Halloween buck hits the dirt

[B-man715]

The switch has been turned on

Had a slow start to the week, but saw four different bucks today. The first wasn't until 9:00 am. It was a decent 8 freshening up scrapes. Another couple smaller eight pointers came through shortly after doing the same thing. Soon after I saw the first buck chasing a doe around

Then the woods went silent at 10:00 am.

Four boring hours passed until this fella felt the need to add some pee to all of the scrapes It was a fatal mistake

2:00 pm on the nuts when I shot him. Not a monster, but big enough to take a ride in my truck any day of the week. 17" inside spread with one g2' almost 8", the other was closer to 7".

It sure makes me feel a lot better when sitting all day pays off with more than mid-day squirrels

Get your butts in the stand all day tomorrow guys!!

[Odonata]

Nice buck B-Man, congrats on the deer!

[Finlander]

Nice buck! Good for you sitting all day really pays off!

[archerystud]

Nice Buck!!! Worth an all day sit.

[96trigger]

Nice buck, congrats.

[Shu]

Congrats on the nice buck!

[Bear55]

Great buck B-man way to stick it out and score mid-day!

[Fever]

Nice work B-Man! Congrats. Great pic too by the way! I agree with ya. I it pays to sit all day this time of year. Scrape hunting is great now as it seems the seeking phase / pre-seeking phase is just getting ready to heat up. I hope to have similar luck somewhere between the morning of the 9th through the late afternoon of the 12th... preferably closer to the 9th though. lol. I'm planning on sitting from dark till dark or as long as it takes.

How far was your shot and how far did he go? Give us some more details. Love that you passed on 3 bucks before deciding on that one. Several lessons for people to pick up on with your story.

[hugonian1]

Beauty there B-man.

Congrats on a great buck.

[Wanderer]

Excellent!

I'll be out every hour I can sat - mon. I'd feel blessed to come home with a nice one like that.

[jerkbait]

Nice B-man! Waht part of the state may I ask? Mn or WI?

[picksbigwagon]

Great buck B-man.....

Great picture too

[NoWiser]

Great deer, congrats!!

[huntnfish]

I don't think I'd be able to pass him up either. I'm heading to the stand at noon today and plan to hunt all day tomorrow and Monday.

[CANOPY SAM]

Nothing wrong with that one at all! Congrats B-man!

[Gus]

Awesome!

Congrats

[rkhinrichs]

great job!

[deerminator]

Great buck and great photo, one deserving of your success! But why isn't it field dressed? Don't you care about the meat? lol. You have to read that other post to get it. But seriously, this is a good example of how a deer before dressed can make for an even better photo. And I'd bet the venison will taste great too still!

[Musky Buck]

Very nice deer for sure, as for gutting lol think about the ducks/geese dropped at daybreak only to be cleaned at noon or pheasants in someones pouch sucking up your body heat lol. Walleyes in your livewell in mid-july lol, hey great story and yes they are really on the move right now and thanks for the picture before field dressing him out, your story sounds like most of the does want to steer clear of buck alley for now, bucks are ready willing and able hey it's happening, friends are getting daylight bucks on trailcam now just this week, good luck guys and it only takes a moment.

[sticknstring]

Great hunt - awesome buck! Congrats!

[paceman]

Congratulations!

[bigbucks]

Congrats, very nice buck.

[MahtowaDave]

Ahhh, somebody said it starts on Halloween! Who was that? Sorry, just trying to be a part of somebody's beautiful buck! Congratulations sir! Awesome deer and great story! Midday bucks!!!! Lunch in the stand works fine for me!

[NIBOWMAN]

Great buck. Congratulations. Makes it all worth it.

[B-man715]

Thanks for all of the kind words fellas I wish you all could have been in the tree with me.

To answer a couple of questions, I shot him in Polk County Wisconsin. The deer are also running hard here in Chisago County today.

As for field dressing, he was actually field dressed in the photo There is a little blood showing, but I try to do my best at cleaning a critter up before taking a picture. His whole muzzle was covered in lung blood, but a couple wet paper towels makes quick work of that.

Great buck and great photo, one deserving of your success! But why isn't it field dressed? Don't you care about the meat? lol. You have to read that other post to get it. But seriously, this is a good example of how a deer before dressed can make for an even better photo. And I'd bet the venison will taste great too still!