Well they are all great, but the 2 that are the best both took place here in New Jersey. 1st one took place in the 2000 bow season November 17th. I was hunting public land, my best friend wasn't hunting with me, but he did show up for the afternoon hunt and he stayed at the bottom so he wouldn't bother me. That day I was seeing numerous bucks, a few with nice racks. At 3 pm i hear deer running I see 12 deer, one spike, one 4 pointer, eight pointer with a straight up rack he was chasing a doe and grunting, further up the ridge was a 8 pointer that i never saw, he had a 24" rack, he had to weigh well over 220lbs. 1/2 hour of watching him and the doe he was chasing was exciting!!! The doe walks right under my stand, and so does the buck, I drew and hit him!!!! He ran about 30yds. went up twice on his hind legs, and fell over, the doe was stomping her feet, this went on for 15/20 mins. Then all of a sudden the buck gets up, and walks away!!!! I wait about a 1/2 hr. walk a differnt route to my truck, thinking I will return the next day. When I get close to the road I see my friend climbing down from the tree, he was excitied on seeing this deer, but had no idea i shot. He said that the deer was hurt!!!! The next day we return, find a pool of blood where i saw the buck lay down. We follow the blood trail, and it dried up, we looked for hours, and every few days, but never saw or found this deer.

The 2nd hunt took place on the last day of the NJ buck shotgun season which was the same week as NJ's 1st black bear hunt in over 30yrs. It was December 13th, 2003, at 9:30 am a bear was 50yds from me, One shot from my Remington 11-87 slug gun and the Lightfield slug did its job. She wasnt the biggest bear I got, but was the most special cause it took place here in my home state of NJ.