Went ahead and took out a pretty good old buck. Rut was starting and some good bucks were seen. Saw this guy chasing a doe during the morning hunt but couldn't get a shot. He made the mistake of returning that evening.

What you know about that mountain lightning!!?

Nice buck man congrats!

Nice mass

Nice buck!

Haven't heard anything about a mountain lion however I swore o saw one dead on the side of 287 SB. Or it was my mind playing tricks on me. Lol

Like that split brow tine!

Congrats,



CB

Dude was a stud with good mass! Now tell the story about finding him. Never seen somebody so lucky

That'll do....

What mass and you could cut wood with all that stubble, love them kind'a antlers

Congrats!!!

That's a dandy buck right there.

Haaaaa. Ok so the buck came in but not to my feeder. He held up in the brush roughly 150 yds quartering to me. With the brush I had a small window, held on his right shoulder (6.5 Creedmoor 140 grain Chad special ammo) I squeeze the trigger (bang) I hear the smack on him, buck jumps about 6 ft straight up, turns and runs away from my stand. I lose him in the brush but had a general direction of travel. I saw a glimpse of something go over the fence (still on our lease both sides). I go down to look for signs. Zero blood on the ground. His tracks are there from where he kicked up. Lease buds (BigPig included) show to help on the recovery. We go around to the other side of the fence. I began walking the fence line and found him tangled in the barbed wire about 80 yards from the shot. He was expired with zero blood coming from his body. Wasn't until he was detached from the fence did the blood start exiting from his mouth. When he was gutted the internal carnage showed. Small bullet diameter hole on the entrance AND exit, but inside was a volcanic eruption! Entered behind shoulder facing me, and blew out the opposite shoulder. I got lucky to stumble on him so quickly considering there was not a drop of blood to track with.

Thats a stud in my book. Congrats!

[quote=Navasot]What you know about that mountain lightning!!?

I just figured out what you meant, lol, thats what my son chose to take to the lease for himself.

Congrats. Great story.

Nice

Nice looking buck.

Very nice - congrats!

Thx everyone. Never had a deer scored before but I love the mass on this guy!

Right side base was 5 1/2" and the left was 5 1/4"

that skull mount came out great

Congrats on a fine buck
Sounds like it was a good thing he got tangled in the barbed wire. Could have turned into a long recovery with no blood.