Thats a great pic, and a dandy buck Mike congrats.
Mike is a great guy and deserved that buck for sure. You should hear the story behind it.
GREAT buck mike!! well .....what do you say? lets hear the story
WAY past nice ,Mike!! We need details!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
man! my puter doesnt show this Pic, dang..???? anyone else have this problem??? marco
ok here it goes boys, it was a clear high press. day on that early morn in nov.got settled in my stand well before the sun came up, wind was outa the west and perfect for my hide, put my coat on pulled back my predator recurve back to loosen my muscles up. The day was mostly quite and i was taking in the scenery one of those days when you had feeling to stay put and wait it out. around 10am a doe ran underneth my stand, wake up call, but nothing on her trail. about 45min later i heard that distinctive crunch crunch in the leafs, as i looked up a doe was commin down the trail right where i exspected the shot, all the sudden she vered off the trail right under my stand all this time i had my recurve at the ready. she stopped at about 10 yards in front of my stand then i heard the sound comming from the same direction she had come, now mind you i have a doe starring me down at 10 yards and the biggest buck comming down the same trail. outa the corner of my eye i seen him nose to the ground comming on a string. so he comes within fifteen yards and stares at the doe staring at me my heart was about to jump outta my chest the only thing that was moving was my chest and my eyes so i decide to pick a spot on that big boy and thought when the doe busts out im going to shoot pateince payed off, what seemed about an hour the doe decided i wasnt a threat and walked off.i knew it was now or never as the buck turned quartered i let a wensal tipped cedar shaft loose I followed thru but heard a loud TINK keeping the buck in my vision he jumped and whirled breaking the shaft off as he did liver i thought he walked off like he was hurting bad watched him until he disapeared into the brush. waited at least 4 hour until i got down outa my stand upon examination of blood it was liver, blood was everywhere, about 80 yards later i found him pilled up behind a tree what a magnificent animal i thought and said a prayer for the wild things i sat there for several hours remembering the life i had just taken for he was a true king of the woods! That tink was my bottom limb tip hitting my treestand and the scar on that limb tip will always remind me of that king of the forest i took on a special nov. day. Jonesy,
great story brother. congrats on a real trophy> with any weapon. especially a trad.where were you hunting.
Mike,
That is one awesome deer and your pateince is admirable. I would have been shaking like a leaf. Great deer and wonderful story. Congrats.
shot him at a buddys land in northern il.
:bigsmyl: :clapper: :clapper: :clapper:
Awesome deer and a nice story. Even had my heart thumpin! Hope he did a good job in the gene pool and you get to see some offspring in the future.
You earned that smile :bigsmyl:
Chort
Yikes!! That thing is a tank! Great pic and an even better story.....congrats Mike. :thumbsup:
David
hey man that is way cool awesome :archer: :clapper:
Thanks guys. Jonesy
He's a dandy but I think he needed 1 more year....heheheheheee
A Fine Rack on that Biggun'!! LOTSA Meat in The Freezer!! Good Shooting Buddy, and Congrats!! :thumbsup: :archer:
John, 1 more year, it took me a day and a half to get him outa the woods.lol Thanks Shakes.
Awesome story and Awesome buck! Excellent job :thumbsup:
To be able to compose yourself to kill a buck like that is as impressive as the deer.
great work.
That is a great buck. Congrats. Excellent story too. If you don't mind my asking, what county did you kill him in? I live and hunt in northern Illinios too.
jonesy, that my friend is a monster buck, well done
Thanks guys