Not opening day but still a success!

After seeing crs7300's and all the other hunting posts i figgerd i'd post up my bow kill from this weekend. Didn't want to hijack his thread.

My buddy is in illinois for work and asked me to keep an eye on his property for him. He also said to go reduce the deer population a bit. Had an amazing mornin in the stand watchin the rut in full effect. Had some bucks makin scrapes, chasin does, and finally this ol boy walked right in! He's got a double mainbeam on his right side with 2 brow tines and 8 points and a perfect 4 on the other. Pretty darn unique if ya ask me. He's goin on the wall for sure. Oh and let's just say the marinated tenderloins were out of this world!

I've been bow huntin quite a few yrs now and this is my first bow buck! I've taken some nice deer with a gun but bow is a whole different game. I've watched many good deer just walk on by because i didn't have a clear shot. I guess patience pays off finally huh...

CALJREICH said:

Nice. Where did you hit him? Did he run far?

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Unfortunately he took a step and turned towards me right when i released. Arrow hit him in front of the right shoulder and came out lower left side of the neck. He did a loop around the stand and went down about 20yrds away. Neck shot's will finish em for sure but i'd still rather hit em in the vitals..

Thanks guys! Yea dennis that's what im guessin happend. Chance it coulda just been bad genes but who knows.. Here's another pic just to show how neat the rack is.