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This hunt actually started several months ago when we were given the opportunity to lease a small parcel of land in wis. Brad showed us a couple of good spots and by using trail cameras we were able to pinpoint several stand locations and also make a hit list of shooter bucks.
Veiw out of one of our stands
In mid October Top Heavy was able to hunt the lease for three days and only saw a couple of does on a three day hunt. The trail cameras still showed at least 4 bucks over 140″ but only at night. so we opted to wait until we started to see the bucks moving during the daylight before we hunted again.
Wide Tall 8
On October 31st I checked the cameras and we had several shooter bucks moving during shooting hours! I called “Top heavy” and we made a plan to hunt November 4th and 5th. We got a late start and didn’t get to our stands until after 2:00 pm. the wind was blowing out of the north at about 20 mph! I really didn’t have a good feeling about seeing anything with the winds blowing that hard! But we were there to hunt so off we went.
Top Heavy and the wide tall 8
“Top Heavy” spent the next couple of hours swaying back and forth in his tree, Then at about 5:00 the wind started to lay down so he Grunted a couple of times,rattled and about 15-20 minutes later he caught movement from the southwest… Top Heavy knew this deer and Immediately stood up and went to full draw, There was only about a 10′ area on top of the ridge to shoot him or he would be gone!
Top Heavy stopped the wide tall 8 and put a 3 blade Rage broad head thru both lungs, The wide 8 ran about 60 yards down hill and piled up!
Congrats To “Top Heavy” On a great Buck! Green score is just over 144″