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I have been getting pics of 2 8pts and a 10pt along a couple of good rub lines in the brush above a hardwood ridge. Sunday eve the weather forecast called for a 4mph NE wind, just what I needed. After getting settled in, I checked the wind and it was slightly West, terrible for my stand. I waited a few minutes, checked again, and it was dead calm. A bit later I started seeing the leaves twitch a bit, so checked again and sure enough it was dead out of the NE in my face, so it was game on. There were dark clouds in the sky, so I knew light would fade a bit faster than normal. As light faded with only about 15minutes of shooting time remaining, a young racoon spooked in my direction, so I eased my SZ350 into position just in case. A few minutes later I heard foot steps in the leaves and the heart began to thump I couldn't see the buck, but I could hear him coming right for a skinny shooting lane straight out from my stand. It was so dark at this point that I just stared down the lane through my Hawke scope and he appeared at 25yds broad side, but he was in an area where I remembered a small twig just on the edge of my lane. I waited until he made it just past the small limb, settled the cross hair, and touched off the shot. I heard the loud crack of the Slick Trick Mag at the shot, the buck rared up, and ran straight away for 15-20yds. He just stopped and walked away, no crash, nothing. Now, I'm starting to think about the little twig..."Did I hit the limb?..No, I waited, it was good...." The nerves were setting in at this point, but I finally calmed down, gathered my gear, and waited a little while. As I eased down the lane to the impact, there was no arrow and no blood. I shined my light out in the brush and spotted a speck of blood on a leaf, then spotted the rear of my arrow burried in the ground at the end of my lane. I was relieved at that point, the arrow was painted in blood. The buck had only made it approx 50yds through the brush. Not much of a blood trail despite the nice holes and good POI.





And for those of you that like Slick Trick wounds:



Have a good one,

loder

Congrats nice job!

Awesome! Congrats.

Congratulations and nice shot. Your broadhead did some work.

congrats

Nice job

Good shooting. Nice buck there.

Waiting for the rifle season as I don't bow hunt.

Thanks fellas.

It wont be long Carlos. I'll be up in the Panhandle in a few weeks chasing them with a couple buddies as well.

Awesome! Congrats Ronny!! Slick Tricks are hand down my favorite broadhead.....

Roy

congrats, great job

Nice going!

Great job and what a GOOD shot!

Congrats! Jeff

Nice buck! Congrats...

Good one. Hes been tricked to def.

Congrats and thx for sharing.

Congrats. Slick tricks are some nasty killin bastids.

That's a good lookin buck. Nice shooting.

nice character in that rack

Good job

Is that the exit wound?

Congrats!