Ttannahill14
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Sat about 15 times or so during archery. Unable to get it done. Hot weather, bad moon, neighbor deciding to leave 100 acres of milo uncut for some odd reason.... All probably had a role.
Opening day of rifle is today. Misplaced my magazine for my new browning x-bolt I won from GoHunt.com - I ordered a new one last Wednesday eith 2 day shipping but with the holidays it still wasn't here when I left work. I was on my way to my father in laws to grab the trusty old .243 when I thought maybe I didn't need a magazine to fire my rifle? I stopped in at the farm and fired off a round just to make sure my rifle would work with no magazine and sure enough it does. Drove another ten miles or so to one of our hunting spots. Was all settled in the ground blind by 3:30.
About 4:45 does starting flooding into the cut bean field. At one point I had 17 does/fawns, 0 bucks, and a @#)(# pheasant. About an hour of them feeding and the first buck steps out. I HATE shooting the first buck that's steps out cause I always wonder what could be behind him... But I have an elk tag in my pocket and I need to use my weekends chasing elk. So about 3 minutes In the field I pulled the trigger of my x-bolt... This guy did a couple 360's and toppled over about 5 yards away...as I tried to chamber another round without a magazine I quickly dropped around in and locked the bolt forward just in case.... I watched his body breathe in and out for another 5 seconds or so before he expired. Waited ten minutes or so as the does filtered out of the field and went to check out my 2016 Kansas Buck. Double lunged with a 7mm rem mag. Didn't get far.
Trail camera pics are a few minutes before I shot him. He was right in front of my camera and you can see him in the bottom left of the frame in the pic of me checking him. Time stamps are an hour off from daylight savings.
He's a 5x3. Missing a 2 on his left side. His ear is split in half and he had like a cleft lip almost. Assuming an old battle scar. I'll tape him up this weekend hopefully.
Thanks again to GoHunt.com for the free rifle. For you new guys I won it in one of their raffles you get auto signed up for when you become an Insider. Go join GoHunt.
Opening day of rifle is today. Misplaced my magazine for my new browning x-bolt I won from GoHunt.com - I ordered a new one last Wednesday eith 2 day shipping but with the holidays it still wasn't here when I left work. I was on my way to my father in laws to grab the trusty old .243 when I thought maybe I didn't need a magazine to fire my rifle? I stopped in at the farm and fired off a round just to make sure my rifle would work with no magazine and sure enough it does. Drove another ten miles or so to one of our hunting spots. Was all settled in the ground blind by 3:30.
About 4:45 does starting flooding into the cut bean field. At one point I had 17 does/fawns, 0 bucks, and a @#)(# pheasant. About an hour of them feeding and the first buck steps out. I HATE shooting the first buck that's steps out cause I always wonder what could be behind him... But I have an elk tag in my pocket and I need to use my weekends chasing elk. So about 3 minutes In the field I pulled the trigger of my x-bolt... This guy did a couple 360's and toppled over about 5 yards away...as I tried to chamber another round without a magazine I quickly dropped around in and locked the bolt forward just in case.... I watched his body breathe in and out for another 5 seconds or so before he expired. Waited ten minutes or so as the does filtered out of the field and went to check out my 2016 Kansas Buck. Double lunged with a 7mm rem mag. Didn't get far.
Trail camera pics are a few minutes before I shot him. He was right in front of my camera and you can see him in the bottom left of the frame in the pic of me checking him. Time stamps are an hour off from daylight savings.
He's a 5x3. Missing a 2 on his left side. His ear is split in half and he had like a cleft lip almost. Assuming an old battle scar. I'll tape him up this weekend hopefully.
Thanks again to GoHunt.com for the free rifle. For you new guys I won it in one of their raffles you get auto signed up for when you become an Insider. Go join GoHunt.
