please bare with the long story.. here we go.. 10-1-12 was opening day here in MS and it was a nasty day as far as weather with steady NW winds and misty rain with 3 plus inches already on the ground. the forecast was callin for it to slack up in the evening so me, my brother (Longspur77) and dad (DrMO) decided to go try to gig one. Well, the NW winds kept one of us from going to a spot where we have 2-3 shooter bucks on camera , so we split up and decided to go to some food plots that had persimmons and bean trees, etc along with freshly sprouting wheat, oats and clover. at 500pm i get a text from my brother saying "Missed doe 1st shot, smoked her a## second shot". well, i wasnt sure whether it was him blaming the shot on his soaking wet coyote hair puff silencers affecting his bow performance, water logged arrow, or just 1st day jitters, but he said it was the puff balls.haha apparently she didnt freat,because she just turned around and stood looking,and the second shot hit home, double lung at 17 steps from a homeade ground blind. so, we get all excited texting back and forth and what not, and several minutes pass, and I happen to look to my right and behind me and theres a little full velvet 8 pt and 10 yds.i ease up from my perch (in a loc on) and get situated and 10 yds behind him I see the top of a sapling swaying back and forth. The moment i saw that i told myself "stay calm". a mature 8pt was standing there thrashing the tree. needless to say that helped a little but not all the way. anyways, the two bucks walked by my shooting lane at 10 yds ( big 8 didnt hear me try to stop him) and into the food plot. the lil velvet buck presented a shot but I wanted big daddy. he stood at 15 yds for 10 minutes eating around a bean tree. Finally, after I regained my "cool" and wiped my drawers he walked into the food plot at 16 yds quartering away.the arrow was like slow motion , it found its mark lodging in the opposite shoulder and clipping one lung.I sat back down, as to not fall out of the tree because of the shakes, and texted dad and brother saying just stuck a nice 8 pt. To make a long story even longer, I waited till dark, climbed down, went and helped my brother find his doe, which ran 75 yds at most. His Big Jim 300 out of his Buffalo Bow put a hurting on his nanny. We drop his doe off at the camp and go look for my buck. Dad, brother, and I trail my buck less than 100 yds following bubbly blood and find him dead next to a big thicket. He weighed in at 200 lbs, 6" bases, and was 5.5 plus yrs old. It was a night i will not forget. my first rack buck with my Roberston Fatal Styk Z 60" 55@28 (P.S. Dad missed a doe, I wish we had him in the pic too, but we had to have a cameraman :laughing: ) (http://i1244.photobucket.com/albums/gg561/graybarkhunter/DSCF1260.jpg) (http://i1244.photobucket.com/albums/gg561/graybarkhunter/DSCF1249.jpg) (http://i1244.photobucket.com/albums/gg561/graybarkhunter/DSCF1255.jpg) (http://i1244.photobucket.com/albums/gg561/graybarkhunter/DSCF1257.jpg) (http://i1244.photobucket.com/albums/gg561/graybarkhunter/DSCF1246.jpg)
Man, what a hunt!
That is a stud buck. Awesome mass!
Great story. Congrats.
Brett
Wow! That was an exciting night! Congratulations to both of you!
Bernie Bjorklund
NC Iowa/SW Wisconsin
Damn fine buck, Seth. You done good. :clapper:
Mike
thats a goodun! :thumbsup: congratts! to both of ya.
Great buck!! Congrats :thumbsup:
NICE buck! Great shooting, guys!
Fantastic hunts congrats guys.
Awesome buck the chocolate rack amazing. Congrats to all!!
wow way to go! that is a DANDY whitetail! jealous here.
Good Shoot'n!
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Way to go! That is a beautiful buck and the doe looks delicious. Congrats from south Mississippi.
Two nice deer,love the dark rack on the buck,congrats to you both. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Congrats to you and your brother! :thumbsup:
Now thats cool!
Awesome! A family that hunts together, stays together! What a buck!!! Congrats
That's great stuff right there...congrats!!
Nice doe and that buck has beautiful chocolate antlers!
Congrats to you all including your father for showing the way!!!
Way to go guys! Nice deer!
Thanks for the props fellas and yes we had a great day. Hopefully many more to come. I must admit that Youngblood aka Dingus( my little bro gray bark) put a Magnus 250 where nothing would survive. I will never forget when he text me ,here is how it went,
Lil bro" I just stuck a nice 8 pt"
Me " bullsGit"---- that's what my shaky excited fingers spelled out when I hit send
Lil bro- " he was quartering away at 16 and I stuck it in the pocket and he plowed out of the field"
Me- ok stay calm he should be done"
Lil bro- " if he ain't done he is one tough bastard"
I laughed and laughed and was excited as hell for him. The pressure is off him now
I want to personally thank everyone here on this site for all the kind words ,stories and advice about the traditional
Sport.
wow way to go guys ,great story and animals, gib
nice looking bow and nice looking buck! yall both made great shots.
Nice buck,congrats to your brother and you.
Congradulations to the both of you, great deer! :clapper:
Seth, and I believe David (your brother) congrats! Some really fine deer. Are you on a private lease or land? Or do ya'll hunt some of the WMA there?
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Looks a great buck and doe! Nice shot placement.
Man, that is a beautiful 8 point!
Good story. Thanks for taking me.
Nice job guys!
-Jay
Them Mosal boys are working on em.... Great buck !! David, you musta took a liking to that Buff huh ???
Lanier
Great job guys!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Southms we got some family land in hinds county where we cut our teeth and froggy yes the buff is quiet as a mouse and slings this arrow at 160 even with my homemade coyote silencers on it,which by the way don't like rain
Nice going!
David, I must say those silencer are huge :biglaugh: when the string slipped it must have sounded like Swoossh with the moisture it looks like those would suck up.
Nice job! Bet that tall rack looked like a mess coming thru the brush. Congrats from north MS
Whoa. That is a beautiful buck! Great mass and dark chocolate antlers! Way to go!
Real cool stuff. :thumbsup: :clapper:
Good shooting. I had no idea there are bucks like that in Mississippi
Congrates to you guys. That buck is a bad boy. :thumbsup:
WOW! Great shots on two great deer! Really nice buck!
Congrats!
Thats a nice 8 point! Congrads on the success!
Way to go Mosals, That's getten er done. :thumbsup:
Great harvest boys. What really made it great was that I was with y'all Dad
Thats a hoss! Congrats brother!!
Thanks guys, we appreciate all the comments! It was a great experience for sure!
Congrats on an awesome hunt fellows. Man, I love those chocolats racks! :clapper: The doe is gonna be some tender vittles too!
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congrats !!!
Nice buck:clapper: :notworthy:
Now that got my motor running. "Ric O'Shay" and I heading out tomorrow AM. Hope we have similar success. Seth, that is a fine buck. You done good my man. :archer2:
Good on you and I love that chocolate colored rack.
Good shootin there and nice animals.
really nice set of deer you and your brother got on opening day.
Nice buck, congrats!!!
Congrats, you guys sure had a great hunt. Awesome buck!
Nice shoot'n :archer2: a MIGHTY fine buck !! Congrats young fella