I just got on a new lease this past summer.....a DREAM LEASE really. Several college buddies and 4000 Acres of south Texas.
I've been out there, it feels like every other weekend since March setting up stands, filing feeders, and checking trail cameras. We luckily have tons of nice deer, seems like every 4 year old is a 130 class 10 pt. Well it all came together the last hunt of bow season!!!!
I left work early 11/2/12 hurried down south and was in my south archery pasture blind by 3:30pm, as I wanted to be in there early to let things settle down before primetime. Got set, 3 video cameras and all.... I had pictures of 4-5 hit lists bucks a few being management and a couple being trophies. I settled into the hunt had several deer filtering in and out of my set. Finally around 5:30 I had one of the hit list bucks come in, a management 8
Everything was perfect it seemed.... I was "self videoing" so I ended up playing cat and mouse with this buck for over an hour, I actually drew back on him two different times but each time he would walk out of frame or turn his body so I could not get the shot off. As it turns out that was a HUGE blessing!!!
At 6:45 I had a deer I've never seen before come in......he was a monster, one of those deer we call a "no doubter" you don't hesitate, you don't field judge him, you don't do anything except hit record and draw back!!! He must have only stood in my lane for 30 seconds before I release the perfect arrow!
he actually ran a small loop into a field in front of my blind where I saw him fall. I text everyone I know " JUST SHOT A BOONER "! There was a flurry of responses from " ya right" to "congrats".... I was in disbelief myself.
After a short blood trail it was confirmed the biggest deer of my life lay dead just 40 yards from my blind.
Funny thing is after all the celebrating and cleaning the deer it was late and I didn't have time to supervise the scoring of the rack....some of my buddies did the scoring while I was wrapping up with the meat. When it was all said and done they told me he scored 164. I didn't really think much of it, as I was happy with him no matter the score. Although in the back of my mind I kept thinking to myself if this guy isn't Boone and Crockett then I'll never get there. Come to find out I had to stop at a taxidermist on the way home to have my deer caped as I was worried the rack would not fit in any freezer I had at home. While I was there I had him officially scored....here is where the surprise was as the taxidermist told me he scored 184 3/8!!!! Apparently the guys at the lease forgot to add in the spread when they were totaling everything.
Everything is on video and will be on the up coming END OF THE ROAD OUTDOORS video that will be coming out this next summer. OzAg will be producing it all if y'all are familiar with his work.
I've been out there, it feels like every other weekend since March setting up stands, filing feeders, and checking trail cameras. We luckily have tons of nice deer, seems like every 4 year old is a 130 class 10 pt. Well it all came together the last hunt of bow season!!!!
I left work early 11/2/12 hurried down south and was in my south archery pasture blind by 3:30pm, as I wanted to be in there early to let things settle down before primetime. Got set, 3 video cameras and all.... I had pictures of 4-5 hit lists bucks a few being management and a couple being trophies. I settled into the hunt had several deer filtering in and out of my set. Finally around 5:30 I had one of the hit list bucks come in, a management 8
At 6:45 I had a deer I've never seen before come in......he was a monster, one of those deer we call a "no doubter" you don't hesitate, you don't field judge him, you don't do anything except hit record and draw back!!! He must have only stood in my lane for 30 seconds before I release the perfect arrow!
After a short blood trail it was confirmed the biggest deer of my life lay dead just 40 yards from my blind.
Funny thing is after all the celebrating and cleaning the deer it was late and I didn't have time to supervise the scoring of the rack....some of my buddies did the scoring while I was wrapping up with the meat. When it was all said and done they told me he scored 164. I didn't really think much of it, as I was happy with him no matter the score. Although in the back of my mind I kept thinking to myself if this guy isn't Boone and Crockett then I'll never get there. Come to find out I had to stop at a taxidermist on the way home to have my deer caped as I was worried the rack would not fit in any freezer I had at home. While I was there I had him officially scored....here is where the surprise was as the taxidermist told me he scored 184 3/8!!!! Apparently the guys at the lease forgot to add in the spread when they were totaling everything.
Everything is on video and will be on the up coming END OF THE ROAD OUTDOORS video that will be coming out this next summer. OzAg will be producing it all if y'all are familiar with his work.
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