Tonight I was covered up. My buddy let me hunt his property since he knew I've been struggling. Well, I looked at Google earth compared to where he's been hunting and found a spot that looked good in my eyes. So I did a hang and hunt the night before the hunt. Sat all morning til 11 and saw 2 does and a small buck. Tonight on the other hand I had my target I was sent in after at 100 yards at 430pm. A clean 10 with a drop tine. I couldn't get him to commit any closer than 80 yards before he worked his way into some standing corn. When I looked over my shoulder there was another shooter 80 yards away on a water hole. I grunted twice, he snapped his head up and came on a rope!!! He hit my 50 yards clearing and starting putting tension on the bow but knew he'd work closer. He hit the main trail coming right to me for a 20 yard shot and stopped shy at 32 yards behind a massive amount of limbs!!! SHIT!!! I had one small window to shoot thru but didn't like angle so I passed. This was a solid 150" 8 point with 9" brows that my buddy has never seen. Makes me sick to not get a shooter on cam all year and then see two in one night and not get the shot off. TOO top it off at lunch I saw a 150" 9pt and 130ish 11pt two properties over 25 yards off the road locked on a doe!!!! Looks like I'm taking leave from work again and diving back in......
Here's Droppy:
Here's Droppy:
