Hey guys,
I've been out the last 3 days mornign and evening, these highs around 70 during the day are killing midday movement. I've been shining at night (legal in MN) and thats when the real bruisers have been out chasing, but laying low during the heat. Anyway, yesterday morning at about 8am I had this guy come in to check out a series of bleats from the can and grunts I had just finished. He actually caught me in the middle of doing #1 from the tree, amzing what a little adrenaline will do to shut things down, LOL. He came in very fast and I bleated to stop him at 28 yards. I saw the goldtip and the thunderhead dissapear right behind his shoulder. He ran about 40 yards and stopped looking around in all directions not knowing what had just happened. Then his tail started twitching, it was wagging back and forth like crazy, just like a happy dog. He started to walk to his left and I watched him lay down and for the next 30 seconds or so his head was getting heavier and heavier until it finally went down. I got a complete pass through and hit the middle of his chest on his right side and exited very low on his left. He left absolutely zero blood trail, it all pooled up inside. Anyway, he is almost a perfect 8 ponter with a 19" inside spread. There are some larger deer out there but MNs gun season opens tomorrow so all the routines and habits are out the door after that. Here he is, I havent scored him yet as we had to get him to the processor right away with highs in the 70s. So his head is there also and will score it when I get back.
