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Wind change had me hunting on opposite side of thick bedding area today
I saw a couple small buck early sniffing around. I started thinking mature bucks were locked up again.
Shortly after a doe runs by and heads into thickets I look back and see the big shooter from the day before!
He runs after her but further away and gives me no shot. Soon after a parade of small bucks coming from all different directions ( now is the time to be hunting doe bedrooms)
I didn’t plan on sitting all day but I said to myself “you are not leaving the woods today!”
Shortly after the big shooter from earlier works back though the thickets
Too far and thick for any kind of shot.
I grunt to him and get his attention and for a split seconds it looks like he’s going to come! But that was fleeting he headed away nose to ground. 30 seconds later a 2 1/2 year old buck follows him.
Im thinking I just can’t catch a break.
I settle back in and start to watch the football game on my phone.
After Chiefs 1st TD I hear rustling and look to my left and hear comes the 10 pt I’ve got pictures off. Big bodied mature buck but not real wide.
I said he keeps coming I’m gonna take him. He came in on a string and stopped then turned broadside at 15 yds. The rest is history . I saw the arrow hit and knew he was done,he ran off through the woods hung a right and I lost sight of him but heard him crash. I waited 20 minutes got down didn’t even look for blood just through the woods to where I heard him crash to see the white belly dead as a door nail. He is now hung in my shed, my cousin and I dragged him out whole as I didn’t want to leave guts in the area especially with coyotes running around. He weights 170lbs gutted so he went over 200lbs live weight