Posted By: Skipper98
Buck fever got me! - 12/20/13 05:01 PM
This year I moved my stand with in a 100 yards of my feeder so that when I take my kids hunting they can see the deer easier. Last year it was at 200 yards. Well... with a fixed 10 power scope I got a little buck fever and shot a 3 1/2 year old ten point two weeks ago. I have been hunting hard since the opening weekend of bow season and this year has been slow for me. I usually try to hold out for a mature buck but I have not seen many bucks this year of that caliber. Friday evening two weeks ago I left work early to hit the stand and didn't expect to see much. About 4:45 a nice 2 1/2 year old 10 point came out but you could tell it was young as its neck looked like a doe's neck and was real pencil horned but great potential and high racked. So as I was looking at him through my scope I just so happen to catch something in the corner of my eye coming out from behind the feeder. As I turned my rifle toward the feeder I see a big bodied nice 10 point coming to the feeder straight toward me. Well my heart started pumping hard and I had to have him. I didn't even wait for him to turn broad side I aimed right for his chest and boom it dropped in its tracks! I was pumped! So I walked down to the feeder where he was laying and got a little disappointed as he had a little ground shrinkage and was younger than I thought. Where we hunt on the family land a policy we try to go by on shooting a buck is make sure that you would mount him before you shoot. Another words make sure he is a mature buck. Anyway not down playing the buck he is a good deer for the area and he got my heart pumping which is what hunting is all about for me. I just wished I would of took more time to look before I shot and gave him another year. Sorry for the long read here is a pic of him I plan to get a little creative with the euro mount with some drift wood and getting the skull camo dipped.