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10/17/2002	5 Point Buck	Lancaster, SC	7mm mag Rem	Morning	170 yards
I almost didn't hunt this morning. I was tired and just wasn't sure that I felt like getting up. But, in the end, I decided that I would go ahead and go, and just hunt out on Arnold's power lines. Ted was only going to be able to hunt in the afternoon, so I would be hunting alone this morning. I made it down to the land pretty early, so I went on out to the tower on the power lines and dozed for a half hour while I waited for legal shooting hours to begin. When the sky began to lighten, I shook myself awake, got out my binoculars, and began to scan the 400 yard length of the power lines for movement. At 7:15am, I noticed movement about 75 yards out from my tower. In my binoculars, I got a glimpse of a huge buck moving through the brush, heading into the woods. I raised my rifle, but couldn't find him in the scope. I scolded myself, knowing that I should have been ready to shoot faster. Disappointed, I began to again scour the brushy hill with my binoculars. Within about 15 minutes of seeing the big buck, I saw a doe cross the power lines nearly 200 yards out from me. She was moving fast, so I knew that something had her running. As she entered the woods on the far side of the power line, I saw a buck come running across, chasing her. He followed her into the woods and disappeared. I only saw him for a second, but I assumed that it was the same buck that I had seen earlier. Soon, the doe came back out, headed away from me, and paused in the middle of the power lines. I got my rifle ready, and sure enough I saw the buck emerge, also quartering away from me. Knowing I didn't have much time, I went ahead and shot. The deer vanished, but I was confident that I had made a hit. I waited 30 minutes, shaking, wondering in what position I would mount this deer head. After 30 minutes had passed, I got out of the tower, got on the four wheeler, and drove around to the far side of the power lines. It's about a mile long trip around, since a gulley in front of the tower prevents you from crossing with your ATV. I drove down to where I thought the deer was, then began to look for blood. I found no blood trail, but after only 5 minutes of searching I happened to look over to my left, where I saw the deer laying dead. I retrieved it, but was disappointed to find that it was only a 5 pointer, and not the trophy that I had seen earlier.

10/17/2002

5 Point Buck

Lancaster, SC

7mm mag Rem

Morning

170 yards

I almost didn't hunt this morning. I was tired and just wasn't sure that I felt like getting up. But, in the end, I decided that I would go ahead and go, and just hunt out on Arnold's power lines. Ted was only going to be able to hunt in the afternoon, so I would be hunting alone this morning.

I made it down to the land pretty early, so I went on out to the tower on the power lines and dozed for a half hour while I waited for legal shooting hours to begin. When the sky began to lighten, I shook myself awake, got out my binoculars, and began to scan the 400 yard length of the power lines for movement.

At 7:15am, I noticed movement about 75 yards out from my tower. In my binoculars, I got a glimpse of a huge buck moving through the brush, heading into the woods. I raised my rifle, but couldn't find him in the scope. I scolded myself, knowing that I should have been ready to shoot faster. Disappointed, I began to again scour the brushy hill with my binoculars.

Within about 15 minutes of seeing the big buck, I saw a doe cross the power lines nearly 200 yards out from me. She was moving fast, so I knew that something had her running. As she entered the woods on the far side of the power line, I saw a buck come running across, chasing her. He followed her into the woods and disappeared. I only saw him for a second, but I assumed that it was the same buck that I had seen earlier.

Soon, the doe came back out, headed away from me, and paused in the middle of the power lines. I got my rifle ready, and sure enough I saw the buck emerge, also quartering away from me. Knowing I didn't have much time, I went ahead and shot. The deer vanished, but I was confident that I had made a hit. I waited 30 minutes, shaking, wondering in what position I would mount this deer head.

After 30 minutes had passed, I got out of the tower, got on the four wheeler, and drove around to the far side of the power lines. It's about a mile long trip around, since a gulley in front of the tower prevents you from crossing with your ATV. I drove down to where I thought the deer was, then began to look for blood.

I found no blood trail, but after only 5 minutes of searching I happened to look over to my left, where I saw the deer laying dead. I retrieved it, but was disappointed to find that it was only a 5 pointer, and not the trophy that I had seen earlier.