I had a good hunt in Illinois, Nov 7 I was lucky to have this 5 yr old walk by and shot him at 27 yds with a 50# Northern Mist Classic, 170 Kodiak SB broadhead, and an instinctive shot that I don't remember taking... 4:20 in the afternoon. Mainframe 10, 2 identical kickers off the bases, and another off the base. I roughed him at 150". I'm not into the scoring thing, but I was asked a bunch of times..
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He only went about 35 yards total. After the shot, he went about 15 yds and stopped for 30 seconds to look around. He never knew what hit him. I left him overnight(until 3 AM because I couldn't wait any longer), but had I seen this blood trail, I would have just tracked him down...
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I knew the hit was forward a bit, and that's why I waited. Here's a pic of the hit. I took him through the shoulder, and the broadhead stuck in the opposite shoulder. 550 gr total weight tapered cedar arrow.
Sweet! Congrats man. Fine buck!
Congrats, nice buck, what broadhead you shooting and where was the hit? Thats a sweet blood trail.
Good shooting ...fine buck!!!
Wow! What a stud!
Congrats on a fine buck.
Bisch
That's one heck of a blood trail! Great shot on a beautiful buck! Congrats! :thumbsup:
Well what a red carpet you laid nice shooting.
Excellent deer, what a blood trail! Congrats all the way around!
Well done!!
Nice buck!!!!!!
Congrats on a super nice buck.
Nice Buck. :thumbsup: :archer2:
Yes indeed that's a great buck. Congrats to ya!
out standing
Nice buck!
Very nice! :thumbsup:
Fantastic!
Beautiful buck. I always wait in the case of a shot like that too, looks like you hit one of the the main arteries:)
Awesome animal! Way to go sir! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Nice Buck Matt
HOLY MOLEY!!!
Great job and great buck
Great Buck :clapper:
Good job. :thumbsup:
Great deer !!!!!! Congratulations
Great buck! Well done....
Now that's a blood trail!
Grizzly (Kokiak) SB El Grande RH. RAZOR SHARP
Congrats on a nice buck.
Awesome! :archer2:
I don't want to say that's a once in a lifetime buck, but that may be a once in a lifetime buck. ;) :)
Congrats on a super deer!
What a stud congrats on that monster.
Congratulations!
:eek:
Nice deer dude!
Great Buck!
nice buck!!
Thanks all, to say it's rewarding is an understatement. That said, I still think killing mature deer in MI is 5X harder.
And Mojo (Bob), so long as I go south I hope to get opportunities at the Giants for a few more years. Here's the last time I went with the Hill Longbow... :archer:
(http://i725.photobucket.com/albums/ww260/overspined/Tradgang/ABA5EF2F-6860-4913-B245-18E857156FE1-1267-000000CACBD8B21C.jpg).
Bigger deer, smaller rack...
So I hope there is more opportunity in the future!!
Congratulations on 2 FINE bucks!
Way to go! Great looking buck!!
Excellent blood trail! Beautiful buck with a nice dark forehead and substantial rack. Love it when it all comes together.
Congratulations!
Kris
Great deer.