Deer '21

It was the same down here Matt, other than more rain than snow. I was outside at work yesterday morning and I swear it was raining slush balls. 😂

Just had a buck walk in front of the camera. Only had a bb, spike, and forky the past few days. Not seeing the does anymore either. 🤷‍♂️

Looks like he is prowling for some action. Someone needs to punch a hole in his ribs.

Nice job on the video. Thanks for sharing.

Well, I got it done one week ago today. I had a huge 9 point that was tending a doe for 3 evenings straight a week and a half before firearms season opened. I had him close all three nights but just not close enough for the bow. I was really hoping he would give me a peak during firearms season but we haven't seen him since that last night I saw him. I was really wanting that deer but I wasn't going to ruin my season by making him that only deer I would take. I was very fortunate this year to see more bucks than I've ever seen in any one season. Mostly little bucks but, honestly, I had many more opportunities to harvest bucks this year than does. I actually had an opportunity to shoot a really nice 8 point on the first evening of firearms I had him at 50 yds standing on the edge of a standing corn field and I couldn't see his rack very good at all. Then he started walking away from and at about 100 yds I realized his rack was much bigger than I realized but with a 30mph crosswind I did not feel comfortable with that shot and then he walked down the fencerow and got harvested by a hunter that I didn't even know was there. Shucks!!! Oh well, that's firearms season for ya. Anyhow, I had this buck appear out of nowhere last Tuesday evening at 4:50. I only had a couple seconds to make a decision to shoot this guy or else he was going to be in thick cover with no chance at a shot. I scanned his rack with my scope and saw one really nice tine on the side facing me (he was walking broadside from right to left at about 75yds) and I said to myself "shoot now, and ask questions later". I dropped the crosshairs of my muzzleloader into the kill zone and squeezed the trigger. He ran about 40 yds and disappeared into some fallen trees but then I could see him kicking pretty hard on the ground. I knew he was done at this point. Then all of sudden it hit me...I was like "what did I just shoot?" We have several half racks on our property and instantly I thought "I hope I didn't just shoot a half rack" I knew he was pretty decent but I really didn't know what he was. It took me a bit to find because I thought he was a little further back into the woods than he actually was. I had to walk right past him the first time because he was hidden behind a log. Once I finally found him this was what I saw...

I was pleasantly surprised. I wasn't able to get any good pictures because by the time my buddies got there to help it was dark and then I woke up to 60 degree temps then next morning and knew I had to get it to the butcher asap. This is all I got...

Awesome Matt! Congrats! That’s a pretty buck!