So I’m going to give you a mini-blog over the next couple of days that covers my Kansas rifle season, or at least the part after this post.
When we left off with the aforementioned post I’d had an encounter with a great buck and CA-Chucky was returning for his third try at a Kansas archery buck with a recurve.
I got to the cabin in time to hunt Friday evening. I’d plotted a new path to the same stand where I’d seen the big buck. Unfortunately 10 yards into my hike I saw movement along a tree line nearly a half mile away. I sat down and spent some time dissecting the situation with my binoculars before deciding that the buck was I was after had gathered a couple of friends since the last time I saw him. They were already in a position that made it impossible for me to get into my stand or do anything to close the distance, so I shot some video:
It’s hard to tell from this video, but that back buck is the stud. He’s heavy, long, and appears to be a good symmetrical 10. The front one is a very tall 8. I didn’t get a great look at the middle buck but he also appeared to be a potential shooter, although not as tall as the 8 or as big as the stud.
So after they worked their way out of sight I cleared out of the area hoping to utilize a better plan in the morning assuming they would return to bed in roughly the same way they left…
I spent the rest of the evening scouting deer, and finding them everywhere I looked. In the last hour of light I must have watched 50-60 deer in various places. I also found where the snow geese were feeding:
CA-Chucky got to town just in time for elk spaghetti and we discussed our plans for the morning…
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