First ML buck!

[bigmac]

This was my first muzzleloader season. I invited my father inlaw to tag along and in the first fifteen minutes of the season he bags a small 9 point buck. The next morning at the same time I passed another small 8 point almost identical to his. I hunted all week seeing a few does and the same small buck all out of range. On Saturday afternoon I decide to move in a little closer to the river. With Sunday being the last day of the season I was willing to get any buck. He strolled out of the tall grass 50 yards to my left. He had his head down and I could see he was antlered. At 6:45 p.m. Saturday My T/C Hawken broke the silence and dropped him in his tracks. He laid for a minute then bolted back to the grass. After a short walk I found he was not the little 8 I took him for.

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He was a larger 10 point. 6X4.

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[Kansas Jake]

Congratulations on the nice buck.

 

[pab1]

Congrats! That's a unique rack! :hatsoff:

 

[neal b]

Nice :thumbsup:. have to wait till mid December here in mo. for blackpowder season ready for to get here

 

[James Stella]

Very Nice.

 

[Ben K]

Beautiful buck! Nicely done! :thumbsup:

 

[mr.flintlock]

Congratulations on a fine deer, especially since you killed it with a primitive muzzleloader. There is a little extra challenge in hunting with these rifles with iron sights but the satisfaction you get is worth it.

 

[wattlebuster]

Congrats to ya :thumbsup:

 

[Stumpkiller]

Congratulations!

I agree with Pab1 - that is a unique rack!

 

[Patocazador]

That rack looks like a miniature 1 1/2 yr. old moose rack. Very cool.

Congrats.

 

[Spikebuck]

Congratulations! That palmation is certainly unique. :hatsoff:

 

[robinsroost]

Congratulations bigmac, well done! That palmation on the right side of both racks makes me wonder if both bucks had the same sire or if yours was the sire. A nice narrative and great photos........robin :bow:

 

[Skychief]

Way to go bigmac!!! :thumbsup:

What state are you hunting?

Congrats, Skychief

 

[hanshi]

Now that's a true thrill. A nice buck with black powder; can't get any better than that!

 

[will5a1]

You done made meat for the winter, well done.

 

[Brokennock]

Nice, congratulations.

 

[agill]

:hatsoff:

 

[bigmac]

Thanks for all the nice words. Truly a thrill. The two bucks were shot with in 150 yards of each other just one week apart. My father in-law and I figured there is some relation to the bucks with such similar antlers. To top it I field dressed, skinned, and butchered most of both with my wife's great grand dads hunting knife.

 

[bigmac]

Skychief, These are corn fed Iowa bucks.

 

[Loyalist Dave]

Well done :bow:

AND...sounds like they will be tasty!

So, sorry but if you weren't "hooked" before, you're one of us now...

one of us...

one of us...

one of us...


:haha:

LD