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In the fall of 2005 I hunted
with Alpine Outfitters and Wild Kakwa Outfitters for trophy
Whitetail Deer
I hunted for 3 days and saw 8 bucks, 20 does and 5 moose.
The third day of my hunt I was sitting in my stand and
around 9:30 a doe walks out. About 1/2 hour later out
of the corner of my eye I see a large bodied deer but
could not get a shot. I repositioned myself so if he came
back I could shoot him. I reached down to my pack to get
my call and try to grunt him in but the string broke and
my pack fell to the ground.
Then I saw another large bodied buck on the same trail.
I sat in my stand for a little bit more but I needed to
see how big the tracks were. I climbed down out of my
stand and checked the tracks. They were big so I turned
around to walk back to my stand and saw a a deer moving
into the woods. I couldn't catch him in my scope so I
walked back to my stand and started eating my lunch. I
was standing at the base of my stand when I saw the same
8 point big bodied buck walking towards me. I decided
not to shoot him and continued to eat my lunch. I saw
something move out of the corner of my eye, I turned and
almost choked on my sandwich, a big 10 point was standing
15-20 feet away looking at me. I grabbed my 270 Savage,
clicked the safety off and shot him behind the front leg.
He ran 30 feet and stopped between 2 trees so I shot him
again. He ran across the cut line and I shot him a third
time. I waited 5 minutes and started looking for blood
but could not find any. My guide Brandon came to check
on me and said "3 shots! Where is the deer?"
We found blood and you know the rest of the story.
PS. All 3 shots were good ones.
Merrill Jett, Georgia
- 770-815-5846
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