Ghost
Life Member
Thought I would move your post to the harvest report area. Ghost
Well things came together this morning. This guy came in from behind me, with the wind I never even heard him until he grunted twice. So I turned around slowly and there he stood 10 yards away ears pinned back glaring at the decoy, then he started scraping the ground with his hoof. There was plenty of light as it was right at 8:00 so I got a very good look at him. I knew he wasn't a scoring machine but I could tell by the size of his body and his thick bases and messed up rack that he was an old monarch. I've always wanted to take an old gnarly buck and when he walked passed me on the way to the decoy at 12 yds everything went into automatic, Heck I don't even remember getting my bow off the hanger or attaching my release. The next thing I do remember was making a sound to get him to stop and putting my pin on his shoulder and sending a slick trick on its way.
He took off down the middle of the field and piled up about 150 yds smack dab in the middle, no tracking on this day!
The coolest part about him is that his left base is almost 8 1/2 inches around! His right G2 is 12" and the one on his left is busted off about 3/4 of the way up, and both main beams curve up.
Talk about character!
What a great hunt!
Here's how he laid, if you look close you can see the decoy in the far left. This was the first deer I've shot with the slick trick heads. I thought I'd get a little better penetration, but it did do the "trick" I guess!
It took me all I had to get him hoisted up into the nearest tree so I could go to work on him, what a gorgeous animal and a huge body to boot!
Here's one of those gnarly bases!
Well things came together this morning. This guy came in from behind me, with the wind I never even heard him until he grunted twice. So I turned around slowly and there he stood 10 yards away ears pinned back glaring at the decoy, then he started scraping the ground with his hoof. There was plenty of light as it was right at 8:00 so I got a very good look at him. I knew he wasn't a scoring machine but I could tell by the size of his body and his thick bases and messed up rack that he was an old monarch. I've always wanted to take an old gnarly buck and when he walked passed me on the way to the decoy at 12 yds everything went into automatic, Heck I don't even remember getting my bow off the hanger or attaching my release. The next thing I do remember was making a sound to get him to stop and putting my pin on his shoulder and sending a slick trick on its way.
He took off down the middle of the field and piled up about 150 yds smack dab in the middle, no tracking on this day!
The coolest part about him is that his left base is almost 8 1/2 inches around! His right G2 is 12" and the one on his left is busted off about 3/4 of the way up, and both main beams curve up.
Talk about character!
What a great hunt!
Here's how he laid, if you look close you can see the decoy in the far left. This was the first deer I've shot with the slick trick heads. I thought I'd get a little better penetration, but it did do the "trick" I guess!
It took me all I had to get him hoisted up into the nearest tree so I could go to work on him, what a gorgeous animal and a huge body to boot!
Here's one of those gnarly bases!
