Kansas 10-Pointer

[kscharlie]

I got my buck at 7:15 a.m. on Thursday, the 10th. Until a couple of days earlier, the weather had been unusually warm, making deer hunting pretty tough. We also had an exceptionally wet Spring and Summer, so the native grass and weeds were 5 to 8 feet high, restricting visibility dramatically. In the previous days, I had opportunities to take any number of does, fawns and forkhorn bucks. But there had been no nice bucks to be seen.

That all changed Thursday morning. I saw this buck coming down a pasture hillside just across the road from my setup. He disappeared in a clump of cedar trees for a few moments, then walked out of them and up to the barbed wire fence on the other side of the road. After pausing to look around, he jumped the fence and crossed the road. When he got to the fence on my side of the road, he again stopped and took a look around. He finally jumped the fence and started walking directly toward me. He got to a trail that is used by nearly all the deer that come through and took a hard left turn down the trail. Another 10 yards and he came to a nice opening between some small trees. I bleated at him, he stopped perfectly broadside to me at about 20 yards, and my arrow smacked him a tad high (in the spine). He dropped on the spot.

He is not a monster deer, but a nice, typical Kansas buck. I was quite pleased with him.

 

[badkarmamib]

Nice!

 

[rondog]

Very nice Charlie, congrats! I'll refrain from mentioning how jealous I am about that big shop building in the background on that obviously country property, as I am but a lowly city dweller......

 

[H&Hhunter]

Nice buck!

 

[red rick]

Very nice buck Charlie and nice story . I really like hearing your stories and seeing pictures of your hunts since I am out of action this season .

 

[Mr. Hill]

Nice buck and good shot!

 

[Shanghai McCoy]

Nice looking buck and good shooting. What part of the Free State are you hunting?

 

[longknife12]

Nice whitetail!
Dan

 

[kscharlie]

I would like to thank all of you kind gentlemen on the compliments. I am 67 years old and have hunted for the past 55 of those years. Don't hunt as much as I once did, but still love doing it. I like to share with those of a like mind. Not for the compliments but the camaraderie.

To RONDOG: When I retired 10 years ago, my wife and I bought this place on only 4 acres. I had the shop built a few years later, then after a couple more years had concrete poured for the floor. I spend a lot of time out there doing wood working projects. Fortunately, I have some really good neighbors who let me hunt on their property. We love it out here in the "boonies" and would not give it up for anything.

To RED RICK: Glad you liked the story. I must confess that I did not tell ALL of the story though. He went down right at the edge of a ditch about two feet wide that runs with natural spring water. The neighbor that owns this property keeps about 60 head of cattle in this pasture and they cross the ditch right where the buck went down. Obviously with all that weight and that many hooves going through on a pretty regular basis, the ditch at that spot is pretty well churned up and quite muddy. That daggone deer dragged himself right into the biggest part of that mudhole and proceeded to thrash and churn until he was totally, and I do mean totally, covered in mud. After I finally got him put out of his misery, dragged back out of the mudhole, field dressed and then back home, I had to give him a bath so he would be somewhat more presentable for pictures. I told my wife that when a nice buck gets in my sights, I don't pay much attention to where he is or where he might go. I just never thought that he might want to try to learn the breast stroke in a big mud puddle.

To SHANGHAI McCOY: My home stomping ground is located on the Western edge of the Flint Hills about half way between Emporia and Wichita.

 

[red rick]

That is funny and you are still a hell of a man to drag that nice buck out of that mud hole .

 

[Shanghai McCoy]

"Halfway between Emporia and Wichita".. that is some pretty country out there Sir.
I'm up in the NE of the state and also on some acreage in the "boonies".
Congratulations again on that nice buck.

 

[303 hunter]

Nice buck, congrats!