Big Iowa Buck DOWN
Posted By
iowa
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11/4/2009 12:00:00 AM
Patton Update
10/30 - I Killed the buck in the attached pic...157" 9 pointer at least 4 1/2 years old. He came in down wind of a bean field with feeding does at 4:30 and was belly up at 4:40 in a small ditch....I had also rattled about 15 minutes prior.
10/31 - No hunting went to a wedding
11/1 - No morning Hunt / Evening Hunt was extremely slow, saw 1 spike buck at last light...conditions were warm in the mid 60's.
11/2 - Work no hunting
11/3 - Work no hunting
11/4 - We sat from 5:45 until about 8:15 in the morning...sat on a ditch running up out of a bean field hoping to catch them coming from food back to bed...cold conditions, winds W. At 1st light we saw an old mature 9 pointer making a scrape and rubs...came our way when we snort wheezed but wouldn't commit into shot distance, he was about 150". As he walked away we snort wheezed again and a 12 pointer stepped over the hill to investigate...he would go close to 165" but was not the dominant buck as the Old 9 point chased him off and they both went on their way in the opposite direction of us. No deer were within 60 yards during our sit.....Saw another small 8 and 5-6 does, full moon but movement was good right at 1st light....We are going back in to hang stands closer to where the bucks came from for tonight and later hunts.
To view the hunt, visit the following link:
http://www.midwestwhitetail.com/gallery/33/media/1565/midwest-whitetails-latest-show.html
