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Title: Look what I rattled in...........
Post by: Mohillbilly on October 22, 2012, 09:35:00 AM
Sat up on ground at the edge of a cleared field.  Brushed in and some camo netting behind me.  Wind was quartering past my face and blowing just right.  Was busted earlier that afternoon by two yearlings that made their way behind me.  About 6:15 thought I would rattle a bit before I left.  Rattled for 45 seconds and sat the horns down.  Was just about ready to pack up and saw this buck coming to me on a string.  He wasn't acting aggressive, just curious and looking for the two deer fighting.  He came across the field at a fast walk and stopped about 18-20 yard out.  Arrow took him behind the left shoulder taking out his left lungs and exited at the back of his right chest taking out his caudal right lung.  He made it maybe 80 yards.  I saw him go do the death wobble as he went over the rise in a draw.  He was just beyond.  Ate the backstraps yesterday marinated in olive oil, balsamic vinegar, garlic, salt and pepper.  Two minutes per side in a buttered pan.  To say they were perfection would be an understatement.  :-)

 (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v617/Dogvet99/deer.png)
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Post by: straight_arrow on October 22, 2012, 09:38:00 AM
Gotta love it! Congrats.  Great story, thanks for sharing.
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Post by: ARCHER2 on October 22, 2012, 09:39:00 AM
Good Job, congrats! Bet that was some good eat'in.
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Post by: YORNOC on October 22, 2012, 09:41:00 AM
NICE!  I can smell those straps cookin'
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Post by: joe skipp on October 22, 2012, 09:47:00 AM
:thumbsup:    :notworthy:
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Post by: Huntrdfk on October 22, 2012, 10:00:00 AM
Nice ! Congrats!


David
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Post by: Lin Rhea on October 22, 2012, 10:02:00 AM
Good job! Congratulations!
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Post by: BOWMARKS on October 22, 2012, 10:03:00 AM
Congrats  :clapper:    :clapper:
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Post by: wooddamon1 on October 22, 2012, 10:12:00 AM
Congrats! I'm hungry now...
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Post by: Gatekeeper on October 22, 2012, 10:21:00 AM
:bigsmyl:  Love It!
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Post by: Bernie B. on October 22, 2012, 10:26:00 AM
Congratulations!  Deer are starting to move.  You were making me hungry also!

Bernie Bjorklund

NC Iowa/SW Wisconsin
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Post by: **DONOTDELETE** on October 22, 2012, 10:41:00 AM
Congrats!  Rattling deer is a blast! i love the look on their faces as they come sneaking in looking around. Very tough to get a shot on them some times.

Have you tried that using a decoy yet?  Now that can be entertaining.   :biglaugh:
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Post by: Birdbow on October 22, 2012, 10:49:00 AM
Congrats Bret! Have had reponses to rattling on the ground too - what a rush. Appreciate the backstrap prep share - got to go eat!
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Post by: Pigsooie on October 22, 2012, 10:58:00 AM
Great job!
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Post by: Mohillbilly on October 22, 2012, 11:00:00 AM
Thanks all, it was a complete rush.  It was also needed for my well being.  Bow hunting connects me with my childhood, our great planet, and the part of me that needs to provide for myself.  In these changing/uncertain times it is my anchor.  

birdbow, the recipe is awesome.  It is a friend of mine, Darren Shue's, recipe and I will say it is mind blowing.  Other than the seasoning/balsamic, the cooking 2 minutes per side is key.  A rare/med.rare is tender, flavorful, with no gamey taste that lots of people complain about.
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Post by: Mark Baker on October 22, 2012, 11:46:00 AM
Congrats....calling one in and taking him from ground level is very challenging indeed!  

Must be a good recipe....them Shue boys seem to know how to eat!
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Post by: bansheewins on October 22, 2012, 11:56:00 AM
Awesome job Congrats.  Straps sound awesome as well the way you made them will have to try that.
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Post by: Tree Killer on October 22, 2012, 12:15:00 PM
Nicely done!     :thumbsup:
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Post by: Roger Norris on October 22, 2012, 12:31:00 PM
:thumbsup:
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Post by: ronp on October 22, 2012, 12:47:00 PM
Nice work!  Good job with those back straps, too.
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Post by: non-typical on October 22, 2012, 12:55:00 PM
Pretty darn cool!
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Post by: SheltonCreeker on October 22, 2012, 01:22:00 PM
Congrats thanks for sharing!
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Post by: Mohillbilly on October 22, 2012, 01:46:00 PM
Mark, you are right about the Shue's.  Let me tell ya, when the backstraps start flying, I'm going be standing next to a Shue!  :-)
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Post by: Rick Richard on October 22, 2012, 02:19:00 PM
Where to go!!!!
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Post by: 4dogs on October 22, 2012, 02:20:00 PM
Nice    :thumbsup:
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Post by: vintage-bears on October 22, 2012, 02:44:00 PM
:thumbsup:    :thumbsup:
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Post by: Friend on October 22, 2012, 07:52:00 PM
Well done............
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Post by: BCWV on October 22, 2012, 07:56:00 PM
Nice! I can almost taste those back straps too!
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Post by: swp on October 22, 2012, 07:58:00 PM
Congrats Bret! I had one just like him walk by me at about 5 yds but couldn't move on. Glad yours worked out.
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Post by: Brianlocal3 on October 22, 2012, 08:16:00 PM
Good hunting . There is a difference between waiting and killing and actually making it happen and bringing them to you or you going to them.  Very cool!!!
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Post by: Cyclic-Rivers on October 22, 2012, 08:39:00 PM
:clapper:
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Post by: Big Ed on October 23, 2012, 07:36:00 AM
Very nice !!
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Post by: on October 23, 2012, 09:04:00 AM
Congrats!

Bisch
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Post by: BrownA5 on October 24, 2012, 09:44:00 PM
Congratulations!