Post by ukwil on Nov 11, 2012 15:29:21 GMT -5
I was fortunate enough to get drawn for a hunt at Big Oaks this weekend. Earlier this week we hunted and I tried my hardest to get a doe down there and couldn't. My dad was fortunate enough to harvest a 9 point Monday afternoon and I missed my only opportunity at a doe right at dark. Well fast forward to yesterday morning. We switched areas before the no shows and headed out. When we got to our area we drove around it to see where everyone else was. I found an old fence line with some oaks in it and sent my dad to where I had seen some deer on previous hunts. He was hunting a fence line that ran north/south and I was on one that ran east/west. I initially climbed a tree, but just didn't have a good feeling about it. I got down about 45 minutes later and eased up about another 100 yards or so and just set down next to a big pin oak. Well I dozed off and was woke up by a strange noise. I looked just in time to see this deer come out of a big thicket with his nose on the ground. I took the first open shot I had at about 35-40 yards. He ran 60 yards and piled up. Was shocked when I walked up and see how heavy he was. 2 years in a row now that I have tagged a good deer down there. We wound up leaving to take care of him because of the warm weather. Approx. 15.5 inches wide, longest tine is about 10 inches, 5+ inche brow tines and heavy heavy mass. Neat feature is his left brow hooks down like a fish hook.
