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MHF US Northeast => Hunting Maryland => Topic started by: hesseltine32 on Dec 20, 2021, 10:10:57 PM

Title: Finally (buck #2)
Post by: hesseltine32 on Dec 20, 2021, 10:10:57 PM: Been a grind for me this season. Seemed like every time I zigged the buck I was after zagged. I hunted this buck during the rut several times but never could run into him. Finally the last week or so he’s shown up a couple times during daylight in the food plots. With the cooler temps today I went in and 45 mins before dark he came out and I hit him high shoulder and dropped him where he stood. Few mins later I had a doe come into range and shot her as well.

Been really happy with the Barnes expanders I’ve been shooting. 6 deer with them the last two years and great blood trails on the ones I’ve had to track.

(https://i.postimg.cc/njKQQ4kM/D7-B05-B5-C-2-D75-445-A-8201-E87982-B4-A398.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/njKQQ4kM)

(https://i.postimg.cc/SJxzJzzN/9-D70-FF4-A-C72-F-47-A9-A315-20-FA48951900.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/SJxzJzzN)
Title: Re: Finally
Post by: aquaassassin on Dec 20, 2021, 10:15:23 PM: Awesome! Congratulations! I am a fan of Barnes expanders as well. Deadly out of my shotguns and Muzzleloaders
Title: Re: Finally
Post by: Green Mountian Hunter on Dec 21, 2021, 04:43:24 AM: Congradulations on a dandy of a buck !

I love those Barnes expanders myself
Title: Re: Finally
Post by: Raquettedacker on Dec 21, 2021, 04:51:54 AM: Congratulations Cody..
Title: Re: Finally
Post by: lv2hunt on Dec 21, 2021, 07:23:02 AM: congratulations way to get it done... Nice deer porn too.. lol
Title: Re: Finally
Post by: hesseltine32 on Dec 21, 2021, 08:28:23 PM: Thanks everybody.
Title: Re: Finally
Post by: hesseltine32 on Dec 21, 2021, 08:30:12 PM: Quote from: aquaassassin on Dec 20, 2021, 10:15:23 PM
Awesome! Congratulations! I am a fan of Barnes expanders as well. Deadly out of my shotguns and Muzzleloaders

I might try them out of my shotgun have been shooting the hornady sst and have had good results with them.
Title: Re: Finally
Post by: hesseltine32 on Dec 21, 2021, 08:31:05 PM: Quote from: lv2hunt on Dec 21, 2021, 07:23:02 AM
congratulations way to get it done... Nice deer porn too.. lol

Hopefully he spread his seed a few more times after that lol.
Title: Re: Finally
Post by: aquaassassin on Dec 21, 2021, 10:17:56 PM: Quote from: hesseltine32 on Dec 21, 2021, 08:30:12 PM
I might try them out of my shotgun have been shooting the hornady sst and have had good results with them.

Shot a pile of deer with them shotgunning when Federal offered them in there sabots, then the disappeared/discontinued so I went to Remington Accu-tips. Killed a ton with those too and they were just as deadly. Then those dried up around here but Remington started offering the Barnes expander so I jumped on those. Now I’ll ride those until they are gone and hope another manufacturer does something with them.

I haven’t taken any animals with the Hornady sst out of a shotgun but my Ithaca loves them on paper. I have taken a few with SST’s via .308
Title: Re: Finally
Post by: CAPTJJ on Dec 23, 2021, 11:59:57 AM: Nice late season buck Cody.
Title: Re: Finally
Post by: reeleyz on Dec 23, 2021, 07:17:01 PM: Beautiful buck. Congrats!
Title: Re: Finally (buck #2)
Post by: hesseltine32 on Dec 24, 2021, 08:39:42 AM: Thanks guys!
Title: Re: Finally (buck #2)
Post by: hesseltine32 on Dec 24, 2021, 08:49:57 AM: Been a great week. Yesterday I went into check a camera and noticed a few fresh scrapes coming out of the swamp. Had pictures of this buck Tuesday night right at dark and one Thursday morning at 7. So I sat hoping he might show up again. Ended up seeing 5 bucks including this one. Must have been a doe or doe fawn that came into heat as his glands were jet black and smelled like he had been scrapping a bunch recently.
(https://i.postimg.cc/QVvKjJVq/278-C7-C56-A0-E3-456-E-BBB1-35338-AFC206-B.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/QVvKjJVq)
Title: Re: Finally (buck #2)
Post by: CParsons on Dec 24, 2021, 09:50:18 AM: Couple of dandy bucks! Good work!
Title: Re: Finally (buck #2)
Post by: Raquettedacker on Dec 24, 2021, 10:37:31 AM: Yeah thats SWEET... Congratulations....
Title: Re: Finally (buck #2)
Post by: aquaassassin on Dec 24, 2021, 12:41:08 PM: Jesus I’m jealous! I haveto reaper to Ice fishing Right now, got 9 trout this am and still sucks compared to that, I gotta move.
Title: Re: Finally (buck #2)
Post by: reeleyz on Dec 26, 2021, 01:54:16 PM: It is hard to not be jealous!

Great bucks.
Title: Re: Finally (buck #2)
Post by: Green Mountian Hunter on Dec 26, 2021, 05:25:07 PM: Congrats Cody he is a dandy!!!!
Title: Re: Finally (buck #2)
Post by: lv2hunt on Dec 26, 2021, 09:36:29 PM: Great looking bucks!! Way to get it done
Title: Re: Finally (buck #2)
Post by: hesseltine32 on Dec 29, 2021, 07:59:20 PM: Thanks everybody! Lucky here we have a long season as it had been very frustrating one until last week.
Title: Re: Finally (buck #2)
Post by: hunts2long on Dec 30, 2021, 05:56:45 AM: Congrats, nice buck...h2l
Title: Re: Finally (buck #2)
Post by: tubeslinger on Jan 03, 2022, 07:07:29 AM: Nice bucks, looks like late Muzzleloader was good to you. Congrats