Thread: Target deer ?

Some deer on our place have been groomed over all year in photos , some were designated as "target deer " , either because they had not what I like in horn configuration and or had exactly what I like in horn configuration.
The list included several 8 points and 10 points, con uno 11 , one big 6 point and several spikes.
Are we blessed to have so many target deer you might ask , well heck yeah is the answer
Now mind ya this , when you hunt our place , you will likely see several deer .
We do not shoot does simply because we do not have large numbers of them .
If a group of does does make an appearance it is quite likely a buck is nearby .
Saturday morning a small group of 3 does and a button buck showed up at first light .
Really nervous about who was in the area for sure .....
they watched the woods intently all huddled up for a bit as I sat quietly and watched closely ......
Me thunk a good one is close , they wouldn't be that nervous over a lil buck for sure ......
7: 10 am they were all antsy , 7 : 15 .... K A B O O M !
He left one leg hanging at high speed , H asked if I lost him ....
Said not likely bro , hurt bad was that big 6 .....
So when someone goes off and thinks I won't shoot a cull buck ,when a big 10 or 11 is near
Well that just ain't so ......
by 7 :15 Sunday morning he was a boiled head and meat in the freezer .....just saying
p.s. during the field dress part I was amazed to find my spent round in the top of his heart !
went 40 yards and not a drop of blood , go figure ....
probably one of my top 10 hunts for sure , seemed scripted and not terribly tough on my older bones , good stuff for sure , my only regret is my grandson wasn't with me on the hunt ....

Originally Posted by SuperDave336

That's pretty cool with the bullet stuck in the heart. Never seen that before. Good job, good eats.

H was keeping stuff from the inside of said buck , liver , kidneys and then wanted the heart .....
when I reached in there I told him it was not good , the top was blown right up and it was full of bone fragments .....
until right when my hand went to pull on it a bit more and I said WOAH bro , I am pretty sure one of them fragments was my bullet !
well as you can imagine the chest cavity was a sludge pool of blood and bone , the slippery rascal got away from me in the mess ....
took me a good bit to find it again as it fell down further into the sludge ....