It was November 13, 2004, just before daylight as I was climbing into my 16 foot ladder stand at the edge of a swamp, that I noticed a dark object about 25 yards from me on the same trail that I had just walked on. As the sun started to come up, I could see that it was a nice 7-point buck. It walked by my stand and stood eating acorns. The buck took a drink from the swamp water and continued to feed around me. He remained about 30 yards from me until about 7:30 AM and then left the area.

At 7:55 AM, I could see two deer coming towards me again very quickly. They were about 50 yards out and I could tell they were really BIG bucks. I didn’t pay a lot of attention to the second buck, since I didn’t have much time to check him out. Since they were coming pretty quickly at me, I had to pick a spot where I thought the buck would walk allowing me a clear shot with my crossbow. The deer was continuing towards me at a steady walk and as he reached the shooting area I had picked, I took the shot. It was only about 21 yards from me.

I know that they say you should grunt or something to make the buck stop, but I didn’t have any time.  I’m really glad I didn’t see this buck until the last minute, as I don’t think I’d have been able to stand the waiting.

The buck was a 13-point and roughly scored about 163. I don’t know if the second buck was bigger or not, but I’m very thankful for the one I got.

Back to Good News

Next Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21| 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | Main Page