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Forgot to tell you guys, I shot a coyote off of the gut pile the next day later! there was two of them, had one on his way to the call and he disaperaed, glassed the other up bedded and shot him. Didnt even hit him in the head

I thought that might be the case but had to ask anyway because I had a similar cloud of smoke occur with a blacktail buck I killed in CA during the 1980s. I had glassed up the buck in the middle a large, steep meadow that was about 1/2-mile across. He was feeding with another smaller buck and two does about in the middle of the opening. Once I spotted him, I worked my way around the meadow to a forested finger that jutted from the high end of the meadow toward the bottom. My plan was to use the trees for cover to get to the very end of the finger so I was in range for a decent shot. The stalk went perfect. When I got to the last large tree, I found a low limb to use a as rest for the shot of about 250 yards. The buck I wanted was feeding in the "vee" about 10' wide between and below two small hills. He was facing me, so when he raised his head, I put the crosshairs just under his chin and shot. Right then, he decided to take another nip of lunch. I saw that puff of smoke, but the deer immediately disappeared. Until I got to him, I didn't have a clue about what happened or if he fell because the hills blocked the view from my position. The smoke was caused by the bullet going through the base of an antler and then into the top of the buck's head, which split the skull plate from front to back. Of course, he was DOA. I have the skull plate wired together, and the rack sits atop a lampshade in my old trophy room. At the time, he OFFICIALLY made the SCI book at the lower end. I don't do record books, but the two brothers who owned the ranch wanted it and a couple others we killed listed. So I let them do so AND pay to do it. It's probably been pushed out of the listings by now. -TONY Tony, glad to see I'm not the only one known for a head shot or two!

I dont know if he was doin any ruttin activity. I honeslty probably saw him in the binos for 45 seconds while he was alive. When he was down, a 80" type buck ran up to him and waited for him to jump up and run. There was a few does around him, but I didnt see him doing any chasin of any type.

No friend is worth the safety of your own kids. Tell him flat out why you wont hunt with him. heck, maybe it will make him think twice and have his kids learn the way of the woods the right way!

Yeah I'da killed him to! Nice lookin buck! That is a big ole tom! time to go get him!

Ag, that is the side effect of having a Zeiss scope on the rifle... not the binos!!

You guys are actually right on. I scored him at 91" but that was with a hard metal tape measure and I thought I was way off because he looks a lot bigger to to me!

Shoulda looked at the Leica Duovids! Coulda sole your sorryvorskis in 10x and had TWO pairs of premium binos in one

Very funny Gino! Jim, why you gotta take his side? Man, I dont know how you guys are guessing 90". to me he looks like a freakin hog! Especially in the pictures!

This better Jim?

Couple more. How big do you guys think this buck is?

Here are a few more!

No way! that would bounce off of my head!

Getting three whitetail does all fired up with a fawn in distress call........had to beat them off with rocks and my fist Oh man I love that story!!! hahaha!

Danielle, if you like maybe we can go shooting some time I am a really good shot... just ask everyone on here Bah HaHaHaHaHaHa!!!!!!! Hey Casey, Obviously you are no better with the women than you are at shooting...... Maybe you should be asking all these girls for some shooting lessons, instead of a date.... Dirk D. Hey girls..... (HC1 & HC2)..... We had a wonderful time hunting with you both and I (we) are so very proud of you both! The two of you put grown men to shame in the woods! Thanks for being you and for letting us come along.... not that you could have stoppped me from tagging along .... but thanks for making it so fun!! UG Gino, im smarter than I look, I was trying to kill two birds with one shot homey!

huh, i thought it was centerfire 22 cal or greater, but i may be mistaken!

Been trying to get ahold of him to no avail. He called me today from his cell phone, and as soon as I picked it up, no one was there.Kinda makes me a little worried to tell the truth!

Funny thing is,no one really knows the behind the scense stuf... stuff like i am looking at spending quite a bit of my hard earned money to repair that bucks antlers, and put him on the wall. I am looking for a shed that matches his base, so i can have my good friend and taxidermist (scottyboy) repair the horn and put him on the wall. I am looking for a cape ( if anyone has one, hit me up) to use as his is obviously worthless. please do not EVER accuse me of not being respectful/grateful to the animals I have taken. I have made an attempt to put every animal I have ever taken on the wall, no matter how big or small. Granted, I had a spike bull not go on there because the rotting velvet stunk, a cow elk i didnt know how to put the skull onthe wall or cape it out (i was 12) and my spike coues buck one of my dogs ate the skull as it was sitting outside in the peroxide/water solution. I am grateful for every second I can spend in the woods. Weather it be alone, with long time friends, family or a new found hunting companion. I have never considered myself a unethical hunter, in fact maybe I am "TOO" ethical. As in that is why I took the last shot that I did on this buck. He was bascially dead, but was trying to get up. I wanted to end it as soon as I could, (i would want the same if i was in the deers shoes) and as soon as he started to get up again, I decided to put another bullet into him. It just so happens, he fell to die i might add, right as soon as my 2lb trigger engaged. I could have sat there and waited for him to die, as he had no heart or lungs so to speak but I felt it "ethical" to take the final shot as he was making a last ditch attempt to evade me. soap box removed now.

Helicopter story.. thats a good one: So, on our way to the glassing point, Jim tells us to have our guns ready, as illegals sleep there, and we think there drug runners or scouts. John and I thought he was messing with us, yet he told us he was serious. Well he had said he had never seen anyone there, but it is easy to tell they use it. so sure as heck, when we walk up there, there are two for sure, possibly more illegals sleeping right there. so we back off one point and glass! After we were done glassing, I called in the BP. Well, the boys in green ( actually these guys were in brown, BORSTAR) shw up, the helicopter lands and drops two agents. We tell them were to go and they head off! The next day when we go to the point, it is obvious they found there hiding area and ripped all their stuff apart.

Re-read the last line of my last post please.

I forgot to tell you guys the best part. On Saturday, Jim, Jake, myself, and John Noble had a funny conversation. All day, I had been saying one of my biggest fears is shooting a buck through his antlers. I guess that not only did i do that, that i flat out shot his antler off! Bobbyo, wow man, way to really drag down a a thread that was a decent thread. I am not upset with the size of the deer, but mostly that I blew his antler off with a extremly mis places shot.

Is a 204 legal for deer? is it .20 cal and less or .22 cal and less?

Scott, what a first post to make! I wish I was there with you guys!

I graduated in 2003, shoot me some names chances are i will know who ever graduated in 2002

Danielle, if you like maybe we can go shooting some time I am a really good shot... just ask everyone on here