Yesterday was my first hunt in Kansas since moving here last December. I set up under an osage tree made a nice ground blind. Not to much action for the several hours even though Iwas grunting, rattling and using the doe in estrus can call. About 45 minutes before dark a doe came running past me at about 75 yards. For several minutes I considered moving into the area that the doe ran through just in case a big was in pursuit, big mistake! I had only gotten 25 - 30 feet from my ground blind when I caught movement out of the corner my eye to my right. I was a small six pointer moving along a trail that would take him to within 10 yds of my blind. Then I saw movement on the trail that the six poniter had come down. At first, I thought it was a doe, but then I heard grunting. Once the deer came into the open I realized it was the largest bodied deer and largest rack I ahd ever seen on on live deer. Everything was going good and I was setting up for a shot, when the six poniter busted me. He snorted and ran about 30 feet, but the big buck did not seem concerned, so I waited. The six pointer still did not like the situation and ran off with the buck of a lifetime trailing behind. I was a sad puppy. At least I had proven other hunters wrong that told me no big bucks were on public land within 20 minutes of Olath, Ks. I hope I will be in the woods waiting on him Sunday afternoon.
Topic: First Kansas Hunt (Read 430 times)
