Buck Down
 

Last night, my brother and I decided on an evening. He settled into a stand in the middle of the woods that we hunt and since I had to work late, I chose a stand that provided easy and quick access without alerting any deer. While on my way to my stand, my brother sent me picture messages of 2 little basket racks that he had rattled in but were too small to shoot. Around 5:45, he gave me a call on my phone and told me he had arrowed a big buck. He said that he had performed another rattling sequence after the small bucks had left the area and a few minutes later he looked up to see a big buck rubbing trees and coming in for a fight. The buck continued to within 30 and that is when he shot. He told me that he was a little worried because he thought he hit it a little back. He said he watched the buck as it labored away and then bedded down about 80 yards away. He waited until dark and then backed out of the woods. On his way out, he found his arrow, which contained a decent amount of blood on it. We planned on meeting up at first light this morning to search for the buck.

We met up this morning and we were both filled with excitement as while we have both shot decent bucks while gun hunting, neither of us had ever shot a nice buck in the few years that we have bow hunted. After searching for the buck , we were relieved to find him about 100 yards from where my brother had last seen him. We were both filled with relief and excitement. Hopefully this is only the beginning of a great season. Can't wait to get back in the woods.

very nice buck

Nice buck bud,sounds like an exciting hunt.

tell your brother congrats on a stud of a buck

that is a beaut' of a deer, so wide and heavy.. And I'm loving that kicker off the Brow tine.. Congrats to him..

That is a pig on an 8pt!!! I love big 8's.

Nice buck!

I lease some ground in Southern IL with a few guys. One guy has killed two bucks that look exactly like that one; wide, good mass, very similar tines.

You don't hunt near Mounds, IL do you?

Probably just coincidence, but I do notice that a lot of the mature deer seen/killed on our farm in MO seem to have similar antler characteristics. The two bucks my buddy has killed in IL are definitely similar.

Great buck!

Great buck congrats!

congrats! nice deer

Great looking buck and congrats to your brother!

Awsome 8 point!! Were are you located?

great lookin 8 pt. congrats!

Great buck, nice wide 8 point. Even better that you and your brother got to share that together.....must have been a great hunt.

Congratulations. Very nice buck. I love the mass!

Wow, that thing is an absolute beast! Very nice! :)

Congrats on the big 8. You all did it right by leaving it until the morning. Great recovery!!

thats a real nice buck! tell your bro congrats

What a cool experience to share with your brother. Great story, awesome buck. I'm not sure we make those in Virginia!

Located in Northern Illinois

One heck of a buck!!:party0005:

Thats a nice buck and all, but i would have had to have pass on him. He'd be a big one next year

Very nice buck. Glad you were able to recover it. Congradulations.

Nice deer! Jealous for sure