Made it about an hour ago. That 16 hour drive is rough but when I look in the rear view mirror and see the rack it makes a little easier. I hunted 15 days only missed two morning hunts to recharge my batteries. I saw many nice bucks and let a bunch walk. I missed twice, deflected on a branch on a 155-160 and missed a huge 150" at 8 yards as he trotted by. When I bleated to stop him he sped up and I lost focus shooting under him...
Had planned to head home this morning and picked all my stands and cameras after the morning hunt yesterday except for the one I would hunt that evening in a last ditch effort to fill my tag. Got setup by 2 and waited and waited. I had seen 12 deer from this spot the evening before but nothing was moving this eve. It was just about the end of legal shooting time and I hear leaves crunching! I grabbed my bow and got ready just in case it was a good one. Sure enough here comes a nice 8pt. I had to turn to my left as he was going behind my stand. I drew and bleated, picked a spot and dropped the string only to hear a loud crack! My bottom limb hit the seat of my muddy lock on. Of courses arrow went low missing the buck. He ran a few yards and stopped for a few then continued of crossing the creek and then up the other side to a scrape. I nicked another arrow and as he was working the licking branch I sent another arrow. He buck kicked and ran out across a crp field like he was on fire! I felt confident it was a good shot even though I couldn't see exactly where my arrow hit him. I pulled my stand and left to go eat a bit to give him plenty time. My wife and I went back and found blood where he was standing. We followed the trail into the crp where it got difficult to follow. I then found my arrow fully coated with good blood and bubbles. We couldn't find blood again so we spaced out and started a grid search and on the first sweep I spotted him. He was dead in seconds, already stiff an hour later. 15 days and over a 100 hours on stand, I'm happy to have this beauty :)
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congrats on that big dude!!!
Great buck, congrats!
Perseverence pays off. Congrats, well earned indeed.
Magnificent!
Bob.
Congrats on a great buck! thanks for telling us the story as well.
Super buck! :thumbsup:
Great rewards !
Real nice buck! If it was easy we wouldn't appreciate it so much. Way to stay with it, Congrats.
Congratulations-Hap
I am deeply impressed .... with you and your "stick to it" as much and maybe even more so than your really nice buck.
Congratulations!!
:archer:
Nice work, you sure earned it.
Nice :clapper:
Well earned indeed, great buck, congrats :thumbsup:
Sounds like a great hunt with a great ending.
A real roller coaster of emotions for sure.
Well Done!
way to put the time in it paysoff bro!!! beautiful buck and goodstory!!
Beautiful buck, congrats on an awesome adventure! :thumbsup:
Congrats on the buck! :clapper:
What part of Ks. were you hunting in?
Nice buck!
4th quarter buck - Congrats!!!! :clapper: :clapper:
4th quarter buck - Congrats!!!! :clapper: :clapper:
When it all comes together after some hard hunting, there is a lot of personal satisfaction and sense of accomplishment. Makes it all worthwhile.
Way to go Corey :thumbsup:
Congrats on a great buck!
Last day success is hard to beat. Congratulations on a real nice 8 pt!!
Nice deer! Way to hang in there!!! :thumbsup:
All the persistence and hard work sure paid off!
Really good buck! .............congrats to you.
Nice buck and way to hang in there to recover it.
Congratulations! It is always nice to see hard work rewarded!
Boy, that's a nice one! Congratulations on your hard earned buck! :clapper:
Bernie Bjorklund
NC Iowa/SW Wisconsin
Its always nice to get a reward after working hard, nice buck.
Very NICE! :bigsmyl: :thumbsup:
Nice work congrats
Bowhunting at it`s best!
Well done!
QuoteOriginally posted by BDann:
Congrats on the buck! :clapper:
What part of Ks. were you hunting in?
North central in Washington county
Where were you hunting to drive 16 hrs? I thought I was the only one to s**t like that.
Good job,hard work always pays off
:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
nice buck. dang that's a long hunt too...
Nice deer, persistence pays!
Congrats. Its seems only sweeter when we work harder for something.
Great job brother, way to hang with'em!
Well done!!
Good Deal! Congrats!
I love your stories of big deer.... congrats
Wow! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Congrats on a real nice buck. How's he zona treatin you these days? Have you heard from bill lately?
Very nice buck. 11th and half hour = icing on the cake.
Well done
Great deeer Corey,way to hang in there and get it done,I told you,all you had to do was get you some rest :)
QuoteOriginally posted by imskippy:
Congrats on a real nice buck. How's he zona treatin you these days? Have you heard from bill lately?
My Zona is still my favorite! I haven't heard from Mr Bill. He dissapeared! Sent texts of some of the animals I've taken and tried calling. No word from him. I hope all is well for him.
Nice 8
Great Buck, Congrats and way to stick with it till the end.
QuoteOriginally posted by Scott88:
Great deeer Corey,way to hang in there and get it done,I told you,all you had to do was get you some rest :)
No rest for the weary my friend lol
When your in the land of giants you know the chance for a booner to walk out are very real so like a robot I rise at 4:30 and head out to the woods.
I saw more good bucks in 15 days there than I will see in many years here at home. I'm blessed to get to hunt that place and I will never take it for granted.,..
Good luck to ya!
Great buck! KS does make you believe a big buck is right around the corner.
Great Buck!
Awesome buck Corey! Won't be long and it'll turn on down here.
Great buck! Congrats.
:bigsmyl: :bigsmyl: :bigsmyl:
Congrats, Corey! I know how hard you hunted to get it done! Way to get it done, brother! Awesome buck and even better that Joy was able to share the moment(s) with you!!
NICE
I'm late on the post but great job Corey
Good buck! Congrats