Don’t Let the Weather Stop You From Hunting! – Part 3
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The next morning we woke up early and jumped out of our sleeping bags to see how much snow had fallen. We looked out the door of the camping tent and six inches of fresh snow covered everything. The trees were absolutely beautiful covered with the fresh white snow. It was ideal morning for deer hunting. Today was going to be the day to get our bucks if it was going to happen this season. We dressed appropriately for the conditions, grabbed some hot coffee and headed for our hunting grounds deer rifles in hand. My friends were going to head to the north side of the forest where they had seen the deer last night. I was going to head over to my favorite spot, an acorn forest to the west. I was positive that after all the fresh snow fell the deer were going to be looking for food.
It was still dark outside and that made it hard to find the acorn feeding ground. I found it at about 5:30 and set up my deer blind about 300 yards away. I didn’t want to spook any deer off before it got light so I crawled in the deer blind and waited for the first light to arrive. It was so quiet you could hear a pin drop but as soon as the sun began to rise the woods started to come alive with the sound of all kinds of animals. I could hear many strange noises in the forest. If you’ve ever been there at that time, I’m sure you know just what I’m talking about. I got out my new buck grunt caller and got it ready to go. I double checked my rifle to make sure it was loaded and ready to go. Now all I could do was wait for the big one. With all the fresh snow, I knew it was only a matter of time until he made his appearance.
Just at daylight, I heard a shot from the direction where my friends were hunting. Maybe somebody got one! I tried using my grunt caller to attract a buck in but had no luck. Right about then I saw a doe walking around some brush. She was heading right for the acorn feeding ground. Then I saw four more big doe coming down a hill beside me and they were also heading for the feeding ground. I was sure that a buck would be following close behind. During the rut, the bucks will follow the doe around and check to see if they are ready to mate. The buck always stays behind the doe and shows up last. At this point there was nothing to do but wait so I took a sandwich from my picnic backpack and ate while watching the doe.
About an hour later I heard lots of noise coming from the woods on the far side of the feeding area. There was no doubt, it had to be a buck. Then all a sudden I saw a big deer coming out of the thickets and heading right for the doe. As the deer got closer I could see antlers! It was an 8 pointer for sure. Then another deer came out behind the 8 pointer and he was gigantic. I counted 12 points. Today was going to be my lucky day. As soon as the two of them got to the feeding grounds they started fighting. It was an awesome sight that I had never seen before in the wild. The 8 pointer lost his war with the monster buck and left the area. This was my chance to take the 12 pointer that I had been waiting for. I had a clear shot so I raised my rifle, put the crosshairs right on this chest and pulled the trigger. The monster fell to the ground right in this tracks. I had bagged a huge buck and had a great story to tell my children and grandchildren.
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