Well I haven't posted in so long I would be shocked if anyone is still following the blog! I have been so busy with work and parenting that I haven't had much of an opportunity to blog. I have been able to hunt a few times each week, but I haven't taken a deer until this past weekend.
Jennifer gave me a green light a few weeks ago that I could join friends that I used to hunt with when we lived in Charleston for a little hunting weekend during the rut-well I have been waiting and watching the days tick down-just so happened the first real cold snap of the season came through just in time for this past weekend! Afer a three hour drive I got up to Andrews, SC (Williamsburg Co.) just in time to hunt Friday evening. I sat on a road and cut over and saw a few does and a small 4 pt buck that evening.
Saturday morning was cold, 44 degrees and calm, but I didn't see a deer-I think they moved later in the morning.
Saturday evening I got in the stand about 4:30p overlooking a clear cut. After seeing nothing for a few hours, about 6:45p a couple of does showed up acting very nervous. A few minutes later I heard a crash in the woods at the back of the cut over and the does took off! Out walked a really nice buck and the chase was on!
I watched him chase the does for a minute and got my rifle up. When he walked into a shooting lane after a doe I dropped him with one shot from the ole' .30-06!
The buck was ~170 lbs and had a 15.5" spread. It was a great weekend!
8 Point Buck Williamsburg Co. SC 10/17/09
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