This season has been a smoker!!!

[Planter]

Yesterday morning I escorted one of my hunting buds who has some pretty good health problems into one of my honey hole stands. Took forever to get him out there and up the tree and I had to put in a couple of extra steps just for safety. I handed him up his stuff. It took forever to get the quarter mile thru the woods to my ground blind and I sure felt like I was running late.

I put down a couple of James Valley scent trails out from my 20 yard marks and set off one of those silly "Buck Bomb" things that have been like gold to me. I sat backhoping my bud would at least see something to get his blood flowing.

At about 6:30 I heard the no mistaking sound of a deer walking in my direction on my blind side heading RIGHT for the Bomb. I grabbed my bow off the hookjust as he came into view and he looked right at me. I thought I was done but he looked toward the bomb again and gave me a slam dunk broad side 15 yard shot!!He bolted and ran full out for 30 yards and crumpled. I reached into my pack and pulled out my thermos of coffe and said to my self "What the hell just happened" .

The pics don't do it justice. This guy is a hog and I hope to weigh him today. Great mass and has a head like a bull.

PS... My buddy hit a doe pretty good. It needed some time though so we are heading out after hefinishes a morning hunt. I put him in another great place!!

[Rebel Hog]

WTG Planter........Great Buck.........Congrat's

[Dnk]

Nice solid buck John!

[awshucks]

WOW!! You "gigged a gagger", John, Congrats!!

[kvjohndeere]

Nice Buck Planter Awesome Congrats !

[ranger56528]

Congrats planter..vey nice....

[smokepolehall]

CRAP! You have done it now! Congrats on the fine Buck. I ain't even got one to catch up with the other one!

[Planter]

Got you on the ropes a little bit with that one Mike..Give me a couple guesses on score will you guys. Never scored a deer but this guy was just a major bull that pretty near killed me pulling him thru the woods with my not to spry Pal..

It's funny that I was over the other side and guys were posting about "passing" on 125-130and 110-115 class deer. I just can't even imagine letting a 130 walk. Guess I need to work on my QDM or move to an area of much higher quality bucks or maybe thats the same thing..

IS there anyone in this forum seeing so many big deer he would have passed on either of the bucks I thumped in my best season ever.I know there are exceptions but I think alot of guys claim to have seen BIG deer who really saw squat.

PS for Mike/Smoke. I bought 6 of the old Rockets and went to Wally World and bought 3 of the new ones made by TrophyRidge. The ferulle on the TR has alot more threads but thats the only diff I could see. I bet cha there gonna shoot just as swwet @ my comfort zone..

Just a couple ball park guesses on score please guys. A big ATTA BOY and a hunting secret to the guy that comes the closest

[Mtnhomeboy]

Planter ,thats a great buck. I'd guess he'd score around 130, but again
hewill score pretty good. Congrats again.

[smokepolehall]

I will say aroune the 128 mark pic's are good but in person is better fer scoring.