MY FIRST WALL-HANGERS!

[moordeer]

Back a few years ago I was able to finally get a buck that I would consider a wall-hanger. I had went scoutiing a new place that I had ben thinking would house a few good mature bucks. It was the first week of early muzzleoader season here in VA an instead of hunting I grab a treestand and took off up the mountian. got to where I wanted to start looking an started finding some good sign. found a good tree over looking some hot trails and hung the stand. I didnt get to go back for 3 days to hunt it. well the morning that I had planned to go, I over slept so I took my time getting there because it was very windy that morning anyway as I was walking in an I told myself that I was not shooting just an average buck that far back in the mountians (just not worth the effort to get it out.) I was about 200 yards down the ridge from my stand when I spotted a nice 6 pointer with his nose to the ground tight!! I grunted at him with no response, I figured he was on a hot doe so I decided instead of going to my stand I would hold tight for awhile and watch that trail.. not 3 minutes went by I heard a grunt .. then another.. yep here comes a buck!! his nose was tight to the ground then his head finally cleared the brush and WOW THATS WHAT I'M HERE FOR!! I knew where he was going so I got ready to take the shot as he followed the same path the 6 pointer did he came threw a clearing and I pulled trigger on my knight muzzloader and thats all she wrote!! I got my first WALL-HANGER!! Man I will never forget walking up to him an seeing those horns sticking off the ground!!



I went back to hunt the stand that I had hung a week later in rifle season. this time I woke up on time and made it there well before daylight. Man it was cold..... about 10:30 I heard something coming up the mountian an to my amazment ANOTHER SHOOTER!! This time my 300 win mag cracked the silence of the morning and now I got 2 wall hangers in one season.



up untill that year I had only killed decent bucks but nothin like those two. Man that was a good year in the deer woods.

[THE GOB-FATHER]

Great story MD...

What would you say makes that stand location stand out as a consistant brute bomber? Apparently two monsters liked it well enough to meet their surmise with your dropping of the hammer on 'em! What do you think makes that stand location so special?

Also, how has it been since?

[moordeer]

GF I think its because is a small flat bench on the side of a pretty steep mountian side. this bench is only about 1 acre in size that is surrounded by lural thicket. its a prime bedding area. and a perfect place for mature does to bring a buck to breed. very hidden!! it has ben a good stand I took a bear from that stand the same year as the bucks. only a week later from the 10 pointer . I put my best friend in that stand and he killed a 10 pointer from it a couple years later. another thing is it doesnt get hunted from but a couple times each year. there has actually ben a year or 2 that nobody ever even went to the stand. and its a good hike back to it. the average hunter around here just dont walk that far to hunt.

[Country2dBone]

awsome bucks bud. them benched flats on those steep hills are hot spots no doubt!!!! that was an awsome year for you.

[''HILLBILLY'']

VA GUYS ARE REAL HUNTERS./LOL

[Webejonesin2]

Congrats MD,