I almost didn't crawl out of bed this morning. A front moved through overnight and the wind was howling and spitting a little rain/snow flakes. About the first 30 minutes of light I looked up to see a redtail hawk fighting the wind and thought "well at least i'm not the only idiot hunting this morning." Anyways the story....shortened version. At about 7:30 am I heard something cross the creek and saw what I thought was a basket rack 8 but the brush was too thick to tell. Shortly after a small doe begins working her way towards me with a nice mainframe 8 in tow with some cool abnormal points. Now here comes the dreaded delima we all face, is she going to go left of me....or right? At about 10 yards directly in front of me she veers right back down to the creek and stands on the sandbar. I slowly begin to get spun around to make a shot to my right because I figured the buck would follow. Now here's the cool part, something I've never seen or even heard of. The buck stops 5 yards in front of me (not in a shooting lane) watching the doe, and as if to say "GET MOVING!!!!" he rears back, raises both front hooves in the air and stomps them down, throw his head back and roars!!! (sexually frustrated I guess?) Anyways by this point i'm trying not to pee down my own leg. Between his close proximity and literally roaring, it's all I can do to keep from falling out of the tree from shaking. He takes one more step and I've got about an 8" window to shoot throw. I figure now or never and let her fly. Heart shot! 40 yard recovery. Mainframe 8, 3 extra kickers, and a 22 inch extra main beam! Thanks for reading. Now what do I do the rest of the winter? Hill Country Harvest Master. 32" POC. 160 grain STOS.
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Wow, what a nice buck! :clapper:
Congrats! That is one nice buck! :thumbsup:
I would have passed for something more normal! :laughing: :laughing:
Beautiful buck,wow,great shot as well.
Very cool story and excellent job holding it together in the heat of the moment! :thumbsup:
Steve
Way to go! I like those different looking racks. Lots of character.
Way to go Tyler!! Excellent character buck!! :clapper: :clapper:
Glad for you!
great deer , wow what a memory you will have each time you look at him. Congrats!
That's awesome! Great story and pix...thanks, and congrats!
Nice buck, good job.
congrats :thumbsup:
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QuoteOriginally posted by Balding Kansan:
Now what do I do the rest of the winter?
Take me hunting with you??????? :clapper:
Nice one!
Great buck and the extra main beam really makes a unique trophy,Congrats. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Great story and buck, congratulations!
-Jay
Now YOU can roar! Great deer.
Very nice buck, good job. :clapper:
How cool is that? Great buck, and an exciting hunt! :thumbsup:
Beautiful buck!!! Good job not peeing :biglaugh: Congrats Joe
Oh My what a great buck,I was wondering when you Kansas guys were going to start dragging those biggens in. :thumbsup:
That is a stud buck , Congrats..........
,,,Sam,,,
What a hunk! Congrats!
Congrats on a great buck! What part of Ks. are you in?
Awesome buck!! Congrats!! :thumbsup:
Great looking buck. Congratulations!
Man, that is one awesome looking buck!
Congrats,
Bisch
nice job
QuoteOriginally posted by BDann:
Congrats on a great buck! What part of Ks. are you in?
I live/hunt in south central kansas.
Thanks everybody! Just for the record, i'm not a grumpy guy (my wife said I look grumpy in the pictures,)
Wow! :scared: awesome deer! Congrats....
Congrats... Really cool buck
Very cool deer!
Kansas has the brutes. Congrats on a fine one.
That's an incredible story and an awesome buck!! Congrats!!
Wow! Impressive buck! Congrats on the encounter and the awesome shot!
Great buck and a great story!
Great story and Great buck! Good work
JW
Boy, that's an awesome buck! Congratulations! Really nice photos also! :thumbsup:
Bernie Bjorklund
NC Iowa/SW Wisconsin
Congrats on a stud
Tyler congrats on a great buck. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Wow what a cool deer! Congrats.
Beauty of a buck! :thumbsup:
Nice job on a windy and cold day...
Super buck !!!
Good shooting too..
:thumbsup: Very good
Congrats!! :notworthy: :clapper:
I knew i should have crawled out of bed. Nice buck,great story.
Man thats a nice one! Congrats!
He is a stud!!!
That's one heck of a Buck...got some real character.. :thumbsup:
Pretty Deer WOW :thumbsup:
Holy Moly , congrats!!!
Congratulations on a great story and a very good buck...Now I bet you forgot all about the wind howling after all that action..Way to go... :clapper:
Awesome buck!! Congrats.
That is a great buck. Congrats :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Wow that is a great looking buck. I was out there hunting from Nov 2 to Nov 9 and had slow rut action. I figured it would start to bust loose after I left. Good luck to all the rest of the KS Big Buck Hunters
Great buck, Congratulations!
Awesome, Congrats!
Fantastic buck!
GREAT buck and story. Thanks for sharing!!!
Congrats Tyler! What a great buck! Awesome story thanks for sharing! :clapper:
Very nice buck, congrats! :thumbsup:
Now thats a character buck for sure, congrats!
Beautiful deer! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
congrats.,great deer
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That's a cool looking buck, congrates. :thumbsup:
Wow!!!!!! Super nice buck with some nice character.
Thanks everyone!
Beautiful buck...rare too see a double beam!
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Very very nice buck!!!!!!!!
A great buck!! Congrats!!
That's a great deer. God Bless
Cool deer. Congrats!
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Congrats on getting it done!!!
That is a stud! Congrats
Wow! Nice buck Tyler! Congrats. Looks like you found "the one."
He's a porker.Cool rack. :thumbsup: :notworthy:
congratulations! that is a beautiful animal
Wow that's a stud
That is an awesome buck! Congrats.
what an absolute stud. congrats!! wish he would have come up here and bred some does before meeting up with you!!! awesome
Heck of a buck!!congratulations
ummm, wow. brute!
Wow!
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Congrats! What a dandy :thumbsup:
Holy smoke!! What a nice deer. Great story. Thanks for sharing. :thumbsup:
Oh man Tyler what a beast. I went out down here in south Kansas didn't see nothin like that. Good job.
Very unique buck, love the extra points and a double main beam... Buck of a lifetime! Congrats! Persistence pays, even if you don't think it will... ;)
dang!! dang!!! dang!!!
Good Shootn'!
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Awesome animal! Great story congratulations!!
Dangggggggggggg
Wow what a cool buck! Love that third main beam! Love your tag line quote too.
Heck I would've wetted down both legs , nice buck !
Great deer!! Congradulations!
What a buck. Congrats!
Terrific buck, congratulations :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: