Thanks for all the kind words. I know he's not a trophy to most of you, but he means a whole lot to me. This was the third buck I've seenthis year. (He was with another one)
Well fish, the story's full of kendallisms. This was my first trip to this site. One of my co-workers has hunted it and took a spike opening day. (Christine checked the stats on this place and only 5 deer were taken there in '07)
I busted through a bunch of brush to get to a spot I saw on the aerial map. It was great but didn't afford a place to hang the stand I carried in. So I continued looking to the west near the corner of a bean field and found a nice stand of trees and decided to set up there. Once I got up in my stand I could see the hiking trail. Duh! it doesn't show on the aerial view.
Set there for about three hours and decided to try rattling when the wind died down for a minute. No response. I thought about getting down and walking out while I still had light, but decided to stick it out 'til deer thirty. Sure enough, as the light was fading here came a real, real nice buck down the hiking trail. In typical big buck fashion he got to a point and faded off to the side letting my buck walk by. Right down the hiking trail at 19 yards.I knew I didn't have time to wait for a shot at the big boy so when this guy got to my pre-selected lane, the arrow was away.
Lighted arrow nocks are the best!
The big boy is still there. And I have a Muzzy waitingjust for him. (or a doe, or a squirrel, or a turkey, or a...well you get the point.) It goes "That'a way" Thanks Jason. I try to always keep that helpful hint in mind. He he