big MN 8 point
 

after 10 years of bowhunting i finally got my first buck with my bow!!!!!!:happy0001: i had already packed it in for the day i was walking down the walking path when a doe jump from about ten yards away and stopped at about 45 yards so i knent to the ground set my stand and backpack down and knocked an arrow... then i saw movement from the grove of trees she came from so i waited to shoot ( at first i thought another doe would come out and it would just be an easier shot) but to my suprise it was this beast he stopped at 35ish yards and looked at me i thought he was gunna run when i drew but i had to do something or he was gunna leave any ways so i drew on him put my 30 yard pin in the middle of his chest and let the RAGE fly i hit him low in the chest but right in the middle of his heart!!! he went 60 yards and piled up!!! he weighed 215 dressed out and had a 22 inch inside spread!!!! it was by far the best hunt ive had and its the most impressive buck ive shot/seen alive!!!:biggrin:


but i got two questions i know its tough to tell age without seeing it alive but about how old does anybody think it is? and about how much do you think it scores? any help would be great

thanks!

Awesome buck, sometimes you just get lucky, I'd rather be lucky than good most days.

Ryan.

GREAT job !

dd

Nicely done!!

Congratulations, very nice buck. I'd say he scores around130".

Great buck and congrats.

congrats nice deer....you really took a frontal chest shot with a bow ? thats a high risk shot.

thats a solid buck..way to go!

Nice buck! and from the sound of it a helluva shot, not one I would have taken.

Im sorry that is a high risk shot i would not have taken it if it was facing me he was broadside when i took the shot it went right behind his front shoulder and hit the opposite shoulder and straight though the heart and the bottom of the lungs... sorry for the mix up

great deer, congrats!

Nice buck! + 1 for shooting him with the same bow I have, loving the bear strike right now :)

Congrats. The best two bucks I have ever seen in the woods I walked in on but they saw me first. I even had my rifle both times and didn't get the shot. To do that with a bow is awesome.

good story and congrats!! i think hes a 130 class deer

yeah like i said ive been bow hunting for 10 years now and this is the first year ive harvested a deer and it was with the BEAR i love it! its fast and quiet and i really like that its more compact than my last bow... which i think help on this particular buck but i went scoreless until this year when i got a fawn then a doe and now this pig!!!!

Super deer, congrats! :)
I'm gonna say mid 130's - great buck!

Great buck man!!! I think he would score between 125 and 130. Its hard to tell the age on a mature buck, I would say at least 3-1/2 probably 4-1/2 judging by his mass. Great Trophy in anybodys book!

Nice buck, he has beautiful fur.

Congrats on one great buck

he has a great cape but he was the BULLY in the area i hunted he had ALOT of scars and he had a huge streak of fur missing from a fight and he had a scar on his ass from what looked like an atler that stuck him but i am EXTREMLY proud of him regardles of how old or what he scores he was part of the best hunt ive ever had and im gunna have a hard time waiting for the taxidermist to get him back!!!

Fellow Mn hunter here...Congrats on an awesome buck. Where r u from and/or where did you harvest this beautiful animal? If you don't mind me asking.....

I'm guessing he'll score around 115 to 120 and I think he could be 4.5.

Great buck, congrats!

Congrats man on the awesome buck!

congrats,that is a great looking buck.

i live in chaska, it was in a park hunt in eagan tons of deer!!!

Don't need no stink'in tree stand!!!

Awesome buck!

nice looking buck. congrats and nice job

thats a nice one