Hunting the first week of October has now paid off for three years in a row. I’m an avid game cam user and keep them running year around, and I generally try to pick out a specific buck to hunt as I watch them grow during the summer. For the last 3 years, I’ve killed my target buck in the first week of season.
I decided to hunt this years buck in late July, and after getting at least a couple hundred game cam pictures of him, my first time to see him in person was Sunday evening (10-2). Needless to say, it didn’t end well for him. He came in just before the end of legal shooting light and presented a 30 yard broadside shot. The hit looked and sounded good, but I waited in the stand about 30 minutes before looking for blood even though I was pretty sure I heard him crash. I’ve been using Carbon Express XT4 broadheads for several years and been less than impressed with the blood trails. I’ve stayed with them because they shoot great, and deer usually go down within sight. This time the blood trail was spectacular. He ended up going about 40 yards. He weighed 260# live weight, had 33” back straps, 14” tenderloins, and a gross score of 159”.


2021


2020

Very nice buck

Nice!!! Congratulations! Some damn big whitetails in OK !

Nice. Congrats

Slammer,
very nice

Nice buck, retrieverman!

Studs. Very nice ...

Very well done!! That's a heck of a run! Congrats

Congrats on that buck and the others are dandies, too. You said the buck "came in" just before legal hours were over. Does that mean he came in to a food plot?

Beautiful. Congrats

Dandy buck - congrats!

Thats a fine trio of Bucks!

You seem to have the deer on your hunting ground well figured out. I knoe hoe difficult it can be on some places to get in and out with spooking the wise older bucks and burning out your set up.

Fantastic trio of bucks.

Well done! 👍

That’s some nice bucks there man. Congrats and rewards for the hard work put in preparing

Really nice buck for sure, congrats

Well done!

Both are extremely nice but the 2020 buck is awesome!

Nice buncha bucks! Congrats

Have crossbow----Will travel

Nice bucks, congratulations.

Wow! Grats, great buck.

What part of the state are you hunting?

My place is in the northwest part of Oklahoma about 10 miles from Kansas.

Wow, great buck!

I love that dark rack from last season.

Good googly moogly, those are three nice bucks. Congrats