Lowcountry Rut Cranks Up
Posted by lowcountryhunting on November 11, 2009
As most of our lowcountry hunters know, the last few weeks have been unbelievably hot. And the high temperatures along with the ton of acorns in the woods has kept our rut from really cranking up since the bucks have been hiding in the shade while snacking on the oak droppings instead of coming to corn or food plots. However last Sunday a nice cold front finally rolled in, and that got the bucks and does up and moving pretty good.
And during this cool weather, I was fortunate enough to have a few days off to take our boys hunting a few times as well as hunt by myself too. Well, the boys and I drew first blood when we took a nice, big doe when five of them came out to feed. Then just a few days later, I had a chance at a monster…
It was pretty late, and I was just about to get out of my stand when I saw a dark shape cross the road in front of me. I jerked the gun up and spotted a big doe walking with another doe and two yearlings behind her about 100 yards away. None of them stopped to feed on the corn, but instead just kept going. So I kept the gun up and ready to see if anything was behind them, and sure enough a big deer stepped in the road after them. I could tell it was a giant deer with a big rack, I just couldn’t tell how many points that it had.
That is when I started to regret not taking a few shots before hunting to check where my “new” bullets were hitting - I had ran out of my Winchester Supreme FailSafes that I have shot for years, so I had just grabbed a couple of old powerpoints from my hunting stuff to get by the night, thinking that I either wouldn’t see anything I wanted to shoot or if I did, it would be close enough not to matter! However, the deer was just too big to let go, so I figured that the heavier powerpoints would hit lower, aimed high and let a round go down range.
After the muzzle blast in the dark, everything went black. I waited a second, then when I didn’t hear anything running through the woods, I picked the gun back up and looked down the scope to where the deer had been. Sure enough, he was still standing there! I couldn’t believe it, my dead deer was still just as alive as he could be. So I quickly and somewhat quitely opened the bolt on my old Model 70 Winchester 30-06 and chambered the only other round I had with me. I then put the crosshairs back on the deer, this time right at the top of his back, and let my second shot go…
At the blast, I could hear the deer running through the woods. Then a crash… I couldn’t believe it. I had got him! So I ran back to my truck, grabbed my flashlight and went to where he had been. Sure enough, blood was in the mud in the road. So I just took a few steps back into the pines and shined my light right on to him. That is when I realized that I had shot the biggest buck I had seen on my trailcam since I started setting up the little spot that I had been given permission to hunt… A beautiful mainframe 8 point with 4 inch long kickers – two off of his G2s and two off of his giant bases.
- Bo and Will with our big doe
I then checked to see where my shot had hit, and found that it had just barely caught the bottom of his heart. After saying a quick prayer, I called Amy to let her know that I had gotten the big one and to keep the boys up until I could get home to show them. They were so proud of me for killing a giant buck; however there were also pretty peeved that they had not been allowed to go with me. But fortunately they forgave me when I promised to take them the next time 
I have lots more stories to tell about this season, so I will try to get back to writing and share them with everyone. I also hope that everyone is having a great season too.
Jeff
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Jeff, great buck. I saw it and you on the wise batten website and found my way here to read the story. Congrats!!
November 11th, 2009 at 6:47 pm
Jeff, that is one great buck. I will probably never see one that big, let alone be able to kill one.
Would you be so kind as to send some of your skill/luck my way?
November 12th, 2009 at 9:47 am
Thanks Arthur, I sure was surprised by the size of him too – especially considering that I took him on a small tract that has not been managed for big bucks. But feed them and leave them alone until just the right time, and no telling what you will see…
As always, you have a standing invitation to hunt. Would love for you to make it down even if it was for just a two or three day hunt. I have 2 more stands that haven’t even been hunt yet
November 12th, 2009 at 11:04 am
Hey Mark, Great to hear from you! Hope your season is going well too. Drop me an email when you can to let me know how you have done. However, if for some reason you haven’t gotten a chance to hunt, maybe you can run down and hunt an afternoon with me. I can’t even find anyone to hunt with these days, so I would enjoy the company
November 12th, 2009 at 11:08 am
Great buck; congratulations!
November 13th, 2009 at 8:41 pm
Jeff, what a great buck.I live im WV. But iam moven to SC.with my family.Glad i found this site i love to hunt but we know no one in SC.Hope to talk to you later, good luck in the woods. Our season starts Nov. 23 i get to hunt 4 days befor we move.
November 15th, 2009 at 8:10 pm
Nice work, Jeff! That’s a hawg of a buck!
Man, you guys are rolling in them down there this season. Sounds like that QDMA is paying off.
November 16th, 2009 at 2:49 pm
What a stud! Great story and good reminder to check your shooting when you switch ammo. Good grief, I find it hard to believe you can’t find anybody to hunt with. You know a bunch of women right down the road who would be happy to be there!
From what I’m hearing, we’re all having our best year in quite a while. Let’s hope it keeps up–6 of us will be at Lightsey Hunt Club for Ladies during Thanksgiving. Come by and visit. We’ve always got food.
November 18th, 2009 at 12:04 pm
Congratulations Jeff, that is an awesome buck!
November 22nd, 2009 at 11:58 am
Jeff,
Way to go! Get him on camera and then get him on the ground – it’s easier said than done.
November 29th, 2009 at 10:49 am
Holy mackeral! now that’s a giant buck (and a humorous story too) Congratulations!
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December 22nd, 2009 at 9:55 am
Wow – not too shabby.
January 7th, 2010 at 4:17 pm
Nice whitetails! How is the bear hunting in the area. This is the first time I am going to be hunting in North Carolina for big game. I have hunted bobwhite, and pheasant at a few of the farms. I am looking at huntfishguide.com for a few good black bear hunts around the US
February 17th, 2010 at 8:39 am
Wow! that’s one hell of a majestic beast.
June 4th, 2010 at 1:24 pm
Good luck with your 2010 hunting season!
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August 17th, 2010 at 9:08 am
wow! thats a great buck, definitely one to be proud of.
August 17th, 2010 at 10:25 am
Nice post…………….this is a great buck . I have never seen this kind of big buck in past…………All the bestfor your next hunting.
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April 27th, 2011 at 12:13 am
Great hunt, super buck! A memory for live for sure! Reminds me of the largest pike I ever caught, I was bank fishing and landed a 11# northern put her on a stringer and tied it to a branch kept fishing and all of a sudden a large splash and I saw my huge fish swim away with the stringer with him. About 2 hours latter I returned to that spot and,Wow!! There I saw my stringer and the huge fish! I could not get her to bite again however I was able to snag the stringer and brought her back in! You never forget a 2nd chance!
May 2nd, 2011 at 2:34 pm
Wow. that is a monster buck
June 12th, 2011 at 5:43 pm
Nice blog and great picture of your boys. You’re giving them a lifetime of memories. Nice to hear of Dad’s spending that quality time with his boys. Good for you and keep having fun with them. They’ll be grateful for it.
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June 14th, 2011 at 3:10 pm
I wonder how much pound of meat you can have with this baby.. steak for week..
August 16th, 2011 at 4:16 pm
Jeff, what a amazing buck you’v got! This reminds me of my big buck last winter. The buck got caught in the snow,unable to move. So I got it without any effort.By your way, I am going to catch one again without heavy deer hunting gear.Summer hunting may be different.
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September 9th, 2011 at 4:32 pm
congratulation to capturing a great buck!
good work jeff!
September 21st, 2011 at 1:36 pm
That looks like an awesome buck!
September 27th, 2011 at 4:29 am
Sweet buck! Killed it at night too! Very nice.
October 17th, 2011 at 1:33 pm
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November 3rd, 2011 at 1:39 pm
Nice? about to go buck hunting, That was an awesome shot on an? awesome buck.
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November 11th, 2011 at 3:58 am
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November 11th, 2011 at 1:19 pm
Very nice buck? though, don’t get me wrong…congrats
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November 19th, 2011 at 4:48 am
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November 25th, 2011 at 10:47 pm
That’s a great looking buck and quite amazing that you were able to get a second shot on him! You must have been ecstatic once you realized it was the same deer you’ve been watching on your trailcam. I didn’t see it mentioned in the article, but did you hire whitetail outfitters for this hunt or was it self guided? Thanks.
December 11th, 2011 at 12:30 pm
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