Thats a brute 5.5? CONGRATS!

Good job LP

Great deer LandPirate congrats.

LanPirate,that is a beautiful buck,nice dark horns.Congrats.

Nice buck Mike. Congrats.

I think he probably is 5.5 yoa. Possibly 4.5, but no younger. I got in the stand at 3:45pm and at 4pm had two does come the feeder. They were hoovering up the morning left overs and kept looking into the brush.

They finally moved in the direction they were looking. About 15 min. later they ran past the feeder, headed the opposite direction. This ol' boy was hot on their heels. They crossed the 50 yard wide meadow before I could grab my rifle. A few minutes later the feeder went off and the does came back to it. They brought him with them. He was chasing hard. His neck was swollen up and his hocks were running wet and smelly. Full rut.

The sun was almost sitting on the horizon, directly over the feeder which made it difficult to find the buck in my scope but I managed. He was constantly moving and chasing the does. He finally stopped for a second, quartering toward me. I put the round just forward of his left shoulder. It knocked his front wheels out and he pushed himself along for about 15 yards with his back feet. His antler dug into the shoft dirt and pole vaulted him straight up into the air, doing a complete cart-wheel. When he landed he didn't budge.

The round came into his right side ribs, just behind the shoulder and proceeded to travel rearward, taking out about 5 ribs but didn't exit. The bullet was lodged under his hide and I recovered it.

Thanks for the words of encouragement. I was really getting down.

Good job and a nice looking buck

good 'un.. my backup stand usually ends up being the one I hunt the most, but for different reasons.

Nice buck!!! Congrats!!!