2023 Whitetail Meat Pole

[state637]

Filled my second buck tag on Saturday. A great 10pt that had 11pts but broke one off about 5 days before I caught up to him.

 

[NB7]

Had to create a makeshift selfie stick using my binos. Put them on the ground and put my phone between the eye pieces.

 

[eltaco]

Rut seems to be just catching its stride here and the timing couldn’t have been more perfect! I first spotted this buck in low light at 260yds on a calm and quiet morning, which helped immensely to capture his attention with a short calling sequence. He locked eyes onto my doe decoy and began making his way. Surprisingly, he stopped part way to make a scrape, but another doe bleat had him coming in on a string. At 13yds I sent the arrow as he was rounding my decoy and thankfully the arrow hit its mark with a nearly vertical double lung pass-through. Thankfully he piled up within 50yds in sight to help my nerves to settle!

My biggest buck to date and I’m mighty happy with him!

Undoubtedly my favorite thing about the Midwest is being able to take my boys along for the adventure. Unfortunately none of them sat with me on this particular hunt, but all were able to join in the retrieval to be part of the memory.

 

[tx_shooter]

First whitetail in over 20 years so I cannot complain. My 6.5CM did the work at 120 yds with Hornady ELD-X ammo to make up for a little high shot from me. Next weekend I should have my wife out in the woods with me for a hunt as well.

 

[roosterdown]

Wisconsin; this morning. Grunt call turned him around... 20 yds; 2x lung + disconnected the heart from the rest of the plumbing.
I'm tagged out in MN and WI archery; I will archery hunt the gun season in WI looking for #3.

 

[MallardSX2]

 

[Nickziegler]

Nov 4th. Was pushing a doe into a finger thicket. Grunted him into 30 yds

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[Long Cut]

Georgia

 

[Jbxl20]

Arrowed a PA buck on Friday morning @ 36 yards. he came in grunting and was in hot pursuit of a few does that almost busted me.

 

[Honyock]

Not the one that I was looking for but for the last day of muzzleloader it worked. Saving my other buck tag for the target buck.

 

[sako49541]

Pa buck Nov. 6. Stalked within 30yds while he was tending doe.

 

[Limbhanger]

11-6 Buck SW PA Gamelands

 

[Shimmybro3]

Timber company land NW MT whitetail, about 75-100 yards with a 223. Had been elk hunting all morning, and switched spots and guns to go predator call. I saw him off the old logging road about a mile from the truck behind a locked gate, standing in the blowdown. It was a pain in the rear to get to him and get him out but managed to do it in one trip.

 

[ZAP035]

November 8 2023 Minnesota
6x6 and the “nipple” of a would-be droptine on each side

 

[deerhunt1988]

 

[Miboy86]

Came to a small kill plot on my buddies property sunday evening chasing 3 does, 20 yard shot, went maybe 50 yards.

 

[waspocrew]

Wyoming buck from late October. 400 yards with the 338 RUM.

 

[AkRyan]

My best archery deer so far! Southern Minnesota on my family property that I hunt every year.

 

[AkRyan]

Wyoming buck from late October. 400 yards with the 338 RUM.

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338rum holy hell man!

 

[j_volt]

I have had two close calls with my bow this year that both didn't work out, so it was nice to bring out the equalizer. I first saw this buck at noon while getting out of my stand at 475 yards. I wasn't able to get on him in time, so I decided to do an all day sit (without any snacks!). I saw him again at 1:30 at 475, but couldn't get on him in time again. I repositioned and he stepped out at 175 at 3:15pm. He appeared to see me, so I snort wheezed and he ran in to 60 where I shot him. The 156 Berger performed flawlessly.