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Saskman
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I tagged out on my whitetail tonight. I had seen this guy a few times during archery season but could not figure out a pattern for him. He just seemed to wander randomly through out the area on his way to an alfalfa field. He never made it to the field in the daylight. He never seemed to bed in the same place and used different trails to get their in the evening. I just could never be in the right spot with the bow. Now that muzzleloader season was on I figured I should be able to spot and stalk him a little easier. Tonight I was sitting on a hill overlooking the general area where he hangs out. I had seen a couple small bucks and a decent muley buck but nothing big. I told myself that as the sun set I would move off the hill and slowly still hunt along the edge of some poplar bluffs. I had stood up and just took a few steps to the crest of the hill and I heard a deer moving through the bush below me. I saw him come out and he stopped on the edge of a small poplar bluff about 100 yards away. He had been lying right below me all night in the only little spot around me I could not see. He had heard me but I don't think he knew what had made the noise. He was quartering away from me with his head turned back over his shoulder looking back towards me. I had to make an off hand shot and was a little more unsteady than I would have liked. At the shot he bolted into the trees. I didn't hear the thump you usually hear with a hit so I wasn't sure if I missed or not. I just continued to watch hoping to maybe see him come out of the trees. I saw him come stumbling out of the side of the bluff and fall in site which was a great relief. I had hit him right where I had wanted. The bullet entered near the last rib and exited right behind the front shoulder. He died less than 100 yards from where I took my deer last year.
This is the only photo I got before the light faded to much and I had to use a flash.
Here is his left shed from last year. I searched forever for the other side but could not find it.
This is the only photo I got before the light faded to much and I had to use a flash.
Here is his left shed from last year. I searched forever for the other side but could not find it.
