2011 Nevada Mule Deer

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  • Description: Early Saturday morning, myself and a couple of friends arrived at our intended hunting site, it was a bone chilling 9 degrees with a steady breeze blowing at 10 - 20 MPH. My friends soptted this buck bedding down right after sun up, so we devised a plan to get in behind him for a stalk. After 5-6 hours of hiking up and down the mountain we had finally gottten to a point where we could make a stalk. Myself and one of the two left the tree line and began our 120 yard stalk. At 28 yards we sat and watched the tips of his antlers as he lay bedded down in a stand of brush. I krept to 20 yards, but didn't like my shot. I went back to where we were at 28 yards and we sat, watching and waiting for this guy to movefor nearly an hour. Finally we backtracked a little and came in up-wind of him, figuring that if he caught our scent he would get up - my shooting lane was much better from this direction as well. At fifteen yards, we watched his antlers move back and forth, once, then twice. As I came to full draw, he stood up broadside to me; I compose my shot and let my arrow fly! The impact of my Aftershock Tremor 100 grain broadhead was heard 120 yards away, by my friend we'd left at the tree line! The buck wheeled and headed down the hill, stopping at about 50 yards. I knocked another arrow and we circled around and came in behind a couple of huge rocks. There was no need for a second shot, he had expired in a matter of a couple of minutes, I had made a perfect double lung shot. What a hunt!
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3 Comments

Alan

Thanks! It’s probably the experience of a lifetime, but well see come December, as I drew the same late hunt in the same area as last year!

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