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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 :)
(http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f205/BasinHunter/9098F613-5852-40D4-B8D7-0AA5D4F5362D-1083-000000B8C779D85A_zps68cb66d8.jpg)
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congrats on that big dude!!!
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Great buck, congrats!
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Perseverence pays off. Congrats, well earned indeed.
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Magnificent!
Bob.
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Congrats on a great buck! thanks for telling us the story as well.
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Super buck! :thumbsup:
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Great rewards !
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Real nice buck! If it was easy we wouldn't appreciate it so much. Way to stay with it, Congrats.
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Congratulations-Hap
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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:
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Nice work, you sure earned it.
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Nice :clapper:
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Well earned indeed, great buck, congrats :thumbsup:
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Sounds like a great hunt with a great ending.
A real roller coaster of emotions for sure.
Well Done!
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way to put the time in it paysoff bro!!! beautiful buck and goodstory!!
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Beautiful buck, congrats on an awesome adventure! :thumbsup:
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Congrats on the buck! :clapper:
What part of Ks. were you hunting in?
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Nice buck!
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4th quarter buck - Congrats!!!! :clapper: :clapper:
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4th quarter buck - Congrats!!!! :clapper: :clapper:
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When it all comes together after some hard hunting, there is a lot of personal satisfaction and sense of accomplishment. Makes it all worthwhile.
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Way to go Corey :thumbsup:
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Congrats on a great buck!
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Last day success is hard to beat. Congratulations on a real nice 8 pt!!
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Nice deer! Way to hang in there!!! :thumbsup:
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All the persistence and hard work sure paid off!
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Really good buck! .............congrats to you.
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Nice buck and way to hang in there to recover it.
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Congratulations! It is always nice to see hard work rewarded!
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Boy, that's a nice one! Congratulations on your hard earned buck! :clapper:
Bernie Bjorklund
NC Iowa/SW Wisconsin
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Its always nice to get a reward after working hard, nice buck.
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Very NICE! :bigsmyl: :thumbsup:
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Nice work congrats
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Bowhunting at it`s best!
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Well done!
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Originally posted by BDann:
Congrats on the buck! :clapper:
What part of Ks. were you hunting in?
North central in Washington county
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Where were you hunting to drive 16 hrs? I thought I was the only one to s**t like that.
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Good job,hard work always pays off
:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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nice buck. dang that's a long hunt too...
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Nice deer, persistence pays!
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Congrats. Its seems only sweeter when we work harder for something.
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Great job brother, way to hang with'em!
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Well done!!
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Good Deal! Congrats!
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I love your stories of big deer.... congrats
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Wow! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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Congrats on a real nice buck. How's he zona treatin you these days? Have you heard from bill lately?
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Very nice buck. 11th and half hour = icing on the cake.
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Well done
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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 :)
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Originally 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.
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Nice 8
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Great Buck, Congrats and way to stick with it till the end.
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Originally 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!
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Great buck! KS does make you believe a big buck is right around the corner.
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Great Buck!
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Awesome buck Corey! Won't be long and it'll turn on down here.
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Great buck! Congrats.
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:bigsmyl: :bigsmyl: :bigsmyl:
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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!!
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NICE
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I'm late on the post but great job Corey
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Good buck! Congrats