Dec' '15 Indiana Trip

[blackpowderscout]

A little late but here goes. I did my annual Indiana trip again this past year and got lucky. I'd taken hogs and does with my flinters but a good buck always eluded me. Not any more.

I heard about this buck from a local friend who told me right where he'd be and sure enough he was there. He slipped away that day without a shot but the next afternoon I slipped back in there while everyone else moved to their spots nearby. Sure enough, before I even got into the wood lot he came slipping through trying to be a woods ninja and busted me. He was almost belly crawling, and all that gave him away was his antlers hitting the CRP and occasionally the tips popping up over it. I have personally never seen a buck do that so that was neat. I took him at about 30yrds from behind a tiny little sapling, directly upwind of him in the middle of the CRP. How he never saw me I don't know. I know he smelled me but he stood up staring at that tiny tree (probably wondering how it got so big overnight, LOL!)just long enough thinking about it to give me a chance.

Supercracker and Robtattoo also hunted with me along with some other friends who I don't believe frequent the forum. It was a great time spent with great folks and I think about that week all the time.

 

[Britsmoothy]

Neat experience. Good on ya.

What was the gun used?

B :thumbsup:

 

[wattlebuster]

He should have been hauling A$% instead of belly crawling. Congats on a very nice buck :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

 

[Skychief]

Congratulations blackpowderscout! :thumbsup:

If you don't mind saying, what part of the state did your buck call home?

Best regards, Skychief

 

[Ames]

Very nice!
What's the gun?

 

[robinsroost]

Congratulations on a nice buck and a fine story. Like Skychief, we want to know where you were, because I will be moving back to Indiana at the end of May. I too have seen deer crawl down a drainage and virtually out of sight. The drainage crossed an open field, to another patch of woods. We had scared them out of one woods where we were hunting rabbits. Keep yer powder dry.......robin :bow:

 

[blackpowderscout]

Thanks guys!

I was hunting on a "lease" SW of W. Lafayette....this Florida boy doesn't give great detail on his hunting spots. LOL!!

I was using my best shooting rifle, a .50 built by Steve Krolick. I have prettier guns, and I have more sentimental guns but that's my go to rifle when something just has one shot to be on the ground!

Oh, and he was the smallest racked buck taken that year off of the property as far I know. :hmm:

 

[The Baron]

Well done! :hatsoff: I'd love to take a buck like that with my flinter - guess I should actually deer hunt with it if I want that to happen. :haha:

 

[Supercracker]

Is that the one we hit with the truck?

 

[blackpowderscout]

Shhhhh! Dang, man!!!

 

[coxral]

Really cool! This will be my first year at ML, can't wait.

 

[James Stella]

Nice buck. Interesting story.