Hiawatha's Hunts
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Hiawatha's 5x5 Buck |
Another angle....with his hunting pal |
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Well November 8th was just a regular day in Saskatchewan. I woke up an
hour before shooting time, I sipped on a coffee, put on my gear, and
headed out into the cold. I walked out of the house and headed east
towards our oats field. I caught 3 does eating on a broken bale just
behind the house. I didn't see any bucks with the does so I continued to
walk over our oats field scanning for bodies feeding in the field but saw
nothing. I decided to walk off of the oats and up to our alfalfa field
which is about a mile from home.
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I started walking along the field edge when
I spotted a big deer out in the field feeding. I put my glasses on him and
sure enough he was a nice deer. He was angling away but was still giving me
plenty to shoot at so I loaded the black widow (My 7mm rem mag) and fired.
At 275 yards I heard the thump sound when a bullet hits that I love to hear
and the buck took a few steps then down. He was a nice 5X5 really heavy. I
couldn't fit my hands around his main beams. I walked back to the house and
started the tractor to haul him home. Dad can back with me to take the
pictures and my dog buddy just came along for some much needed exercise.
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Elk taken in 2002
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2002 4x4
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2000 5x5 |
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May 2004, 150 yards, 7mm rem mag |
August 2004, 30 yards Mathews Ultramax. |