finally!

[eman614]

Well after a slow start to the season, i finally was able to get the job done.

Saturday morning found me sitting on a creek crossing with an old clearcut in front and to my left, a cow pasture to my direct left and a trailer park to to my front right. Its a good pinch point and i figured with the rut really starting to kick in i figured they would be using it.

The wind was perfect until the sun came up, then it did a 180 and started blowing strait into the clearcut. by then it was already light out so i decided to sit it out and see what happened. around 8 i heard something cross the creek, but it wasn't in front of me like i expected. It was behind me going into a small thicket. moments later i heard grunting and running, and for the first time in my life i heard an estrous bleat from the real thing. Well they did there thing for a good 30 minutes back behind me, but never was able to see them. i was going to try and grunt to them but when i blew my call nothing happened. Turns out a 10 month olds slobber can really stop one up, so i did my best deer impression with my mouth. About 850 it appeared to that my impression hadn't done any good and i was thinking about getting down when I caught some movement coming from behind me. It was skirting the edge of the thicket and mking its way towards me, so I got ready for a shot. The path he was walking was going to take him through one small opening at about 15 yards. As he entered the opening i drew my bow, picked a spot and let it fly. The arrow flew true and the buck spun towards me on impact and ran strait towards me for a couple steps and then went back the way he came. He stopped about 20 yards behind me flicked his tail once and fell. I waited 15 minutes just to make sure he wasn't going anywhere. i got down and went to where he was standing and there was blood imediately. A couple yards into ther trail i found this.



surprisingly the blood trail wasn't that great until the last few yards, but then really opened up. At the end of the trail, I found this.



He's not the biggest buck i've killed, but after the season i have had i was very happy



on a side note it was the first deer i've managed to shoot with a treeshark. it didn't dissapoint. the hole was huge!



thanks for looking, Eric

[Caughtandhobble]

Way to go  

[Son of Texas]

Great Job well done! Congrats!!!

[drewsbow]

congrats

Way to get it done!

Congrats,

Bisch

[Gen273]

Congrats, and that is a big hole!

[glass76]

Good shot.  

[Wannabe1]

Nice forky! Congrats.  

[Rob W.]

Great job! I love the Sharks!

[John146]

Good hunt and shot!
What a hole!!! That's pretty amazing.

[far rider]

Wow, what a wound channel.
Congrats on him.

[Bernie B.]

Congratulations!  That's a good buck!  Quite a hole you put in him!

Bernie Bjorklund

NC Iowa/SW Wisconsin

[Mudd]

[VictoryHunter]

Great buck, congrats!

[OBXarcher]

What a hole ! love those tree sharks.

Congrats

Mark

[Fattony77]

Well done! Congrats!

[JMG]

Nice shooting on a nice buck!!  

[Tim]

One look at the wound channel and I knew what broadhead you were using.    :eek:   Holy Smokes!   Congrats!

[T-Bowhunter]

Congrats on the Buck, that tree shark left a big hole

[KentuckyTJ]

Great shootin' and congrats Brother!