"Whitetail Hollow" - 90 Acres NE Oklahoma.

[Deadeye]

Super Nice deer there Okie. Loved reading the story building up to the hunt that you took him on.

My heaviest Buck also came in a mostly woods area. I started to drag him and made it about 75 yards and was worn out. I was in my mid 20's then and in pretty good shape. Luckily for me the land owner (old friend of my Dad's) happen to drive by and offered to haul it back to the place I was staying. My buddy's dad who used to work for the Pa Game Commission estimated it at 200 lb dressed.

 

[OkieKubota]

Holy time length batman! That 6.5 yr old is great.

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Yes he is cat...I have been watching him 3 years and he has changed very little.


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[OkieKubota]

Dang Johnny! Miss a few days of checking in and click to catch up on your thread and find out you've killed another beast of a big woods buck! Congrats my friend. When it comes to chasing and killing big bucks in big woods you are the MAN! If I were counting on someone providing meat for the winter without being able to buy it I'd definitely request that I be in your camp cause I know we'd eat!

Love your thread!

Seeing as how I started my land tour because of what your thread that means a lot 3C. I wish several of us could share a deer camp some day...high old time would be had by all and all I would ask is some ridges and hollows to hunt...


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[OkieKubota]

Super Nice deer there Okie. Loved reading the story building up to the hunt that you took him on.

My heaviest Buck also came in a mostly woods area. I started to drag him and made it about 75 yards and was worn out. I was in my mid 20's then and in pretty good shape. Luckily for me the land owner (old friend of my Dad's) happen to drive by and offered to haul it back to the place I was staying. My buddy's dad who used to work for the Pa Game Commission estimated it at 200 lb dressed.

Deadeye that sounds like a brute of a deer indeed. I am not sure I will ever get one this heavy again off our little patch of dirt but I was blessed with this one and am thankful!


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[OkieKubota]

So what to do on a nasty blustery day off with snow and rain and 15-20 mph winds and dropping temps? A little habitat work!

My interior trails have become completely covered in leaf litter since leaf drop and when they are dry they are extremely noisy. I access most all of my stands via these trails and a silent entry and exit are a must. Our rifle season begins in a week and I am doing this in preparation.

The trail looked like this...

And now they are looking like this for silent travel...

Oh...I also got my deer back

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[dogghr]

I do same where I can with the bushhog. No worries this year since we have a monsoon every three days. I was off part of day but instead killing time while it ices, snows, and rains. Your bags of venison making me hungry. Good luck rest of wk.

 

[split toe]

What a buck, congrats. Great mass! What did it score?

 

[OkieKubota]

What a buck, congrats. Great mass! What did it score?

Thank you, quick initial tape to the antlers is mid 150’s 8 point with a 14” inside spread so not much “air” measurement

 

[Chainsaw]

Thank you, quick initial tape to the antlers is mid 150’s 8 point with a 14” inside spread so not much “air” measurement

That is one huge eight any way you look at it but to hit the mid 150's with an eight is huge and unheard of at least around here, to hit it with a 14 inch spread to top it off must be extremely rare. That is a very special deer. His off springs will surely be easily recognizable; Imagine what some of his offspring will be like when they are five years old with 20 inch spreads picked up from the doe genes and 10 or 12 points also picked up from the doe genes and even 80% of the mass he carried. Even if some of his offspring are line bred with no wide beam genes or 10 or 12 pt genes and they retain the narrow spread genes, they could end up with even more mass! Yikes you have some more great deer coming down the pike Antler wise. This deer was very exciting and his genes will likely produce more exciting deer as well. Hard to imagine!

 

[OkieKubota]

That is one huge eight any way you look at it but to hit the mid 150's with an eight is huge and unheard of at least around here, to hit it with a 14 inch spread to top it off must be extremely rare. That is a very special deer. His off springs will surely be easily recognizable; Imagine what some of his offspring will be like when they are five years old with 20 inch spreads picked up from the doe genes and 10 or 12 points also picked up from the doe genes and even 80% of the mass he carried. Even if some of his offspring are line bred with no wide beam genes or 10 or 12 pt genes and they retain the narrow spread genes, they could end up with even more mass! Yikes you have some more great deer coming down the pike Antler wise. This deer was very exciting and his genes will likely produce more exciting deer as well. Hard to imagine!

I like the way you think Chainsaw!

 

[OkieKubota]

Tomorrow begins my vacation again and I have 11 days to tag a good rifle buck...gonna be a great time!

 

[OkieKubota]

Last night after I got home from work I decided I wanted to check cams one last time before our opener tomorrow but I wanted to not alarm as many deer as possible so I got on my tractor about 8:00 pm and drove it...Holy herd Batman! I saw deer everywhere. I counted more than 30 sets of eyes while driving down the woods road and had a real dandy walk across the road in front of me. I saw 15 bedded in a area I dropped about an acre of trees in last year. I have definitely pulled a huge amount of deer into the property over the past 5 years. When we got it a doe was scarce...now we have doe to spare and the buck to doe ratio is still like 1:1...eye opener!

 

[Chipdasqrrl]

Last night after I got home from work I decided I wanted to check cams one last time before our opener tomorrow but I wanted to not alarm as many deer as possible so I got on my tractor about 8:00 pm and drove it...Holy herd Batman! I saw deer everywhere. I counted more than 30 sets of eyes while driving down the woods road and had a real dandy walk across the road in front of me. I saw 15 bedded in a area I dropped about an acre of trees in last year. I have definitely pulled a huge amount of deer into the property over the past 5 years. When we got it a doe was scarce...now we have doe to spare and the buck to doe ratio is still like 1:1...eye opener!

Sounds like you should drive a tractor around at daybreak instead of sitting in a tree


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[OkieKubota]

Gotta start this deal off right!

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[Chainsaw]

Tomorrow begins my vacation again and I have 11 days to tag a good rifle buck...gonna be a great time!

I remember and I bet you do also when it took 11 days just to tag any old deer and the strange thing it was just as precious as today when huge bucks are realistically on the menu. Hope you get to have some super hunts this 11 days coming. Share all the stories; us guys tagged out are going nuts.

 

[HB_Hunter]

That’s an awesome 8 Johnny! Congrats on getting it done!


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[jvanhees]

BBD baby!!!

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What a stud Okie! You kill some great deer down there


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[OkieKubota]

I remember and I bet you do also when it took 11 days just to tag any old deer and the strange thing it was just as precious as today when huge bucks are realistically on the menu. Hope you get to have some super hunts this 11 days coming. Share all the stories; us guys tagged out are going nuts.

Chainsaw I have had some great hunts already and have passed some great deer. I have a few deer that I am after this year but so far our path has not crossed. I have a few more days in the season and I have as much confidence that it will happen as I did the night before the opener...just a matter of time...

These 5 are all on my list due to age...

This one is the one I am most excited about for the future...

 

[OkieKubota]

That’s an awesome 8 Johnny! Congrats on getting it done!


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Thank you HB...that was quite the buck and elk you got as well! What a season you have had!


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[OkieKubota]

What a stud Okie! You kill some great deer down there


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Thank you sir, I have been very fortunate in my hunting life and god placed my wife and I on a dream property that I had access to almost my entire life but never hunted until we purchased...looking forward to retirement here on “Whitetail Hollow”...


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