A Couple of Buck Stories

First off, I know these two deer are nothing spectacular, but this one to the left was my first buck with a bow! My father-in-law constantly
talked about how fun and addictive bow hunting was, and it made pretty good sense why! So, I took his word for it and bought a used Matthews Switchback last year. This was the best investment I have ever made. I hunted hard day in and day out trying to get a buck on the ground, and finally it happened in the third week of October! Me and a buddy went up to Atkins to some private property that I thankfully have permission to hunt. I went into an area that I had never hunted before with a bow and just went up a tree! This particular place was an oak flat just south of a thicket. There was a NW wind which was perfect! I sat there until about 6 when I heard what all hunters want to hear, something crunching the leaves coming from up from the thicket to the oak flat. This 7 point looked like he was on a mission, perhaps cruising looking for some does. The 4-blade muzzy went right through the boiler room and he went maybe 30 yards. Boy was I excited!

These set of horns are from this year! Once again, nothing out of the ordinary, but still a decent 8 point. I was hunting up in Atkins on the same property. I found a fence row coming up from a thicket that had a couple giant white oaks that were loaded. I knew deer would be using it, but the first time I hunted it I climbed a tree a little far out from the area just so I could get an idea of where the deer were coming from and how they were using the area. I saw numbers of deer with one being a shooter buck but it got dark on me before I could get a shot! I went back to the same area the next weekend and moved in closer. I had a cowhorn spike working the area for an hour or so, and never seen any of the same deer I had seen the time before. A few minutes before dark this 8 point came up from the thicket along the fence row to have a little supper. Boy did I surprise him!