Double Play (tine fest in SW WI )

Unread postby **BGHUNTER** » Mon Oct 29, 2012 11:37 pm

Nice buck, congrats

Unread postby **Edcyclopedia** » Mon Oct 29, 2012 11:47 pm

Spectacular! :clap:

Unread postby **Buckfever** » Mon Oct 29, 2012 11:55 pm

Awesome!!!

Unread postby **Uncle Lou** » Tue Oct 30, 2012 12:22 am

Put that pic up of the one you sent to my phone, it kinda looked like the Rompola buck. Wait a minute, I was wondering where you went back in the 90s when you disappeared for a while, it wasn't Traverse City area was it. You cut your hair when you moved back to MN, call the enquirer and field &stream while were at it, I think we found Mitch, aka arrowbender

Nice buck MR, but I think you have shot bigger

Unread postby **headgear** » Tue Oct 30, 2012 1:29 am

GIANT!!! Congrats on a great buck.

Unread postby **RaisedByWolves** » Tue Oct 30, 2012 1:42 am

awesome looking buck there AB!

Unread postby **tim** » Tue Oct 30, 2012 5:22 am

congrats, great buck

Unread postby **DevinJD2007** » Tue Oct 30, 2012 8:30 am

Congrats on the great buck! :clap:

Unread postby **Casper** » Tue Oct 30, 2012 11:09 am

Congrats!

Unread postby **xpauliber** » Tue Oct 30, 2012 11:39 am

What a beast! Congrats!

Unread postby **cwoods** » Tue Oct 30, 2012 12:27 pm

Great buck!

Unread postby **Arrowbender** » Wed Oct 31, 2012 2:59 pm

Thanks for the all the kind words. I can't even begin to explain how tickled I am with this buck. He is just so COOL.
The actual kill story is somewhat anti-climatic, although, had you seen me in my stand the 5 or so minutes after I shot him you would have figured I was having a climax or an epileptic seizure. As calm as I was up to and including the shot I was a train wreck as he walked away.

So the story actually starts on Saturday after retrieving James' buck. He was to film for me and we had to set up our stands. I picked the hillside overlooking a buck bed on the opposite side of the valley from our property. The evening was fairly uneventful save for a couple of yearling bucks and 4 does.
Fast forward to Sunday morning. James, my newly appointed camera man decides his bed is more comfy than my tree so I am on my own.
I sneak into, and am in my stand 50 minutes prior to legal shooting time. It is a great morning with a very light breeze out of the east and heavy frost.

Just before 08:00 my brother texts me a picture a beautiful sunrise from his duck blind in Central Colorado. I reply telling him of how quiet my morning has been and good luck. At this point it dawns on me that it is TOO quiet. I better shake things up little.
It's pretty cold and my nose is a little runny so I do an obligatory farmers blow with the rut hunt twist. That is; the whoo whoo WHOOoo of a snort wheeze on each nostril. It sounded pretty good and it brought a smile to my face. I added a couple of canned doe estrous bleats for good measure and grabbed my bow.
It couldn't have been 30 seconds and I could hear the unmistakable sound of a lone deer coming. I turned ever so slowly in my seat and caught a glimpse of antler. It looked to be the same Buck I called out of his bed in early October; the same bed we are set up on now. I am pretty sure he was lolly gagging his way back to his bed when he heard me bleat. ( or snort/wheeze, haha)
I do not notice at this time, because his head is down, how tall he is, only that he is mature and very wide. He is coming at a fair clip and when he gets thirty feet from my shooting lane and behind a clump of trees; I pull back.
He stops.
I can't believe it.
I decide to stay drawn and wait him out.
It's a short wait.
He comes in beautifully. I give him a little "burp" to stop him and let the Slick Trick work it's magic.

He runs a very short distance and starts to walk. I get flashbacks of James' previous hunt, and cant decide if I should grab another arrow or my binnies. I know that the arrow hit true, but he is acting gut shot.
I grab the binnies and see blood dripping from both sides.
At the same time I get a very good look at his width and height and I nearly convulse. I just killed a booner ! (that's what he looked like from my point of view).
I turned into a complete mess.
He finally laid down and I was pretty sure expired.

Here's a few more pics that show his width and height. I don't normally measure for a few weeks after the kill; kind of out of respect for the buck. I don't want to hang a "size" on him, but enjoy it for what it is.

I'm sure James will have his kit over here soon enough to get the particulars.

Thanks Again !

Unread postby **str8shooter** » Wed Oct 31, 2012 11:02 pm

Beautiful buck! Great story to boot, big congrats to ya arrowbender

Unread postby **PLB** » Wed Oct 31, 2012 11:23 pm

Holy brows and G3s!! Awesome Arrow!!

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Unread postby **PeteJ** » Thu Nov 01, 2012 12:57 pm

Nice Buck! :clap:

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