2012 Vermont buck

[johndeere540]

So thursday I see a real nice buck with a large rack while scouting and jokingly tell my friends "I am gonna kill that buck Saturday!" I still figured what is the chance of this buck still being around the area in two days?  So saturday morning rolls around and I am set up on a nearby field edge at 6 am. 7 am shows up and nothing has came around so I am ready for a little still hunting but before I leave I decide to scope the field edge just in case. As I am looking around I notice a rack about a hundred yards away just inside the woodline! I new right away that it was a decent deer and the deer was skittish and was turning to leave so I slipped the safety off, put the crosshairs on the ribs and touched one off! The deer ran directely away. Followed the trail for about 80 yards with not a sign of blood so I went back to the shot seen and still no sign of any hit! I figured I better check one more time the way I saw him run and found him piled up in the trail about 20 yards beyond where I had stopped before!
    Wouldnt you know it was the same buck I had seen two days prior to the season! Big 8 point, 196 lbs!

[30-30]

             Great story, sounds like a nice big deer, 196 lbs, I can't wait to see the pics. I don't text!

[MGK]

Great buck! congrats!!

[upstatehunter]

Sure is a good one!!! Congrats!!

[30-30]

           & Chucky is up in Maine, probably hasn't seen a thing.

[chuckrudy]

nice looking deer . glad you gave it a second look and found your deer. congrats to you

[johndeere540]

Thanks mgk! And yeah. I almost called it a miss but something told me to check again cause i rarely miss at that distance!

[johndeere540]

You cant tell in pic but both brows hook forward at the top! I have never shot a deer with this character or brow as good as this one! The pic is only from my cell phone and do this deer no justice. The rack is really great with pretty long curling beams and nice long tines! Sorry about going on about it guys, I am just still pretty tickled with it!

[aquaassassin]

Go on about it all you want . You should be proud

[eyehi]

Great buck jd congrats 

[drobertsinMaryland]

I thought I had posted on this already. Awesome deal congrats. Nice buck too.

[halfrack23]

So thursday I see a real nice buck with a large rack while scouting and jokingly tell my friends "I am gonna kill that buck Saturday!" I still figured what is the chance of this buck still being around the area in two days?  So saturday morning rolls around and I am set up on a nearby field edge at 6 am. 7 am shows up and nothing has came around so I am ready for a little still hunting but before I leave I decide to scope the field edge just in case. As I am looking around I notice a rack about a hundred yards away just inside the woodline! I new right away that it was a decent deer and the deer was skittish and was turning to leave so I slipped the safety off, put the crosshairs on the ribs and touched one off! The deer ran directely away. Followed the trail for about 80 yards with not a sign of blood so I went back to the shot seen and still no sign of any hit! I figured I better check one more time the way I saw him run and found him piled up in the trail about 20 yards beyond where I had stopped before!
    Wouldnt you know it was the same buck I had seen two days prior to the season! Big 8 point, 196 lbs!

congrats dude hahahaha and ya u said u were gonna kill that buck

[fishnmachine]

Beautiful buck! Congratulations.

[countyboy]

Congrats jd,thats a nice buck.

[countyboy]

           & Chucky is up in Maine, probably hasn't seen a thing.

Got to meet Chuck when he passed through Ashland on his way to camp.He bought my son and I breakfast.Seems like a good guy.Been alot more deer getting shot up here than in the past few years,hope he's having some luck.