2019 ohio buck
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2019 ohio buck
After a trying season of not seeing a buck from the stand in october I was able to fill my ohio buck tag on 11-13-19 with my biggest buck to date. I live and hunt in the hills of southeastern ohio. I mostly hunted public through october and had no luck with the bedding areas I had scouted the previous spring. Going into rut I knew that my time to hunt would be limited until the week of the 11th which in past years was on fire with rut activity. On the morning of the 13th I decided to hunt an east west running ridge along the leeward side planning for cruising. I was in the stand for an hour when I spotted a tall tank of a buck headed my way. I was able to stop him from a trot at 35yds when I let the arrow fly and saw it hit its mark. Initially my first thought was "dead deer, I center punched him." However not being able to find my arrow and little blood had me second guessing my shot placement. I decided it was best to wait so called me dad to see if he could give me a hand. My dad was able to leave work at noon and arrived to help me track by 1:00pm. All I have to say is that I was thankful for the fresh snow , we followed the bucks running tracks for roughly 50yds before we finally found some decent blood as the buck began to descend the ridge into a thick nasty cove. Luckily we found my buck laying along a log in the bottom of the cove. After field dressing it was discovered that the buck was more quartering toward me at the shot than I had originally thought which created a one lung, liver hit. In hindsight I should have hugged the shoulder more with my shot. I'm thankful for this buck and for my dad and his tracking skills that saved the day. I am truely blessed.
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Re: 2019 ohio buck
Awesome Buck and a great ending!! Congratulations on a dandy, and a moment shared with your Dad!!
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That's a big buck!!
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Re: 2019 ohio buck
Congrats, good mass
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Height and mass, good one. Congrats!
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That's a dandy! Congrats
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Great story. Great ending. Congrats
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Re: 2019 ohio buck
Awesome
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Tank of a deer! Congrats!
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Biggen! Congrats
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Great story and buck, congratulations!
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Re: 2019 ohio buck
Matt, that is an awesome buck, very happy for you. Way to stay after it.
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