I got home yesterday from my 2 week rut hunt - planned to get down to Missouri as well as Iowa, but it took a while to get close to a good buck at Dad's place so I'll forego Missouri for this year.

I started hunting on Nov 3 and saw a few good ones over the 11 days it took to kill this guy.  I saw this particular buck 3 times - on the morning of the 6th he brought a hot doe 30 yards from me (too brushy to get a shot) and put on quite a show for 45 min or so chasing her and doing the snort-wheeze thing several times.  On the morning of the 13th he cruised past me in the timber about 60 yards off, in a different stand 1/3 of a mile from the first.  Finally on the afternoon of the 14th he made his fatal error in yet another block of timber 1/2 mile from the second stand - this guy was all over the farm - when he walked under me to check out a family group of does.  I let him get out in front of me a bit and shot him at 4 yards.  (I can say, honestly, I'm freaking DEADLY at 12 feet!).  Got one lung and the heart due to the angle, into the offside front leg, and he piled up after a short sprint and longer slide to the bottom of a DEEP ravine.  Shot him with my trusty Jack Howard Gamemaster Jet - getting about 64 lbs out of that bow - and a 640 grain carbon with a big Snuffer out front.  He was 238 lbs live wt - a pretty good sized deer for that area - and was probably 5 1/2 yrs old.  I'm tickled with him.

R

Mighty fine buck, congrats ... I'm smiling for ya !      great way to pose your bow in the back ground.

Great in all sense of the term!


thanks for sharing....


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Glenn

Excellent story and deer!  

What a beauty Ryan.  Sounds like a great way to spend a few weeks.  Thanks for the story....and congrats on another toad.

Congrats!!

Did you get him with a Gamemaster Jet?
Thats quite a deer, congrats and GREAT job!

Congrats another fine buck from a Rothar!For sure you learned well.LOL

Heck of a buck.. way to stick with it and put em down

very nice

He's a dandy Ryan.. Your diligance and hard work paid off nicely.

Good shooting, even if it was only 12'..

Handsome buck and a giant!

Congratulations on a good buck and a nice story.

Congrats nice buck!

Nice Buck, congrats.
Pa will be proud!!

wow. congrats on the great buck.

Congrats Ryan.
That is a great buck and a great hunt you had.
The bow is great as well.

CTT

Congratulations on a Giant Buck..Great pic by the way  

That's one heck of a buck. Nice story and congrats.

Awesome animal !