A hard earned buck...

[Basinboy]

Made it about an hour ago. That 16 hour drive is rough but when I look in the rear view mirror and see the rack it makes a little easier. I hunted 15 days only missed two morning hunts to recharge my batteries. I saw many nice bucks and let a bunch walk. I missed twice, deflected on a branch on a 155-160 and missed a 150" at 8 yards as he trotted by. When I bleated to stop him he sped up and I lost focus shooting under him...
Had planned to head home the next morning and picked all my stands and cameras after the morning hunt yesterday except for the one I would hunt that evening in a last ditch effort to fill my tag. Got setup by 2 and waited and waited. I had seen 12 deer from this spot the evening before but nothing was moving this eve. It was just about the end of legal shooting time and I hear leaves crunching! I grabbed my bow and got ready just in case it was a good one. Sure enough here comes a nice 8pt. I had to turn to my left as he was going behind my stand. I drew and bleated, picked a spot and dropped the string only to hear a loud crack! My bottom limb hit the seat of my muddy lock on. Of courses arrow went low missing the buck. He ran a few yards and stopped for a few then continued of crossing the creek and then up the other side to a scrape. I nicked another arrow and as he was working the licking branch I sent another arrow. He buck kicked and ran out across a crp field like he was on fire! I felt confident it was a good shot even though I couldn't see exactly where my arrow hit him. I pulled my stand and left to go eat a bit to give him plenty time. My wife and I went back and found blood where he was standing. We followed the trail into the crp where it got difficult to follow. I then found my arrow fully coated with good blood and bubbles. We couldn't find blood again so we spaced out and started a grid search and on the first sweep I spotted him. He was dead in seconds, already stiff an hour later. 15 days and over a 100 hours on stand, I'm happy to have this beauty  
 

[Manitoba Stickflinger]

Well deserved..congrats!

[Tony Sanders]

A HEARTY CONGRATS Basinboy, you certainly deserve this one after all the time and hard work you put in. Thats what you call Endever To Persevere. Thanks for sharing.

[Richie]

[JMG]

   

[Jayrod]

A for effort and you got the gift you deserve!!  

[TJK68]

Congrats on a nice one.
Tom

[joe ashton]

way to hang in there..  

[tarponnut]

Great buck, huge body! Well done.

[Kc kreger]

Nice deer and well worth your efforts I am sure.  Which state were you hunting in?  That buck has a huge body.

[Igor]

Way to "hang" in there on a well deserved trophy.....


thanks for sharing...

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Glenn

[Basinboy]

Originally posted by oklahomaleatherman:
Nice deer and well worth your efforts I am sure.  Which state were you hunting in?  That buck has a huge body.

That's a Kansas buck. Yeah they get way bigger than Louisiana deer  

[BRONZ]

Great deer!!  Way to go.

[Hooper]

Wow!! You sure worked hard for that big boy! Congrats on a nice buck!! Nice shooting!

[SAM E. STEPHENS]

Heck of a buck , very nice , Congrats sir.....

,,,,Sam,,,,,

[Cyclic-Rivers]

 Congrats!

Another good one, Corey!

Congrats,

Bisch

[KentuckyTJ]

Nice one congrats Brother.

[Homey88]

Great job! Way to persevere!!?

[BDann]

Congrats on the great buck!