The Badlands Buck

[hotdog]

Congratulations on a hoss of a buck, and a great story!!!!!

[Coon Gravy]

Outstanding story/post/buck... Thanks for sharing and congrats to you!

[IronNoggin]

The shot: 62 yards freehand. Matrix 380 with Big John Zombie Slayers right on 400 grains when tipped with 125 Spitfires. Arrow broke 2 ribs on entry, hit the liver, right lung, all arteries into heart, left lung, two ribs on the way out of the chest cavity, then hit the heavy bone of the shoulder (just below the socket) breaking it and stopping the arrow. The arrow itself snapped off three inches below the broadhead from impact. Both ends of the arrow remained inside the Buck, thus the slow start to the blood trail. Could not have asked for better placement.







We extracted the next day, after I had de-boned most of the Buck and prepped him for travel. HUGE amount of meat on this Old Boy!

The run back home was BRUTAL! Winter decided to SMOKE the mountains I had to pass through, creating many many many hours of white-knuckled 4x4 action at 20 miles an hour in axle deep snow & ice. Never been so damn happy to see the ferry in my life! Woosh! Made It!

We did indeed get some of the stalk, and the shot itself on video. I hope to able to share it in the not to distant future, but for now that is headed towards an editing room and TV production. Let you know as that develops...

This was one of The Toughest hunts I have engaged in a very long time. A LOT of Effort, Sightings, Stalkings, Freezings, Sunstrokes and more. And of course I'd do it all again in a heartbeat. In fact... I will be as I've been invited back next season!
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[IronNoggin]

In Closing I would like to Thank Mike McKenzie of Impact Adventures. A True Great Friend and a Man I admire deeply.

I'd also like to Thank Excalibur for producing my Fine Bow, Gaston for the equipment I added in the last moment, Boo for his Great Strings, and of course Big John for providing me with the Best Arrows Known to Man!!

Together you Fine Folks made it all possible, and I simply cannot express my Thanks for that enough!

One last look at the Buck, his last view of the great river valley he once ruled...



Cheers!
Nog

[xcaliber]

Nog, well earned indeed! Great story, tremendous Mulie, and above all a safe return home!

[retrieverman]

Great pictures and write up!!! Congrats on a great buck too!!!

[Hunt it]

WOW!! Great adventure, thanks for taking us along. The badlands are beautiful in their own way as you know. Congrats on a fine spot and stalk and the great shot to make it all come together. Knowing your equipment and what it is capable of and of course putting and keeping it all together, the ingredients of a great Hunter.

[gerald strine]

Wow great hunt and write up !
I congratulate you on the impressive harvest !

[Carnivorous]

Simply amazing!!!!!!

[paulaboutform]

THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR! Thanks Matt, I'm glad I get to live these hunts vicariously through friends. Simply amazing! .....You know I'll wanna hear about it all again when we finally get to spend some shootin time together.

Congrats all the way around buddy!

Paul

[woodmnctry]

Awesome!-----------thanks for sharing

[flightattendant100]

WOW, Thanks for the ride! Awsome buck!

[vixenmaster]

Mighty fine fer sure. I enjoyed bein right there wid you on the hunt. Bet y'all had some great time n hard work all the same. Big congrats on a hard earned Trophy

[Waif]

Outstanding Nog!
Quite the shot/ hit on that old boy.
Thanks for sharing your hunting adventure.
Hat's off to you, Mike, his canine, and the badlands.

[IronNoggin]

Thanks Folks! Appreciated!

Quick note here for anyone wondering what broadhead to shoot out of these quick bows...
The 125 grain Spitfire that did all that damage looked NEW when extracted. Even after smashing that bruiser's main shoulder bone! Incredible performance!
I could simply sharpen it and use it again. Won't though, it will be incorporated into the Euro-mount.
I won't be switching heads any time soon!

Cheers,
Nog