Back in August at the TTHA in Ft. Worth we ran into Scott Huggins with Adventures Missions & Retreats. They have Christian Based Hunting Lease. We signed up for hunting with him this year. Stands are set feeders filled they have nice lodge's with great food. All we had to do was reserve our dates and show up to hunt. With work Holidays among other this we didn't make it to the ranch until Jan.
We loaded up the pickup with all of our gear and headed to Menard. We arrived on Wednesday the 24th. Got settled in and headed to the stand. First night we only saw a lot of WT does & small bucks no shooters. Some bucks had already dropped their antlers. We got back to the house & met the other hunters then had dinner.
My wife had a dream that night that she saw 3 big bucks coming up to the feeder. Then she woke up. We get to the stand @ 6 am the next morning it was 25* in an open top stand with expanded metal for the floor. I brought some extra blankets to put on the floor & fired up the heater for the wife. The feeder went off @ 7:30. I was looking around & the wife had got up from being hunkered down by the heater to stay warm. She was getting a drink of her coffee when she started choking. I looked at her & said what's wrong! She started pointing behind the feeder & said "Big Bucks". The big Axis bucks were coming to the feeder. Two were in velvet & 1 was hard horned. This is when buck fever hit her. She told me "Chris I have to get my sh*t together" it was classic.
We picked out the largest Buck and she got her custom 7mm-08 made by Alamo Precision Rifle. She put him down with one shot. She was so excited. I get so much enjoyment seeing her when she harvests game animal.
One side measured 33.5 and the the other 34.25. So proud of her.
We loaded up the pickup with all of our gear and headed to Menard. We arrived on Wednesday the 24th. Got settled in and headed to the stand. First night we only saw a lot of WT does & small bucks no shooters. Some bucks had already dropped their antlers. We got back to the house & met the other hunters then had dinner.
My wife had a dream that night that she saw 3 big bucks coming up to the feeder. Then she woke up. We get to the stand @ 6 am the next morning it was 25* in an open top stand with expanded metal for the floor. I brought some extra blankets to put on the floor & fired up the heater for the wife. The feeder went off @ 7:30. I was looking around & the wife had got up from being hunkered down by the heater to stay warm. She was getting a drink of her coffee when she started choking. I looked at her & said what's wrong! She started pointing behind the feeder & said "Big Bucks". The big Axis bucks were coming to the feeder. Two were in velvet & 1 was hard horned. This is when buck fever hit her. She told me "Chris I have to get my sh*t together" it was classic.
We picked out the largest Buck and she got her custom 7mm-08 made by Alamo Precision Rifle. She put him down with one shot. She was so excited. I get so much enjoyment seeing her when she harvests game animal.
One side measured 33.5 and the the other 34.25. So proud of her.
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