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Editors Note: The
following is a summarized hunting diary of the Glenn Guess family for the 2005
Texas deer hunting season. We appreciate them sharing their great
season with us. |
Second Day of Archery Season
I let Regi hunt my stand yesterday, we saw 10 does and fawns and 6
bucks! Today was my turn and my first day on stand, we saw 12 does &
fawns and 2 bucks! Regi got some good footage of all sorts of stuff
but missed my bow kill! he's fired!
She was 17 yards, got a good double lung shot with my Mathews FX. She
ran about 50 yards and piled up! |
Glenn's Second Time On Stand
I've
spent a lot of my season setting in a ground blind filming my hunting
partner, Regi while he hunts. He has yet to score. He couldn't make
it this evening so I talked my wife into filming for me. I had
several deer come through within the first 15 minutes including 1
little tiny still spotted fawn! I finally settled in on a nice doe at
about 10 yards made a good shot and she ran about 40 yards and piled
up!
I'm 2 for 2 I've sat on stand twice and killed 2 does!
We did see 30+ does this morning and 2 bucks. We saw 9 does and a
nice 2 year old 10 point this evening. |
Michelle's First Buck
Michelle
and I headed out this morning to hunt, there was very little wind,
but it was foggy and a front was about to push through! We set up
over looking a huge draw and did a little rattling, we heard a buck
rubbing and messing around ,but he refused to come on out! after
about 45 minutes we moved to another draw ,got set up I did a little
rattling and blew on my Buck-0-Buster grunt tube from Lemarr game
calls. Within a few minutes Michelle said hey what's that? and before
I could answer she said "it's a buck" ! Boy was she breathing hard!
She said "I gonna take him" ! he stopped once then moved closer .He
stopped again at 78 yards, to rub his hocks together for the last
time. Michelle squeezed the trigger on My 7mm magnum The 150 gr
Remington core lokt did it's job ! he dropped in his tracks!
She looked up at me and said "I'm surprised I could hit him ,I was
shaking so bad. I got so excited my head's pounding"!
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This is Michelle's first deer and he's a whopper! 8 points, 18 1/2
inches wide! |
Leanna's Deer
Leanna
is my oldest daughter, She has been hunting since the age of 8 and
will soon be 16.She has taken 2 nice bucks the first 2 deer seasons,
since she has taken a couple of does, but waits patiently for the
buck she wants! she let a 12 inch wide 1 1/2 yr old 6 point walk
right before she killed this doe! she was shooting My Ruger .243 with
100 gr. Remington core-lokt, it was 110 yard quartering shot ,she ran
about 30 yards through brush and a small and piled up! I was hunting
about a mile away, so I didn't get to watch ,but she trailed the doe
marked the spot and met me at the truck when I was finished hunting! |
Michelle's Second Buck
Michelle
{my wife} wanted me to take her to another county to try and get
another buck, so we were off to Denton co. ,not known for it's
abundance of deer and it was 85 degrees out ,but a front was on the
way. I told her to sit on a tripod over looking a plowed field! this
tripod hasn't been hunted out of in about 8 years! I also told her to
be careful of her shots, that they were a lot further in the field
than they looked! I hunted on the ground back in the timber near a
scrape line! within 45 minutes after sitting down I had a doe come to
within 20 feet of me! she knew I was there and kept circling me and
checking the wind ,which by the way was howling 15-30 mph and trying
to change directions, but she never did spook! I kept an eye on her
hoping she wouldn't spook and make a lot of racket, but I lost track
of her when I started hearing hogs! I called Michelle and told her to
pay attention that I was going to shoot the last hog and that the
rest might come her way. I picked out the last hog a nice grizzled
colored sow ,put the crosshairs of my Ruger .243 just below her ear
and squeezed the trigger .The 100 gr. Remington core-lokt found it's
mark and down she went!
I waited for a minute and eased over to look her over and look around
to see if any hogs were still there. Within an few minutes I heard
Michelle shoot, and after what seemed like forever I heard the thump
of the bullet hitting meat!
Michelle called and said "I just shot a buck"! I told her to stay put
and I would come to her!
As I approached I could tell she was excited, and asked her to tell
me what happened.
She said: "I heard hogs behind me and two deer came out of the brush
in front of me way down that way", as she pointed to the east. Where
exactly I asked , "at the second bend in the trail" .I told her that
was over 300 yards away ,what did the deer do when you shot ? "he
fell on his front end and pushed himself" .I decided ,as far away as
he was and I wasn't sure how good she had hit him at that distance,
free handed and from a wind blown tripod, that we would drag the hog
to the field and get the truck before looking for the buck.
We found where the buck had been 352 yards from tripod ,he only made
it about 20 yards ,the 7 mag and the 150 gr core-lokt had done it's
job. She made a perfect heart shot, I guess all that coyote shooting
has been good practice! |
The
"God Given Buck"
Ever
get the feeling God's trying to tell you something? well we finally
got a little rain today after about 8 months of nearly nothing, I got
off work a little early and headed for my honey hole. I got about 12
miles out of town and realized I didn't have my keys ,but I didn't
have time to go 23 miles back home to get them, so I decided I would
hunt a rub line on a place I hunt near town. Now I would like to tell
you about the long grueling hours spent on stand ,but it didn't
happen that way. I left the truck and headed into the timber towards
the rub line. I was nearly there when a decent buck ,that I hadn't
seen took off blowing and stomping and making all kinds of racket .I
said to myself oh well might as well give it a try anyway. So I found
a big cedar tree and sat next to the trunk, I adjusted my shooting
stick and had just about settled into a comfortable sitting position
when I saw some twigs moving. I thought to myself, there's no wind?
So I looked through the scope and I could see antlers moving, but
that is all I could see no body! It was really thick between he and I
so I started looking for a place for a shot ,provided he followed the
trail he was on. He did and moved along steadily until he reached the
tiny little hole ,which was about the size of a soft ball ! As If on
queue he stopped with only his neck in the opening ,I squeezed the
trigger on my Ruger, the 100gr. Remington core-lokt found it's mark
and down he went! I thanked God for a nice buck and then the work
started!
It wasn't much of a hunt, it took me longer to type this than it did
to kill my buck, but it was one I wont soon forget! |
Krista's Doe
Krista
and I got into our blind right at day break. We are hunting a major
travel corridor for does and yearlings. Of course this brings in the
bucks as well ,but they tend to stay back in the timber and only
offer an occasional shot here and there. This morning shortly after
getting set up we saw several does and yearlings moving through
nervously, I told Krista to stay alert because that usually means a
buck is near by! Sure enough here he came ,he was a really nice 8
point and I got some good video , but Krista didn't have a good shot
,he needed to take a few more steps. All of a sudden there was a loud
noise from somewhere near by and he left in a hurry! All was calm for
a good while ,then we had deer coming from another direction. It was
more does, Krista readied herself for a shot if one offered it! A
yearling came in then two older does. One didn't stick around long
,but the other offered a perfect shot .Krista shot her at 20 yards in
the neck with her New England .223 using Remington 55gr.psp.
We watched deer for another couple of hours and got some really good
footage! |
Micaela's Doe
Micaela,
8, my wife Michelle and I went out for an evening hunt! we saw
several does right off ,but they were just passing through and never
slowed down for a shot. About 20 minutes before sundown we heard some
more coming, there were several again from the same direction the
others came from, they stayed bunched together and I didn't think the
older of the bunch would ever offer a clear shot of the other deer,
but she eventually did. Micaela made a perfect neck shot with the New
England .223 and Remington 55gr psp at 35 yards. This is her second
deer. |
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