Went down to south montgomery yesterday to the place where I have been doing some doe management for my girlfriends neighbor. He told me I could take a buck as long as it was good and mature so yesterday I decided to wait until dark to try and shoot my doe that I was after in the first place. Before 3:30 there were 18 does and spikes on the field. At around 4:00 this guy steps out. When he first walked out he was 15 yds and facing me. Just looking at his rack I was thinking man thats a really beautiful younger buck. Once he turned broadside though I realized he did in fact have some age on him and was one of the fattest looking deer I have ever seen. Then I sent pictures to the landowner and he confirmed that he was satisfied with his age. I watched him for 30 mins or so to make sure nothing bigger was coming out and finally decided I was going to take him. 70 yd shot with the 6.8spc was just a hair back and he made it just out of the field before piling up. A few does hung around stomping and blowing so since I was there to thin does anyway I shifted over to the other window and shot the biggest one between the eyes. Once we got the buck to the processor we made and interesting discovery. What I thought was a fat, saggy belly was actually an infected, swollen mass on both sides of his ribs where he had been gut shot before. So even though he wasn't quite as old as I thought he was the landowner and I both agree that it was good to take him out anyway.

thats a good bama buck, love those big bases... Land owner must have some beasts on the property to have let you kill that one..

I let a few folks hunt my lease from time to time but it's doe only for them..lol

Way to double down. Congrats!

That doesn't look like a Harley MC to me. Nice buck.

Congrats on the buck! Thanks for sharing the pictures. Was there much meat lost because of the infection or was the processor able to cut it away without issue?

what times dinner !! nice deer!

Great job and s nice Buck.

Great story and pics. Congrats

That is a pretty cool buck.