I should have a pretty good chance this year. I would guess around a 60 – 70 percent chance on a 130+. I’m also pretty selective – especially early in the season. This year I decided to cut down on other hunting to focus on bowhunting during prime pre-rut and the main rut.

Last year was extremely humbling! I’ve never been so close to mature deer and been unable to close the deal. A lot of it was just plain bad luck. For example I had crawled through a picked cornfield 30 yards from a bedded 150” class buck that was bedded with a doe. As I was trying to determine the best shot angle etc. I heard a noise behind me. It was the farmer driving through the cornfield in his pickup not 50 yards behind me looking for a part that fell off a piece of his equipment. When I turned around, the deer was looking straight at me – I was busted…. Then there was a solid 125” that passed by at 20 yards and I couldn’t get my bow of the hook (that has NEVER happened before). In desperation I tried to use the hand with my release on it in an attempt to ‘push’ it off the hook – the metal on my release hit my bow and ‘clank’ – BUSTED…. I could go on all night…..

I’m going to try and put last year behind me and score big this year!!