Well guys, I just got back from a 7 day trip to southeast Nebraska doing a little deer hunting. The weather was challenging for this Texas boy between the cold temperatures, snow and rain… Although the deer were chasing does it was pretty tough hunting with the corn still standing and brief glimpses of young bucks were all we got for the first few days. To make matters worse, the snow storm knocked out power and since the place we were staying was on a private well we didn’t have any water either. We were hosted by Mike Rogge with Osage Outfitters and he was more than gracious and worked his tail off cooking and trying to keep the generators running for us during the three days without power and water.
My dad and I saw three pretty good bucks the day before season and were well set-up to try to get a shot at them first thing Saturday morning. As you can imagine hunting is hunting and the three mature deer we had seen completely disappeared. They must have been hidden well or completely running at night because we hunted a 160+/- acre corner of the property we had access to really hard this past week and spent about 60+ hours in the field the past six days. We had hoped to be able to hunt all week but I had things come up at work and home and needed to head back so our hunt was cut short and I honestly figured we would head home empty handed. Our last hunt was yesterday evening and by that time I was pretty worn out, discouraged, just plain nasty after three days with no shower and was ready to head back to Texas. I got set up pretty early and began thinking about all of the stuff I needed to do to head back and really wasn’t paying much attention when a doe came running full bore over the hill at me with her tongue hanging out. As the rut was in full swing I knew that there would very likely be something behind her so I got ready and centered my rifle on the area that she came from. There was a total of three bucks that followed in the next ten minutes, with this buck finding his way to the dirt after the 7wsm did its job. I misjudged the deer a little and really thought he was better than he ended up being but he is a really respectable mature buck that tilted the scales in the 260 - 290 pound mark (We didn’t weigh him and had a few guesses at the weight.) He is a basic 4x5 with a small kicker and should gross score in the mid 140’s with a 19.25” inside spread.
Here are a few pictures of the scenery in the area, the weather that we were huting in and the deer that I was able to get on.
My dad and I saw three pretty good bucks the day before season and were well set-up to try to get a shot at them first thing Saturday morning. As you can imagine hunting is hunting and the three mature deer we had seen completely disappeared. They must have been hidden well or completely running at night because we hunted a 160+/- acre corner of the property we had access to really hard this past week and spent about 60+ hours in the field the past six days. We had hoped to be able to hunt all week but I had things come up at work and home and needed to head back so our hunt was cut short and I honestly figured we would head home empty handed. Our last hunt was yesterday evening and by that time I was pretty worn out, discouraged, just plain nasty after three days with no shower and was ready to head back to Texas. I got set up pretty early and began thinking about all of the stuff I needed to do to head back and really wasn’t paying much attention when a doe came running full bore over the hill at me with her tongue hanging out. As the rut was in full swing I knew that there would very likely be something behind her so I got ready and centered my rifle on the area that she came from. There was a total of three bucks that followed in the next ten minutes, with this buck finding his way to the dirt after the 7wsm did its job. I misjudged the deer a little and really thought he was better than he ended up being but he is a really respectable mature buck that tilted the scales in the 260 - 290 pound mark (We didn’t weigh him and had a few guesses at the weight.) He is a basic 4x5 with a small kicker and should gross score in the mid 140’s with a 19.25” inside spread.
Here are a few pictures of the scenery in the area, the weather that we were huting in and the deer that I was able to get on.
