I posted this in the Bowhunting Forum, but then thought that maybe it should be posted here.
Hello. I"™m new to the board. Just joined today, in fact. I wanted to show off the whitetail buck that I got this weekend in southwest Kansas.
I was hunting a shelterbelt near a creek and it had plenty of activity. The buck came in just before dark to his scrape, which was just east of my tree stand. I had to wait for him to clear some tree branches before I could shoot. I took him at 16 yards. He spun around and ran out into a CRP field. It is extremely difficult to find a blood trail in CRP, as some of you may be aware of, and it was getting dark. I had to come back the next morning. Unfortunately, the coyotes found him before I did. They had eaten both back hams. I was able to salvage the front quarters, most of the backstraps, and of course, the rack.
I wasn"™t sure just how good he was until I found him the next day. I roughed scored him around 150. He"™s got some deductions as both brow tines are broken, the main beam on the right side is broken, and the G2 on the right side is broken. But hey, who"™s counting! This is actually the second best whitetail I"™ve taken with a bow. The best scored around 180 and I took him 10 years ago. It"™s been a long wait for another good buck, but well worth it.
Southwest Kansas Buck
