Ok, for the story:
So I have been hunting mostly in November starting during our muzzleloader season here in Oklahoma which opens the fourth weekend in October and runs through the first weekend in November. I have seen more mature deer (this would be 125+ for me) this year than the last several years put together, and have had several close calls with some real bruisers. One of these close encounters happened the morning before I took this one, so I was pumped when I got into the stand on opening day of our modern gun season the morning of the 17th.
The morning went by without a single deer sighting, (I heard lots of gunshots though) this was out of the norm for this stand. Then at about 9:30 out of no where this guy comes trotting speedily onto the scene out of the brush and is crossing broadside in the brush at a fast pace at about 25 yards, I can't remember if I grunted to stop him or not, but he didn't stop! I drew while he was clocking and made a nervous shot...which turned out to be perfectly placed:)
He ran about 40 yards and stopped for a few seconds, then piled up within site.
He wasn't one of the big guys I had seen earlier but I am very happy with him. And very happy to see so many mature bucks this year in this part of Oklahoma.
I had a chance at him earlier in the year but he came in and crossed the trial I had used coming into the stand and bolted as soon as he hit the trail, kicked myself because I knew better than to enter from that direction and the wind was perfect, but glad I got him later.
Topic: Gun Opener 9 point (Read 6364 times)
