Once again Buff, Lisa, Whitney, and Bagley didn't disappoint! Another awesome trip in the book and a trailer loaded with 4 big coolers filled to the top with meat. This was our 5th trip and 10 animals killed now. Averaging 2 animals a trip is a pretty darn good success rate!
Personally, I was after an axis and/or red stag. Buff and Whitney worked hard to get me on them, but they slipped me once again. I drew back twice on a huge red deer stag, but didn't have a clean shot and the distance was pushing my limit.
With all of the acorns on the ground, the animals are not hitting the feed hardly at all. They were still able to get us on the animals though!
I ended up shooting a huge cow elk/red deer cross to fill my freezer on Saturday evening. The bulls weren't coming in and the cows hung around until last light. The shot was perfect and she ran about 50 yards to the road and fell in sight.
Whitney was able to sneak my Uncle into a spot were "lil' red" was hanging. With some trickery, my Uncle was able to take a 30 yards quartering to shot. Arrow went in front of the lead shoulder glancing off the scapula and exiting behind the opposite shoulder with out punching a second hole. Blood got spotty after a little ways, so Buff and Bagley came to the rescue. Bagley tracked him across the entire farm and finally bayed him up. He stood his ground and turned to fight her. Unfortunately, he got her pinned down and punctured her behind her last rib. Thankfully Buff was able to finish off the deer with the suppressed rifle and thermal scope before he could do anymore damage to Bagley! We still aren't sure how he survived that long with that shot! Miss Bagley was a little sore, but running around after a long night of rest.
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Last but not least my Dad was chasing the huge Oryx. After chasing them around all weekend and getting out smarted, he got a shot at 9:30 this morning when he was packing his stuff to get out of the blind. Thankfully he made a perfect shot and the bull oryx piled up in 60-70 yards! I think Bagley was very happy to not have to chase another one down!
It was another epic weekend at Big Oak! We had an absolute blast and once again the company/guide/cook/and sweet doggy went over and beyond to get us another stellar trip!
Many memories were made, freezers filled, and an ever growing taxidermy bill! Life doesn't get much better! We can't thank the Big Oak crew enough for making it all possible.
After this weekend our crew has now killed 3 fallow, 2 sika, 2 oryx, aoudad, red stag, and red deer/elk cow.
We are booked for September already and will probably make a trip this summer after axis again!
Personally, I was after an axis and/or red stag. Buff and Whitney worked hard to get me on them, but they slipped me once again. I drew back twice on a huge red deer stag, but didn't have a clean shot and the distance was pushing my limit.
With all of the acorns on the ground, the animals are not hitting the feed hardly at all. They were still able to get us on the animals though!
I ended up shooting a huge cow elk/red deer cross to fill my freezer on Saturday evening. The bulls weren't coming in and the cows hung around until last light. The shot was perfect and she ran about 50 yards to the road and fell in sight.
Whitney was able to sneak my Uncle into a spot were "lil' red" was hanging. With some trickery, my Uncle was able to take a 30 yards quartering to shot. Arrow went in front of the lead shoulder glancing off the scapula and exiting behind the opposite shoulder with out punching a second hole. Blood got spotty after a little ways, so Buff and Bagley came to the rescue. Bagley tracked him across the entire farm and finally bayed him up. He stood his ground and turned to fight her. Unfortunately, he got her pinned down and punctured her behind her last rib. Thankfully Buff was able to finish off the deer with the suppressed rifle and thermal scope before he could do anymore damage to Bagley! We still aren't sure how he survived that long with that shot! Miss Bagley was a little sore, but running around after a long night of rest.
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Last but not least my Dad was chasing the huge Oryx. After chasing them around all weekend and getting out smarted, he got a shot at 9:30 this morning when he was packing his stuff to get out of the blind. Thankfully he made a perfect shot and the bull oryx piled up in 60-70 yards! I think Bagley was very happy to not have to chase another one down!
It was another epic weekend at Big Oak! We had an absolute blast and once again the company/guide/cook/and sweet doggy went over and beyond to get us another stellar trip!
Many memories were made, freezers filled, and an ever growing taxidermy bill! Life doesn't get much better! We can't thank the Big Oak crew enough for making it all possible.
After this weekend our crew has now killed 3 fallow, 2 sika, 2 oryx, aoudad, red stag, and red deer/elk cow.
We are booked for September already and will probably make a trip this summer after axis again!
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