Had pics of this bucks in the area, never expected to see this old guy during the day. I packed my ladder stand in before daylight to a little draw between a crp patch and a bedding area and set up as quickly and queitly as possible in the cold drizzle before light. Get settled in and waited. About 7:20 I looked across the crp and saw two white spots. It turned out to be antlers headed right to me. Ive never killed a Kansas deer so I wasnt taking into account the body size compared to the rack. I knew he was a very mature shooter, but not that he was the big 10 from the game cam. I tried to focus on making a good shot and not being seen. He came in to 18 yards and I drew, but he stayed behind a tree. I held the Invasion back as long as I could, and let it down slow. He kept standing there just checking things out. He knew something wasnt right, and turned to head back across the crp and I drew again. Grunted him to a stop at 50 yards. I've been practicing like a mad man at 50, so I put a 2 blade rage right into his neck, where it passed through. He stumbled hard, and took off with his tail down, a sure sign of a lethal hit. I texted a few people that Id just shot a 140 8 pt. 2 hours later with some better eyes than mine(Im color blind and cannot see a blood well)we trailed him 300 yards following a MASSIVE blood trail and found him. I was blown away by the overall size of this deer.











179 1/8 gross
6.5 yrs old

That's awesome, congrats.

Never thought about a neck shot with a bow?

awesome deer by the way

Great deer Congrats

Great dear! Not sure I could hold the bow steady enough to shoot that beast.

Yeah I couldnt have probably, but I honestly thought he was 40 inches smaller! Thank goodness for that! I was actually calm and steady.

Great deer!!!

Awesome deer.

I've never heard of anyone intentionally shooting a deer in the neck with a bow. Was that where you were aiming?

Wow, he is a brute Congrats on an awesome buck!

Very awesome... nice job. The rage is lethal

WOW!

Nice what is the hole in neck after he was skinned

great deer.

BMD NOT BEING AN ARSE, but read his post..THAT IS WHERE HE SHOT IT!!!! that's the classic sign of a rage entry hole!!

Awesome buck!

That is a hoss !

Put a tape on that deer and post the numbers. His main beams look LONG!!!! Nice deer.

Wow very nice! How wide was he?

Great buck. Don't see the score you posted on him from the pics though so post up his score numbers he does have tremendous beams and mass. Congrats.

Tremendous buck. Congrats.

Great buck. What unit?

Great buck man!!!

Very nice. Congrats

What a deer.