I finally broke the dry spell on harvesting a mature buck.Nov. 3rd. Sitting in the timber along river bottom 50 yds. from bedding area.
I got to stand 40 minutes before 1st light and had only seen a small 4 pt. around 8:15. At 8:30 I dec idea to rattle and grunt to see if
I could produce some action. About 10 minutes later after glassing the bedding area seen a nice mature buck stand about 5 yds. inside
heavy cover. I watched him with bow in hand for about 7-8 minutes and when he did not see any other bucks fighting he turned and
headed back into cover. I hit two soft grunts followed by a snort wheeze and as I turned to put grunt call down he appeared and started
moving outside cover and came to 25 yds. broadside. That was his last mistake !. I shot him 8:47am using Hoyt Carbon Defiant @ 63#
28.5 " draw, day six arrow w/QAD Exodus 125 gr. fixed broached, total arrow weight 542. Shot punched through rt. shoulder and busted
thru and broke opposite leg, hit rt lung and top of aorta. he ran approx. 170 yds and expired. I believe he is 3 1/2 yrs old, field dress at 189lbs.
If I could figure out how to post picture without picture file being too large I would appreciate any help !
I got to stand 40 minutes before 1st light and had only seen a small 4 pt. around 8:15. At 8:30 I dec idea to rattle and grunt to see if
I could produce some action. About 10 minutes later after glassing the bedding area seen a nice mature buck stand about 5 yds. inside
heavy cover. I watched him with bow in hand for about 7-8 minutes and when he did not see any other bucks fighting he turned and
headed back into cover. I hit two soft grunts followed by a snort wheeze and as I turned to put grunt call down he appeared and started
moving outside cover and came to 25 yds. broadside. That was his last mistake !. I shot him 8:47am using Hoyt Carbon Defiant @ 63#
28.5 " draw, day six arrow w/QAD Exodus 125 gr. fixed broached, total arrow weight 542. Shot punched through rt. shoulder and busted
thru and broke opposite leg, hit rt lung and top of aorta. he ran approx. 170 yds and expired. I believe he is 3 1/2 yrs old, field dress at 189lbs.
If I could figure out how to post picture without picture file being too large I would appreciate any help !
