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river925

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Finally figured out this photobucket stuff!!!!!!!!
 
Andy S. said:
Very nice, congratulations. Story?
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If you must.
It was a rainy warm morning during first muzzleloader(when they had muzzleloader season right) and the indecision of wether or not to even go caused me to get in a lil late. By the time i reached stand choice for day i had jumped a couple of deer and decided to cruise the 50 acres of three year old cutover on property. I was 20 and trophy hunting was in its infant stages around McNairy county so my only real goal for the day was something with horns. In other words i wasnt shooting a doe this morning. I jumped several deer and even a couple smaller bucks without shot opportunities and by 9 o'clock it had got pretty warm. I decided to still hunt on out towards a small food plot that was enclosed by a stand of 5-6 year old pine that i had earlier found some big deer sign in. Just as i got to a vantage point above plot i caught movement below me in a honeysuckle thicket. As i brought muzzleloader to shoulder i noticed a glimpse of antler as deer lifted his head in an apparent attempt to try and figure out what i was. That was good enough for me. The deer was bedded and all i could see was about 6 inches below neck patch and up. At app 70 yards i held on white patch and fired. After smoke cleared i made my way into thicket and put one in chest to finish the hunt. Most amazing fact of hunt is the thicket deer layed dead in was literally 10 yards off main road through middle of 500 acre property. No telling how many times we had drove past his hiding hole and never seen him. Oh yeah and if i hadnt got lost in cutover that morning i never in a million years would have ventured to the only elevated position that allowed me to see down into that honeysuckle..
 

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