day.
I sat and watched three does playing in the yard by the back fence when low and behold this 10 point walked out!!! Almost fell over when I saw him. I grabbed the rifle and eased out the garage. Drew a bead on him and shot. He ran off. Thinking I missed I went back in the house and eat breakfast and preparing for the day. Convinced I could not have missed at that distance I walked out to the fence to look for him. Sure enough he was on the other side and struggling. I ran back to the house to get a gun to finish him off and came back. No deer. I tracked him for about 15 or 20 minutes. Finally got where I could see him. He was hobbling off away from me about 50 yards away. I drew a bead again and shot. Only a 9MM so he kept going. I tried to shoot again but no more bullets. (note keep gun loaded FULLY) I broke off into a dead run. He was headed for a swamp and I was not loosing this deer. I caught him and pulled my knife for my pocket and cut his artery. After several minutes I called and had another shell brought out and finished him. I should also note this is my first buck. 51 and this is the first one. I am still trying to find the other horn. He broke it off during the tracking portion. I have an idea of where so I am determined I will find it. If not Harden said he has sheds from Texas and can match it up if necessary.
That's quite a story. Glad you were able to keep from loosing him and didn't end up with an injury yourself. As long as they are gonna match the left side to the right...why don't ya just go ahead and have em make him a twelve point....
"Good Judgement" comes from experience, ... and a lot of that..... results from "Bad Judgement".
NOW BUD, YA KNOW THAT WOULD BE CHEATIN, HA HA HA . WE HAVE DEER IN OUR YARD ALMOST EVERY MORNING, THEY ARE SO SMALL I WILL NOT SHOOT THEM, THEY ARE ABOUT THE SIZE OF A BLACK LAB. THEY ALL ARE ABOUT THE SAME SIZE, I GUESS I SHOULD GO AHEAD AND KILL THEM SO THEY WILL NOT BREED WITH LARGER DEER AND BRING DOWN THE SIZE OF THE LARGER ONES.
PA THE OLD MAN OF THE SEA SEMPER FI
