I was fortunate enough Sunday evening (11/2/14) to harvest my best buck yet.

Had smaller bucks running does Sunday morning but no shot opertunities. Climbed down about 11:30 to head home for lunch and when I returned the land owners had told me they had gone back to the woods on their john deer gator and saw "a good buck" somewhat close to the stand I hunted in the morning. I figured they had chased everything out of the woods but I was here may as well hunt so I headed to the stand I hunted in the morning around 2:30.

Hadn't seen anything moving and was getting bored when at a little after 5 o'clock I heard a twig snap near a creek crossing in front of me 45 yards or so in front of me. After a minute of looking for the source of the noise I could make out some deer legs. Shortly after that the deer started towards my location and soon noticed it was a good buck but headed straight to me I didn't know just how good. At about 30 yards out he started angling down a trail that would lead him a touch over 20 yards from me. Once he turned I could tell I was going to shoot if given the opertunity. He cleared some branched and broadside I drew back picked my spot and the arrow was on its way.

When I release he hit the deck and went to take off so the arrow hit high and back a bit and he bolted off but stopped about 40-50yards away. He looked around as if baffled by what just happened and I noticed my arrow sticking up out of his back which reassured me it was a poor hit and most likely a long night of tracking ahead. Much to my surprise after 20 or so seconds of standing there he fell right over. I had hit a main artery just below the spine and he had bled out.

I was using a 3 piece takedown longbow I built. 64" 50@28" shooting 2 fletched gt tipped with tree sharks weighing in at 600 grains.

He ended up being a main frame 10 with a 8.5" 3rd main beam

 


 

congrats my friend, I shot a 12 pointer Saturday night down at my families place in NC Ohio.  Now's the time!

Great shooting, stellar buck and killer bow!

Nicely done! With a bow you built to boot!

Awesome!! Heading down to Ohio later this week, great buck!

He's a toad....very cool 3rd main beam too! Congrats!!

WOW!! That is a stud of a buck! Congrats!  

Congrats! And nice bow too!    

Very nice!!

Great looking buck!

Ohio is sure producing some fine bucks! Congrats!

Wow what a buck!! Little envious of you Ohio and Iowa boys, knocking down some monsters this year! Congrats!!

2-fletch.. Awesome. Beautiful beautiful buck, and to harvest him with a bow you built. What a dream

Great looking buck!  Congratulations on a job well done!    

Bernie

geez you Ohio boys are cleaning house.  dang!

He is awesome, I couldn't build a better rack in my dreams.

Fantastic...that is one stud buck!

Bruiser wow. Nice job!!

Nice job brother...heck of a deer..congrats!!!

Very cool buck!