Wildest deer hunts of 2003 Part 1.

November 1st I walked to the area just south of a ridge, that I have been hunting leaving behind a scent trail of BF-Fgland.

I climbed the tree with my Summit Bullet and got settled in.

About 6:45 a.m. a 4 pointer came from the other side of the ridge and hit the scent trail and came within 10 yards of the stand. I watched him as he went on by and walked out of site.

7:20 a.m. I hear a deer running in the clear cut behind and just northwest of me. When all of a sudden a doe running flat out is running right for my location. I stand up pull back and aim just as she passes under me. I have seen deer run before but nothing like this she was flat moving. I had not shot at her because she never stopped.

When I hear the second deer a 3 point buck come following up and trying to keep up they made a semi-circle around the valley and head back over the ridge.

About 30 seconds to 1 minute behind that I heard more noise from the original location. I look in that direction and I see more than one buck in the thicket, moving back and forth.

I pull out the can call and turn it twice. Then all **** broke loose, sound like a heard of pigs. Buck’s started heading right toward my location and crossing back and forth and I could see a huge eight pointer with a couple of six’s, four’s and other bucks that I still not sure of the head gear and the numbers. I pull back to shoot the 8 pointer but he does not stop till 20 yards pass me. (Note all the bucks are within 10 yard and directly under and behind the tree I am in)

More bucks keep coming by but I am taking aim at the 8 Pointer with his tongue hanging out, when I see a huge 160 class 10 pointer coming along with what was even just as big 8 pointer. I try to aim at the 10 but he never stops and the second 8 pointer stops at the same location as the first 8 pointer. Then a what I believe a 11 pointer in the 170’s runs into a vine out in front about 10 yards and I take aim at it since it is the only broadside target I had and it starts to back up trying to get the vine out and I shoot and it raise on it’s back feet at the same time and the arrow passed right over the back of another buck and goes right under the neck of the 11 pointer and falls short of even a bigger what I believe was a 12 point buck that was passing behind it. The 11 pointer put it’s ear back and headed right toward a 8 pointer with his head down and the 8 move just in time from being stuck in the side by the 11 pointer.

A few more buck of enormous size passed under the stand and behind me during that time. They made it about 60 yards out and broke up and headed back into the clear cut and over the ridge and some kept going south.

I sat down and try to convince my self I was not having a dream. I believe I counted 13 plus bucks, I no for sure I lost count. The 11 pointer was by far the biggest deer I have ever shot at.

I was not even disappointed about missing, not sure what I was feeling other than dis-belief.

I will say this will never happen again no matter how long I hunt.

My friend showed up about 30 minutes after this was hunting on the ground of the location that the deer went over the ridge. He told me about 10 minutes after he got their a 4 pointer came walking back in a manner like he had never seen before. Didn’t really care about him and just roamed away, and never ran.

I can only assume it was part of that group.

Man what a day in Southern Missouri. I will never get to hunt this spot again. But, just for that moment it was worth all the hard work of food plots and etc.

Wildest deer hunts of 2003 part 2 will be coming soon.