NH Big Woods Buck

[The River Rat]

Might as well share a pic of my last fall NH rifle buck. 20" wide 190# 8 pt. Shot him in his bed in 25 mph winds speed hunting to the top of mountain where I'd been after a big 10 pnt. 2.5 miles from the the truck. Relatively easy drag tho in the leaves straight down! A little luck was with me on this 1. Cruising up a shear vertical I came up to a familar shelf, poking my head up to scan on my final glance to my hard left I saw large main beam and nose potruding past a split juvenile scrub hemlock. In pure reaction, know the wind was blowing straight at him I pulled up, leveled inbetween the 2 trees and fell on his ear base sqeezing the trigger. The rack and nose dropped! As I covered the 75 yrds to him, 2 mature does bolted from their beds, 50 yrds below his. I realize in this particular instance,
if I had been still hunting as I usually do, they would have busted and I may never have seen him

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[Reelax]

Nice buck Andy.... Love the story...

[striper192001]

Ditto .........loved it !

[raz]

Very cool

[Crayfish]

Wow, you threaded the needle there! What a great buck, a great shot and a great story. Congratulations!!

[TruViking]

What an amazing Deer!
Quick and painless shot, and What sounds like a skillfully hunt.
Thanks for sharing. That is a wide rack!
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