HSO Deer Photo's

[Jessie_H]

He is not on this site, but I think the mount itself will be enough to rub it in for years and years. But he is nothing but happy and excited for me. He and along with myself are having fun showing it off though.

[leech~~]

He is not on this site, but I think the mount itself will be enough to rub it in for years and years. But he is nothing but happy and excited for me. He and along with myself are having fun showing it off though.

Well good to hear! Let us know if we can ever help you keep him in line!

[wannafish2]

Way to go Jessie! Can I get a WHOOOP WHOOP! for the girlz?

We need more women on this forum!!! waddya say guys? more girl/women hunters? WHOOP WHOOP!

[skies]

Skies, that is just an incredible deer! Are you aware that a local man has a few years of matched sets of sheds from it. I believe that deer to be at least 7 1/2 years old and if im not mistaken he has gone downhill! He is a rare "past his prime" buck! Most hunters will never lay eyes on a deer of that age class! Congrats to you! Reguardless of score, he is truly a trophy animal!

BTW... Congats to everyone, men AND women, on a lot of great deer!

Slim

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[fr0sty]

Took this one in Ottertail County (south of New York Mills) on Tuesday the 8th around 2:30 in the afternoon.

[JJensen]

Frosty do you hunt around the woods along 208 between henning and deer creek?

[fr0sty]

No, just a couple miles outside of mills on county road 14.

[KG243]

What a great looking deer!

[mrklean]

my buck from Sunday morning

[jkcmj]

Had a great hunt this morning! After seeing nothing but squirrels all morning, I decided to walk into the wind and still hunt for awhile. After about 100 yards or so, I dipped down into a gully, and as I emerged I saw a big doe jump up and run up the hill. As I was concentrating on her, a buck suddenly leaped up about 10 feet away. Luckily he was not looking at me, but rather the doe running away. He took time to stretch out before following her, giving me plenty of time to put him down. A before and after photo for you!

[certified jumbo]

very nice deer to everyone. congrats!!! keep the pics coming.

[reinhard1]

that is a real beast. congradulations!!!!!good luck.

[hunter322]

Heres my 2011 buck! I was using the bleat can and he came in on a string, gruntin and everything. My brothers mad as heck, 2 years in a row i shot a nice buck out of his stand while he was out of

town for work.

[Odonata]

Nice bucks boys! Hopefully it's my turn this weekend.

[shamrock7]

Here is what I saw yesterday. Let it go so others may enjoy seeing it in the wild

[Monkster]

Hey Shamrock, great pic and thanks! She is one big doe!

[MUSKY18]

Hey Shamrock, great pic and thanks! She is one big doe!

NO DOUBT!!! WOW!!

Great pics of everyones deer! Hope that everyone with an open tag has the chance to fill it soon!

[hockeybc69]

From reports I am getting the last 2 days, things are getting hot.

Friend shot a thick 8 pt last night. His brother missed one this morning.

Another friends cousin shot a 10 pt last night in Becker.

I almost hit a wall hanger after dark in Becker last night.

[96trigger]

This mornings buck.

[walleyehunter80]

96, nice buck. We have one like that hanging around but have not seen him from the stand yet. Whats he score 140?

[Stratosman]

Okay now we're talkin!

Where is the story?

[nonteepical]

nice buck 150 and a trip to the taxidermist. congratulations!

[Monkster]

Nice buck Trigger! Another SE trophy!

[Hench]

Nice buck Trigger!

[96trigger]

I just scored him at 143 1/8 gross, 139 1/8 net. Pretty symmetrical buck. He will be going to the taxidermist. Thanks guys and gals for all the congrats.

OK, the story:

Took Friday off of work, it was getting to be crunch time. On Thursday my aunt and uncle took a drive around their farm and said that they saw a nice buck and doe bedded down in some of the long grass along the woods. I don't have a stand in that area but there is an old shack out there that basically has 3 out of 4 sides, but it would work as a makeshift blind in a pinch. Got out nice and early, hear a deer come through but its too dark. Sun comes up and I see a big bodied deer feeding in the field, grunt and he comes right in but its only a fork horn. About 8:30 it is way colder than I had planned on it being. I decide I have to get up and move around a bit, I am going to walk around to another stand and hopefully warm up on the way. On my way over I am walking a brushy fenceline when I see him on the otherside nose to the ground kind of just wandering. I try grunting him in, no dice. He either can't here me in the wind, or is completely ignoring me. I keep watching him and I see he is headed towards my other stand. I know exactly where he wants to cross the fence, its 30 yards from that other stand, which unfortunately I am 150 yards away from yet. I try and close the distance without getting busted and eventually lose sight of him. Longest 90 seconds of my life. Finally I see him 100 yards from me, and 30 yards from that stand. I put the cross hairs on him and fire, clean miss, but he runs up into the field about 80 yards, shoot again and see him stumble and run away. I have good blood and decide to wait an hour. Get my aunt and uncle and they come with and we make a bonehead mistake and kick it up. Can't get a good shot at him. We back out and I tell them that I am going to come back in 3 hours, with different gun with open sights. I go back and pick up the blood trail. Then I lose it. Stop, take a breath, slowly look for even the slightest spot of blood, finally pick it up again and he's bleeding pretty good. Make another mistake of keeping my eyes on the ground and not ahead of me. I see him as he's ready to bolt, 3 quick shots and he runs down the hill. I hit him again pretty good as he is now spraying blood, he ended up expiring at the bottom of a hill on the neighbors property with a final heart shot. I went and talked to the landowners and they were awesome. He and his wife came out with the 4 wheeler and helped load it and I had a great conversation with them. Great people to deal with. I'm grateful that I was able to recover it, it would have died from the first hit, which was just a little too far back, but it would have been a slow death. It was not a great display of marksmanship and I feel disappointed in myself for not waiting a little longer the first time going to look for him, but I honestly thought we would find him dead judging by the amount of bright red blood. But, he didn't go to waste and I met some nice people in the process.

I am taking my 4 year old son out tonight to see if we can't get a doe. Should be fun.