The rifle hunt this year was better than its been in a long time! The weather conditions were great here in the NE region, you could be quiet walking through the trees giving me the upper hand. Not to mention keeping the bulk of the people riding roads and whining cause its storming. Opening day I saw over 60 head letting 7 little bucks and 1 20 inch 3 (still small but nice for the area). My dad and I missed a true monster saturday night. We were stalking up on 2 nice bucks when we happened across him. I was walking behind my dad and looked over in a small clearing and I saw what at first glance I thought was an elk, I put my scope up to see if he had busted us or if we could move around him and keep after the other bucks. Whoa dad big buck big buck I whispered. I knelt down put the crosshairs on his shoulder and touched it off, sounded great and he jumped and went just inside the trees and looked back at us. I shot 3 more times and my dad once. All of the shots I felt great about... Me shooting a 300 mag if I hit him he should have went right down is all I could think... My dad followed his tracks over and we couldn't find any blood and we could see where all the shots hit the hill behind him in the 2 inches of snow. I swear the bullets had to have been going through him. We chased him the next morning and I was very close to him 3 different times and could have killed him but wasn't sure it was him because of how thick it was, then when I was sure there was no shot. My uncle missed the 2 bucks we were originally stalking. Monday we had my 3 year old and 18 month old boys so we were stuck close to the truck. My 3 year old had enough of being in the truck so we went for a short walk. 3 does and a 2 point came in front of us at about 120 yds. With my boy saying shoot him dad. I really want you to shoot him dad! I stood up and was going to shoot right above his head to scare him. plug your ears buddy. Boom! He did a backflip..... I hit a little low..... He is about 30 inches gross score lol...
Tuesday my brother dad uncle and cousin were going back in after the buck. After dropping them off to push the trees I stopped to glass them and seen the buck I missed saturday, he is all of 28 wide mainframe with atleast 2 cheaters on his left side making him a 4x6 and with his cheaters putting him over 30. He gave my dad the same runaround as me but he got closer to getting a shot but this buck is a freaking snake! My dad also ran into a 160 class buck, I don't know who scared who more lol. Both jumped 10 feet in the air and my dad couldn't get a shot off. My cousin killed the big 2 point in there. They are hunting him again today and hopefully they get 1 of the 2 big bucks running in there!
My wife is teaching science so we took the deer in for her to clean in class and show the kids the digestive and respiratory systems. There was 3 kids in her class that were non hunters that really want to go now. I'm in the process of working with them and their parents to take them hunting and see if I can get them hunting! I didn't know so much would come from a 2 point. My son couldn't be more proud of his dad!
Tuesday my brother dad uncle and cousin were going back in after the buck. After dropping them off to push the trees I stopped to glass them and seen the buck I missed saturday, he is all of 28 wide mainframe with atleast 2 cheaters on his left side making him a 4x6 and with his cheaters putting him over 30. He gave my dad the same runaround as me but he got closer to getting a shot but this buck is a freaking snake! My dad also ran into a 160 class buck, I don't know who scared who more lol. Both jumped 10 feet in the air and my dad couldn't get a shot off. My cousin killed the big 2 point in there. They are hunting him again today and hopefully they get 1 of the 2 big bucks running in there!
My wife is teaching science so we took the deer in for her to clean in class and show the kids the digestive and respiratory systems. There was 3 kids in her class that were non hunters that really want to go now. I'm in the process of working with them and their parents to take them hunting and see if I can get them hunting! I didn't know so much would come from a 2 point. My son couldn't be more proud of his dad!
