Someday, I'll be posting about my Aoudad successes, but today it's all about an 8pt WT. I've been sitting back in Aoudad Canyon on the last few trips to Hackberry. I know for sure there's a herd of Aoudads that come through there.
On Saturday morning, the fog was heavy. I was in the invisi-blind which is now tucked inside the clump of cedars about 30 yards from the feeder. Before it was light enough to see without glasses, this buck came into feed. I had never seen a WT buck at this feeder before. As I convinced myself to not let this deer go, it got spooked by soemthing and took off.
About 30 minutes later he was back. Since I had not heard any Aoudad footsteps on the rocks or cliffs and since I was not sure if I was going to get another chance at a WT this year, I decided to shoot. He gave me a broadside shot at 25 yards. After buckling immediately, he fell into the draw about 20 yards from the spot I hit him.
I estimated 4 1/2 years while Darryl said 4 years. Is that close enough? In any case, it's my first buck bowkill. Brett's way ahead of me.
2 comments:
Great job! I was remiss and should have helped you take some photos with your deer. The pic, though, is still better than an Bill pic we have seen!
that is a huge buck that you got I look forward to seeing mine on the blog. cameron
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