Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Deer Hunting 2012 Nebraska Muley Buck **Added Pics & Story**

Not my biggest buck to date, but one you sure can't pass up on the last weekend of the season! 2007 Remington LSS Anniversary Edition. .280 Remington, 120gr TSX. 25 yards. DRT.

Nice. You sneak up on him bedded in there?

I sure did, was going to take the shot at 293 but he bedded out of sight, wind was perfect and snuck right up on him! Fell right where he stood!

And Thank you!

Really nice buck and heck of a stalk.

Love it!!! Congrats on a nice one.

You lost the dink-a-thon.

Something I strive to do every year actually! LOL

Nice buck! Congrats!


ddj

Gotta love that! I bet your hear was pounding outta your chest when you finished your stalk and saw he was still there......very nice work.

Veddy nice! Congrats.

Nice stalk. Thought by the terrain and shot distance that there might be more to that story. Fun to pull that off for sure.

Nice buck! Good job closing the deal before the season was over.

A little more to the story....

So Saturday, that�s just what I did. I had talked to the LO earlier in the week and he said the �big boy� is alive and well and had been seen on Wednesday. So I leave the house on time and head for my spot. About 15 miles up the road I�m going over my mental checklist of needed items, when I got to �tag�, I realized it was in my other pickup. So I flip around, head back home and grab it, now I�m 30 minutes late. GREAT!

Pulled through the LO�s yard heading for the hills and a good place to glass. Just as I�m pulling through the lane to get to the pasture a single buck and doe head outta there. He�s a nice buck, not a giant, but a very nice deer. At this point I decide, he�s a good �last weekend� deer and I grabbed my stuff and set off after him, following in his last general direction of travel.

Fast forward about an hour and a mile. I got up high and started to glass ( I needed to sit down, WAY to many clothes)! As I glass around the hills, I see a set of antlers gleaming in the sunlight. That�s my boy! I see another vantage point where I may be able to take a shot from, I back out and make my way through the bottoms and up on top once again. I range him at 444 yards. Not taking that shot. So I move back down into a dry creek bed and make my way to the next hill and get a range, 293. Ok I said, I can do this. Put out the bipods and prepare for the shot. Just about ready to shoot and he beds down out of sight. Crap.

At this point I decide �I�m goin in� Back down into the bottoms once again and around the bend and up the next one I go. The wind is PERFECT, but the sun is right behind me and casting about a 25-30 ft shadow. Well, we�ll just see how it goes. I creep up the hill very slow, being very careful of my foot placement and any sounds. Just as I about crest the hill he stands up facing away from me. He had to have seen my shadow. He turns to investigate and finally presents a shoulder. I place my crosshairs right behind the point of the shoulder and let the 120gr TSX fly. Bang Flop! Paced it off, 25 paces!

So I headed back to the truck to get all my gear which was about a 1.5 mile walk. When I get back land owner is there and says �take the side by side and have my boy go with ya.� So Sam and I grab all of my gear and head off after him. Very nice and respectful young man. We are able to drive right up to him in the side by side. We snap some photos and commence to cleaning the deer. He asked a lot of questions and I gave him all the answers as best I could. Talked a bunch about anatomy of the deer and which organs were which. He was very inquisitive, and rightfully so for a 9 year old boy.
So we got him cleaned out and headed back down the hill. We got him loaded in the truck and he was headed off to play with his cousins, but made a point to come back over and shake my hand and say �thank you for taking me along Sir, I really enjoyed it.�

That right there was almost better than shooting my deer, seeing that in this country there are still kids out there that are being brought up the right way. So without further adieu, here are some pics!

My "helper" Sam

Congrats!

Sam looks like a real good kid. Have to go back and get him out on a small game hunt if landowner is cool with that. That buck is sure swollen all up. Good looking deer.

Thanks guys! It was a great day!

Congrats!! Enjoyed your story too!!

Thank you Sir!

Congrats on a nice buck.