Rut Crazed 9-pt ; new pic added p.8

[Mark Baker]

Nice going Mike! Thanks for sharing...

[TRAP]

Wow, what a stud, Way to go Mike  

[Herdbull]

The week started very diferently for me. I was hunting in Nebraska for mule deer and seeing quite a few, but then a bunch of trucks and men came driving, talking and playing music all over the plains serveying the place for future oil prospects. This spooked the deer off and there was going to be no real let up until Christmas. So I drove through the night back to Illinois to hunt whitetails. After the 10 hour drive, I jumped into my treestand before first light. At 6:50 am the huge 15 point 6 year old buck I was after came through the thicket behind me. He stopped at 12 yards between two trees. I took the shot, but  got a deflection. He walked off, but did not seem too spooked. I hope to see him again.

[jt85]

WOW, What more can you say

[Herdbull]

I used a 62" 61# Tall Tines recurve to launch my 32" 2219 arrows tipped with, Woodsman Elite 250gr

[dhermon85]

[Herdbull]

[far rider]

Way ta go Mike. Real bruiser there. Man, you guys chase bucks the size of elk up there.

[Pat B.]

His neck is as big as our whole deer!

[Brock]

wow....impressive.

[Thumper Dunker]

Nice big guy.  

[Barry Wensel]

Wait a minute... I'm confused. Did you shoot a hog. a slob, a bruiser, a pig, a hoss, a stud, a toad or a brute? Maybe all the above. bw

[jonsimoneau]

What a beautiful buck and a great story Mike! Chalk up another for the good guys!

[Michael Arnette]

My goodness! What a brute. Always nice to have some close calls before a harvest...makes you enjoy the moment more

[wapiti792]

What a great old buck Mike! That guy had a head like a punkin headed bear  

[joe ashton]

what a magnificent animal!

[15andin]

That is a PIG!  Persistence pays off with an awesome mature whitetail, nice job Mike.  I always enjoy your posts.

[Rays Arrow]

Very nice buck.

[Pheonixarcher]

I've got a compound buddy at work that keeps showing me all of these huge bucks from friends, and friends of friends, etc. all with compounds, and a few firearms. He gives me crap saying "your little stick bows aren't gonna get you something like this" and proceeds to show me another giant. I'm gonna have to start showing him some of these pics!!! That's a trophy! Good job, and congrats!
On a side note, I showed him a pic of the doe I killed this year, and he says, "you can kill a deer with one of those things! I could shoot 10 does a night off my bait pile if I wanted to." Lol. Whatever. I have more fun than he does, and I think that bothers him.

[FoCoBlackWidow]

Congrats, Mike. Dandy.