Hi Tim. I don’t get on here much, just too much going on.
We found my buddy’s buck this morning. Hell of a recovery. Hit the bottom lobe of one lung. Nice 8pt.
Anyway, its been a great year for the family. My son Zac (Now 11) shot his earn-a-buck doe on the first Sunday of bowhunting in N.J. (35LB 40 year old bear Kodiak the he is pulling at about 28LB.) The next day, he shot a nice 8pt. That was his 9th deer with that bow.
Not sure how to post photos of his buck here, but I’ll try. After that, we have been passing up tons of deer in my back woods looking for these two big boys that folks have been seeing in the headlights and such. We bought a house in a beautiful valley, “Pleasant Valley” last year. Lots of county land that is unhunted which produces good bucks. Got lucky and put down the bigger of the two one morning with a double lung tap. He went 60 yards. Was rushed and took poor photos of him. I’ll try to post one of them as well. Then, it was on to the next “big dark 8pt” guys were seeing crossing the road at night. My buddy that lives in the woods behind me saw him from his window several weeks back in fanning light with his binos. I had seen good rubs and one 8-9 inches around right on my property. One rubbing tree that had been hit for many many years prior. Not hit last year, but tore up this year. Long and short of it, I jumped up in the stand 45 minutes before dark and grunted in a small 6pt. that came from my right, right under me and now to my left. Right behind him comes this dark 8. On high alert looking for the grunting buck he caught me seated. He was so alert and coming in straight on from the right that I could not stand or turn. (I am a righty.) All I could do was hope we would continue on his path under me and I would shoot from a seated position as he passed by. Well, he took 3 to 4 minutes to go the last ten yards and even though the wind was in my favor, you just can’t be that close for that long and have him not get your wind. Needless to say, he did. He started the “moon walk” and was turning to bolt. I said to myself, if this deer leaves here without an arrow in him, I really messed up. So as he was turning to bolt, I was turning in my seat to my right, stretching to find anchor.
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