Booner with a stone point!

[Horner]

That is one heck of a buck, and sticking that stone head in him, that is just AWESOME!!!!

[Pat B.]

I'd like to hear the details of the shot and recovery -- plus the bow, arrow and head spec's, when you guys get a chance.

Beautiful deer, congratulations!

[bohuntr]

Very cool, congratulations Mark!!!      

[Bobby Urban]

save this post for the "stone head, naysayers" - speaking of that, I guess "flintstone" is a better nickname than "stonehead"  

Great buck no matter how is was taken.  Congratulations for sure

Bob Urban

[bornagainbowhunter]

Really nice buck!!  Congrats!!

God Bless,
Nathan

[Jack Denbow]

Great job Mark.
Jack

[wapiti792]

Way to go!!!

[peter c iacavazzi]

Awesome Deer! Mike...and Uncle B...no Iowa deer or Illinois deer would stand a chance against a Big Utah Muley! Imagine 300 lbs...big wide rack...deep forks...heavy massive bases...and that graceful mule deer stride...yup, whitetails are ok...but they just dont have what a big muley has...

...PI

[rushlush]

Very nice buck, congrats!

[maineac]

Whoo! Congratulations that was worth wait, and I only got to look at the picture.  Can't imagine making the shot or putting my hands on that big boy.

[Spurs]

The Highest of Deer hunting accomplishments.  Congrats!!!

[Big Ed]

Man that is a thing of beauty!!!

[katie]

Very nice!

[Herdbull]

Mark said he used the Great Northern Bush Bow he got at Compton's. It was an early '90 model that draws 75#. He had many archery notable sign it for good luck.  He made his arrows out of laminated birch with 4 wild turkey feathers and a self nock. The head was Kentucky flint knapped by Don Gilson (Mich) that was about 1 1/8 inch wide and weighed 125 gr. He tied it on with deer sinew and used a little glue to smooth out the  transition between head and shaft. The finished arrow weighed 800 gr.
     
He was in a tree stand positioned in a thicket that he could see out into an oak grove. He saw a doe with a fawn feeding on acorns or fallen leaves fro near by bushes. He did not think she was in heat any more due to the closeness of the fawn.  The fawn started running around and playing, like they do, when Mark saw the huge 11-point buck come into where they were. Mark grunted 2 times and the buck immediately left the doe and walked straight at him. Since he was in the thicket, he did not have a wide shooting area, only a small lane from that direction. The buck stood straight on in his lane at 16 yards. Mark held at ready, but could only wait for the buck to make the next move. Shortly the fawn began running around again causing the buck to look in its direction. As the leaves and brush rustled from the fawn's play, the big buck needed to get a better look, so it turned sideways, giving Mark the broadside shot he was wishing for. He sent the stone tipped arrow on its way and saw it pass completely through the buck and strike something hard in the ground on the other side.

After waiting a while, Mark got down to pick up his arrow. It was then he noticed that the shaft was broke at the notch where the flint was secured. It hit a stone so hard after passing through the deer that it cracked the shaft end. The shaft was blood soaked and it was exciting to follow the trail for the first 70 or 80 yards, but then it gave out. It took a while to find the deer, and the big buck made over 400 yards before it was found dead. The shaft passed between the 5th rib from the diaphragm at an angle that clipped one lung and the liver. Mark does not recommend taking anything other than a broadside shot and is seriously thinking about only shooting from the ground with these type heads in the future. The buck had 13 inch back tines and was over 20 inches wide inside spread. He filmed this same deer in a previous year, but had not seen it again until this final time.  MIke

[Kevin Winkler]

What an accomplishment! Congrat's Mark

I would love to try the same thing in the future.

[Onions]

Great story!
Thanks for sharing!

chris <><

[Dave Bulla]

Wow that's really sumthin'!!  I can't think of any booners killed with a rock either.  

As a side note, I haven't been around much lately and noticed in the first post about how you guys are putting on the finishing touches to the Primal Dreams sequel.

What's it gonna be called and when will it be out?  Is there a list yet???  I'd like to be on it if there is.

[Herdbull]

Thanks Dave. Yes the title of our new feature is "Essential Encounters", and it will be a family oriented hunting film, so I think your girls will like it. We have had so many set back with it trying for perfection that I really don't want to give a launch date, but I think Gene will start a list as soon as we have the finall version mastered and we go to duplicating. My brother David has not been able to hunt much this year since he started editing. I know I certainly appreciate his talent. Its a lot more that just bushing buttons. He has the vision! Ha! I'm sure we will be using tradgang as well as brothersofthebow.com to keep everyone updated as we near the finishline with this massive project. Mike

[smoke1953]

Writing a book is an enormous accomplishment but putting your story in a visual form with little speaking involved and coming out with a high quality product as you and the guys have done is a work of art.

[fireman_3311]

Very cool!! Congrats!!!!