I got settled in about a half hour before good shooting light and waited.
When good light finally dawned I could see a deer working its way to me. When it finally got to me I could see it was either:
1) A yearling buck with a BIG body
OR
2) A 2 ½ year old buck with a small basket 8 point rack.
He went on past me heading for the thicker stuff in search of does or a warm bed or both..
About a half hour later I could see another deer down the way munching on acorns. I glassed it and saw it was another buck. This time a 3 pointer…no doubt a yearling buck. It finally made it’s way towards me and passed directly under my stand.
I’m sitting down facing the thick stuff when from behind me I hear the crunch, crunch, crunch of an approaching deer. I ease my head around just enough to see what is coming and to my surprise it is a good looking buck about 35 yards away and closing the distance. I ease my crossbow up and click off the safety as he is passing me by at 12 yards. I put the 20 yard crosshair on him and I let out a BAHH. The buck stops and I pop the trigger. The Lumenoc shows I hit exactly where I wanted to. He does a mule kick and takes off. He runs flat out one direction and then does a big turn (almost reverse) and starts back a different way. By that time I could see he is getting wobbly and going down. He flops and kicks a few times giving up the ghost.
His total run was less than 50 yards. I called my son and told him to come on up and help with the drag. I got down and started my walk to him. I observed the blood trail and it was wide and short. The kind that we all like to see.
He is a main frame 8 with split brow times and a kicker off one of the splits. Not a big bodied deer, but the taxidermist said he was 4 ½.
My son scored him out as 140 gross. A keeper.
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..congratulations!!!
