First buck taken on the new property

[bashaw]

Well, success and hard work finally paid off. My good friend (Willie) and I been working hard clearing up shooting lanes, putting up tree stands, and feeders for the deer. Last night, I was on my tripod stand and had a total of 7 does and two bucks showed up before I shot this guy. I had five does eating the corn I had dropped, and one of them must have seen me move or something and bolted. As I'm seeing her run, I noticed another deer to my left that I had not seen. I saw the one side and decided to shoot him. I had to shoot between the gap of two little trees, in an opening of about 1 1/2 ", and the shoulder was the only spot visible. I took the shot, and he ran about 20 yrd. Not the biggest we've seen but he'll do for the first buck taken on the property. The others we've seen are not much bigger than this guy. We have two 9 pts, and three other 8s. Hopefully once we get them into protein, we'll see an improvement.

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I like hunting anywhere and everywhere, but it's awesome when you shoot them on the land your paying taxes on

 

[Troubleshooter]

Congratulations and well done! Very special to do this on your own land and under your stewardship.
Great first deer, now you can start growing some bigger ones!

 

[Fatback]

That’s awesome @PARA45. As has already been mentioned, there is nothing like hunting on your own dirt and shooting a deer. I’m hunting my place as I type this. I just looked up and have a doe coming in. Gonna give it a few minutes to see if anything else shows up but she might be in real trouble. My new to me 7x57 Mauser needs to get one under its belt. To be continued….

 

[Fatback]

The young doe got a pass this evening. Congrats again to @PARA45 on getting the first of many deer in his new place.

 

[Paul Raley]

Good news Para45. Glad you are enjoying your property and that you are having deer visit it . Congrats on the first buck !

 

[Sideshow]

Gracias amigo. Wrapped in Bacon

Have to try that. Congratulations on the buck.

 

[Goopy]

Outstanding job Para! You’ve put in a lot of work and it’s paying off now. There’s nothing like harvesting deer, or any other wildlife, off of your own land.