Well ladies and gentlemen the monarch has fallen. I've been hunting this deer and another one of about the same caliber for 2 years now. I've gotten multiple photos of each but none during the day. I've also seen at least one around the farm frequently chasing does...
December 23rd... To keep things short and sweet I'll fast forward to the day of harvest... We got off from work at lunch time on Friday the 23rd and I was in a lock-on stand by 3:00. The stand was hung for bow hunting and I haven't been in it since the first week of November. With all the rain lately I was hoping the deer would be bedded on high ground in a 60-70 acre cutover. About 10 min. before 5 pm two does fed passed me with two more about 75 yards behind them. As I watched them feed off I heard another deer coming and this old boy came out of the cutover at 40 yards broadside. It wasn't until he had to turn his head to go between two holly trees that I knew it was one of the big boys I had been hunting. He had two smaller bucks behind him but I quickly regrouped on him and made the 2 fatal shots at roughly 45 steps with my Browning B80... Young deer. Only weighed 142lbs but I think most of that was horns
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