griffinit
Lil-Rokslider
- Joined
- Feb 11, 2013
- Location
- On a Windy Ridge
Thought I'd share, a brief summary of one of my whitetail hunts, this fall.
Hope you enjoy.
I was working along a river when I spooked a doe at less then 10 yards, a split second after the doe ran past me, I hear a buck grunt. I held my gun up in an opening in the thick brush. I saw he was decently horned but didn't know what he was. I shot this buck at 8 yards, he then ran across the river where he expired. As I was trying to find a shallow enough place to cross the river. I met a trapper named Jon who helped me find a shallower place(just over knee deep) in the river to cross, as he hacked off a branch from a nearby willow with his hatchet. He said "you'll need this wading staff, the river is swifter than it looks." He watched as I made it safely across to my buck and then he tied a ribbon on a tree for me to remove. He said, "If the ribbon is still there when I come back, after dark I'll come a searching." I made it back across with my 95+lb pack and took down the ribbon. I'm glad I didn't test the trappers 22 year old kid floating down the river with his whitetail, tracking ability. This Hunt is one of my favorite adventures in my hunting career.
I still have the willow wading staff, the trapper gave to me I am going to make it into a 10by12 picture frame for the picture of
the buck and I.
Hope you enjoy.
I was working along a river when I spooked a doe at less then 10 yards, a split second after the doe ran past me, I hear a buck grunt. I held my gun up in an opening in the thick brush. I saw he was decently horned but didn't know what he was. I shot this buck at 8 yards, he then ran across the river where he expired. As I was trying to find a shallow enough place to cross the river. I met a trapper named Jon who helped me find a shallower place(just over knee deep) in the river to cross, as he hacked off a branch from a nearby willow with his hatchet. He said "you'll need this wading staff, the river is swifter than it looks." He watched as I made it safely across to my buck and then he tied a ribbon on a tree for me to remove. He said, "If the ribbon is still there when I come back, after dark I'll come a searching." I made it back across with my 95+lb pack and took down the ribbon. I'm glad I didn't test the trappers 22 year old kid floating down the river with his whitetail, tracking ability. This Hunt is one of my favorite adventures in my hunting career.
I still have the willow wading staff, the trapper gave to me I am going to make it into a 10by12 picture frame for the picture of
the buck and I.
