I filled a DMP first thing yesterday morning. One shot...one deer down. There was lots of shooting going on here in my corner of Steuben County. Here are a few nice ones that I know of that were killed around the house yesterday...

I saw this guy several times over the summer/fall on a farm that I turkey hunt right up the road. He was out breeding a doe in a field at first light. Bad move on the opening morning of deer season. A buddy of mine went and gathered somes guys up to do a drive and they whacked him. Really nice buck, woulda been a monster next year. He had some G5's budding out on both beams. Apparently, there was a bigger buck that went into the drive but never came out too...







This cool looking triple mainbeamed buck was killed by a 15 year old (first deer)...





Here's a beautiful 3.5 year old that I called "Split-brow." I've been watching this buck on my family's property for the past two years and was really hoping that he'd make it through season again. Unfortunately for him, he decided to come out before dark following a doe and met up with a 7MM-08 bullet. I hated to see him laying in the back of my buddy's truck like this...another buck that could have been a real toad in another year. Oh well, so it goes...



Trailcam pics from this past spring and late summer...