04-07-2007, 01:06 AM
My 2007 Muzzeloader Buck[
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I found this buck in August and named him "sleepy" because he fell asleep while I was watching him. I watched him all summer only to have him disapear during the archery hunt. I had found another nice buck and I was going after him on the opener of the muzzeloader hunt. I got down in the canyon and had been sitting in my spot for a while when I looked across the canyon about 1-1.5 miles way and I saw a good buck. I grabbed my scope and it revealed "sleepy" on the same ridge he frequented during the summer. I watched him bed down and then I began the long hike. Several hours later I was on the backside of the ridge and the wind was perfect! I slowly eased over the ridge and I began glassing hard, after a minute or two I saw antlers flash in the sun, It was him. He was in his bed at 80 Yards. My first shot hit him in the front shoulder, and it took several more shots to put him down for good! It was the most awesome feeling to have watched this buck all summer and to be able to kill him with a muzzeloader, It really meant a lot to me. "Sleepy" was a 6x4 and was 28 1/2 inches wide. I spend countless hours scouting and it finally paid off with this buck! This was my first buck with a muzzeloader. The first pics are him in the summer.
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] I found this buck in August and named him "sleepy" because he fell asleep while I was watching him. I watched him all summer only to have him disapear during the archery hunt. I had found another nice buck and I was going after him on the opener of the muzzeloader hunt. I got down in the canyon and had been sitting in my spot for a while when I looked across the canyon about 1-1.5 miles way and I saw a good buck. I grabbed my scope and it revealed "sleepy" on the same ridge he frequented during the summer. I watched him bed down and then I began the long hike. Several hours later I was on the backside of the ridge and the wind was perfect! I slowly eased over the ridge and I began glassing hard, after a minute or two I saw antlers flash in the sun, It was him. He was in his bed at 80 Yards. My first shot hit him in the front shoulder, and it took several more shots to put him down for good! It was the most awesome feeling to have watched this buck all summer and to be able to kill him with a muzzeloader, It really meant a lot to me. "Sleepy" was a 6x4 and was 28 1/2 inches wide. I spend countless hours scouting and it finally paid off with this buck! This was my first buck with a muzzeloader. The first pics are him in the summer.
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