Same day I got the last bow kill, November 2nd must be my day. This deer showed up last January for couple days and I figured he'd turn into a good one. We've had this 30 acres since 2012 and I've had several pics of good bucks during the rut through the years but have never hunted it much because it's so inconsistent. I checked my camera yesterday morning and he had been here almost every day since Oct 22nd and had daylighted twice. He was on cam yesterday morning and I knew he would be bedded somewhere close. I got in the blind at 415 and hadn't seen anything for while. I started playing solitare on my phone not paying attention then at 6 I heard foot steps. From the pics I wasn't quite sure I'd shoot him but when I looked up and saw him in person my mind was made up and I went to kill mode lol. After being at full draw forever he finally took another step and I sent it. I thought I hit him back just a bit but knew was fatal. He ran about 20 yds then slowly walked and stumbled away tail twitching as he went. I had another buck come in and went toward him, what I thought was the bigger buck chasing him off must have actually been my buck falling. I couldn't see due to brush and getting dark. I slipped out at dark and waited on the wife and kids to get home before going to check for my arrow. When I found the arrow it was covered in great blood. Turns out I double lunged him and he only made it 50 yds. Now to get my oldest on one. She kinda lost interest until last night lol. I had him figured around 140, I taped him this morning at 142 2/8 gross. Not bad for a clean 8pt. off my own land.
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