I was out in Buffalo County with Brad and G this last weekend. All I know is it was the best hunt I have ever been on! I missed a 145-150 inch 10 pointer, it happend so fast, I heard a chase coming my way, all of a sudden the Doe and Buck were running 30-35 yards out in front of me, I had just enough time to grab my bow, set the release on the D ring, pulled the Mathews back, he was running down the hill, I grunted at him – he stopped on a dime, to which I didn’t expect. No way was I going to take a shot at a running deer. I settled the pin on him, arrow was away, then I heard a bing. I had hit a small branch between me and this Big Buck. He stood there looking at me, I grabbed another arrow – it was too late, he was on the move. I waited 45 minutes to get down to verify that in fact it was a miss. I lowered down the bow, watching it so it would land softly. As the bow made contact with the ground, I looked in the direction where the Doe and Buck went, I saw another buck standing 60 yards in front of me. Wow! I slowly retrieved my bow, loaded up an arrow, getting ready for a second chance. As I peered toward the buck, I noticed it was a different buck. He must of been chasing that Doe, too. He kept standing there, stomping his right front hoof, looking at the Doe as if to say, look at me, I’m right here – she wanted nothing to do with him. They made there way within 8 yards of my stand. This time it was a 9 pointer, probably only a 125″ buck with a huge body – around 230 lbs. I let him walk.
The evening hunt took place on the same stand. I had an ancounter with a spike buck at 5:30 p.m. No activity until 6:15p.m. As I glanced down the ravine, I noticed some movement – it was a buck, it looked like a shooter. I saw him moving up the ravine downwards from where my stand was. Approximately 80 yards out, I hit the grunt tube. The buck lit up! He was on the move right at me. This 8 pointer, 130 inch class buck was one pissed off animal. He was raking tree’s, all the way up to me. At 15 yards out, he made 2 swipes with his huge hoofs, then started up towards me, again. This buck, (Browler) was right underneath me, you could hear him making huge deep gasps of air, trying to get any and all scent of that other buck he heard. Browler stayed around the stand for 3-4 minutes looking for the other buck, he worked his way up to where I had missed that 10 pointer earlier in the morning. All I could see was a siloute of him standing here sniffing something. I put up the binos, I saw him leaving what he was sniffing, to my surprise, it was my lighted “tracer” arrow lighting up. This verified my miss earlier in the morning. What a hunt in Buffalo County!
