I'm just going to copy/paste what I wrote in my team thread.... It was a crazy morning, almost got a shot at the big boy.. Took a doe fawn this morning... It's the first shot I've taken so far this fall, I am happy to have her meat. I was completely out. Her bb brother led the way, coming from behind me. After he passed by I decided to take her. She was quartering away at about 20 yards slowly following the bb down the trail away from me. The arrow passed through and exited through the off shoulder. .................REWIND though to 10 minutes before I took this deer. I basically had the moment I've waited for since I started going at it with a bow. The biggest buck I've ever had on my cams appeared from up the ridge.This is the first time I've seen him without velvet. He was following another doe fawn from the way I came, sniffing the ground from tinks doe in estrus I sprayed on the bottom of my boots before I walked in. I truly thought I was going to have a shot as he closed the distance to 30 yards. If he would have continued coming 6 or 7 more feet down the ridge I would have had a perfect broadside shot. He stopped behind a spot where it was way too thick to shoot . He started to move again and I drew back, and next thing I know the gig was up. The doe fawn spooked, then he did. He ran up the ridge and away, looking like a cow with huge antlers... I can't stop thinking about how it was the second I looked up the ridge and saw the monster coming towards me. That is literally the 1st time I've ever had a deer like that within bow range. It was insane. I was definitely still shaking from the buck, when the little doe came in and I took her. All I can think about is those antlers... I still can not believe what happened. Ahhhh!
Congrats on your deer !! Great shot. Nothing like a big buck to get the ticker going. Hopefully you run into him again !!! Tim
