Buck of a lifetime!

[kkyyoottee]

Here is scenario: you are out deer hunting in a blind with your wife or child and you see a buck of a lifetime!!! You have been dreaming of seeing a buck like this all your life. It has 13 points will score over 180 and is only 50 yards away!!! Who would take the shot? Well this very scenario happened to me!! My wife and I were hunting when "my buck" of a lifetime appeared!!! My wife had deer hunted 6 years and I have hunted for 40 plus years. She had never harvested a deer. I had to make a decision. I looked at my wife with my heart beating a hundred mile a hour and told her to take him. When she finally calmed down she made a one shot kill and deer dropped in tracks after one huge leap. My thoughts and crushed ego were erased by the look my wife gave me after she saw this buck of a life time was down. What would you do? That deer is the deer in my avatar along with my beautiful wife and hunting partner. He now proudly adorns our wall in our den. It could happen to you!! Be honest!!! Good luck hunting this year!!!

[baitchunker]

if it was my kid sure id let him/her take the shot. if it was my wife no way!
she already outfishes me and thats bad enough.

[kkyyoottee]

if it was my kid sure id let him/her take the shot. if it was my wife no way!
she already outfishes me and thats bad enough.

J.D you slay me!!! my wife also out fishes me most of time. But you know what that look she gave me was worth a million dollars to me. And each time she walks by that deer she gives me the same look she gave that fateful day when my buck became my gift to her.

[Kutter]

So, what your telling us is that your wife outhunted ya, an got a record buck to prove it. Now, to make yourself feel better, your tellin her, and us, that it was YOUR deer, and you just LET her have it.
I've heard this story before. LOL

[kkyyoottee]

So, what your telling us is that your wife outhunted ya, an got a record buck to prove it. Now, to make yourself feel better, your tellin her, and us, that it was YOUR deer, and you just LET her have it.
I've heard this story before. LOL

Lmao I was sitting right beside her and he had my name written all over him!!!

[SkipEye]

Lmao I was sitting right beside her and he had my name written all over him!!!

I think Kutter got you there Will!:wink: LMAO (in a good way), you know, laughing with you, not at you.:big_smile:

[CatFishingFinatic]

I guess I should back him up on this, he was sitting right there next to me, sighted in on the buck. I had first shot, but if I missed he wasn't going to hesitate on pulling the trigger. It did take me what seemed like forever to calm down enough to take the shot. I was also waiting for a slight turn on the deer, because I didn't like the position he was in, I wanted a little less of an angle shot on his body, he gave me that turn and I nailed him. Will thought I had buck fever and was looking at the horns but I really wasn't. I was nervous but not because of the rack, but that is a whole different story and different thread LOL.

[kkyyoottee]

I think Kutter got you there Will!:wink: LMAO (in a good way), you know, laughing with you, not at you.:big_smile:

I think my wife paid Kutter off!!! I know she did J.D. I am very proud of her and I am honored to have been part of that moment with her. And hell it gives her and the kids something to tease me about. But deep down it also tells them what kind of husband and father I am. My chest was just as puffed out as a prairie chicken when neighbor came to help me hang it. But damnt that deer was mine!!! Lmao:wink:

[CatFishingFinatic]

Oops I guess I should add a little more on our partner hunting, :big_smile: We agree to take turns. He was the last one to get a turkey that I called in for him so first turkey is mine. This year he will get first shot at a deer, whether it be a monster buck or a doe but his turn his choice is first. If we have 2 that come in at the same time, he gets first choice and I will be the back up gun. When we went on our antelope hunt I took first shot and missed so he took the shot on that one, next day I didn't mess up, :embarassed:

[777]

I would definately let her or my kid have the shot with no second thoughts. But since my wife doesn't hunt and i have no kids thats pretty easy to say:smile2:. Congratulations to her for killing your buck of a lifetime:ooooh::smile2: j/k.

[baitchunker]

Amy hasnt showed any real interest in hunting yet, other than food. mostly because i hunt with the boss and various customers of the company. not being the boss, it really isnt one of those deals where i can bring her along. which sucks, because i end up spending around 45 days off and on throughout nov. dec. jan. away from her. its a dirty job but someones gotta do it.

i like that your turn my turn deal yall have. i am gonna try that out on amy. dont know if she'll go for it though. she already has a good setup. she baits her own hook but, hates taking fish off of the line. 9 out of ten times my rod gets a bite while i am taking her fish off, and she "saves it from going overboard sweetie".

[baitchunker]

i just got my huntin camp schedule for this year. last year we went up 4 days during the week and came home for one day at work and 2 weekend days. the boss decided we didnt get enough work done.

this year we will go up for 3-4 day hunts every weekend except thanksgiving and christmas. that way we can work most of the week. starting nov. 18th i think. through jan. 31.

[TDawgNOk]

My wife had deer hunted 6 years and I have hunted for 40 plus years. She had never harvested a deer.

The scenario itself, I would have to say I woulda given it to my hunting partner. But that phrase right there of "she had never harvested a deer" is what would seal the deal. I've never hunted, but I know that I would rather my wife/child get the deer of a lifetime. It would just be special to be a part of it for them.

[CatFishingFinatic]

Amy hasnt showed any real interest in hunting yet, other than food. mostly because i hunt with the boss and various customers of the company. not being the boss, it really isnt one of those deals where i can bring her along. which sucks, because i end up spending around 45 days off and on throughout nov. dec. jan. away from her. its a dirty job but someones gotta do it.

i like that your turn my turn deal yall have. i am gonna try that out on amy. dont know if she'll go for it though. she already has a good setup. she baits her own hook but, hates taking fish off of the line. 9 out of ten times my rod gets a bite while i am taking her fish off, and she "saves it from going overboard sweetie".


I will let the cat out of the bag here LOL, I don't like taking the fish off my hook either, but with a pair of gloves I do ok most of the time. I have a hard time if the fish is hooked bad then I have to hand it over to Will (if I don't have a pair of needle nose handy) every time I do that though he gets a hit, hehehe. But it's all good, we mostly have fun. I bait my own hook and sometimes I bait his. I also help clean them at the end of the trip. Sometimes we have a hard time in the boat though, because he is left handed and I am right handed. Been a few near misses on casting or setting the hook. :wink: One day he got a little aggrevated at me. Was our first time out in the boat we had just bought, and I forgot to wear my glasses, and I knew there was gonna be a good fish hiding under a tree in the water. So I said out loud, if I try to get close to that tree I know I am going to catch it, and sure enough, right in the tree it went so he had to take the boat over so I could get my lure out of the tree. But after that we still had fun and I got used to the boat and kept my lures out of the trees and grass hehehe.

[Big B]

I would have to agree with JD:big_smile:. My wife out fish me and my son does too. But my wife wont hunt with me because I have to be in control of the situation. She really hates that. But if it was my son I would tell him to take it. I would not think twice about it.

[Cathooker]

This is a an easy one for me...my wife or child would get first shot.

[bootshowl]

My wife has no interest in hunting, beyond smiling at me acting like I'm a lil kid again. But in that scenario....that buck would of been down, field dressed, an half way to the truck before I noticed the shot.....yeah she's that sneaky.
:big_smile:
And I'd be the one cooking it.....

[Kutter]

But after that we still had fun and I got used to the boat and kept my lures out of the trees and grass hehehe.

Just out of curiosity, what kind of lures do you use on catfish?
Please don't tell me you were fishing for them ugly, green, scaly, worthless as bait, worthless as food, tiny members of the sunfish family more commonly known around here as b@$$!
Oh, the shame, the shame. Just when Will had us believin you were the perfect wife!

[jeffw51]

I WOULD DEFINITELY LET THEM TAKE THE SHOT BUT JUST BEFORE THEY PULLED THE TRIGGER I WOULD SAY REAL QUIETLY ,YOU BETTER NOT MISS THAT SON OF A #$@$$!!

[CatFishingFinatic]

Just out of curiosity, what kind of lures do you use on catfish?
Please don't tell me you were fishing for them ugly, green, scaly, worthless as bait, worthless as food, tiny members of the sunfish family more commonly known around here as b@$$!
Oh, the shame, the shame. Just when Will had us believin you were the perfect wife!


Ahh sorry to dissappoint a fellow BOC member, but yes, I am a true sportswoman, I was fishing for the big bass. :roll_eyes: Monster bluegills, or maybe even a walleye, have hooked into all three in this pond. I love the fight, :wink: Even the smallest puts up one heck of a fight on my ultra light rod and reel.

[kkyyoottee]

Ahh sorry to dissappoint a fellow BOC member, but yes, I am a true sportswoman, I was fishing for the big bass. :roll_eyes: Monster bluegills, or maybe even a walleye, have hooked into all three in this pond. I love the fight, :wink: Even the smallest puts up one heck of a fight on my ultra light rod and reel.

I dont call it very sportmanlike by shaking my big cat off cane pole (could of been new world record!!) nor you kicking my second world record cane cat out of boat with your foot!!! Ya just true onery!!!:big_smile:

[CatFishingFinatic]

I dont call it very sportmanlike by shaking my big cat off cane pole (could of been new world record!!) nor you kicking my second world record cane cat out of boat with your foot!!! Ya just true onery!!!:big_smile:

Not true!! :confused2: You're just jealous that I catch more and bigger fish then you! hehehe :big_smile:

[baitchunker]

it took a long time for me to explain the way fishin (with me anyway) in a boat works. at this point she can hang with any first mate on a fishin' fleet.
she drops anchor, watches for divin birds or shad boiling, ties off, runs trollin motor, you name it.
we have a runnin' joke competition... who can snag the most squirrells, rocks, piers, logs etc. i usually win because she makes more conservative casts, where i will chunk it anywhere i think there is a fish.

[Scott Daw]

You did the right thing. If it were me, I'd take the shot cause I cant even get my wife to target shoot let alone shoot at a critter. Now if it were my daughter....we dont call her daddys little girl for nothing.

[JAinSC]

Honestly, I hope I'd do what you did, and honestly I'd have mixed feelings about it: pride, joy, jealousy, and more.

I sort of figure that for any fish landed in my boat, I get half the credit, even if I wasn't the one on the rod. I bet the same goes for you here. You should be very proud of your wife and can take also much of the credit for the buck.

[kkyyoottee]

Not true!! :confused2: You're just jealous that I catch more and bigger fish then you! hehehe :big_smile:

Okay you run the boat,:0a17: fight the wind, keep boat balanced, take off my fish,:006: get me a new lure and tie it on,:0a35: put fish on stringer and see how many fish :0a23:you catch!!! Dont :worship:encourage her J.D. she is a handful the way it is!!!

[CatFishingFinatic]

Okay you run the boat,:0a17: fight the wind, keep boat balanced, take off my fish,:006: get me a new lure and tie it on,:0a35: put fish on stringer and see how many fish :0a23:you catch!!! Dont :worship:encourage her J.D. she is a handful the way it is!!!

I am not going to touch this for sake of arguement. :wink: I will say, competition is a wonderful thing among spouses, hey? :roll_eyes:

[Kutter]

I love the fight. Even the smallest puts up one heck of a fight on my ultra light rod and reel.
How about taking up catfishing using a 2 weight flyrod? At least you'd be catfishing. LOL

nor you kicking my second world record cane cat out of boat with your foot!!!
Wait a second! Hold your horses one gall darn moment there.
Folks, we got ourselves a convert right in there amongst the heathans!!!!!
Will, just wait, one of these days, she's gonna bring the camera along to take a pic before she lets your catfish loose.

[CatFishingFinatic]

How about taking up catfishing using a 2 weight flyrod? At least you'd be catfishing. LOL

Hey I will try anything at least once, twice if I like it.


Wait a second! Hold your horses one gall darn moment there.
Folks, we got ourselves a convert right in there amongst the heathans!!!!!
Will, just wait, one of these days, she's gonna bring the camera along to take a pic before she lets your catfish loose.

Well I guess when in competition a gal has to do what a gal has to do! :wink:

[kkyyoottee]

Kutter that camera will be used to prove that my lovely wife will kick or shake a monster cat of mine caught on Antique equipment (Cane Pole) because it is bigger than anything she can catch on her little Zebco ultra light using #4 pound test!!!! And Kutter I seen the name of town you are from now stop giving her ideas or I'll have to add Ben A #### in front ya town name!!! :big_smile: Between you and J.D. and her following of the sister's on here she is becoming unbearable to live with!!! But Ill keep her thru fall turkey season cause she is truly the best turkey talker in MY OPINION ONLY in all of Ioway!!

[Kutter]

And Kutter I seen the name of town you are from now stop giving her ideas or I'll have to add Ben A #### in front ya town name!!!

I don't know who Ben A #### is. Being as how you live in Iowa though, I would have thought you would have used Tom Arnold who grew up in Ottumwa, Iowa.

Besides, don't blame JD an myself for your little lovers quarrel. Mine alway end up being my fault, so I don't need the blame in yours. Although, I must admit, it is refreshing being a spectator for a change.

[CatFishingFinatic]

I don't know who Ben A #### is. Being as how you live in Iowa though, I would have thought you would have used Tom Arnold who grew up in Ottumwa, Iowa.

Besides, don't blame JD an myself for your little lovers quarrel. Mine alway end up being my fault, so I don't need the blame in yours. Although, I must admit, it is refreshing being a spectator for a change.


Psssst Kutter, just between you and I, Usually his fault too! :wink:

[kkyyoottee]

I don't know who Ben A #### is. Being as how you live in Iowa though, I would have thought you would have used Tom Arnold who grew up in Ottumwa, Iowa.

Besides, don't blame JD an myself for your little lovers quarrel. Mine alway end up being my fault, so I don't need the blame in yours. Although, I must admit, it is refreshing being a spectator for a change.


Benedict Arnold now do you get it? Heee Heee:big_smile:

[Kutter]

Benedict Arnold now do you get it? Heee Heee:big_smile:

Hey, I'm almost as old as you an twice as slow.

[baitchunker]

i prefer my eggs poached

[kkyyoottee]

i prefer my eggs poached

Hey, I'm almost as old as you an twice as slow.

I give up!!! J.D I expected this out of you but since kutter has been promoted to a 4 star general now he should of known being a general!!:tounge_out:

[777]

i prefer my eggs poached


Thats the way i prefer my deer:ooooh:, did i just say that:smile2:.

[kkyyoottee]

Thats the way i prefer my deer:ooooh:, did i just say that:smile2:.


Hit edit button!!!!Whoops to late!!!!!!!!!!:ooooh: Dont worry Postbeetle will come save you!!!! Now where is that John when we need him? Probably frying Red tail hawk!!!

[Wil]

well personally it would depend on the kind of season i was having.. if i already shot a few times at a few nice bucks then sure id let her take him.. but if i hadnt shot all year.. too bad! and i know id be sleepin on the couch that night but itd be worth it lol

[kkyyoottee]

well personally it would depend on the kind of season i was having.. if i already shot a few times at a few nice bucks then sure id let her take him.. but if i hadnt shot all year.. too bad! and i know id be sleepin on the couch that night but itd be worth it lol

First that you admit if you had already missed a few times can you imagine Will the heat you would take if you missed again? I dont think you would even be allowed on couch!!:smile2:

[Wil]

First that you admit if you had already missed a few times can you imagine Will the heat you would take if you missed again? I dont think you would even be allowed on couch!!:smile2:

who said anything bout missin? i usually kill 2 or 3 deer a year.. mm mm love that venicine! :roll_eyes::smile2:

[kkyyoottee]

who said anything bout missin? i usually kill 2 or 3 deer a year.. mm mm love that venicine! :roll_eyes::smile2:

Sorry for assuming that ya had already missed!!!

Will:big_smile:

[Seth]

I'd let her shoot it in a heartbeat. Now I can only wish that scenario happens to me. :wink: