More Meat For the Freezer

[Mike Belt]

Saw 1 deer this morning...a 129 3/8" 4.5 year old 8 pointer. I've let bigger walk this season and several the same size but for whatever reason I just felt like shooting him this morning. Felt good. He walked up point blank on my right side before I saw him and had me pinned down. I had to wait for him to walk around behind my tree and he started trotting away down through the timber. I had had him point blank and wide open and then was fixing to lose any shot opportunity at him so I grunted to stop him. He was going straight away and wouldn't turn giving me a broadside shot so I elected to spine shoot him. He dropped in his tracks. Pics to come once I remember how.

 

[Columbia Scott]

Dude, That's a huge 8 pointer. His chances of walking by me are between zero and Zero. This is a 129" 8 pointer we shot this year. A deer this big will never receive a pass in Tennessee unless we become the new Pike County Illinois.

 

[redblood]

nice, can't wait to see pics

 

[BSK]

Way to go Mike! Congrats!

I agree completely Columbia Scott. I can't imagine someone passing a near 130 8-pointer in TN.

 

[Mike Belt]

Ames has quite a few 130"-135" bucks running around. This year I've passed on 4 that size and 8 bucks in the 125"-128" range and this count is down from the past several years. I know they aren't going to get a lot bigger than that there but there are enough 140's also to keep my finger off the trigger. It still feels good to squeeze off on one occasionally.

 

[redblood]

Dude, That's a huge 8 pointer. His chances of walking by me are between zero and Zero. This is a 129" 8 pointer we shot this year. A deer this big will never receive a pass in Tennessee unless we become the new Pike County Illinois.

what month was that deer killed. saw one like him in the back of a truck at ocharlies in columbia last year round Christmas, maybe a few days before

 

[Gravey]

congrats and agree...a 130" 8-pt will get to ride in the back of my truck any day.

 

[dgb7mm]

Congrats Mike!

 

[hunter drew]

Congrats mike. Great 8 forsure

 

[W.Seay]

Congrats Mike!! Can't wait to join you next year!

 

[bbuck14]

Congrats Mike, glad you got him!

 

[Bayou Buck]

129" 8 point is a good buck. Congrats!

 

[Outdoor Enthusiast]

Congrats. Let's see the pic!

 

[Winchester]

Congrats, and I can see passing a 130 ten point, but a 130 eight pt is a BIG 8 especially in TN!!!

 

[Phil1979]

Congrats Mike

 

[Winchester]

Pics???

 

[chubacabra]

Nice

 

[Bone Collector]

Congrats! Send someone the pic and let them post it for you.

Sounds like a dandy.

 

[Columbia Scott]

The deer in the truck was killed opening day of muzzleloader this year.

 

[easy45]

You gonna post a pic mike