Alright! Nice buck and way to put some more points on the board! Congrats on a beautiful animal.

I would like to say I have some good news to report, but the only thing on the headlines of my hunting diary right now is "Wow, I suck." [:'(] I got a shot at a beauty on Sunday morning and I have no idea what happened. To put it simply - I choked. 25 yards, broadside, just below eye level with me, and I hit him high. When I say high I mean about 1" down from the top of his back, above the spine. When I saw him take off with his tail up across a cut bean field I wanted to throw my bow out of the stand. We gave it three hours before looking, found 2 minor drops of blood, and then nothing. We looked and looked just hoping maybe I caught some lung or artery but it was pointless. No blood, no tracks, no sign of the buck to be found. I'm 100% confident that he's still alive though. My arrow had nothing but fat, meat, and dark (nearly black) hair on it. I was about as close to missing this deer as you could get without actually missing him. I'm still sick to my stomach about it. [:'(] He was every bit of 130"+. Blech.

Sunday evening I had a great 1 1/2 year old 8 point come right under me after I grunted him in but instead of shooting him with my bow, I used the videocamera instead. I got some great footage of him so when I get around to it I'll try putting a small clip together and uploading it. It'll be my first forary into video work on my computer so I hope I can figure it out.

Well, the rut is on and I'm not giving up now. I'm off work Thursday and Friday so I plan on sitting all day. Wish me luck, and hope I don't choke again.