Stalking pics

[jtrtmt]

here was a nice 5x4 that me and my dad stalked up on. Got to 19 yards sat for an hour and 15 minutes waiting for him to stand up and when my dad made a little shift he just bolted never stood up just bolted and didnt stop till he was 200 yards then stopped and looked back to see what the noise was. Luckily I was able to take a few pics with my phone while waiting. Pic quality are not the greatest since it is from my cell phone. He was a lot bigger than I thought he was from his picture, I knew he was a good one but didnt realize how good he was till I seen him from 600 yards away and lay down and then when we got up to him and realized who he was. He was very distinct how his main beam curved back in on the one side. The deer is circled hope it shows up half way decent.







Here is the deer

[passinthru]

Cool pics

[mrdlschmidt]

Wow! I bet that's a rush.

[jtrtmt]

It was a rush. I was already tagged out so i just went along since I seen him lay down 4 hours earlier and so I could range him with range finder while dad was in the ready position all the time. My heart was still beating hard and was excited to be that close to such a nice buck. Was very windy and had the wind in our favor. Every so often we would inch a little closer. Took an hour to get to 25 yards and then a half hour to get from 25 to 19 yards. Then an hour and 15 minute sit and then dad was going to just inch closer and reposition and we must have finally been close enough for him to be able to hear over the wind and was gone. Talk about your heart falling into your stomach. Was still a great experience and practice.