| I WAS SETTING TWENTY FIVE FEET OFF THE GROUND IN A LARGE OAK ON A HILL OVER LOOKING A WOODED BOTTOM WITH A SMALL BRANCH RUNNING THOUGH IT FROM THE WEST TO THE EAST. SOME DOES HAD MOVED TO THE NORTH AROUND 2:00 FROM THERE BED WHICH WAS RIGHT BELOW ME IN OLD TREE TOP THAT HAD BEEN LEFT BY LOGGERS THE YEAR BEFORE. A LITTLE LATER IN THE EVENING A DOE MOVED OUT OF THE TALL GRASS FIELD WEST OF ME AND MOVED INTO THE WOODS NORTH OF ME. SHE STOPPED AT 100 YARDS AND BEGAN TO FEED. SHE KEEP LOOKING BACK IN TO THE FIELD FROM WHERE SHE HAD CAME. SOMETHING WAS MAKING HER NERVOUS IN BEHIND HER. I WAS HOPING IT WAS NOT MORE DOES COMING TO FEED ON ACORNS. BUT SOON I SAW MOVEMENT OUT IN THE FIELD. A BUCK WAS SLOWLY WORKING HIS WAY INTO THE WOODS ON THE SAME PATH THE DOE HAD TAKEN. HE WOULD MOVE FOUR OR FIVE STEPS AND LOOK AROUND. WHEN HE CAME TO THE SAME SPOT THE DOE WAS FEEDING, I FIRED MY 12 GAUGE SLUG GUN. THE BUCK WENT DOWN HARD BUT WAS BACK O HIS FEET JUST AS FAST, HE RAN 10 YARDS BEFORE THE NEXT SLUG HIT HIM AND PUT HIM ON THE GROUND FOR GOOD. AT FIRST I WAS A LITTLE SHOCKED THAT I HAD TO PUT TWO SUGS IN HIM TO KEEP HIM DOWN. BUT ON MY WAY TO THE DEER I PASSED A TREE THAT HAD BEEN RIPPED APART. A LARGE HOLE WAS DEAD SENTER ABOUT FIVE FOOT UP THE TREE WHICH XPLAINS WHY THE FIRST SLUG DID NOT DO THE JOB IT HAD WENT THROUGH A SIX INCH TREE. THE FIRST SLUG STOPED IN HIS HID AND NEVER MADE IT THROUGH THE RIBS. THIS WAS THE LARGEST BUCK I HAVE TAKEN TO DATE. THE CIRCUMFERENCE MEASUREMENT WAS 32-INCH AROUND THE NECK . HE FIELD DRESSED OUT TO 268 LB, ALIVE HE WOULD HAVE WEIGHED IN AT OVER 300 LB. |
