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flatcoats · 11-03-2009, 10:04 PM

OK, well the past couple weeks I think Id been seeing the general one and two yr old bucks out cruising like most everyone else. I had seen very little 3yr old+ activity at all....none actually. I figured with the time it was getting to be on the calander, and the full moon...there HAD to be some midday cruising starting to pick up.
My buddy and I have properties that are only about a mile apart that we have permission on, so we decided to carpool out together and hunt both the morning and evening. Originally we had decided we were going to sit til at least 10AM, then meet up and get some breakfast, and get back out there. The whipping south wind turned 10AM into 850AM, with a text of "Im thinking 9 sounds better than 10." and a response of "THANK GOD!" I personally was hunting on top of a very large ridge of trees and was overlooking an uncut cornfield. All i saw in the morning was two does and had about a 115inch 4x4 walk right under me. You could tell he was on the move, his jaw was about on the ground. This, coupled with a lot of movement I could hear back in the timber before sunris,e had me thinking I HAD to get back in the timber, and sit as long as I could. There was going to be a buck coming through there, it was just a matter of time. So, we ate a long breakfast, drove around for a little bit and my buddy dropped me off at 12:20 with my climber on my back..got settled by about 12:40 in the timber overlooking about a half acres timber pond that is a bigtime bedding area that I only enter one or two times during the rut, and at 1:03 the buck read the script.

He was just slowly cruising through the timber and picked him up about 100yards back to the east of me. I then realized I was an idiot and had forgotten my grunt tube, so I decided to just crack my antlers together for about 10 seconds. He stopped on a dime! Changed his angle and came directly at the tree. I almost thought I was never going to get a shot because he was coming on such a line, and finally at 16 yards he angled enough for me to slip in right behind his shoulder and still take out the opposite lung.

Complete passthru with the rage 2blade. Blood everywhere...but it didnt matter. After I shot, he jumped down a steep embankment, ran across the bottom and tried to scale an almost impossible grade on the other side. He got about 3/4 the way up and you could see he was out of gas. He tumbled all the way back down and was dead as a doorknob not 35 yards from the tree.

I will admit, I got pretty shook up on this buck. He's no 170 inch deer, but he's the first what I would consider big buck that I've actually seen for a good amount of time and had time to get really fired up as he slowly but deliberately made his way to me. All my other bucks Ive shot have been wham bam, there he is..SHOOT, type of kills. It's WAY different when you have all that time to fight those nerves.

I had to give my buddy a hard time....he thought I was crazy to go in at 12:30, but I got to razz him pretty good when I woke him up from a nap in his truck maybe 30 mins after he dropped me off

Havent gotten a chance to score him yet, but pretty confident he's safe for p&y, he's very similar to the one I shot back in september.

The horrible drag, and my buddy thinking "maybe I should have been in a tree instead of the truck."

Wirenut · 11-03-2009, 10:10 PM

Very Nice! Congrats!

Hunter · 11-03-2009, 11:06 PM

Looks to be a nice deer. Congrats!!
Did you put the tape to him yet? If so lets hear the score.

BPbowhunter · 11-03-2009, 11:19 PM

Nice buck, Travis!

thedarkarcher · 11-04-2009, 07:32 AM

Very Nice. Congrats on two fine bucks.

24 HUNTER · 11-04-2009, 07:49 AM

GOdd Job Flat!!

fish_hedd · 11-04-2009, 12:22 PM

nice mass -- nice deer!

jimbosan · 11-04-2009, 01:14 PM

nice deer flat

**holdemplyer** · 11-04-2009, 01:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jimbosan

nice deer flat

Fishingnerd33 · 11-04-2009, 01:23 PM

Awesome deer!! Congratulations on two very nice bucks!!

Scotty · 11-04-2009, 01:35 PM

2 in 1 year is awesome! Very nice buck.

jimbosan · 11-04-2009, 02:08 PM

Ok we know darkarcher's secret he's got the OBG mojo going for him whats your's flat?

flatcoats · 11-04-2009, 02:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jimbosan

Ok we know darkarcher's secret he's got the OBG mojo going for him whats your's flat?

luck. and only being basically partially employed due to the economy

guess there's some bonuses to not making money. what was all that edumacation for again??

not gonna lie though, that there is one beautiful piece of property...might have something to do with it.

Alex T. · 11-04-2009, 02:55 PM

nice deer. Instead of dragging the deer and having your buddy help,why not just do this...............

Yes,I had to look thru quite a few pages of posts to find that pic again.Congrats.

Alex

flatcoats · 11-04-2009, 02:59 PM

trust me, his A** would have been walking his own rear end up that hill we had to drag up!!! plus there werent any sandburs there for his paws and legs

maybe once the corn comes out we wont be ready to get after the geese now ALEX

Alex T. · 11-04-2009, 03:13 PM

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Lureslinger · 11-04-2009, 07:11 PM

Good looking buck! Nice work!

flatcoats · 11-04-2009, 09:35 PM

something just occurred to me......

jimbosan · 11-04-2009, 09:57 PM

Sure looks like him!

BPbowhunter · 11-04-2009, 10:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jimbosan

Sure looks like him!

11-03-2009, 10:04 PM	#1 (permalink)
flatcoats flatcoats has no status. 2008 Outdoorsman of the Year Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: omaha Posts: 1,567 Thanks: 35 Thanked 151 Times in 76 Posts	1:03 (updated) OK, well the past couple weeks I think Id been seeing the general one and two yr old bucks out cruising like most everyone else. I had seen very little 3yr old+ activity at all....none actually. I figured with the time it was getting to be on the calander, and the full moon...there HAD to be some midday cruising starting to pick up. My buddy and I have properties that are only about a mile apart that we have permission on, so we decided to carpool out together and hunt both the morning and evening. Originally we had decided we were going to sit til at least 10AM, then meet up and get some breakfast, and get back out there. The whipping south wind turned 10AM into 850AM, with a text of "Im thinking 9 sounds better than 10." and a response of "THANK GOD!" I personally was hunting on top of a very large ridge of trees and was overlooking an uncut cornfield. All i saw in the morning was two does and had about a 115inch 4x4 walk right under me. You could tell he was on the move, his jaw was about on the ground. This, coupled with a lot of movement I could hear back in the timber before sunris,e had me thinking I HAD to get back in the timber, and sit as long as I could. There was going to be a buck coming through there, it was just a matter of time. So, we ate a long breakfast, drove around for a little bit and my buddy dropped me off at 12:20 with my climber on my back..got settled by about 12:40 in the timber overlooking about a half acres timber pond that is a bigtime bedding area that I only enter one or two times during the rut, and at 1:03 the buck read the script. He was just slowly cruising through the timber and picked him up about 100yards back to the east of me. I then realized I was an idiot and had forgotten my grunt tube, so I decided to just crack my antlers together for about 10 seconds. He stopped on a dime! Changed his angle and came directly at the tree. I almost thought I was never going to get a shot because he was coming on such a line, and finally at 16 yards he angled enough for me to slip in right behind his shoulder and still take out the opposite lung. Complete passthru with the rage 2blade. Blood everywhere...but it didnt matter. After I shot, he jumped down a steep embankment, ran across the bottom and tried to scale an almost impossible grade on the other side. He got about 3/4 the way up and you could see he was out of gas. He tumbled all the way back down and was dead as a doorknob not 35 yards from the tree. I will admit, I got pretty shook up on this buck. He's no 170 inch deer, but he's the first what I would consider big buck that I've actually seen for a good amount of time and had time to get really fired up as he slowly but deliberately made his way to me. All my other bucks Ive shot have been wham bam, there he is..SHOOT, type of kills. It's WAY different when you have all that time to fight those nerves. I had to give my buddy a hard time....he thought I was crazy to go in at 12:30, but I got to razz him pretty good when I woke him up from a nap in his truck maybe 30 mins after he dropped me off Havent gotten a chance to score him yet, but pretty confident he's safe for p&y, he's very similar to the one I shot back in september. The horrible drag, and my buddy thinking "maybe I should have been in a tree instead of the truck." Last edited by flatcoats; 11-04-2009 at 10:01 AM..

11-03-2009, 10:10 PM	#2 (permalink)
Wirenut Wirenut is missin' OBG Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: At The Water's Edge...Just Outside South Bend Posts: 1,103 Thanks: 6 Thanked 141 Times in 92 Posts	Very Nice! Congrats! __________________ Cleaning Trash Fish FromThe Pit, One State Record At A Time

11-03-2009, 11:19 PM	#4 (permalink)
BPbowhunter BPbowhunter is at full draw 2007 NEFGA Outdoorsman Of The Year Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Broken Bow Posts: 3,289 Thanks: 23 Thanked 244 Times in 172 Posts	Nice buck, Travis! __________________ Is it duck season yet? Whackin' Woodies Waterfowl Crew "Look, a pair of singles!"

11-04-2009, 07:32 AM	#5 (permalink)
thedarkarcher thedarkarcher is needing to be in a tree 2008 Buck Bash Archery Division Champion Join Date: May 2008 Location: Lincoln Posts: 2,925 Thanks: 1,816 Thanked 1,039 Times in 500 Posts Blog Entries: 2	Very Nice. Congrats on two fine bucks. __________________ I still wish I could breathe underwater. -Ned Plimpton/Kingsley Zissou

11-04-2009, 12:22 PM	#7 (permalink)
fish_hedd fish_hedd is 20' closer to God up in my tree stand. Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Lincoln, NE Posts: 89 Thanks: 85 Thanked 18 Times in 14 Posts	nice mass -- nice deer! __________________ <°)))>< <°)))>< <°)))>< <°)))>< 2009 Counter: turkeys - 2 carp - 145 doves - 8 prairie chicken - 2 "Must we always teach our children with books? Let them look at the mountains and the stars up above. Let them look at the beauty of the waters and the trees and flowers on earth." -- David Polis

11-03-2009, 11:06 PM	#3 (permalink)
Hunter Hunter has no status. Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 318 Thanks: 11 Thanked 40 Times in 31 Posts	Looks to be a nice deer. Congrats!! Did you put the tape to him yet? If so lets hear the score.

11-04-2009, 07:49 AM	#6 (permalink)
24 HUNTER 24 HUNTER is sitting at work wasting time on here! Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: omaha ne Posts: 702 Thanks: 51 Thanked 103 Times in 81 Posts	GOdd Job Flat!!

11-04-2009, 01:14 PM	#8 (permalink)
jimbosan jimbosan has no status. Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Blair, Nebraska Posts: 2,195 Thanks: 200 Thanked 173 Times in 138 Posts	nice deer flat __________________ GET EM CLOSE/happiness is a bloody arrow!

11-04-2009, 01:23 PM	#10 (permalink)
Fishingnerd33 Fishingnerd33 is out the door!!! Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Chadron, NE Posts: 1,468 Thanks: 842 Thanked 234 Times in 128 Posts	Awesome deer!! Congratulations on two very nice bucks!! __________________ My argument against God was that the universe seemed so cruel and unjust. But how had I got this idea of just and unjust? A man does not call a line crooked unless he has some idea of a straight line. What was I comparing this universe with when I called it unjust? - C.S. Lewis Rest In Peace, OBG.

11-04-2009, 01:35 PM	#11 (permalink)
Scotty Scotty has no status. Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Grand Island Posts: 376 Thanks: 46 Thanked 30 Times in 25 Posts	2 in 1 year is awesome! Very nice buck.

11-04-2009, 02:08 PM	#12 (permalink)
jimbosan jimbosan has no status. Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Blair, Nebraska Posts: 2,195 Thanks: 200 Thanked 173 Times in 138 Posts	Ok we know darkarcher's secret he's got the OBG mojo going for him whats your's flat? __________________ GET EM CLOSE/happiness is a bloody arrow!

11-04-2009, 02:55 PM	#14 (permalink)
Alex T. Alex T. has no status. Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: under the doors of a laydown blind Certified Youth Fishing Instructor Posts: 4,793 Thanks: 0 Thanked 408 Times in 277 Posts	nice deer. Instead of dragging the deer and having your buddy help,why not just do this............... Yes,I had to look thru quite a few pages of posts to find that pic again.Congrats. Alex

11-04-2009, 02:59 PM	#15 (permalink)
flatcoats flatcoats has no status. 2008 Outdoorsman of the Year Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: omaha Posts: 1,567 Thanks: 35 Thanked 151 Times in 76 Posts	trust me, his A** would have been walking his own rear end up that hill we had to drag up!!! plus there werent any sandburs there for his paws and legs maybe once the corn comes out we wont be ready to get after the geese now ALEX

11-04-2009, 03:13 PM	#16 (permalink)
Alex T. Alex T. has no status. Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: under the doors of a laydown blind Certified Youth Fishing Instructor Posts: 4,793 Thanks: 0 Thanked 408 Times in 277 Posts	. . . . . . . . . . . Alex

11-04-2009, 07:11 PM	#17 (permalink)
Lureslinger Lureslinger is ready to put some time on the water Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Lincoln, NE Posts: 564 Thanks: 93 Thanked 82 Times in 54 Posts	Good looking buck! Nice work!

11-04-2009, 09:35 PM	#18 (permalink)
flatcoats flatcoats has no status. 2008 Outdoorsman of the Year Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: omaha Posts: 1,567 Thanks: 35 Thanked 151 Times in 76 Posts	something just occurred to me......

11-04-2009, 09:57 PM	#19 (permalink)
jimbosan jimbosan has no status. Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Blair, Nebraska Posts: 2,195 Thanks: 200 Thanked 173 Times in 138 Posts	Sure looks like him! __________________ GET EM CLOSE/happiness is a bloody arrow!

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