Opening Day - Old Man No Tines

[jacobj12k]

2nd year hunting in NY.  2nd day deer hunting in NY.  Last year it took me a couple hours to get one for the wall.  The first one my wife has let me hang inside the house!  Right at 7:10am this morning a nice buck is walking towards me and wind was on my side.  He gets to about 70 yards and stops broadside in a good clearing so I throw a slug out of my duck hunting, no scope, no rifled barrel or choke, great for killing ducks gun I won at an RMEF banquet a few years back.  I missed.  Lucky buck bounds to cover and then slowly walks away with a couple wags of the tail.  

 

35 minutes later I climb down to be certain there is no blood.  While walking the direction the buck walked off and not seeing any blood I catch movement a long way through the woods.  I confirm it is a deer and it is walking my direction.  I crouched down so the crown of a hill blocked the deer's view of me.  Popped my head up and see it is a buck and still walking my way.  I use a couple tress he is passing as an opportunity to stand up and look ahead of him for openings.  He walks broadside into a narrow opening and I let one go.  He runs off in a direction I can't see him and I'm left thinking "I damn well better not have missed again!"  Great blood trail about 60 yards and he's done!  Unusual beams with no points, just a couple short brows and a broken off G2 on one side.  Looks like he's been fighting and getting beat up a bit with a tear in his ear, a scarred eye and a healing wound on the top of his head.  Old Man No Tines!

 

I had the meat dropped off at Constanza's (was closed but kind enough to let me drop off) and loins, straps, steaks and roasts packaged, labeled and in the freezer by 1:30pm on Opening Day!

 

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[Legacy]

The devil buck

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[Giz9219]

Never seen one like that?

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[jayjay]

Unique,,, my dad always tells a story about the biggest bodied deer that had same thick, time less ,horns like yours...good job

Edited November 22, 2015 by jayjay

[MeatHunter737]

My cousin dumped one similar last year.... wierd

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[Nontypical]

My grandpa shot one like that second pic, told us he had shot an 11 pointer...got to the deer and he was giggling his pants off haha.

Edited November 22, 2015 by Nontypical

[Locoman]

Goat buck is what we call'em. Neat looking though.