My buck this year was well earned. I took the last week of October off from work this year to give myself a better chance of shooting a mature BT. It was hard passing on spikes, and 2 points along the way. The weather was classic BT weather just about the entire week, very wet.The closer it got to the end of the week, the more I was doubting the decision of passing on previous bucks.
Thursday started out the same as the other mornings. Get up at 3:00am, get to the gate at 4:00am, ride my mt bike 4.5 miles back, change into my dry clothes, put on my raingear, and get settled into my spot about 6:30. This morning, like every morning the anticipation built the lighter it became. Than by about 10:00am, I began doubting myself about location......am I to high? clearcut to fresh? I decided to work my way down the cut about 400ft for the evening hunt. As soon as I walked out I instantly saw a doe. I looked out beyond the doe, and on the other side of the cut I see this guy come out of timber with 2 does. He was heading strait down the timber line away from me at about 400yards. A little out of my range, so I started running down the opposite side to get into range.( there was a hogsback between us that I used for cover) When I get to about 230yds I take a shot, and hit him in the neck. 2nd shot also hit him in the neck, and put him down.
He's not the biggest buck, but defiantly a mature buck. He has a pretty knarly rack, with some damage that must have happened while in velvet. I had a great time, and can't wait until next year.
