Indiana deer hunting/fishing

[Jasher]

There's not a lot to the beginning of the story as I hadn't been in the stand for 10 minutes when I heard something in the water turned around and there he was. I was facing the wrong way and figured there's no way I am going to get turned around without him seeing me or smelling me. The wind was going right to him. He never looked up or acted like anything else was around. So as I got into position I had to make sure that when I shot I wouldn't fall out of the tree. He started to walk farther behind me and there was one open spot before he was directly behind me. I waited for him to enter the opening and when he did I took the shot. He went about 10 feet before falling over in one of the deepest and fastest moving parts of the creek. I watched as it started carrying him away. I though this can't really be happening I'm 50 yards away but 20 feet up a tree and there's a 10 drop at the creek bank. I watched for what seemed like forever as he drifted to a log and seeing that I thought I hope the log keeps him from going farther. In that thought I see his body start going under the log. As I still stood in the tree stand I started thinking I'm never going to be able to get this deer if I get out of the stand I won't be able to see him and who knows if I will see him again. Just like that his rack got stuck on the log and the bottom of the creek. I stood there for a couple more seconds to make sure he didn't come out. I went down to where he was and got him out and up on the shore. From the time I got to the tree stand until he was on the creek bank wasn't 15 minutes. Now if I could convince elk to be like that.
After I got him out of the water I wasn't to worried about pictures as I was soaked from the knees down. I will get more pictures of the rack later. I already quartered him up so the only thing left to take pictures of is the rack.

 

[1_pointer]

Very nice!! Congrats!

 

[targetpanic]

Great story...I can picture your face now as he started floating down stream!

 

[SFC B]

Great deer, congrats!

 

[LCH]

That's cool! Good work.

 

[JohnCushman]

Congrats!

 

[Walkathon]

Glad you were able to fish him out of the river. Good thing he had a nice wide rack to get hung up on the log. That's a nice buck !

 

[Jasher]

I drive a truck so I haven't been able to do anything with the head but tomorrow I'm going to skin it out. I'm sure this was a really old dude who was definitely on the decline. He is really wide and thick just not much for points.

 

[nwihunter]

Nice deer. Congrats. I actually had to get in a boat once and chase one that was floating away down the rivesr. Threw a road around it’s head and drug it back up stream.

 

[JDH]

Nice deer!

 

[shootbrownelk]

That's a CREEK Jasher? Out here that'd be classified as a river. Nice Buck, Congrats!

 

[RUT JUNKEY]

Nice!

 

[Jasher]

That's a CREEK Jasher? Out here that'd be classified as a river. Nice Buck, Congrats!

Yes, that's what they consider it here. A week before it was running full because of a rain storm Saturday. It's called sugar creek in the summer they have canoeing trips on it.
I processed the meat today and ended up with just over 60 lbs. I got the head skinned but didn't have time to finish it out. I measured the width and it's right at 21 inches.