Jim,
Congratulations and this has been a daily read for me since you started it...I love to see other Tradgang members pics and locations they hunt..You have made it very exciting to read each days event as it unfolds..I myself felt like part of me was right there seeing the Autumn come and go and the trees show Gods work as they turn from green leaves to a beutiful golden,reddish color just by His command...This is a beutiuful buck and a well deserved trophy just for your hard time put into the hunt...Thank you for sharing your piece of land and your daily hunt with us all...God Bless...
                 Keefers <><

A well deserved buck.      

Congrats on a nice buck!!! All your work finally paid off!

Congrats Jim! Knew it would all come together for you  

Congrats Jim, that is a great looking buck.  All your hard work finally paid off for you.  I hope you still take us along for the Doe hunt.  Good luck Shoot Straight.

After guiding other successfully it was finally your turn to connect,nice buck congrats.  

Finally congratulations Jim. You deserve it. Many hours on stand
and a lot of hard work. Also, because of your generosity to your friends. Thanks for taking time to share the season with us. You have what I and most of us can only dream of. I am happy for you and have truly enjoyed the glimpse you have given us this year. Hope the rest of the season is good to you.  Michael

Congratulations Jim, Awesome story and thanks for letting us follow you along in your adventures. I only missed my original estimate by 27 pages  

Like Whip said, when I saw 2 pages ahead, this will be good.
And it is!
Way to go. What a great read and season you've given us. It's your season, of course, but you've been kind enough to include us.
And now there's doe tags to fill....?

Excellent job Jim! What you won't do to get a moon light stroll with Jayne! My legs are aching if I'm thinking of the area you're talking about. A lot of work went into that bad boy! Great hunt, great adventure shared with all of us!

Awesome thread, congratulations

Great job.  I've been rooting for ya!

Wow!  What a great deer!  I've followed your post everyday and have enjoyed it immensely!  Thank you for taking the time each day to include us in your hunt.  This is a very well deserved trophy for you!  Congratulations on a tremendous fall!    

Bernie Bjorklund

NC Iowa/SW Wisconsin

Congrats!  Way to stick to it...  

Thank you everyone for the very kind words. As you can truly see, hunting whitetails is my truest passion in life. I am very fortunate to have a loving and supportive woman by my side. She had a blast a last night.!

While I dislike the morning after photos because the deer no longer looks natural, here is one just to give you some scale of last nights buck's body. It was a bugger for me to drag him. Jayne steered his back legs around all the obstacles.

I promise to take you along with Anubis and I as we spend the next 6 weeks chasing big does around the valley!

Congrats again and looking forward to following your doe hunting.

What an incredible story, thank you for taking us along on your adventure. I can't wait to read more since you still have a doe tag.
Congratulations!

Actually I have two!! I get a land owners anterless.

BTW. Closer examination this am in the day light revealed my arrow went in behind the diaphram and exited the other side in front of it. Took the liver going in and the far lung going out.  I had cut my finger pretty badly last night and was in no mood to examine closer last night.  Those big VPA heads save my butt once again!

He's a big deer....you could have put a saddle on him and rode him to the store...LOL!

         Very Good!