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We had a Cold and Snowy opening day here in Misery. Lot of crops in the field still. Our regular spot we hunt has limited visibilty with the crops in so we kinda a winged it and hunted a waterway alongside the bean field. My stepson missed a chance at a good buck yesterday morning due to a wardrobe malfunction. "He couldnt get his finger in the trigger guard due to his gloves were to big".

So about noon we went to another farm and hastily set up a ground blind overlooking another waterway and uncut beans. We could see a little more country here plus we could get out of the weather in the blind. We got in the blind about 1:30 and didnt see anything until about 4:00. Had a doe come out of the brush along the river and feed into the beans. A little later I seen a wide buck come out of the brush and then step back in about 300 yds off. I told My stepson to get ready.

He declined and said "I want you to shoot it you always give me first chance and I want you to kill one" What could I do. The buck stepped back into the brush and little later a doe squirted out and ran into the beans. The buck came out trailing her across the waterway. I had a shooting stick for a rest but somehow managed to shoot over the buck. I watched him run out into the beans and then lost him when he went down in a ditch.

I kept glassing and finally found him standing in the beans all I could see was his antlers moving back and forth. Then I found the doe he would chase the doe around in the middle of the bean field. The doe finally took off running straight at us. The buck followed and eventually ended up standing broadside at 100 yards. As he was in tall beans all I had was a neck shot so I shot him in the neck. He dropped in his tracks.

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I was shooting a Beretta Mato 7mm Rem Mag. 6x42 leupy 140 TSX which way overpenatrated It did however leave three of the petals on the exit against the hide.
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Buck is 23" outside both sides of his rack are coated with old matted up blood. He had been gored in the chest and several rips in the hide on his back.
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My ugly mug

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My Stepson he was happier than I was.

It was snowing the entire afternoon and I had always wanted to shoot a buck in the snow.

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Nimrod1949 I got your knife bloody. Thanks Joel

Impressive buck. Thanks for sharing, you got some nice photos. Glad you got to kill one in the snow. It usually snows the last half of the season here, sometimes it can be good other times it can be a complete pain in the arse. You know too much of a good thing. Knee or thigh deep snow can be a real hindrance to even get something the size of a deer out of the woods.

We just ended up with a Half inch or so but there for a while it was coming down hard enough to limit visibilty to 100 yards or so. Was a fun deal.

Wayyy cool. Congrats on a fine buck!

Congratulations

Holy phouc what a neat buck! Warrior too, even cooler.

Nice buck. I was hunting NW MO yesterday as well in the storm. No photos to post though.... Very nice work sir.

Where are you located in MO?

Reno

What a bruiser!
Thanks for sharing. Sure whoops my dink 2x3

Nice buck you got there!

Nice snowstorm buck! Congrats and good on you!

Thank you all for the comments. Pretty tickled with it myself. He was a warrior caped him out this morning and both of his shoulders were all bruised up and blood shot his gore wound in the chest was infected pretty bad. Not a lot of fat on him. I think with the big EHD die off we had these bucks are traveling more to find the does. RenoH414 I hunt in Daviess county mostly. Live in Cameron.

Great mass on that MO buck, congrats!

Congrats on a fine buck!

Nice buck! Congratulations!

Excellent.. thanks for the fine photos.. That is a fine buck..

Congrats on taking that old warrior. Great story.

Nice!

My stepson really deserves the credit here for insisting I shoot it. Ive been taking him hunting with me since he was 7 or 8. He has killed a few does and a small buck but hasnt had any luck on the bigger deer. I dont think I have killed a deer while hunting with him since 1998 when he was 5. He said he felt like I always put him first when we are hunting together and that he wanted me shoot one.

He is 21 and has a 8 month old little girl. I think maybe all those years of trying to raise him right may be paying off. Thanks again for the nice comments everyone.

That's a good young man and an outstanding buck!

great lookin deer...congrats!