2 bucks in 24 hours

Took the fam up to camp with me this past weekend with the hopes of catching some post rut feeding or secondary rut chasing activity,and it didn't disappoint. We got to camp Thursday evening just as the rain was quitting. Told my wife I wanted to go grab a trailcam I'd left on a close greenfield that evening and see what had been there. When I checked it,I realized I'd missed a good 8 by 1 minute. Figured he heard me driving in and bolted,but was encouraged we could get on him there later in the weekend.. the next morning,I hunted a climber I have that overlooks am old mature pine stand that's been thinned multiple times;talking big 20+year old pines ,but wide open canopy for sage and Briars to grow. I saw several deer and a shooter buck at 300 yards but just couldn't get a shot. That evening,my wife and I went to the greenfield.my cam was on (about 1/4 mile from my climber). We saw some small bucks and does,but no shooters. The next morning,I headed back to my same climber,but came up empty and didn't see anything but a small buck. I hated to go back to the same field that evening as I hate 'camping out' at stands or hunting the same as stands back to back. 10 min after sitting down,a beautiful 3yr old 8 stepped out and fed for almost 2 hours. When he left, I told my wife I had a feeling the big one was going to show up. As it was getting later,I'd made my mind up to just shoot a doe for some meat,as a friend of mine had been begging me to bring him some. Take the gun off safety and go to shoot, and my wife spots the big 8 coming into the field. The rest is history. It was most definitely a team effort and I prob would've shot the doe had she not spotted him. He had 16" spread and 22.5" and 22" main beams.
The big 3yr old:



The big 8 before and after:

The next morning was 24 degrees outside. I'd hit snooze a few times and wasn't going to go,but figured the season was almost over,and I'd miss it when it was gone,so I got my butt up and went out. The 500 yard walk in ,which was flooded and now iced over,was a nightmare to navigate. Took me longer and made a ton of noise getting in. Right at 1st light,I spotted a giant boar heading my direction, but when I went to stand up,my climber made a slight noise and he bolted.i fired 2 crack shots at him,and may have hit him with the 1st,but a pine branch came crashing down in front of me where I drilled it with the 2nd. I reloaded 2 more shells,and tried my best to stay alert. After a couple hours,my wife text me this long message about having a killer breakfast ready for me when I got down to come in. I told her I'd sit another hour if I could stand it. 30 min later,I couldn't stop shaking. It was bitter cold,and I wasn't seeing much action. I told her I'd be getting down in 5 minutes. I look up a couple minutes later and see this 10 point walking straight down a firelane my direction. If he crosses the lane and jumps the fence, he's off our property. I knew I had to make a quick shot. I fired and he didn't react like a hit but rather confused as he ran about 50 yards further onto our property in the sage . I fired again and felt I'd hit him with that but he still kept running,actually back toward the firelane he'd Come in on,so I fired my last shell as he was struggling to get down it. As he exited my view,I could see his opposite shoulder was doing the windmill,and instantly thought I screwed up and shot really low. I quietly looked for any blood but couldn't find it as the firelane had about 8" of water and ice in it hiding whatever blood there may be. Since I was also out of ammo,I backed out and called the dog man. When he got there,I took him to the crime scene and let the pups do their thing . Within 10 min,the 1 dog that primarily is the 'nose' of the 2 located the deer and alerted with a bark that signified a bay situation. The other dog took off her direction, as he was primarily the muscle of the 2. When we got to buck,he was still alive but hurt bad,as I had put 2 308 rounds in him. One in the shoulder that looked like it exploded upon impact,and another in the rear ham; guessing that was a running shot I'd hit him with. All it took after that was a knife jab to the lungs/heart,and it was game over. He had 4.5" bases and both beams were 20.5". Going to be tough to top this weekend and feel extremely blessed the family was able to share in the moment.


Before of the 10

Thems a couple sho nuff gooduns

Heck yeah 👍🏻👍🏻

Congratulations on the 2 trophy deer!! Where is your club located?

Awesome

Wow! Congrats!

Biggest gator I’ve ever killed was up Cowickee creek back in 2013. I love that area down there

Congratulations on 2 great deer

Awesome story and two awesome deer! Even better getting to share it with your family. Congratulations!

Congratulations

Congrats!

What a couple days!

Congrats bud! Great deer and another great season for you

Awesome!!!....

Congrats, 2 nice ones !

Congrats

Congratulations!

Man you must be living right! Congratulations on a couple of mighty fine ones and having the family together to share it with! What a blessing!

Nice

Awesome

Congrats. Those are two good Bucks

Very nice - congrats and great season

Impressive.

Congratulations to the whole family.

Congrats on the deer but more importantly on getting your family involved.

Congrats

Congrats. Looks like you're Slayinbucks2/24

Congratulations! Crazy how it all plays out sometimes!

Congrats

Cowikee Creek is our north boundary on our 2000 acres in Barbour Co.

Nice bucks congrats

Congrats man!! Don’t get much better than that!!

Congrats!

Nice job! You must be on some good land. 😂

Congrats on two fine bucks!

That’s awesome. Congrats!

Awesome congrats!

Thanks guys!!




It's OK I guess

That one will be hard to beat. Should’ve saved one for your wife!

Good job brother! That's getting it done!

Congrats! Unforgettable weekend!