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<blockquote data-quote="deaddownwind" data-source="post: 4073871" data-attributes="member: 9652"><p><strong>Re: 150 incher down! *Long Read*</strong></p><p></p><p>Man the ups and downs of deer hunting! After having several folks telling me to "let this deer go" I had decided that I was going to go get a look at him in person if I was fortunate enough for him to come by. I was unsure of what he would score or how old he was. My gut was telling me 3.5 and 135" but his tine length and main beams led me to believe he would at least break 140. I knew I would be able to make a game-time decision on him once I saw him in person. Sure enough, on Sunday afternoon around 6:15 this guy came by me headed to a bean field. At first glance, he was by himself at 20 yards and didn't look as big as what I wanted him too so I was going to let him walk on by. Immediately after making that decision, his buddy came walking right behind him. I had in my mind that that deer was around 110" but once I saw him that close, he appeared quite a bit bigger and "Long Brows" dwarfed him. I then decided I was going to shoot him if I was able to get another shot. It took about two minutes for that opportunity to take place but eventually he quartered away as I was hoping. I put the pin on him, released and looked the wrong was to see where the arrow would hit. There was tree limbs in my line of site once I moved my head. He spun and bolted off but could tell that he was hit but was unsure of how hard. I climbed down and found little blood and no arrow. I then backed out for over an hour then returned with my father to follow the blood trail only finding minimal blood for a bout 75 yards. We then jumped a buck about 75 yards from last blood and decided to back out. With little sleep and many worries that we had pushed the deer, we went back Monday morning. Still no further blood and no blood where the buck was bedded down. My heart had sank to my stomach just knowing I had lost this nice buck. After combing the woods, I went to the bedded spot one more time to look for blood and found nothing. I angled back from that point to where we had found the last blood and he was piled up less than 60 yards from where the blood had stopped. The broadhead had penetrated the rib cage and broke the blades. The arrow war broken but still stuck in him by the fletching. The exit wound was just the point of the broadhead which was stopped up by the arrow explaining the minimal blood. I am very thankful things turned out the way they did. This deer is a new personal best for me as far as "scoring" goes. He green scored 151 8/16.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="deaddownwind, post: 4073871, member: 9652"] [b]Re: 150 incher down! *Long Read*[/b] Man the ups and downs of deer hunting! After having several folks telling me to "let this deer go" I had decided that I was going to go get a look at him in person if I was fortunate enough for him to come by. I was unsure of what he would score or how old he was. My gut was telling me 3.5 and 135" but his tine length and main beams led me to believe he would at least break 140. I knew I would be able to make a game-time decision on him once I saw him in person. Sure enough, on Sunday afternoon around 6:15 this guy came by me headed to a bean field. At first glance, he was by himself at 20 yards and didn't look as big as what I wanted him too so I was going to let him walk on by. Immediately after making that decision, his buddy came walking right behind him. I had in my mind that that deer was around 110" but once I saw him that close, he appeared quite a bit bigger and "Long Brows" dwarfed him. I then decided I was going to shoot him if I was able to get another shot. It took about two minutes for that opportunity to take place but eventually he quartered away as I was hoping. I put the pin on him, released and looked the wrong was to see where the arrow would hit. There was tree limbs in my line of site once I moved my head. He spun and bolted off but could tell that he was hit but was unsure of how hard. I climbed down and found little blood and no arrow. I then backed out for over an hour then returned with my father to follow the blood trail only finding minimal blood for a bout 75 yards. We then jumped a buck about 75 yards from last blood and decided to back out. With little sleep and many worries that we had pushed the deer, we went back Monday morning. Still no further blood and no blood where the buck was bedded down. My heart had sank to my stomach just knowing I had lost this nice buck. After combing the woods, I went to the bedded spot one more time to look for blood and found nothing. I angled back from that point to where we had found the last blood and he was piled up less than 60 yards from where the blood had stopped. The broadhead had penetrated the rib cage and broke the blades. The arrow war broken but still stuck in him by the fletching. The exit wound was just the point of the broadhead which was stopped up by the arrow explaining the minimal blood. I am very thankful things turned out the way they did. This deer is a new personal best for me as far as "scoring" goes. He green scored 151 8/16. [/QUOTE]
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