My good buddy Dean is running a drought special on his farm, T-4 Exotics.
Mark and I went out there with the intention of killing a couple of Axis does.
He has his daily fee cut in half and really low prices on his does due to the fact that it has not rain there in 8 months.
Back when I was there before the first of the year hunting whitetails, I saw a really big Black-buck but I was determined to control myself and just shoot does to help remove some animals.
The first set I had the Buck come in but missed my chance at him and was relieved and doubled my determination to just shoot does.
An hour later I had a Fallow doe pose "Just Right" and I whacked her with a 1-7/8" cut GK head and watched her fall 30 yards from the blind.
The next morning I was waiting on Axis and a big old Aoudad female came in and I was once again thrilled to watch my arrow go right where i was looking. She ran out of sight but I knew she was done with the bright yellow feathers sticking out straight up the leg.
By this point I knew I was struggling with my lack of control but decided I would just shoot one of every kind of doe. Still maintaining my goal of not mounting anything ( I just sold my farm along with 84 shoulder mounts).
The next day I set out mid day still needing a Axis doe and a Black-buck doe and my heart started thumping when I saw a large group of BB does coming through the brush. We had put some Alfalfa at 12 yards but the Sheep would not let the BB at it. They moved back and forth for 15 minutes with none giving me a shot.
At last the sheep got their fill and move back. I was putting the starvation stare on a doe that was facing me waiting for the shot to open up when out of the corner of my eye I saw the big BB walking across. Before I had a chance to get a hold of myself, he tripped my "It is getting away switch" and the arrow was away hitting the BB right in the arm pit.
He left there in a dead run with most of my arrow hanging out. I was mighty relieved that Dean had let me bring Bagley. We took up the trail and after a couple of hundred yards I spotted the buck walking ahead of us. I dropped the lead rope and Bagley quickly knocked the buck off his feet.
When we skinned the buck, the arrow had not entered the rib cage.
It had turned cutting a 8" gash down the out side of the ribs passing between the ribs and shoulder blade then out through the neck.
I promised myself I was done mounting animals and was only going to hang Andy's Axis and the bushpig mounts but when Dean measured the buck it appears he will rank number 5 or 6 all time in the TBBR (LSBA record book)
So I pretty much have to get him mounted
I never did get a shot a an Axis although did see a lot But my BFF Chunky shot one that weighed 120 pounds
Mark and I went out there with the intention of killing a couple of Axis does.
He has his daily fee cut in half and really low prices on his does due to the fact that it has not rain there in 8 months.
Back when I was there before the first of the year hunting whitetails, I saw a really big Black-buck but I was determined to control myself and just shoot does to help remove some animals.
The first set I had the Buck come in but missed my chance at him and was relieved and doubled my determination to just shoot does.
An hour later I had a Fallow doe pose "Just Right" and I whacked her with a 1-7/8" cut GK head and watched her fall 30 yards from the blind.
The next morning I was waiting on Axis and a big old Aoudad female came in and I was once again thrilled to watch my arrow go right where i was looking. She ran out of sight but I knew she was done with the bright yellow feathers sticking out straight up the leg.
By this point I knew I was struggling with my lack of control but decided I would just shoot one of every kind of doe. Still maintaining my goal of not mounting anything ( I just sold my farm along with 84 shoulder mounts).
The next day I set out mid day still needing a Axis doe and a Black-buck doe and my heart started thumping when I saw a large group of BB does coming through the brush. We had put some Alfalfa at 12 yards but the Sheep would not let the BB at it. They moved back and forth for 15 minutes with none giving me a shot.
At last the sheep got their fill and move back. I was putting the starvation stare on a doe that was facing me waiting for the shot to open up when out of the corner of my eye I saw the big BB walking across. Before I had a chance to get a hold of myself, he tripped my "It is getting away switch" and the arrow was away hitting the BB right in the arm pit.
He left there in a dead run with most of my arrow hanging out. I was mighty relieved that Dean had let me bring Bagley. We took up the trail and after a couple of hundred yards I spotted the buck walking ahead of us. I dropped the lead rope and Bagley quickly knocked the buck off his feet.
When we skinned the buck, the arrow had not entered the rib cage.
It had turned cutting a 8" gash down the out side of the ribs passing between the ribs and shoulder blade then out through the neck.
I promised myself I was done mounting animals and was only going to hang Andy's Axis and the bushpig mounts but when Dean measured the buck it appears he will rank number 5 or 6 all time in the TBBR (LSBA record book)
So I pretty much have to get him mounted
I never did get a shot a an Axis although did see a lot But my BFF Chunky shot one that weighed 120 pounds
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