"Whitetail Hollow" - 90 Acres NE Oklahoma.
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Blizzard Ridge
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Congrats! Fine buck
catscratch
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Not sure what to think of this... I'm going to miss seeing pics of "laid back 9" on the hoof.
Congrats! I bet you had a restless night!!!
Congrats! I bet you had a restless night!!!
I appreciate the well wishes and prayers you guys sent. I think the positive vibes you guys put out certainly helped my outcome and certainly gave me a positive attitude along with my wife telling me I would find him quick going into the search this morning...
Thanks guys for the kudos...story coming quickly!
Thank you
It is kind of bittersweet...3 years of history on this buck and I thought he was over 5yrs old 3 yrs ago...he was top of the list based on age...Not sure what to think of this... I'm going to miss seeing pics of "laid back 9" on the hoof.
Congrats! I bet you had a restless night!!!
Mrs. Kubota
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I'm so happy and proud for you! He's going to look great on the wall!!!I found him less than 15 yards from where I left off last night and he is intact. Story to come but a teaser picture now...I am happy!
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Story time...
I hunted our deer lease Sunday morning and had a great hunt seeing numerous deer and some really nice bucks. After the morning hunt my wife and I hung a deer stand and then she left for home. I stayed because I had a bit more work to do. My friends Larry and Brian were in camp and Larry noticed I had a flat on the rear of my truck. Had a nail in it so I got my plug kit out and plugged it and pumped it up with a little compressor that runs off the cigarette lighter. After I got the tire fixed and got my work done it was almost 4:00 and I was about a little over an hour from home and I was worn out.
When I got near our home I noticed the deer hunters had arrived at the camp next to our property. A man who owned 160 acres there sold it all off in 10 acre parcels years before we bought our place. There are 8 of these parcels along our east border so we have a bunch of hunting pressure. I knew "Laid Back 9" was very active during the daylight right now per our trail cameras so I made the split second decision to hunt him yesterday evening even though it was very hot and the wind wasn't perfect...
I have history with this buck since we bought our place in January 2014. Here is a pic of him back then...
And a pic of him in 2015 when I named him...
He typically leaves our property by the second week in October and is missi until January the following year. He did it year after year. I knew he would leave soon...
I made my way to the White Oak Stand which is almost geographically center of our property and climb aboard for the wait at about 5:20 or so...
At about 5:45 I had some turkeys pass by but I chose not to try for one and then a couple minutes later I had a doe and young fawn come headed toward our south plot. I wanted to take pictures but the doe was absolutely wired so I didn't chance it. About this time one of the 10 acre neighbors decided to start fixing one of their wooden tree stands with a hammer and she got nervous and they went back the way they came.
About 15 minutes later a young 8 point and doe fawn cam by and at almost the same time someone fired a high powered rifle in the woods to my NW.
A few minutes later 2 does and 2 fawns made their way past me headed toward our south plot...
Just before dark I heard something coming and the deer I was after walked up out of the creek bottom and was walking past at 10 yards when I released the arrow. The light was so poor I never saw the hit but he bucked like a bronco and ran headlong through the brush. I thought I heard him go into the creek bottom. I got down and picked up my arrow and searched around right there for blood but didn't find any for about 10 yards and it was sparce...I followed it about 25 yards and lost it and my light was getting very dim so I decided to back out till morning because I didn't want to push him to the neighbors land.
My wife told me I would find him after I told her my story. I had a fairly restless night and at first light I was in the woods looking in the creek bottom. I never saw anything so I eased out of the bottom back up to my stand and then moved toward where I had lost blood the night before. As I was easing along I jumped some deer out of the thicket I was in and they ran west deeper into our property. I went to where the deer ran from and my buck was right there and just 15 yards past where I stopped looking last night.
I gutted him immediately and noticed my arrow had went in slightly back of aim point because he was walking and it came out the gut area on his off side due to the angle. I got a lung and his liver.
I tried to get a picture of myself with the buck but my arm is not long enough...
He has a main beam that droops and hooks down on the end that came in handy for loading him into my very tall truck...
I took him to the deer processors and asked them if I could skin him myself in their skinning shed so I could take the cape and head right away and they said that would be great. This buck was rolling in fat...
Entrance
Exit...
As soon as I got him skinned I headed to the taxidermist with him. I called him on the way and he was driving back from a Canadian moose hunt and said he was about 30 minutes away. We got to his shop about the same time. I have another buck with him there already and he said they would both be done soon. We picked up 5 bucks from him earlier this year...
That is the story
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I hunted our deer lease Sunday morning and had a great hunt seeing numerous deer and some really nice bucks. After the morning hunt my wife and I hung a deer stand and then she left for home. I stayed because I had a bit more work to do. My friends Larry and Brian were in camp and Larry noticed I had a flat on the rear of my truck. Had a nail in it so I got my plug kit out and plugged it and pumped it up with a little compressor that runs off the cigarette lighter. After I got the tire fixed and got my work done it was almost 4:00 and I was about a little over an hour from home and I was worn out.
When I got near our home I noticed the deer hunters had arrived at the camp next to our property. A man who owned 160 acres there sold it all off in 10 acre parcels years before we bought our place. There are 8 of these parcels along our east border so we have a bunch of hunting pressure. I knew "Laid Back 9" was very active during the daylight right now per our trail cameras so I made the split second decision to hunt him yesterday evening even though it was very hot and the wind wasn't perfect...
I have history with this buck since we bought our place in January 2014. Here is a pic of him back then...
And a pic of him in 2015 when I named him...
He typically leaves our property by the second week in October and is missi until January the following year. He did it year after year. I knew he would leave soon...
I made my way to the White Oak Stand which is almost geographically center of our property and climb aboard for the wait at about 5:20 or so...
At about 5:45 I had some turkeys pass by but I chose not to try for one and then a couple minutes later I had a doe and young fawn come headed toward our south plot. I wanted to take pictures but the doe was absolutely wired so I didn't chance it. About this time one of the 10 acre neighbors decided to start fixing one of their wooden tree stands with a hammer and she got nervous and they went back the way they came.
About 15 minutes later a young 8 point and doe fawn cam by and at almost the same time someone fired a high powered rifle in the woods to my NW.
A few minutes later 2 does and 2 fawns made their way past me headed toward our south plot...
Just before dark I heard something coming and the deer I was after walked up out of the creek bottom and was walking past at 10 yards when I released the arrow. The light was so poor I never saw the hit but he bucked like a bronco and ran headlong through the brush. I thought I heard him go into the creek bottom. I got down and picked up my arrow and searched around right there for blood but didn't find any for about 10 yards and it was sparce...I followed it about 25 yards and lost it and my light was getting very dim so I decided to back out till morning because I didn't want to push him to the neighbors land.
My wife told me I would find him after I told her my story. I had a fairly restless night and at first light I was in the woods looking in the creek bottom. I never saw anything so I eased out of the bottom back up to my stand and then moved toward where I had lost blood the night before. As I was easing along I jumped some deer out of the thicket I was in and they ran west deeper into our property. I went to where the deer ran from and my buck was right there and just 15 yards past where I stopped looking last night.
I gutted him immediately and noticed my arrow had went in slightly back of aim point because he was walking and it came out the gut area on his off side due to the angle. I got a lung and his liver.
I tried to get a picture of myself with the buck but my arm is not long enough...
He has a main beam that droops and hooks down on the end that came in handy for loading him into my very tall truck...
I took him to the deer processors and asked them if I could skin him myself in their skinning shed so I could take the cape and head right away and they said that would be great. This buck was rolling in fat...
Entrance
Exit...
As soon as I got him skinned I headed to the taxidermist with him. I called him on the way and he was driving back from a Canadian moose hunt and said he was about 30 minutes away. We got to his shop about the same time. I have another buck with him there already and he said they would both be done soon. We picked up 5 bucks from him earlier this year...
That is the story
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Yes she did... I am a much better Hunter with them...
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Thank you babe! He will look great in our home and will provide a lot of quality meals
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Native Hunter
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Very nice deer Johnny. A big congratulations.
