Tagged out in VA on a buck I’ve been chasing for the last four falls. I believe he’s 7.5 years old. One of my best bucks to date, and without a doubt the prettiest. He was actually on a slight decline, last year he probably had 10-15 more inches of bone on his head.
Tikka 6.5 creed w/ the 140 grain accubounds did the job perfectly.
Shot a couple of does to end the season in Wyoming. First up was a doe at 100 yards and my 300 BLK shooting the 194 Lehigh. Worked great, she was down in seconds.
After dragging her to the truck, I saw another group of does. I had my 22 Creed with me as well so I lined up for the shot. 405 yards with a 77 TMK. She went maybe 5 yards and piled up.
Finally doubled up side by side with the girlfriend on our 5th season together. She got a hammer of a doe and I followed up on a yearling that hung around a bit too long after her shot.
Last night as I was walking to my tree stand, I spotted this buck bedded 700 yards away in an area where he could overlook the whole property. He was just 100 yards from my tree stand so I had to make a huge loop around him and eventually snuck up into my stand undetected. Just before dark he came right into me and offered a 20 yard shot. I originally thought that I botched the shot so with very little sleep last night me and a buddy went looking for him this morning and ended up finding him in about 10 minutes.
Not an epic hunt but still a fun day. Temps started -7 and got up to about 11. Second whitetail for the year (last day of season also) hunting some fields my buddies in-laws own. Was driving out to glass an area and noticed this buck bedded against a fence along a windbreak. I didn't stop and kept driving out of sight about another 400yds, then turned around and moved in with the Dodge blind. When I came around the corner he started to stand. By the time I put the truck in park, stepped out, racked a round and leaned over the hood he'd jumped the fence and went about 30yds further into some really tall grass. He stopped and looked over, grass covering the bottom 2/3 of his body. He was around 100yds, put the crosshairs estimated in the lower 1/3. He went 50yds, wobbled and tipped over. I'll take it for a last day buck.
WNC buck. Spotted him way up on a ridge above me and never had a clear shot. Kept trailing him for a while and he ended up turning and walked right to me. Shot him at 10yds with my muzzleloader. Hole in his chest was the exit hole after deflecting off offside shoulder and out his chest