Deer Hunting Stories from Minnesota
I shot my first Deer in November of 2004. We were hunting private land in Pine County, MN and it was freezing outside. Swede and I were stand hunting and after sitting for about 2 hours in 12 degree weather, I was frozen. I hadn’t seen nor heard a thing except for the farmers donkey, when i heard that ” Snap”. I looked behind me and there was a nice 9pt just walking along, smelling the rut, without a care in the world.
I slowly turned, raised my 30.06 and fired…..CLICK! My rifle misfired, so i quickly rechambered my bolt action, raised my rifle and ClICK!…Another misfire. This happened 2 more times, before I had to completely reload my rifle. Surprising, the Deer didn’t even noticed me. It continued to slowly walk, it’s nose to the earth, completely oblivious to my frantic attempts to get my damn gun to fire.
So, now i have reloaded my rifle and sure enough, I cant see the deer anywhere. Looking through my scope, I final catch a glimspe of its tail through the woods. My first shot misses and yet the deer doesnt run. I reload and fire again….BANG and the Deer disappears.
At this point, I am crushed as I figured there was no way that I had hit the deer. I climb down from my stand and walk in the general direction of where I think the deer was standing. As I approach, I see it laying on the ground…No blood nothing…I had hit it in the spine and dropped it where it stood. The Deer never knew what hit it
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November 17th, 2007 at 11:19 am
Just a note for anyone looking at a hunt in IL. I just got back from Golden Triangle in IL, and it was the worst hunt ever! I do NOT recommend Golden Triangle. This outfitter has too many hutners, over 30 and only cares about you money! IL, isn’t bad, and from what we saw, could produce some trophys, but not Golden Triangle!
February 15th, 2008 at 2:15 pm
Wow, you must be really dedicated to hunt in 12 degree weather! I recently shot a 140 class white tail buck in south Texas and had the horns mounted on a custom metal art skull mount. It’s sweet because it is tempered and everything. It’s a great decorative addition to my living room. The artist who produced the custom metal art has a nice Website at http://www.torchcraft.com It’s a must for every deer hunter to get this kind of skull mount.
February 15th, 2008 at 2:18 pm
I found a really nice hunting interactive hunting map on http://www.txhuntworks.com/interactivemap.html It shows all of the locations where you can hunt and provides you a link to different hunting guides in the area. Hope this helps to find a hunting guide.