On Thanksgiving morning, I got into my stand before legal shooting light. As legal shooting light approached, I heard something to my right and saw a very large-bodied buck walking about 100 yards away. The deer looked massive, fairly tall-framed, and it looked as if he was a giant fork horn. I waited ten minutes or so, as the deer walked away. When it was legal to shoot, I pulled my rattling antlers off the limb in front of me and crashed them together. Within minutes, the same buck came in to my calls. He stopped 20 yards away, facing me and looking for the fight. After a tense staredown, he turned completely broadside with his head blocked behind two trees. I drew back with the Z7 Xtreme and shot him through the heart. 80 yards later, I found him. He was just a big, old brute that I've never seen before. He won't score well at all, but I'm quite happy with him. Probably the oldest buck I've ever shot....and he's going to look good mounted on the wall!!!
