i had an excelent hunt this morning which ended in my first antlered trad buck.
my cousin and i hunted at my parents house in winterville. we got in the stands about 6:45, it was completely dark when the first deer made its way into the creek bottom. i assume that it was a buck because it sounded heavy and it checked the three scrapes in the area. well it got light and the deer moved on so i decided to do a bit of rattling at about 7:30. i got no responce, at 8:15 i rattled again. this time i was much more aggresive with it. about 5 minutes later, i heard something splashing in the creek. i saw a set of legs and then a set of antlers, not small antlers either. well he walked up to the fence which is also the property line, and then turned as if it were going to walk away, but then turned again and hopped the fence onto my parents property. it was about 18 yards at this point, but angled to me a bit too much. well he turned to check one of the scrapes, and i drew and released. he spun at the shot, but it was too late. it ran to the top of the ridge, and then out of sight. we got down about 10 minutes later and found blood, which wasn't hard to follow. once we got to the top of the ridge it petered out, so we left and got some breakfast. we went back at 10 and found the bloodtrail again, and it was easy going from that point on. he made it about 100 yards from where i shot. i got one lung and the liver. here are a few pics.

SWEET NICE DEER CONGRATS.  

Congrats on a great hunt and a nice buck!!!

ya id shoot it... nice job

GREAT JOB BUDDY!!!! Nice one!          

Very nice. Congrats!  

Hey, what bow you shootin there?

That's a real beauty! Congratulations
GLENN

Congratulations and what a great buck!      

WAY TO GO!!! That is a great buck  

A great way to start.

I hope they just keep getting bigger for you.

Congratulations!! Nice deer!!

God bless,Mudd

Congratulations nice buck.

       

Great job Eric, would one of those Frey boys be with you ???. If so, they are like carrying a golden horseshoe in your pocket. LOL. Good looking buck !!

Lanier

Nice buck....the first one is the hardest.

 

Great buck brother, its a high that's hard to beat isn't it?

thanks guys. no doubt it was/is great. froggy, i guess technichally there  was a frey boy with me, but it wasn't tim or tom. and you are right they are like a golden horse shoe. kenny, i shot it with the cherry and walnut bow that i made, compliments of you.  
on a side note, it is the biggest buck i've ever shot period.

Good one    cingrats.

Good one    congrats.