Here are a couple pics from this falls Whitetail week.
Well I got to enjoy a hunt for a week and put a Whitetail in the freezer. It was a tough week that’s for sure,, Cold and snowy as most already know, we started at -27 on Sat the 24th and we averaged -22 for the remainder of the week. It really limited the way a guy was able to hunt.. Do to the cold weather quading was pretty much out of the question and walking and stocking was made tough do to the fact we have a foot of snow at home,, the noise of walking in the snow was enough never mind plodding through it. So I was left for the most part with hunting from the pickup, we drove and glassed around some new big cut blocks north of town, they are good sized blocks that a guy can spend the day hunting them, between glassing and rattling in a few spots over the day it made it interesting. We were able to rattle in two decent bucks over the 5 days we hunted so for this time of year I thought that wasn’t too bad.. One not bad smaller 5x5 came within 10 sec of when I put down the horns and came broad side to within 75 yards it was pretty cool to watch him strut his stuff… We saw a decent amount of bucks over the 5 days but the big hog did allude us… Over the first few days I past on 2 in the 150 class and a dandy 5x5 that was in the 160+ class.. So do to the fear that I was going to have to eat another tag,, on the 5th afternoon I decided that I would stop being so picky and take the next decent buck that presented it self.. Well as luck would have it I had both older boys with me that afternoon.. The boys were getting a little anxious with me after hunting with me most of the time and watching me pass up on some decent bucks.. So when we came across this little fellow the 3rd buck of the day I was sure I would take him.. We spotted him standing close to an island of trees and after a short sneak we got to within 100 yards of him, while the boys and I were giving him the once over he bolted for cover and when he turned I saw decent height on him and decided to take him.. I took the shot while he was in a good Whitetail gallop 3/4rd away from me at about 150 yards.. I pulled the trigger just slightly ahead and high on the front shoulder, the 180gr Federal, Sierra Boat Tail, from the 300 RUM caught him just behind the shoulder blades and went in just bellow the spine and out the top of the far shoulder,, it was like he was hit by a freight train,,, down and done…. Like I said he aint the biggest nor the one I had high hopes for this fall but a decent buck for sure and a good ending to a fun few days of Whity hunting….. Her are a couple pics…
He is no hog by any means and pushed the tape to a gross green score of 149 7/8....
Here is one that my 16 year old shot around the 15th of Nov.. Nice little 130 class..
And the 166 my oldest boy shot during the first week of Oct while we were moose hunting
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