Lucky Buck

Clayfish · November 12, 2005, 09:30 PM

This is Lucky Buck. I shot him Friday morning. "Why?," you ask is his name Lucky Buck. Well, here's the story. I arived late to my stand friday morning. I work at a bank so thank God for federal holidays (Veterans day). Well I hadn't seen anything for a while so I decided to walk an access road to a cotton field where I have shot deer before and seen one the week before. I had walked about half way to the field when I saw a small doe in the road. She had no idea i was there so I droped to one knee and watched her for a while. I remembered someone at work had asked me if I would kill them a deer so they could get the meat and I agreed so I decided to take her. Well the perfect shot presented itself when she put her head down and turned broadside. I put the crosshairs on her at about 75 yards and squeezed the trigger I followed through on the shot and she ran away. I MISSED!!!! I couldn't belive it. How could I have missed? When I turned the corner there she went blowing and huffing and healthy. Well to make a long story short I started to walk back to the truck and passed my stand. On a whim I decided to walk the firebreak The runs by my climber and to another pecan orchard. I got about 20 yards into the firebreak when I saw a tail hopping off. I got my gun ready and eased around the corner and there he was. I only saw antlers. I quickly raised me rifle and aimed for the neck and squeezed. I knew I didn't miss when he didn't even step. He just folded. I shot him at only 15 yards and the old a bolt .308 with winchester super X did the trick. The first place I took him was to the taxidermist. The pics are a little dark and One is GRAPHIC but hey we're all hunters right. I couldn't get the pics to uplaod directly to the site. So this is the best I can do.

http://geopond.com/Index/Matt.htm

siotwo · November 12, 2005, 11:14 PM

Great buck and a fine example of why hunting should begin as soon as you walk away from the truck and end only when you get back to it. Nice work.

Cowled_Wolfe · November 13, 2005, 02:39 AM

Great buck! I like the way the antlers curve.

I might be able to fix the pics with a little effort, if you're intersted.

Wolfe.

Clayfish · November 13, 2005, 07:19 AM

Sure that would be great. Thanks Wolfe. I fixed them on my computer but couldn't get them to upload. The website belongs to a buddy of mine who tok the pics.

kirbymagnum · November 13, 2005, 07:10 PM

thats a nice buck

Cowled_Wolfe · November 14, 2005, 03:22 AM

Alrighty... I did my best to brighten 'em up without making the background blinding/losing quality... The first two came out alright, but the two with the deer hung were contrasted beyond my photoshopping abilities.

Where do you want 'em sent?

Wolfe.

Clayfish · November 15, 2005, 09:48 AM

Can you try to post them to the site. I couldn't get it to work.

Cowled_Wolfe · November 15, 2005, 06:50 PM

Clayfish · November 15, 2005, 09:41 PM

Thanks wolfe.

Iowa Cornfed · November 19, 2005, 02:16 AM

That's a really nice handsome buck, congrats!

Where was he killed? I mean which state. I just like to see what deer from other states look like.

What were you using to bring him down?

Clayfish · November 19, 2005, 11:22 AM

This is south GA so we don't have alot of deer this big. I shot him with a Browning A-bolt.

Iowa Cornfed · November 19, 2005, 06:30 PM

Well he's really a nice one.

My boy won some money at a casino playing poker (didn't get that mentality from his old man, those places worry me!) and he wants to commemorate his "once in a lifetime" winnings by buying a new rifle. One of his top 3 is an A-Bolt.

Clayfish · November 20, 2005, 09:32 PM

I love my A-bolt. Great trigger and super smooth action. Very accurate too. They are great rifles.

FrontSight · November 21, 2005, 05:53 PM

Very, very nice!

November 12, 2005, 09:30 PM	#1
Clayfish Senior Member Join Date: May 19, 2005 Location: Valdosta, GA Posts: 953	Lucky Buck This is Lucky Buck. I shot him Friday morning. "Why?," you ask is his name Lucky Buck. Well, here's the story. I arived late to my stand friday morning. I work at a bank so thank God for federal holidays (Veterans day). Well I hadn't seen anything for a while so I decided to walk an access road to a cotton field where I have shot deer before and seen one the week before. I had walked about half way to the field when I saw a small doe in the road. She had no idea i was there so I droped to one knee and watched her for a while. I remembered someone at work had asked me if I would kill them a deer so they could get the meat and I agreed so I decided to take her. Well the perfect shot presented itself when she put her head down and turned broadside. I put the crosshairs on her at about 75 yards and squeezed the trigger I followed through on the shot and she ran away. I MISSED!!!! I couldn't belive it. How could I have missed? When I turned the corner there she went blowing and huffing and healthy. Well to make a long story short I started to walk back to the truck and passed my stand. On a whim I decided to walk the firebreak The runs by my climber and to another pecan orchard. I got about 20 yards into the firebreak when I saw a tail hopping off. I got my gun ready and eased around the corner and there he was. I only saw antlers. I quickly raised me rifle and aimed for the neck and squeezed. I knew I didn't miss when he didn't even step. He just folded. I shot him at only 15 yards and the old a bolt .308 with winchester super X did the trick. The first place I took him was to the taxidermist. The pics are a little dark and One is GRAPHIC but hey we're all hunters right. I couldn't get the pics to uplaod directly to the site. So this is the best I can do. http://geopond.com/Index/Matt.htm

November 13, 2005, 02:39 AM	#3
Cowled_Wolfe Senior Member Join Date: November 26, 2004 Location: Washington... Land of the apple, and the apple maggot! Posts: 803	Great buck! I like the way the antlers curve. I might be able to fix the pics with a little effort, if you're intersted. Wolfe. __________________ [Your ad could be here! Call 555-0122 for details.] (\__/) (='.'=)This is Bunny. Copy and paste bunny into (")_(")your signature to help him gain world domination.

November 14, 2005, 03:22 AM	#6
Cowled_Wolfe Senior Member Join Date: November 26, 2004 Location: Washington... Land of the apple, and the apple maggot! Posts: 803	Alrighty... I did my best to brighten 'em up without making the background blinding/losing quality... The first two came out alright, but the two with the deer hung were contrasted beyond my photoshopping abilities. Where do you want 'em sent? Wolfe. __________________ [Your ad could be here! Call 555-0122 for details.] (\__/) (='.'=)This is Bunny. Copy and paste bunny into (")_(")your signature to help him gain world domination.

November 15, 2005, 06:50 PM	#8
Cowled_Wolfe Senior Member Join Date: November 26, 2004 Location: Washington... Land of the apple, and the apple maggot! Posts: 803	__________________ [Your ad could be here! Call 555-0122 for details.] (\__/) (='.'=)This is Bunny. Copy and paste bunny into (")_(")your signature to help him gain world domination.

November 12, 2005, 11:14 PM	#2
siotwo Senior Member Join Date: February 6, 2005 Location: The Woodlands, TX Posts: 217	Great buck and a fine example of why hunting should begin as soon as you walk away from the truck and end only when you get back to it. Nice work.

November 13, 2005, 07:19 AM	#4
Clayfish Senior Member Join Date: May 19, 2005 Location: Valdosta, GA Posts: 953	Sure that would be great. Thanks Wolfe. I fixed them on my computer but couldn't get them to upload. The website belongs to a buddy of mine who tok the pics.

November 13, 2005, 07:10 PM	#5
kirbymagnum Senior Member Join Date: October 15, 2005 Location: Alberta Posts: 410	thats a nice buck

November 15, 2005, 09:48 AM	#7
Clayfish Senior Member Join Date: May 19, 2005 Location: Valdosta, GA Posts: 953	Can you try to post them to the site. I couldn't get it to work.

November 15, 2005, 09:41 PM	#9
Clayfish Senior Member Join Date: May 19, 2005 Location: Valdosta, GA Posts: 953	Thanks wolfe.

November 19, 2005, 02:16 AM	#10
Iowa Cornfed Member Join Date: November 1, 2005 Location: Western Iowa Posts: 72	That's a really nice handsome buck, congrats! Where was he killed? I mean which state. I just like to see what deer from other states look like. What were you using to bring him down?

November 19, 2005, 11:22 AM	#11
Clayfish Senior Member Join Date: May 19, 2005 Location: Valdosta, GA Posts: 953	This is south GA so we don't have alot of deer this big. I shot him with a Browning A-bolt.

November 19, 2005, 06:30 PM	#12
Iowa Cornfed Member Join Date: November 1, 2005 Location: Western Iowa Posts: 72	Well he's really a nice one. My boy won some money at a casino playing poker (didn't get that mentality from his old man, those places worry me!) and he wants to commemorate his "once in a lifetime" winnings by buying a new rifle. One of his top 3 is an A-Bolt.

November 20, 2005, 09:32 PM	#13
Clayfish Senior Member Join Date: May 19, 2005 Location: Valdosta, GA Posts: 953	I love my A-bolt. Great trigger and super smooth action. Very accurate too. They are great rifles.

November 21, 2005, 05:53 PM	#14
FrontSight Senior Member Join Date: September 9, 2005 Posts: 1,712	Very, very nice!