Hey,

I once again need to apologize for not getting right back to you all. I am just burried in CATCH up work ..here at school. Missing a couple days of work really puts me behind!!! LMAO and My wife and I are going on a little vaction as of today for my birthday this weekend! So I am gonna be more and more behind. I hope I have a job when I get back!!!!!

Quick yes, I got to watch this guy for almost 10 minutes Iwould estimateas he slowly made his way my way..I know when I told the story I fast forwarded things a bit as I was long windedenough as usual..but honestly for me ..getting to seeHIM for a long time really CALMED me... I got over the first initial rush of adrenaline..I really settled down this way...so for me it really worked out perfect. As for wounds..Quick as you will notice in all my photos I am one that really trys to clean a deer up and make the pictures clean...Thats just me, I dont like all the bloody parts in my photos.....like werea personguts them and or where the exit hole bleeds all over...ALSO I made sure to shoot those close ups of his rack..because I didnt wan to be QUESTIONED 1000 times about his score..I FELT that BUCKEYE was unfarily attacked last year on his big 160 classbuck....I actually have every tine length and measurment I thought about posting with the initial post...but got sick of typing! My buck is getting officially scored by py at my taxidermist in 60 days. He will lose a good bit on net..but I dont care...I wont enter him in py like I havent my others..but I like to have an official score anywhoo...I have a wall in my classroom labeled MR P'Sworld..of hunting photos..and the kids hunters or kids that are non hunters...I try to make sure that the 1000's of kids that pass through my room over the past 10 years and 20 years to come..........see that hunting can be presented in a very tasteful way. I say this because the hunter kids...they dont mind and never will.....but the on the fence or NON hunter kids and familys that visit my room...I try to make a good impression on them ...I have had many parents comment on my photos over the years and compliment me on that fact that there isnt blood all over...I even have a very close teacher friend that was an ANTI HUNTER...hardcore.. really gain a respect for the way I hunt as she says..versus just killing...anyway you get the picture..I usually wipe any blood off the cape the best I can when taking pics as well.. You can see in my photo of my buck thats straight on and up close that I cleaned all the blood off his left front shoulder area.. This buck washeavy bodied..250+lbs...I had to gut him right there and garbage bag the guts and pack them out seperately.so I cut all the belly portions out too,i just dont like looking at that..in my personal photos..call me wierd....the buck was 215 dressed..should have seen mepulling himup onmy quad! LMAO


THANKS TO ALL... YOU'RE COMPLIMENTS MEAN A LOT TO ME. LIKE I SAY I KNOW THERE ARE MANY GREAT WHITETAIL HUNTERS,I JUST HAPPEN TO LIVE IN A NICE AREA THAT HOLDS SOME BIG DEER AND I PUT SOME TIME IN.

For the rest of my team, I wish you guys the best of luck, keep after it, I think I have put in almost 30 hunts counting mornings and nights...this season thus far and have passed up somenice bucks..before I got this guy. I will be gone until Monday. I am taking my wife elk and deer hunting for my bday! just she and I for 3 days.. Its all about her this weekend..I wont even be packing a weapon.

Next week I am focusing on OLE YELLER..I am seriously thinking I will leave highrack alone..he'll be a monster next year if he makes it.. dont give me hard time though if I cant hold off on highracker.. if I should get the chance!!!

Good luck Team 20! if we all harvest a deer, we can win this thing..dang I will be making rattling antlers out the ying yang!!!