wbpdeer
Well-Known Member
In 2013 we got many photos on a long ridge of a good deer. My son was far more enthused then than was I.
During the summer of 2014, that same deer looked great - he had packed it on and was bedding consistently in good locations for ambush. I was still employed at the state election office and would have to leave the woods on Sunday at lunch in advance of the November Election.
We hunted Sunday morning and then we went to hang the stand we believed would be the demise of that buck. We were hunting and checking cameras. On Saturday during the camera check, my son blurted aloud - That is a Dead Deer Walking. He is here.
My immediate words - Don't Say That. We kicked it back and forth - my boy had counted the days of photo captures and the time intervals. The Black Face Deer as I called him was cruising the ridge.
We hung the ladder stand and pruned out. We used cover very well. When we were 90% done another member of the lease came walking up - they were shown our stand and they went out to a different ridge spur.
My son said he would hit it Monday afternoon first time.
Fast forward - I am at the State Election Office handling phone calls and last minute wrinkles the day before a National Election. My cell phone rings and it is 4:15 PM. I told the Assistant State Coordinator of Elections - this is my call. I hope it is what I think it is.
My son could hardly speak. He finally got it out - I, I, I think I just killed the Black Face Ten.
He said he was sure he heard him fall. He told the story and I said did it happen slow or fast. He said fast.
Immediately I knew it was captured on video. On Sunday we set the game camera on video because we had it on the scrape at the edge of the pond bank.
Video has been posted down this thread. Please don't miss it. Thanks.
Here is the video - it ain't long. Watch the bucks nose - when it tilts up a couple of inches - smack.
Buck grossed 153 and change. A great experience I will never forget.
That was a dead deer walking.
Until Video Issue is Solved here is the Hero Shot the Morning After.
During the summer of 2014, that same deer looked great - he had packed it on and was bedding consistently in good locations for ambush. I was still employed at the state election office and would have to leave the woods on Sunday at lunch in advance of the November Election.
We hunted Sunday morning and then we went to hang the stand we believed would be the demise of that buck. We were hunting and checking cameras. On Saturday during the camera check, my son blurted aloud - That is a Dead Deer Walking. He is here.
My immediate words - Don't Say That. We kicked it back and forth - my boy had counted the days of photo captures and the time intervals. The Black Face Deer as I called him was cruising the ridge.
We hung the ladder stand and pruned out. We used cover very well. When we were 90% done another member of the lease came walking up - they were shown our stand and they went out to a different ridge spur.
My son said he would hit it Monday afternoon first time.
Fast forward - I am at the State Election Office handling phone calls and last minute wrinkles the day before a National Election. My cell phone rings and it is 4:15 PM. I told the Assistant State Coordinator of Elections - this is my call. I hope it is what I think it is.
My son could hardly speak. He finally got it out - I, I, I think I just killed the Black Face Ten.
He said he was sure he heard him fall. He told the story and I said did it happen slow or fast. He said fast.
Immediately I knew it was captured on video. On Sunday we set the game camera on video because we had it on the scrape at the edge of the pond bank.
Video has been posted down this thread. Please don't miss it. Thanks.
Here is the video - it ain't long. Watch the bucks nose - when it tilts up a couple of inches - smack.
Buck grossed 153 and change. A great experience I will never forget.
That was a dead deer walking.
Until Video Issue is Solved here is the Hero Shot the Morning After.
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