bowhnter16 Posted December 8, 2005 Report Share Posted December 8, 2005 Took me awhile to post this, but better late than never. This deer is my biggest to date and I got him with my bow to top it off. He is 15 points and gross scores 158 5/8. I had been out hunting quite a bit during that week and had seen a lot of deer, but knew this one was in the area since I had seen him the week before. The night had been going pretty slow, and I had only seen 5 deer but then I heard a crunch and this big guys was closing fast. ended up shooting him at 15 yards quartering too with my hoyt. The shot was a little far back, but the muzzy did the job. With some much needed help from some friends we followed a really slim bloodtrail to the deer about 150 yards from the stand. The blood trail was weak because the exit hole got plugged by fat. Not finding any blood made me really nervouse, but like I said I was lucky I had good help. Code: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted December 8, 2005 Report Share Posted December 8, 2005 Re: 2005 IL Bowkill Wow! Excellent deer. How 'bout the story, including bow, especially if it's a Mathews. j/k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texan_Til_I_Die Posted December 8, 2005 Report Share Posted December 8, 2005 Re: 2005 IL Bowkill Excellent deer! Congrats!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MUDRUNNER Posted December 8, 2005 Report Share Posted December 8, 2005 Re: 2005 IL Bowkill Nice!That thing is a bruiser!Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowhnter16 Posted December 8, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2005 Re: 2005 IL Bowkill Thanks I forgot to mention that I have a shed off of this deer. Just looking at the sheds I would guess him to be 5 1/2. Semms a little too old to me, but he does carry very good mass and he is 5 7/8 at the bases. Oh-Yeah this is the only big buck in IL so it is really not worht the drive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirkV Posted December 8, 2005 Report Share Posted December 8, 2005 Re: 2005 IL Bowkill Congrats on a very nice first deer and way to stick with the blood trail! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockefeller66 Posted December 8, 2005 Report Share Posted December 8, 2005 Re: 2005 IL Bowkill man, that looks like a midwestern buck to me!!!!! Congrats on the hawg! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted December 8, 2005 Report Share Posted December 8, 2005 Re: 2005 IL Bowkill That's not a deer...that's a Hawg with antlers Way to go and welcome to the Realtree Forums Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilhunter1986 Posted December 9, 2005 Report Share Posted December 9, 2005 Re: 2005 IL Bowkill very nice bow kill. and the best thing is u used a hoyt and ur from illinois rock on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest fourtrax_300 Posted December 9, 2005 Report Share Posted December 9, 2005 Re: 2005 IL Bowkill man yet another nice harvest from Illinois. congrats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobie Posted December 9, 2005 Report Share Posted December 9, 2005 Re: 2005 IL Bowkill Congrats on a nice buck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HitRmisS Posted December 9, 2005 Report Share Posted December 9, 2005 Re: 2005 IL Bowkill man that is one heck of a buck, congrats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG_BUCK_1 Posted December 9, 2005 Report Share Posted December 9, 2005 Re: 2005 IL Bowkill congrats on big IL buck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted December 9, 2005 Report Share Posted December 9, 2005 Re: 2005 IL Bowkill Great deer. Congratulations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c_lou Posted December 9, 2005 Report Share Posted December 9, 2005 Re: 2005 IL Bowkill Congrats on the buck. Great Story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whttlbucksteve Posted December 9, 2005 Report Share Posted December 9, 2005 Re: 2005 IL Bowkill Great job nice deer,find a good spot on the wall for him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BigBuckDown69 Posted December 9, 2005 Report Share Posted December 9, 2005 Re: 2005 IL Bowkill Very nice deer indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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