Congrats, Sir, on a very niceun!

Wow Ralph..........well, that is all I have to say.

Cept, where was Mrs. Di when you was loading that buck all by yourself? Congrats my friend.

Good looking buck Ralph.  Did you get him over there by Great Bend?

Thanks for your comments guys. Matty, the bow is a Sheepeater Spirit. 48" Static Recurve made by Brent Rudolph. It pulls 52# which is good enough. It shoots straight and hard and is a pure joy to carry. It's the only bow to come down the pike that I'd put my own bows down for an entire season. I told Brent and Mark that I was declaring this the year of the Sheepeater. I've killed 5 tom turkeys, a whitetail doe and this buck with it. It's performance is unbelievable and under no circumstances would I part with it.  Brent, Miss Di only cooks em, no gutting, no draggin, no skinning. She will help me get him into small packages.
The whole story is I was hunting over a waterhole that lots of does visit. I saw him coming at 100 yds. He came in and was 15 yards away, broadside, when a doe came out of the woods north of him. He turned his head to look at her and Overdrive kicked in. Arrow buried to the fletch tight behind the shoulder. He wheeled end for end and snapped the nock end off on a tree. Before he hit the woods 20 yards away the business end of the arrow fell out and I could see blood pumping out. I lowered my stuff out of the stand picked up the two pieces of shaft and followed the red brick road to the buck. Snapped a couple of pic and went to work. Only had to drag him about 30 yds. He wasn't one of the four bruisers I was really hunting, but..he was there. I call bucks this size "4th and Short Bucks". As a FB coach for 32 years I know that you'll never know what you'll do in that situation untill you're facing it. Maybe you'll punt, and maybe you'll go for it. This time I went for it.  Ralph

Thanks for the rest of the story Ralph......congrats again!

he's a dandy for sure. great job, thanks for sharing...  

Awesome! Way to go Ralph!  

I don't think I'll ever be wondering what to do on fourth and short.  I see one like that I'm going for it!
Great buck Ralph!      

Great buck congrats  

Sweet!!  Way to go!..He's a dandy..nice bow too!!

Congrats Ralph!!  Man, he's a DANDY!  I'd have gone for it, too.  Sounds like you and that bow are getting off to a great friendship.    

   

"followed the red brick road to the buck."  

Mind if I pull this quote out once in a while and use it?  Or would you rather keep it to yourself?  I found it kinda catchy.  Congrats, Chad

Help yourself Chad. I just figured that so many people know nothing about Kansas other that the Wizard of Oz, they should be familiar with the yellow brick road. But this guy painted it red.

Great Deer Mr. Ralph!

   

Congrats Ralph!  Way to bust up them deer and turkeys this year.

great job Ralph,congrats!

It is a beautiful mature Kansas buck.  When Ralph draws down on a critter it is in trouble!

Ralph is a shooter. I talked with some at Mojam 1 and 2 and watched him shoot the javalina target that they had set up on cables for a moving target. He had that real bendy handle osage self bow. That moving target was in trouble alot and Ralph was taking everyone's money.

Very nice deer.  Congrats