The most wonderful time of the year….. A zone general 😆

[Cahunter805]

One of my better A zone deer, south. Terrible picture but he’s 18in wide. Water was scarce and it seemed to concentrate the deer. I saw 21 does opening day and killed this one the second day of the season. View attachment 317610

Nice buck! Did you shoot him in the face?

 

[jfs82]

Saw zero deer Sat though the saddle I was hunting up and down had sign literally everywhere. I called it once it hit 103. May try a spot a little closer to home this Saturday where I've never seen a person (might be a bad sign though)

 

[willfrye027]

Connected! Tried to bag this guy during Archery but never got a chance to. Cleaned it up on the opener. 21.5" wide, deep forky.

Stud buck!

 

[willfrye027]

Nice buck! Did you shoot him in the face?

Lol, good eyes. He rolled down the hill after the first shot and then got up again so I let another one fly. Think I hit his face then though the shoulder to put him down. Not 100% sure. and some other guys I didn’t see took a shot at him as he was rolling down the hill and may have hit him in the face. No idea what compelled them to do that.

 

[Sea Wolf]

12 miles from the coast this morning, I punched my second a-zone tag. There's very limited public land in my area and I'm lucky enough to have some small patches of private to hunt.

I killed my first archery buck right before archery season closed. Then this morning I killed my biggest buck to date. Feeling pretty good to have my tags filled, now I get to support some buddies. I figure I'll get to working on our bear problems.


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[Cahunter805]

12 miles from the coast this morning, I punched my second a-zone tag. There's very limited public land in my area and I'm lucky enough to have some small patches of private to hunt.

I killed my first archery buck right before archery season closed. Then this morning I killed by biggest buck to date. Feeling pretty good to have my tags filled, now I get to support some buddies. I figure I'll get to working on our bear problems.


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That’s a great quick A zone season! Congrats on the success.

 

[Sea Wolf]

Thank you. It feels strange to be tagged out of deer this early.

 

[Bubblehide]

Congratulations to those successful. Otherwise, keep getting after them.

 

[yellowbeard]

Awesome big forkies, congratulations to you all! I've seen / killed smaller three points.

 

[Azone]

12 miles from the coast this morning, I punched my second a-zone tag. There's very limited public land in my area and I'm lucky enough to have some small patches of private to hunt.

I killed my first archery buck right before archery season closed. Then this morning I killed my biggest buck to date. Feeling pretty good to have my tags filled, now I get to support some buddies. I figure I'll get to working on our bear problems.


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That rifle buck is a toad. How wide was he?

 

[Sea Wolf]

That rifle buck is a toad. How wide was he?

18" on the dot and real heavy. 3x4 and bladed on the 3 side.

 

[Azone]

18" on the dot and real heavy. 3x4 and bladed on the 3 side.

Great photo man, I was guessing somewhere around 19 and change to maybe 20.

 

[Sea Wolf]

Great photo man, I was guessing somewhere around 19 and change to maybe 20.

I've taken a lot of small bucks so I've learned how to take good photos

 

[Sea Wolf]

Connected! Tried to bag this guy during Archery but never got a chance to. Cleaned it up on the opener. 21.5" wide, deep forky.

Dude that guy is a dandy! His forks are deep and wide! Those big old forks are cool

 

[Oregon]

Old school. A zone forky circa 1999. 20"

 

[PVHunter]

These posts are getting me amped for archery opener in C. Way to get it done, fellas.

 

[StinkyPete]

Dude that guy is a dandy! His forks are deep and wide! Those big old forks are cool

Thanks! I have been obsessed with bagging this buck since May. Here's a better pic. I keep checking my trailcams thinking I'll see him again. And then I remember...

 

[Cahunter805]

Thanks! I have been obsessed with bagging this buck since May. Here's a better pic. I keep checking my trailcams thinking I'll see him again. And then I remember...

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Congrats again. That’s such a cool buck. Any trailcam pics of him? How tall is he?

 

[Sea Wolf]

He looks very symmetrical

 

[StinkyPete]

Congrats again. That’s such a cool buck. Any trailcam pics of him? How tall is he?

Ah hell, I'll bite. My wife says I'm having separation issues with this one. Attaching a couple pics of trailcam pics. Have not measured the total height yet...head is in the freezer until my buddy gets time to help me do a euro on it.

These are all from one cam. I have a few other cameras on trails leading to this water source, but the pics aren't as clear.