Not really live anymore but here is the story. I hunted yesterday morning till about 11:00 and then I wanted to drive to an auction site 3 towns over to see if they had any heavy equipment. It’s about an hour drive so I went over and looked but all they had in so far was a skid steer and a few worn out farm implements so I stopped at a burger joint and got lunch and headed home so I could get in my stand. As many of you know I pick deer I would like to take through camera surveys every year and I had 3 this year to choose from. I took one of them on October 17th.
I killed a very large, heavy racked, 8 point in November of 2018 that was very dominant and almost immediately a new big dominant buck moved in that I tried many time to get last year but due to other commitments I wasn’t able to spend the time on stand required.
To my delight he showed up on camera again this fall. He summered somewhere else but when these white oaks began dropping he came back. I have several photos of him on a feeder at night.
These really give an impression of his size. He is a giant among ridge runner deer!
He started daywalking a bit in late October and then again on November 4th...
As I was sitting about 3:45 pm a nice up and comer 9 point came by and I videoed him on all 4 sides of me.
I didn’t see any other deer till right at 5:00 I heard a deer walking up out of the creek bottom and it looked to be a young doe. I could hear another deer following her but I figured it was probably her mother or another doe so I didn’t even take my bow off the hanger. The doe went on past me headed south feeding as she went and she was not spooky or nervous at all. I was trying to make out the second deer because there was a large white oak between me and it. All of a sudden I could see tines and at first I thought it may be one of the larger 8 pointers I have seen in the past. I decided to get my bow ready just in case it was the big 10 point and I am glad I did. He walked out and when I saw the body size and those upswept main beam tips I knew exactly who I was looking at. He was 20 yards and broadside and looking at the doe. I drew and released immediately and when I released I saw sparks just past the deer and under him in the low light. I first thought I missed low but he ran into a downed tree and had a hard time getting through it and then he barreled down into our creek bottom. I thought I heard him crash but I am always skeptical...I waited 20 minutes or so and could hear a deer walking around down in the area he ran. I thought I am just gonna ease over and look for blood and as soon as I got close to the impact site I had a deer running and blowing from down there but the blood was phenomenal so I figured it had to be the doe he was with. I walked about 20 yards from where I hit him and I could vaguely make out a white belly. I was elated!
He is my largest bodied buck to date and is a no brainer shoe in for P&Y and for the Oklahoma Record book...as a matter of fact both bow deer are for 2019! Blessed!
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