Another Manitoba buck .....story to come!

[Manitoba Stickflinger]

Here's my good friend JP with his whitetail from this fall here in Manitoba. He was fortunate enough to have his son as part of this hunt. Hope he follows this up with the story.

[Big Ed]

Wow, can't wait for the story!

[Jwilliam]

Nice buck !!!    


Bill

[Manitoba Stickflinger]

That is a great buck!

Congrats to JP,

Bisch

[Bel007]

[KellyG]

Well that is a really great buck.

[steadman]

That is a Dandy! What a pretty deer  

[Longbowlogan]

Some great deer up your way!

[jeanpaul3006]

Thanks for the pics Ryan. Well i 'm lucky i don't have to hunt the bush that Ryan does because i would eat nothing but tag soup. I'm very fortunate to have a small property along the red river. The bush line narrows down along the river and creates a funnel. I have a number of treestands set up for ever changing wind conditions.   This buck got passed on many times last year. He was about a 110 or 120 but showed some potential. I only start hunting late october as this is when the bucks start cruising along the red. I have a few local does that i see almost daily so i know it's a matter of time before something with antlers shows up.  Well, i was finally able to take my son Joel out for a hunt. There was no winnipeg jets game on the tube and no hockey practice that evening.      I had set up a double treestand  nestled   in amongst some elms and oaks. We set up a decoy and he practiced with my grunt call. A few hours later, a doe and her two fawns showed up and starting snorting at my decoy. Twenty minutes  of them trying to get my decoy to respond. I snort wheezed a few times and they finally left. Around  a half hour before dark, i saw a doe coming from the east and another from the west. The doe from the west had a buck  right behind her. She proceeded to go around my stand while the buck went to my mock scrape. He was broadside and i began to draw when he turned suddenly and i had only his backside in view. I figured he would go to the decoy and got ready. Joel grunted a few times . The buck had different plans. He started north and was going to my right so he could cut off the doe. I turned and he started coming my way but quartering to me. No shot.  He was about  10 yards away ,when he began to turn almost broadside. Two more steps and he would be behind brush preventing any shot. He moved his leg forward and i shot watching my homemade luminok dissapear into his chest. The buck ran about 80 yards and then stopped, then proceeded towards the field. Meanwhile my little man was about to come unglued. He was stammering question after question. He was pretty excited and i was so happy to have there beside me.We waited 30 minutes and climbed down. It was still snowing and the blood trail was getting covered. We went to edge of the field and found a large blood spot with pink frothy blood but couldn't find any other drops because of the snow. We went home because i was scared to push him farther . In the morning i found him not 30 yards away from the last blood spot. Joel  was getting ready for school and quickly came out to see our deer. I cleaned him and waited for him to come back from school for photos. It's a hunt that i won't soon forget. I think the toques we wore from manitoba stickflingers were filled with mojo. I got a bowhunter in the making and am shopping for a 40lbs bow for him. thanks for reading my lengthy story. jp

[rastaman]

Awesome animal!      

[Pat B.]

Super buck, congrats!

[momo-t]

JP looks like the Tip is treating you real nice.Good shooting [as always] on a great Manitoba brute.
Your future hunter has that   ' I'm hooked for life ' look in his eyes. Count yourself lucky,in more ways than you know.
Best of luck to both of you in future hunts.

Mo

[Over&Under]

What a buck!!
Great photos too!

[GRINCH]

Aweome Buck,but better yet because your Son experienced it with you,congrats.

[Green]

Really nice buck, and it's awesome your son was with you to share in it.  Way to go Dad!

[Jack Whitmire Jr]

I'll bet the little man wasn't the only one about to come unglued    Glad you two share that together , neither of you will ever forget that ! Man what a beautiful deer .

[cacciatore]

Congrats for this very nice buck!You and your son are building memories for the life!  

[Cari-bow]

Congrats JP nice buck. It looks like your season ended well. Way to go man.
Abe

[KentuckyTJ]

Fantastic deer congrats. You guys up North sure do earn every deer you kill. Has to make the shooting part 10x as difficult. I'm not sure I could withstand the cold. BURRR!