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Well, this morning the buck did stop here. I killed this six point buck about 7:00 am.
I was hunting over a harvested soybean field. About 6:30 a doe came out. Shortly after this buck was following her. But they were still on the wrong side of the fence. They continued walking and soon were out of sight. I had high hopes I would see them again because I knew they fed frequently on the soybeans left on the ground. A few minutes later a skunk (btw an all white skunk) crossed directly in front of me about 50 yards out. I was sorely tempted to shoot it but told myself not to because I expected to see more deer. Sure enough a few minutes after that does started coming out on my side of the fence. At about the same time the sixth doe appeared I noticed the buck coming back and on my side of the fence. When I first saw him it would not have been safe for me to shoot in that direction. I cranked my scope up to nine power and put my .30-06 on my bipod. I followed him as he kept walking and when he got into the area where it would be a safe shot, I cocked my rifle. When he stopped and gave me a good broadside shot I pulled the trigger. He went about 20 yards and went down. It was about a 175 yard shot. When I got up to him I pulled my camera out of my pocket to take some pictures but the battery was dead. On the way to the processor I stopped ;by my house and got my Nikon out and took these pictures of him.
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Nice! The freezer should get quite a bit out of this one!
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