Old deer/old gun - 12/03/15
I took this buck yesterday with an m1 garand. He doesn't seem like much but what a big old warrior. Where I hunt, big bucks can hit their prime years, but they are also targeted too. They don't go unnoticed. Yet, this one made it through all those hunting seasons.
Where he came in was the only place I couldn't see into, thick patch of cedars of all sizes and hedge trees. Just caught a glimpse of him although he was really close. He went about horning a couple of cedars and the only shot I could get or see of him was his chest. Gun goes off, nothing happens. He doesn't drop, run, nothing. I knew then I missed, but he didn't even flinch at the sound. It was almost like he had been through this before, where if you run off all crazy, you could get shot. It took him forever to walk out of that cover and then I put him down as he was sneaking off through the timber. His neck was huge; swollen up from rut. The half main beam ended in a small club, it hadn't be broken off from fighting. Nice to see an old deer.
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Where he came in was the only place I couldn't see into, thick patch of cedars of all sizes and hedge trees. Just caught a glimpse of him although he was really close. He went about horning a couple of cedars and the only shot I could get or see of him was his chest. Gun goes off, nothing happens. He doesn't drop, run, nothing. I knew then I missed, but he didn't even flinch at the sound. It was almost like he had been through this before, where if you run off all crazy, you could get shot. It took him forever to walk out of that cover and then I put him down as he was sneaking off through the timber. His neck was huge; swollen up from rut. The half main beam ended in a small club, it hadn't be broken off from fighting. Nice to see an old deer.
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