Well it is getting close to the right time of the year here in MS. I have had a really good season so far, with one exception. I have been hunting a Buck I call bull for most of the season. He is a 5.5 year old heavy mass 8pt. I have had him 15 yards or less on 5 different occasions. I could have shot him slightly 1/4 to 3 of those times, but I didn't want to take that shot. The other 2 times it was to late to see him good enough. I had also been seeing a nice 5.5 plus year old ten point and had passed him once at 17 yards quartering away, thinking that bull would show himself. Well as luck would have it Bull was killed 3/4 of a mile by one of my buddies with training wheels. I was a little down, so I decided to take My Black Widow PCH "Black Death" to the tree for the first time ever. I got it back in March and have not hunted with it yet, Ive been taking the Talltines which I have grown to love. Anyway I had been seeing a lot of does in this area and there still was an old mature 10 point. I went there just to shoot a doe with my PCH I don't like owning a bow I have not killed a deer with, HA
So I got in the tree about 2 that afternoon. I climbed around 20 feet. Reached in my pocket to grab my safety strap rope and dropped it 20 feet to ground. Well I decided to pull my bow up tie an arrow to it my pullup rope and see if the Battle Axe could snag my rope. Well it worked first try. As I was pulling my rope back up I heard the UN-mistakable sound of buck foot steps. It was a buck we call Stump 6.5 plus 8 pt 50 yards heading the other way. Well I finally got situated and about ten minutes later had a small buck come out of the cutover and bed down 40 yards in front of me. At 3:15 he stood up and started staring into the cutover. Here comes a doe and yarlin headed to what was left of the acorns. They came in and started feeding. For some reason I didn't shoot her. Then all the sudden there were 5 bucks all started chasing the one doe. 2 really nice 3 year old 8s and some younger bucks.
After she tried to come back around to eat two more times with continued harassment, she finally gave up I guess and headed back into the cutover. And took all the bucks with her. It was now 4:30 and there was no deer in sight.
Then I heard it faint heavy steps in the thicket ahead of me, I see him its the ten point. He is heading down a trail that will take him 15 yards from me . I get set and wait. He hits a scrape, rips up a tree, and lets out one of the best snort wheezes I have ever heard. Well this got me to shaking a little. Here he comes He is on a steady walk approaching my shooting lane. I draw anchor and when he hits my opening I settle in on my spot and loosed the 300 gr battle axe tipped arrow.
First thought DEAD, he stumbles runs about 20 yards falls in the road between hardwoods and cutover. He gets up crashes through a slough and is entaggled in the vine thicket. Silence!!!
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Here is a pic of the impact site exactly where he was standing when it hit him.
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This is how I found Him!!!
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Here is the entrance hole
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And here is the finished product of The First Hunt with My PCH BW Ebony 57@28 "BLACK DEATH"
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Nice! Congrats from a fellow Mississippian! He's got some white horns. Killed a big 8 last week myself and his horns were real white like your deer.
great deer and a well told story.. thanks for sharing.
Great deer,way to go!
Congratulations, that's a beauty! Bull must have really been something if you passed this guy for him.... Nice shot.
Wow, congrats! You have killed some great bucks the last couple years.
Home run !!!
Great story, great buck and a really pretty widow!
Excellent shot placement! I think that is exactly where we ought to hit them...
Congrats on a great season!
OUTSTANDING!!! Great story, would love to hunt the rut down your way sometime.
That has to be THE coolest looking black widow I have ever seen!!!!! Well named too.... :thumbsup:
Great deer and great shot!!! I love those black and white ebony bows you have.
Beautiful buck, great shot and great story!
I would love to travel South for the rut. What a dandy buck and great story. Congrats!
Very nice buck and bow!
thanks for sharing....good story..
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Glenn
Love that bow WOW!!!
:thumbsup: Congrats Will! Nice Buck!
Thats a real nice buck. Congrats on your success.
Boy, that's a good one! Congratulations! Nice bow and a beautiful buck! :thumbsup:
Bernie Bjorklund
NC Iowa/SW Wisconsin
Congrats on taking such a nice buck and sharing your story with us. The WIDOW have spoken(LOL)
Tony
Way to go bro u sure have a great hunting spots and also beautiful bows way to close the deal!!
Nice going, good buck and beautiful bow/setup.
Congrats, heck of a buck! & that's a sweet bow.
nice! looks like an old fella.
Awesome...awesome...awesome! Every year you end up with a great buck. What's up with them always dying in weird spots, covered in water, or hung up in trees??
Congratulations! Nice deer
Nice
Very nice, congrats!
NICE!! You know, I used to only hate mid-westerners... :p
Seriously, great buck, way to go.
Congratulations and great story....Thanks for sharing..
Congrats bud, another beauty!!
How wide is he Will?
Thanks for all the comments!!!
19 5/8 inches. Lot of water and thickets where I hunt so they are usually going to end up in one or the other. Unless its like this year and the sloughs are fairly low from the summer still.
Thought he looked pretty dang wide!
Great deer! Congratulations.
Good job on a great buck
That is a great buck, a beautiful bow and a happy camper. CONGRATS :clapper:
Congrats!!
Boy, you guys are sure on to them down there, congratulations!
-Jay
Great story! I'll have to agree with John, coolest looking widow I've seen... :thumbsup:
Dang, did I say DANG!!!!!!!
Nice Buck Brother :)
Great Buck, Congrats!
Great deer and my absolute most favorite BW bow ever!
Congrats! Way to get her done! That's a dandy buck and sweet widow. :thumbsup:
You boys are sure representing the state well, great buck :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Great Job Will, thanks for the story. Nice Buck!!!
Wow! Another beautiful bow and another awesome buck! Congrats!!
beauty of a deer and bow too!! congratts
Congrats bud. Knew you'd been chasing them hard. It's nice when its pays off ain't it..
That's a great buck and a great looking bow! Thanks for sharing.
Congrats on a great buck!!!
Way to break that Widow in the right way! Congrats on a great buck :thumbsup:
Congrats!
Great buck Will! Looks like you put the arrow on the X too. Congrats!
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