Our club allows two bucks per member. About ten years ago on opening day, one of our new members, the brother of one of our current members, was sitting in a tripod stand overlooking a three or four year old cutover. This cutover has some pretty good ridges and deep draws and really good cover for the deer.
That morning he saw a pretty good 8 point about 150 yards away and took a shot. The buck ran over the ridge and disappeared. A few seconds later our guy saw him making his way up the far side of the draw so took another shot. The buck stumbled but continued over the ridge.
Well our guy worked his way down to where the buck was for the first shot and followed blood over the ridge and found a buck just beyond the crest. He got to thinking that he had taken the second shot on a buck going UP the second ridge. Hmmmm?
By that time a couple of guys had worked their way over to him and they went to the spot where buck was for the second shot, found blood and sure enough there was another buck over the next ridge. Doh!
When the two bucks were compared side by side they were practically identical….same body size and the two racks were perfect matches. Possibly brothers. In any event his season was over maybe 15-20 seconds after it started. He was hunting does only for the rest of the year. He was a member for several years but eventually joined another club. On occasion when he comes back with his brother as a guest, that episode always seems to pop up in the conversation. 😁
