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This year’s buck was my best yet, it was also one of the best opening days that I’ve had. I had located a spot I wanted to deer hunt in the Allegheny National Forest after I spent some time hunting/scouting during the Pennsylvania bear season.


Right before noon on opening day I missed a very nice buck at point blank range. I center punched a big tree that magically disappeared during my adrenaline dump. It was nice to know my heart still worked though.

In the last hour of daylight I caught this one feeding out from a laurel thicket. He didn’t materialize until he was at 60 yards, I tucked a 150 grain corelokt behind his right shoulder and watched as he did the death run directly towards me. At 30 yards he cut left running broadside and by that time I had a fresh round in the tube. I let him come into the scope and dropped him with a shoulder shot.