My buddy Glenn (Glennbow) shot a nice one tonight. We had just texted each other at 3:21 at 3:30 my phone beeped with another text from him saying I just shot one. I thought he was pulling my leg at first. Shot was perfect and the deer went 60 yards and he saw him topple over. He's killed some beautiful bucks and is a fantastic hunter. Congrats brother and give us the play by play when you get a chance.
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Heck of a nice buck.If I killed one like that they would have to drag us both out and probabily clean us both.Congrats to Glenbow. :clapper:
Dang nice!! Way to go Glenn!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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Awesome animal, Congrats! :thumbsup:
Dang, what a BEAST!!
Congrats!
Dang!!!
From the photo, the hit looks great, and the marks on his shoulders show he was a scrapper...my kind of buck!
Way to go Glennbow!!!
Kentucky has some mighty nice bucks! :thumbsup:
Nice buck!! Way to go... :clapper: :clapper:
Nice buck he's a Brute >>>>---->ED
Well Done! Awesome Buck, Congrats!
Nice one looks like he's seen a fight or two this year.
doug77
Awesome, awesome animal! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Great buck congrats :bigsmyl:
Way to go...great deer!
Yeah he had multiple bangs and bruises and had a sore place on the top of his head where he had been punctured. This deer had the largest head I've ever seen. I think he was an old timer.
Awesome Buck! Congrats
Really nice buck and a great shot. :thumbsup:
What kind of bow is that?
Nice Deer Glenn!
What a buck! Congrats Glenn :thumbsup:
That's a real BEAUTY!!
Congratulations
GLENN
Congratulations on very nice buck!
That's a big ol' boy!
Very Nice! Congrats!!!
Great buck Glenn! Good pictures TJ. Thanks for posting.
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That's a great buck Glenn...Congratulations....Mike :notworthy:
that is one nice buck... Joe
Beautiful Buck! Congratulations
Awesome! Thanks for sharing.
Nice buck for sure. Congrats.
congrats on a great buck! I luv how dark he is :clapper:
Congratulations on a great buck!!
Very nice looking buck. I would love to just see one that size.
Great Buck. :clapper:
Jeez! What a bruiser! I was thinking the same thing about how big that deer's head is, it's huge.
What county was it killed in?
What a great buck! He's a hoss. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Very Nice ! Congrats. KY :archer:
Beautiful deer and a good looking shot. Congratulations!!!
I'm liking that buck.. Congrats !!
Suhweet!...If that photo doesn't get one in the mood to get afer'em nothing will. Great job.Phil
You Kentucky boys are at it again, super nice deer, congrats!
Super deer! We see so many nice deer taken here on TG that each one deserves a celebration.
Why? These deer are taken with traditional equipment. No news to us, however, the world beyond trad is possibly only remotely aware of the reality of these challenging acomplishments. To the outside world, these accomplishments seem to be merely a fictional story and possibly a hunting reflection from the distant past.
Congrats! You have done well.
Wow. :eek:
good job!! great buck...looks like a whisperstik kajika??
Nice one! Congratulations!!
Nice Buck!!!! Congratulations!!
A really great buck. Congratulations for sure.
First off, thank you all for the kind words. I'm a newbie on here, so here's a little preface to this story.
Let me start off first by thanking TJ for all of his help. He has been my sage in this journey into this world of traditional archery. I have been exclusively an archery hunter for many years now because I love the challenges that it presents. Traditional archery always intrigued me and seemed to be the next logical step in my progression. TJ was kind enough to let me try several of the bows in his stable to get a feel for what I liked. Long story short, back in March I purchased a beutiful Osage and Bacote Whisperstik Kajika from Mike Burch. I shot it almost every night all summer trying to hone my skills to a point that I was confident that I could quickly and ethically harvest a deer. I was fortunate enough to harvest a doe back in October which was my first ever traditional harvest and a big confidence builder. I was officially hooked.
Now to tonight:
I was hunting an Oak flat that was downwind of a thick riverbottom oxbow bedding area. Finally got a Southerly wind after 5 days of brisk and gusty North wind. Being in full on chase phase, I figured I had the food/water covered as well as being on the downwind side of the girls bedroom if any suiter was to come calling. When I approached my stand there were already two doe grazing on acorns directy under my tree. Fortunately they were upwing of me and the bounded off about 70 yards without blowing. I climbed into my perch and within 10 minutes the two doe were back for seconds. They fed off down the flat. I texted TJ to inform him of my setup and that my phone had a "Low Battery" so the conversation was over. He replied with a quick "pick a spot". As I read this gem, I heard rustling in the leaves behind me. I turned around expecting to see a squirrel and was greeted by this very mature 10 pointer. He proceeded to feast on acorns as he slowly made his way closer. When he would look up, I could tell that there was something funny with his left eye. It appeared squinted and he was blinking it frequently. His coat was riddled with patches of ruffled and missing hair. This was obviously a grizzled old veteran of many seasons past. I knew that given the opportunity, I was going to try to harvest this brute. He stepped into an open shooting lane at 7 yards from the base of my tree and turned broadside. The moment of truth was here and now and almost too close for comfort. "Pick a spot" popped into my head and I focused on what seemed like a single dark hair high and just behind his left shoulder. The draw and release seemed like it happened subconsiously as I watched my arrow pass through the exact place I was looking. He took a few bounds, and then began walking at a normal pace like nothing had even happened. At 40 yards he paused and his legs began to wobble. A few more frantic steps and he pitched over. I was overcome with that feeling that you only get from harvesting a deer. The same feeling that we chase year after year, season after season. The one that makes us get out of a warm bed in the wee hours of the morning to sit in a cold tree stand. When I came back to earth, I sqeezed the last precious moments of battery life out of my phone to text TJ and share my good fortune. TJ came out and took lots of picture for me and helped get him out of the woods and into the truck. When we later looked at the time stamps on our texts, this entire chain of events had taken place within 10 minutes of what we thought was the end of our conversation for the evening.
Once again, Thanks TJ. You've got me hooked for life.
What a stud! Congrats!!
Congrats Glenn for your buck and for the switch toward the hard way.Congrats to TJ for the usual great pics and for mentoring you.
Fantastic!
nice buck, good shootin
Nice job on a very fine critter!!!
Super buck, congrats!
Nice buck,head looks as big as a cow.
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Whats for dinner? Great Shot
Nice buck Glenn !!! Thanks for posting Tom.
AWESOME buck!!!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Super deer!!! Congratualtions!!!
Very Nice Congrats
Man you are really makin me wanna move to Kentucky!
What a character buck! Love that dark face. Congratulations!
Good bowhunting friends and a nice buck to ice the perfect hunt. Excellent!
Hes a beauty!!, congratulations.
Good job! :bigsmyl:
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Nice buck, congrats!
WOW! Congratulations
Congratulations
Very, Very, nice mature buck!!!!!!!! We all know too well, these don't come very easy!!
Well done :thumbsup:
kybowman
Very nice buck ... good shoot'n :thumbsup:
Glenn's had some inquiries on the bow. 56" Osage and Bocote Kajikastik.
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Again very nice pics.
Glenn,
Excellent buck! Congrats on a fine job! :clapper: I'm glad to hear that Kajika is serving you well!
Mike
What a DANDY!! Congrats!
Way to go Glenn.. :clapper: