posted by BIG GAME HUNTER on Dec 14
Going on a Hunting Trip. White-tail deer hunting in Pennsylvania.
Exciting white tail deer hunting trip to Potter County.
I have been hunting white tail deer in Pennsylvania for over 50 years. I had harvested over 55 white tail deer during that time. But, the one event I will always remember was in the fall of 1955. I went to my hunting camp in Cross Forks, Pennsylvania. We called it camp 2 X 4, because of its size. It was about 20 X 20 feet. It slept 6 hunters. With cots and a pot belly wood stove there wasn’t much space. I had a new 1955 blue and white 4 door hard top Bellaire Chevrolet, which was my pride and joy. My hunting weapon was a Remington 30-06 Carbine. It had an 18 1/2 inch barrel that would go under the limbs with me without snagging. I had a Bosch & Lomb 3-9 variable scope on it. I used 150 gm bullets, that my brother-in-law hand loaded for me.
To get on with the story, I got up at about 4 A.M., got dressed and ate breakfast. I wished the other hunters, good luck and went out the door. I walked up the hollow and up the mountain. I got to the top of the mountain and walked across the top. There was about 3 inches of snow on the ground. It was a beautiful, clear, sun shinny day. So I sat down on a log with my rifle laying across my lap. Well, it was a little warm. I sort of dozed off.
I woke up and there were 4 deer about 30 yards from me. There were 2 bucks and 2 does. One of the bucks was looking straight at me. It was broadside to me. My heart started pounding and I started to sweat. The buck that was looking right at me and looked like the stag on Bambi. It’s rack looked gigantic, with the sun shining in it. It was a heavy rack. The other buck, who had about 4 points, and a doe came walking toward me. I could have reached out with my rile and tapped it on its back. I didn’t move a muscle. The doe tripped on a branch and it startled her. She and the buck that was with her ran back to the big buck.
The big buck was still looking at me. I thought, to myself, if the big buck took one step forward, his head would be behind a tree. I would then try to shoot it. Well, the big buck took a step forward and with its head behind a tree, I brought the rifle up and shot. The buck jumped up and spun around and took off. I fired 2 more times at it. All the deer went behind a knoll and disappeared.
I was sick that the buck, so close and broadside, how could I have missed it? I got up and when to where the buck was standing. There were several drops of blood in the snow. I was feeling better. I knew I hit it. I started tracking the blood and tracks and the tracks mingled with other deer tracks and bear tracks and the blood disappeared.
Well, I was getting discouraged, again. I sat down on a log. I felt I couldn’t hunt any more after missing that big buck. So, I started back to camp. I was thinking that if I followed the tracks, closer, maybe I could track the buck. So, I went back to where I shot the buck, sure enough there was the blood. I started to follow the blood to where it disappeared.
Well, I stood there for a while and looked further ahead. I could see more blood. I followed the blood looking ahead. I didn’t realize, until then, that with the deer running the blood would go into the snow at an angle. Well, to my surprise when the deer went behind the knoll he started falling and there were large blotches of blood. I didn’t realize it at the time, when the deer went behind the knoll I heard what sounded like a baby crying. That was the deer. Well, I found the deer lying dead about a thousand feet from where I shot it.
I was overjoyed. It was a perfect 8 point white tail buck with a button for the ninth point. Later, I measured it by the Boon and Crocket grading and it was 145. It weighed 150 lbs. hog dressed. Well that’s not the end of the story.
I started to drag the deer down the trail and came to a tree across the path. I couldn’t drag the deer over or under the tree. I sat there contemplating what to do when another hunter came by. He helped get the deer around the tree. He said he had a jeep down in the hollow and he would be glad to take my deer down to my camp. He did and I thanked him.
That is still not the end. I put the deer on the fender of my car and drove to my father’s hunting camp to brag. He was never very lucky at getting deer. I think he only got 3 white tail deer in his lifetime. I got to his camp and he was out hunting.
So, I headed back over the mountain. It was very icy. At the top, there was a Lincoln, from Pittsburgh, coming toward me. I tried to get out of his way and because of the ice I slid into him. I wasn’t going very fast. So, we exchanged cards and I went back to my camp.
Well, That’s the end of my story.
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