Might as well share a pic of my last fall NH rifle buck. 20" wide 190# 8 pt. Shot him in his bed in 25 mph winds speed hunting to the top of mountain where I'd been after a big 10 pnt. 2.5 miles from the the truck. Relatively easy drag tho in the leaves straight down! A little luck was with me on this 1. Cruising up a shear vertical I came up to a familar shelf, poking my head up to scan on my final glance to my hard left I saw large main beam and nose potruding past a split juvenile scrub hemlock. In pure reaction, knowing the wind was blowing straight at him I pulled up, leveled inbetween the 2 trees and fell on his ear base sqeezing the trigger. The rack and nose dropped! As I covered the 75 yrds to him, 2 mature does bolted from their beds, 50 yrds below his. I realize in this particular instance,
if I had been still hunting as I usually do, they would have busted and I may never have seen him
Big Woods Bucks - with Wolverine
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Re: NH Big Woods Buck
Ditto .........loved it !
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Re: NH Big Woods Buck
Wow, you threaded the needle there! What a great buck, a great shot and a great story. Congratulations!!
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Re: NH Big Woods Buck
What an amazing Deer!
Quick and painless shot, and What sounds like a skillfully hunt.
Thanks for sharing. That is a wide rack!
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Re: NH Big Woods Buck
Figured I'd keep my thread going and drop a few pics of a 2024' NH Big Woods Buck. This one being my archey kill back last Oct. 195# 10 pnt.
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A couple "not so big woods bucks" from NH rifle and late December Mass
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