2024 Deer Season

[JOHN GRENZ]

Grandsons first Muley. South Dakota.

 

[Inkgardener]

Pains me to write this, but I guess that’s why they call it hunting!

This is my second year on this property for deer, have been on it to hunt pigs/coyotes for years.

We had this buck on camera as far back as January of this year, and have had him on 3 cameras within 1200 yards of each other like clock work since September. First daylight sighting was Sunday of opening weekend, and he was on camera during hunting hours 3 times last week Again, like clockwork. And we were all home for Thanksgiving!

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I arrived the evening after this image was taken as I had to wrap up some family commitments at home and found this in the cabin:

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Photos started to land in my texts…

My heart sank! He had left the ranch and the neighboring landowner connected! Now, mind you this ranch is over 7K acres, and we have a 500+ acre section that we hunt deer, why leave?!?

Word has it that he was scored at 206 7/8 the following day, possibly a new Coal County OK record for non typical once he dries and is officially scored.

It was a long drive home this afternoon….

Wow! That’s only a few counties south of me! I’ve never seen anything close to that big here.