I shot this nice buck Tuesday evening on my buddy's place in Kansas. There is a small wood lot on the northwest corner of the property and I was sitting in a hackberry tree at a place where a field, a horse pasture, and some CRP ground come together. Around 6:30, this buck came out of the field, crossed the wood lot 50 yards in front of me, and was getting ready to enter the CRP. I grunted to him a couple of times and he turned to investigate. When he got close I noticed how white his antlers and face were and that really got me excited because I have never taken a really mature deer before. At 15 yards, he turned broadside to me and started browsing on some leaves. I sent an arrow his way and watched him crash off into the brush. I got down out of my stand, sneaked out of the woods, and met up with my hunting partner, Brian Peterson. We gave the deer a couple of hours before we took up the blood trail. We found him cold and stiff about 75 yards from where I shot him.
Notice his lack of eye guards and roman nose. I thought that was pretty cool and I'm thankful to have taken such a noble animal. He's quartered up in a cooler on my porch right now waiting to be boned out and put away this Saturday. I will honor his spirit by feeding my family with his flesh this winter. Life is good!
Darren
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Congrats! Awesome deer.
Great job, Darren. That is a wonderful old buck. The first photo shows you paying tribute to a fine animal, something that each of us hunters should do out of respect for the game we are privileged to take. Kudos.
--Mike
Nice deer Darren!!
Nice job. That is a fine looking animal.
Very Nice. Beautiful Buck. Congrats. Jeff
Attaboy Darren!
Nice buck!
Tim B
Beautiful deer congrats!!!
Great deer Darren!!
Congratulations, nice deer
Congrats Darren!
Congratulations! Great deer and great shot!
Congrats! Great deer!
Well done! Beautiful deer!
Fantastic, awesome deer!
Stud
Nice deer
Congrats!
Outstanding animal.......well done!! :thumbsup: :notworthy: :clapper: :clapper:
Awesome, congrats.
Congrats on a heck of a buck!
I miss KS. Next year for sure! Nice WHC, too.
Congratulations!
Congrats on a beautiful buck!!
Thanks for sharing.
I'm always interested in the equipment used.
The bow, the weight, and the broad head.
And that is an excellent deer.
Congratulations !! That's a very nice buck :thumbsup:
Congrats on the buck!
Congrats Darren. Fine buck!
Congratulations. That's a nice buck there Darren.
Way to go. congrats
Congrats Darren!
Bisch
Well done, he's a great old buck!
Outstanding!
Very nice!
Good looking buck congrats
Thanks, everyone! He's all cut up and in the freezer now. Well, except for that piece of backstrap I fried up for supper. Had some biscuits, gravy, fried taters, and fresh corn to go with it. Mighty fine vittles!
Sorry I forgot the equipment notes. Here they are. Wild Horse Creek takedown Quest longbow made by my good friend,Mike Dunnaway. The arrow was made by me using a mahogany shaft from Forrester Wood Shafts. It was tipped with a 190 grain Meathead.
Darren
That's a really nice old buck! Congratulations on your hunt! I've always admired your quivers - beautiful!
Bernie
Way to go Darren! Beautiful old warrior there. Congrats :clapper: :clapper:
VERY cool deer. Congrats!
Congrats on a beautiful buck.
Congrats Darren!
Congratulations!!!
Fantastic! He has got a unique color. Well done :clapper:
Fine buck , Congrats sir....
,,,Sam,,,
Awesome deer Darren! :campfire:
Beautiful animal!
:pray:
:pray:
congrats
Outstanding!!!