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

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!!              

Awesome, congrats.

Congrats on a heck of a buck!