Big Buck Down!!

Well, my daughter and husband have been deer hunting hard and heavy this week!  Finally this morning, right after day break, my daughter got the chance to shoot a really nice buck!  He is a 10 point and weighed 152lbs.  She is just thrilled beyond words!  The buck was bedded down with a doe and wasn't paying hardly any attention to my husband and daughter as they were walking through the woods.  The doe saw them but she didn't run and that old buck wasn't about to leave that doe!  The doe started to walk off and the buck stood up to go with her.  My husband whistled at him to get him to stop.  As soon as he turned broadside my daughter drew down on him and shot him in the neck(she likes to shoot them in the neck because she says they DROP!   We call her the "Sniper" ).  She has a Remington 22-.250 rifle.  (Buck was taken on private land with the land owners permission to hunt)

We're having backstraps for Thanksgiving dinner tomorrow .

Thanks for looking!

~~~sandcreek~~~

Whaaaat!   Can you say, Bullwinkle?
Maan that's a nice buck.
What's the spread?  20-22?
Nice cymetrical buck
Awwman that's going to cost you to get that baby mounted...I know you are going to do that for her first buck.....RIGHT?

[Thanks so much for the comments, 4-H!!!]

Whaaaat!   Can you say, Bullwinkle?
Maan that's a nice buck.
What's the spread?  20-22?
Nice cymetrical buck
Awwman that's going to cost you to get that baby mounted...I know you are going to do that for her first buck.....RIGHT?

I think it was a 21 1/2" spread !  They are rough scoring it right now.  And yes we sure are going to get it mounted for her---she's already got a place picked out on the wall .  This will be her second buck to have mounted---she killed a nice 10 point last year, too.  This one might be a little bigger, though .   
People are always talking about Iowa bucks or Kansas bucks, but this proves there's some pretty good ones in Oklahoma, too.  She said she was shaking so bad with buck fever she almost couldn't see through the scope .
 Thanks so much for the comments, 4-H!!!
kind regards,
sandcreek

That's a very nice buck.
I grew up hunting since I can remember and my specialty was bow hunting...I loved it. That and Trout fishing....I swore I would never give it up. Never!
And Metal decting....Cmon, not over Deer hunting or Trout fishing..That was for fat guys!..I'm doomed! Not fat but, doomed. Funny how our interests change.  Hey, what about sending us one of those backstraps?     Rats! I  didn't think so     Congratulations on That fine buck again!  

We always enjoy your post's. Sincerely 4-H staff
 

That's a very nice buck.
I grew up hunting since I can remember and my specialty was bow hunting...I loved it. That and Trout fishing....I swore I would never give it up. Never!
And Metal decting....Cmon, not over Deer hunting or Trout fishing..That was for fat guys!..I'm doomed! Not fat but, doomed. Funny how our interests change.  Hey, what about sending us one of those backstraps?     Rats! I  didn't think so     Congratulations on That fine buck again!  

We always enjoy your post's. Sincerely 4-H staff
 

Hey, 4-H, they just finished scoring this buck and he net scored 164 1/8---gross score was 172 4/8.  She wants to see if she can get him in the Cy Curtis Award Program. 
If we could send you a backstrap, we would!  But you know after tomorrow, there probably won't be anything left .  My husband is the master chef when it comes to cooking deer meat and he's got the backstraps marinading right now and planning on putting them on the old smoker in the morning. 
Have a Great Thanksgiving!!
sandcreek

you sure about the wieght?? that looks bigger than 150 lbs. or shes a small girl.  Very Nice deer, Very rare to see one like that around here.

Is this the picture taker that downed that buck? That's a big deer. Good for her! 

All right J! I've been waiting on that. Now you know, Tom's gonna say that was his pet. This county has a reputation in the state because of bucks just like that one. I was comparing the rack to the one hanging over my head. It's uncanny how similar they are, isn't it? You can sure see the genes, I guess it's that way everywhere? Congrads girl!

ng

you sure about the wieght?? that looks bigger than 150 lbs. or shes a small girl.  Very Nice deer, Very rare to see one like that around here.

Yes, the weight was right--the picture was taken before he was field dressed though.
 And of course those big 'ol horns make him look rather large, too .
Thanks for the comments, TEXAN Connection!
~sandcreek~

Is this the picture taker that downed that buck? That's a big deer. Good for her! 

Yes, that's the "picture taker(Josie).  She saw this deer during black powder season but couldn't get close enough for a shot.  Yesterday, she and my husband were hunting the area where they thought he was, and sure enough, she got to shoot him.  She was thanking the Good Lord for that!
Thanks seger98!!
regards,
sandcreek

All right J! I've been waiting on that. Now you know, Tom's gonna say that was his pet. This county has a reputation in the state because of bucks just like that one. I was comparing the rack to the one hanging over my head. It's uncanny how similar they are, isn't it? You can sure see the genes, I guess it's that way everywhere? Congrads girl!

ng

You know a lot of these bucks in this area really do have similarities--like split brow tines and so on.  And I think that the deer have really started to grow better because of the good management by the Dept. of Wildlife.  I'm glad they have made rifle season 2 weeks instead of 1.  It gives more people the chance to harvest a deer, which helps control the population. 
Josie was just so tickled to get this deer!  Thanks for the comments, naturegirl!!
~~sandcreek~~

Ohhhh Congratulations. Nice tines and spread. What a dandy he is. Scored very well. Please tell me you took the inside loins and not just the back straps? Tell her WOW from the mountains of Tennessee. I saw 5 little buck chasing this morn. May head out to Watonga Ok and do a couple days out there.
 Great deer tell her she inspires me !!!
TnMountains

Ohhhh Congratulations. Nice tines and spread. What a dandy he is. Scored very well. Please tell me you took the inside loins and not just the back straps? Tell her WOW from the mountains of Tennessee. I saw 5 little buck chasing this morn. May head out to Watonga Ok and do a couple days out there.
 Great deer tell her she inspires me !!!
TnMountains

Hey TnMtns---We didn't take out the inside loins, just plumb forgot about those!  My brother had just told my husband about how he needed to do that last week.  We had never heard of those before.  They say that those are better than the backstraps(?).  
Josie is pretty proud of this deer.   They loaded the buck on my husbands flatbed truck and drove through town showing it off.  They cruised through Sonic and through the convienence store parking lots.   They were even tempted to mount it on the hood of the truck, but that might have been a little to red-necky even for them .  
Thanks for the comments, TnMountains!  Hope if you come out to Oklahoma to hunt that you get something even better than this one!!!!
Kind regards and Happy Thanksgiving!!!
sandcreek

Congrats   That is one fine animal you got there. The .22-250 is my favorite deer rifle also. But I never have time to hunt anymore, just sometime with my camera.

That is a beautiful deer, to tell you the truth i didnt know they had deer that big down there. 

WOW!!! Awesome deer! Our season starts this Monday I can't wait to have backstraps!

wow 152 dressed thats a a big deer indeed -- nice rack on em too.

Congrats   That is one fine animal you got there. The .22-250 is my favorite deer rifle also. But I never have time to hunt anymore, just sometime with my camera.

Thanks Ron!  The .22-250 has been her deer rifle from the beginning and she said she likes it because it doesn't kick as hard as other rifles and will still knock something down.
Now that she's harvested a buck she'll go back to "hunting" with her camera.  That season stays open all year long !!

That is a beautiful deer, to tell you the truth i didnt know they had deer that big down there. 

Thanks Mentalfloss!    Oklahoma is a state that is often over-looked---maybe we need to get Michael Waddell and Real Tree Roadtrips to come out here .

WOW!!! Awesome deer! Our season starts this Monday I can't wait to have backstraps!

Thanks Thor!!  Hope you get something BIG when your season starts!!  We had backstraps yesterday and they sure tasted good .

wow 152 dressed thats a a big deer indeed -- nice rack on em too.

Thanks Ivan!!  Yes, he was a big deer and she said he felt even bigger than that when they were trying to load him in the Blazer!  This one didn't have any ground shrinkage, either, he just kept growing the longer you looked at him!!

~~sandcreek~~

Now that's a sweet deer.... Not many like that in NY, I can tell you that much!

Now that's a sweet deer.... Not many like that in NY, I can tell you that much!

Thanks Bassfish!  They all eat the same , but it sure makes them taste better if they have big horns!   At least that's what my daughter thinks .
~~sandcreek~~

Her smile says it all! She should be very proud..... Well placed shot too!

Awesome Buck!! Congrats!! And if you didn;t take out the inner loins, or tenderloins, then you missed out on the best meat of the deer...those are the first things I go for...back loins are good but don;t even come close to the tenderness or taste of the tender loins.

Awesome Buck!! Congrats!! And if you didn;t take out the inner loins, or tenderloins, then you missed out on the best meat of the deer...those are the first things I go for...back loins are good but don;t even come close to the tenderness or taste of the tender loins.

Mainedigger--I guess we missed out on those inner loins!  My husband is still hunting and if he gets a deer, I'll have him be sure to cut those out. 
Thanks for the comments!
kind regards,
sandcreek

Nice lookin deer bet it tasted really good!  I wish Jeff could have the time to go out again I miss having deer in the freezer!  Would like to see a pic of the mount when its done! Josie really great job droppin him on first shot I've known a lot of guys that can't get that done and one guy that if they didn't drop he would not go after them, some one else would find his deer days later with the arrow still in it.  You did great keep up the good job! 

Nice lookin deer bet it tasted really good!  I wish Jeff could have the time to go out again I miss having deer in the freezer!  Would like to see a pic of the mount when its done! Josie really great job droppin him on first shot I've known a lot of guys that can't get that done and one guy that if they didn't drop he would not go after them, some one else would find his deer days later with the arrow still in it.  You did great keep up the good job! 

Thanks MG!  We'll post a picture of the finished mount----usually it takes the taxidermist about 2 months get the mount done, so probably in February we'll have another "buck on the wall".
~~sandcreek~`

Can't wait I wish we still had the one Jeff had it was great its antler was down the side of its jaw line! 

Very respectable buck.

Very respectable buck.

Thank you OPUS1!  He is by far the biggest she's killed.
king regards,
sandcreek

Awesome Buck!! Congrats!! And if you didn;t take out the inner loins, or tenderloins, then you missed out on the best meat of the deer...those are the first things I go for...back loins are good but don;t even come close to the tenderness or taste of the tender loins.

Mainedigger--I guess we missed out on those inner loins!  My husband is still hunting and if he gets a deer, I'll have him be sure to cut those out. 
Thanks for the comments!
kind regards,
sandcreek

Sandcreek he is so correct. The inside loins are the fillet mingon (sp) hehe. After you gut up against the spine is two long loins. They are not as big as the back straps but they are the best meat there is on the animal and a couple of meals in them.
 Those bases look big. Nice un !

Awesome Buck!! Congrats!! And if you didn;t take out the inner loins, or tenderloins, then you missed out on the best meat of the deer...those are the first things I go for...back loins are good but don;t even come close to the tenderness or taste of the tender loins.

Mainedigger--I guess we missed out on those inner loins!  My husband is still hunting and if he gets a deer, I'll have him be sure to cut those out. 
Thanks for the comments!
kind regards,
sandcreek

Sandcreek he is so correct. The inside loins are the fillet mingon (sp) hehe. After you gut up against the spine is two long loins. They are not as big as the back straps but they are the best meat there is on the animal and a couple of meals in them.
 Those bases look big. Nice un !

Thanks TnMtns. We'll be sure and cut the inside loins out next time! 
The bases of the horns on this buck are big---but the spread was awesome!!!  My daughter can't hardly wait to get him back from the taxidermist! 
kind regards,
sandcreek