Written by: Dan Meyer from Skeeter Boat Center, Markquart Chevrolet, and Bluff Bucks Outfitters
Last Sunday the day started out with rain and I was thinking, “Rain can’t be all bad”?? Last year on November 8th I had harvested my 152” 10 point in the rain. I had not been hunting much in the mornings and on Sunday morning after my Bluff Bucks chores were done, Mark Fox and I went to check the trail cameras. We had one of the Whitetail Freaks, Randy Bowsing in camp with his camera man Brady and they wanted to get in the woods by 2pm. So I was trying to watch the time and at 1:20 that afternoon, Mark and I were 40 minutes away from camp and we were still on top of the bluff. I knew Butch would be wondering were in the heck we were at and would not see the humor in use being late. So we double timed it back to camp and made it back around 2:20. I could tell, Butch was really wondering what we were thinking. 
I asked Mark to check the SD cards quick while I took the fastest shower of my life. Randy and Brady were still packing the truck when I jumped in and we were ready to leave. It was their 1st night out and asked if I would drive them part way to the stand in the Bad Boy with all the camera stuff (and boy, do they haul the equipment). I dropped them off at 3:10 along with putting another hunter on stand just before working my way up to the top of a bluff down the road about a half mile.
Finally, I parked the Bad Boy on the trail and walked the 400 yards to my stand which sits just above a really thick bedding area on a shelf leading to an alpha field. As I said before, Mark and I had pulled the camera card earlier and as far as I could tell the scrape had not be freshened in the past few hours. By now it’s a little after 4pm and I’m ready for the night sit. I did my range finding and decided if something came in from any direction I was going to have some great shooting. About that time I had seen some movement to my left and right away I knew it was a deer we call Mark’s pet. He is a 2.5 year old 12 point, that is real jumpy. He passed in front of the stand at about 14 yards and took a trail that dips into the bedding area.
About 10 minutes later I heard what I thought to be a weak snort wheeze. A minute or two later out jumps a mature shooter over a log from the bedding area. He stands there for a few minutes looking from side to side. I believe he was trying to decide to either come and check the scrape to my left or head into the field. He decided to head into the field, as I started to grin. His decision to choose the field gave me the best shot at him with out getting detected. The next thing I know he took two steps forward which exposed ¾’s of his body in my shooting lane. By this time I had already drawn my bow back without even realizing it. After that it all happened so fast, that I was not sure exactly what just happened?? I just remember seeing my arrow hit a home run and hearing the deer crash over the bluffs edge. I decided to back out and go get Mark & Butch Fox to enjoy in the excitement. I did wait at the truck until dark and watched a 170 plus bumping doe’s on the lease. Around 6:30 that evening I drove up to pick up the WF Freaks and after listening to them tell me about a 160 class 9 they put on film, I finally let them in on my story. After some great excitement we headed down to pick up the other hunter in the group. While I was waiting to pick them up, I did go to the neighbors because of the poor cell phone reception and called Butch and Mark. I let them know I would be waiting at the lodge when they returned from picking up their hunters.
By the time the Freaks and my other hunter were packed up and headed down the road it was 7:30. I think the BBO gang showed up at around 7:45, but by now I was starting to wonder if I had really harvested this buck. We all made our way up to the top of bluff and to my stand. We found were my arrow had broken in half and that is where the blood trail started. The blood trail ended 80 yards down the bluff edge with my trophy at the trails end. What a truly exciting find and hunt. Bluff Bucks Outfitters have many trail camera pictures of this buck as I have shown you on other posts. This buck will go in the books as my biggest bow kill to date. It is truly bitter sweet, a buck that dreams are made of and now I have to wait until next year………………………………. Or do I????? That’s right, Ohio sells over the counter tags………………..I wonder if I can get that by the boss??????? 
Thanks for letting me share my hunt at Bluff Bucks Outfitters with you here @ In Depth Outdoors. I will be spending some time helping Butch, Dawn, Mark and the rest of the gang at Bluff Bucks Outfitter over the next few weeks. Let me know if you would like to stop by and I will show you around. The lodge is really coming around and turning out to be world class. If you have any questions about BBO, their accommodations or how to book a hunt feel free to PM me Dan Meyer here on the site, give Butch Fox a call @ 715-459-2277 or visit BBO on the net @ www.bluffbucks.net
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This incredible photo deserves another look.
Photo Taken by: Shane Indrebo
Congrats on your PB Best Bow Buck Mr. Meyer, from all of us here @
IN DEPTH OUTDOORS!
Nice work buddy
Congrats Dan!
Awesome simply Awesome!!!
Again Congrats Dan on a your PB bow buck!
Are you talking about Dave or the one at home?? Or perhaps its both????
BOTH!!!!
great story and awesome buck
Great buck Dan! Congrats!
Awesome animal!! Congrats!!!!
Wow! Spending time with the freaks and Pat Reeves then harvesting a bruiser like that….. Thats one heck of a hunt. Congrats on a beautiful buck
Nice Job Dan
Now I can’t wait for the 2011 Buck Party to lay my eyes on that Mount 
Again.. great job
It is sad when you realize, your Buck Tag is gone…. 
but if you have to use it, it’s nice to put it on a HOSS like that 
Good work Dan
Awesome buck and awesome pics thanks for sharing your hunt and all the stories from BBO with us
Looking good. Great job!
I’ll be there tomorrow!
Great buck it sounds like the old mossy are starting to move in Buffalo County. I would love to get down there some
day todo some hunting.
Awesome buck Dan and a great read….Tried to stop down by BBO last weekend when I was in BC but heard it was crazy down their last weekend so maybe next time I get back.Again Congrats on your dandy BBO buck.
Let me know when you will be in town and I will show you around.
Very, very impressive Dan. Thanks for sharing that story, and a little more about BBO and how they do things. For alot of us, it’s a window into a world we only dream about. Congrats again on your personal best!
Joel
Beautiful buck Dan!! Congrats
Great looking buck Dan Congrats
Great pictures and story
Congrats Dan , Great buck and story
Great deer Dan..Congrats.
x2
Jami
Thanks for all the great comments. I’m very proud of this buck being my new personal best. What even makes it better is a back to back archery season hunting at Bluff Bucks Outfitters. My last year buck scored 151 7/8 and was also a 10. The buck this year had way more mass and was two years older. I will let you know what it scores when it is official. Right now it is a 160 class buck green scored.
Again, thanks for all the nice comment and for all of you that also have a filled tag, congrats, and for the rest of you, best of luck and hunt safe.
Looks like Whitetail Freaks should’ve been filming you Dan!
D Don- Congratulations!!!
You’ve been a great friend for a long time and I know no one works harder than you in some way shape or form to be successful. Deer hunting has been no different. Enjoy the experience. Remember that first buck you pinned in Augusta…. 
Will never forgot that buck. I will see if I can find a picture. Maybe a good start to a new post……Our 1st buck with the bow and a story to follow????????
awesome buck congrats on a monster
Dan
Congratulations on an awesome buck and a great story!
2 Years in a row and a new personal best – awesome
Jeff
Congratulations Dan on an awesome bow buck!
Your picture is simply amazing too! 
Thank you for sharing your story with us!
Kudos to Butch Fox and Bluff Bucks Outfitters for practicing quality deer management. The trail camera photos and the bucks harvested each and every year is simply amazing.
If you truly want to have the odds in your favor of harvesting a trophy whitetail buck, give Butch Fox a call and book your hunt!