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Well, 2 year drought finally broken yesterday afternoon. Came up through some trees, spotted 3 does and a decent 3 point buck standing there looking at me. After they busted out of the trees I ran up about 25 yards because I knew there was a clearing up ahead where they were going.
Surprise! Hit the clearing and there were about 40 head of deer standing there looking at me. After scanning the whole herd this was the biggest one (when I first saw him, he looked much bigger). Anyways there were a bunch of does behind him and I didn't want to shoot with them there. All of the sudden they just cleared out and as soon as they did he turn and started quartering away from me at about 125 yards. I thought, oh-oh, this might not be a good result if I shoot here but knew I could not wait, so with the trusty old .270 I squeezed off and down he went. I hit him right behind the should (for me, it was a great shot!). I was happy because even though his spread is only about 22-24 inches, I have not measured him yet. He is still the prettiest, biggest one I have ever taken. I'm guessing (believe me this is a guess) he should be close to a 150 buck, I don't know though. Also sorry the pics are through the grass but i was by myself!
Surprise! Hit the clearing and there were about 40 head of deer standing there looking at me. After scanning the whole herd this was the biggest one (when I first saw him, he looked much bigger). Anyways there were a bunch of does behind him and I didn't want to shoot with them there. All of the sudden they just cleared out and as soon as they did he turn and started quartering away from me at about 125 yards. I thought, oh-oh, this might not be a good result if I shoot here but knew I could not wait, so with the trusty old .270 I squeezed off and down he went. I hit him right behind the should (for me, it was a great shot!). I was happy because even though his spread is only about 22-24 inches, I have not measured him yet. He is still the prettiest, biggest one I have ever taken. I'm guessing (believe me this is a guess) he should be close to a 150 buck, I don't know though. Also sorry the pics are through the grass but i was by myself!