A Perfect Hunt

[agingcrossbower]

Man, that was a perfect hunt. Wish I could use that playbook. Huge buck to. Congrats.

[onebigskittle]

Thats a Great buck Congrats to ya

[Sandman]

Congrats on a beauty.

[Crispy]

Congrats!

[Wildlife Control]

Nice job! Congrats! You gotta love those Spitfires. I know the sound you're talking about as the bolt passes through....it's the sound of success. Thanks for sharing with us. Very nice buck!

[Shotnbeer]

Thats a great buck. Don't take this personal but when you said it's alot easier i twing. I've hunted with recurves and compounds for 40 years and when I took up a crossbow hunting is hunting i noticed the vertical guys who slam us love to hear the "it was easier" stuff. I'm in my second year of crossbow hunting and have not taken a shot yet. I've seen a ton of deer and could have filled a couple tags. With that said thats a great buck and believe me I would have taken that shot. Sweet

[OkXbowHunter]

That's a nice Buck! And to have taken him on Public Land makes him an even bigger Trophy! Way to go!

[Aero320]

That's a nice Buck! And to have taken him on Public Land makes him an even bigger Trophy! Way to go!

The key to hunting on public land is remote access. Four wheelers are not allowed where I hunt (nor is baiting) so the first thing I did was try to access the areas by road to determine where people could access by walking. I wanted to eliminate those areas. The other areas that were left required access by boat (which is a lot of trouble in the middle of the night) but well worth the extra effort.

The next challenge was to find deer in the new area. I used squirrel season for that. In the absence of crop fields, I figured acorns were the best chance to find deer. Squirrels also eat acorns, in fact I had jumped a deer in an area and immediately killed two squirrels and noticed they were eating acorns. After examining the area further, deer droppings were present, then it was just a matter of finding an ambush point at the convergence of to funnels. During my squirrel hunts, I had identified five places to hunt for deer. And by the way, the squirrels were plentiful and I have enjoyed eating them (still have one package in the freezer). By the way, I took the buck to a meat processor to have it butchered. The tenderloins and backstraps will be packaged and the rest will be ground up with beef fat added. Cost for processing is $95.

[j.krug]

Congrats on a great looking buck! Awful nice of him to head towards the boat for you!!