hoytman26

That is what it is all about. That is a great buck and a great story. congrats on an awesome buck. Nice pics, I love the sunset in that one.

Food source is your best bet. Try to find the bedding area and set up on the transition zone between the two. My friend killed a buck 2 years ago that grossed 173 using a corn feeder. I attached a pic

He grossed 167 6/8. He is my biggest buck to date.

side view. His spread is 18 3/8

I gross scored him, how close can you get? I'm one proud bowhunter right know!!!!!

I'm going to guess him to be around 180.

AMEN!!!!

Awesome buck. I love seeing the big ol' boys on the ground. That deer will score low 150's. I'm gonna guess 151. Let me know how close I am. Congrats on a monster

Post rut. Gotta love it. It's supposed to be a hot post rut.

That is awesome. Congrats on a beautiful doe.

Thats what I was thinking around 125 or so.

I shoot the Trap Door. It actually doesnt make a whole lot of noise but I think they all are going to make noise on cold quiet mornings. Just remember you are only 28 or so inches from it and the deer is hopefully 20 yds or more.

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r201/hoytusarules/nice10pointfromoctober05.jpg Copy and paste for the direct link. File was to big to put on realtree. Sorry

The buck I shot this year was 6 1/2 yrs old. He survived 5 gun seasons. We hunt 170 acres and I dont think he ever left the property. Your big one will survive and you will get him. WHITETAIL MAGIC!!!!!!!! GOTTA LOVE IT!!!!!!!

slick tricks are the best flying fixed blade on the market hands down. If I didnt find out about rage I'd still be shooting them. Killed two does with them. Niether ran more than 80 yards.

Looks like him to me. If you look at his right side in the pic you can see that g4. No doubt thats him. congrats he's a nice buck.

I called rage broadheads in september because my wife shoots 47 pounds and I asked them the minimum draw weight needed to shoot the rage and they told me they open up even at 30#. My wife has yet to shoot them just because I have 2 blade magnus right now. I dont know about 30# seems low to me but at 40# I could see them opening just because they open so easy. 1 lung and a 2" hole is better than 1 lung and a 1 1/4" hole. Good luck!!!!

Congrats!!!!!!

I'd wait another year on him. Nice buck. If he's bigger than what you got, shoot him.

I missed a deer I named old gimpy 2 years ago he was about 135" deer then. I shot him 2 weeks ago and he grossed 167 6/8 trust me you will be happy if you get another crack at him next year or the year after.

Great buck and congrats on the job. And you are right I feel everything in life happens for a reason, dont ever forget that!!

Its all about getting the first one. Now its easy from here. LOL Congrats on your buck, isn't it such a great feeling.

What a pretty 8 point. Did you green score him yet? looks like a 140 to me.

No way!!!! I just found the video and you can tell that its fake. You can tell by the sound that the wind is blowing atleast 15 mph. Go to you tube and type in pse xforce. Its about 4 videos down. You'll see.

I agree with dartonman. Go back in the morning you will find blood and her. Chances are you were not far from blood. Good luck and post pics. Congrats