2014 Missouri Deerahs
Last week we made the annual pilgrimage to Missouri to chase fat dumb bucks with the bow. I really shouldn't call them dumb, as they've seemed to cut our ass since college. That shit changed a little this week.
Saturday the 8th we got to our property around breakfast, got our stuff together and sat the afternoon. I was the only one of four to see a shooter, but he was chasin and wasn't playing nice.
All four of us sat all day from Sunday until Wednesday and we probably didn't see 25 deer among all of us. It was slow and the weather was absolutely shit everyday. The highest temp all week was 38. Lows around 10 is absolute bullshit to sit in all day.
Thursday the deer started move a little more and the action picked up. I got a text that DDS and another guy had both shot bucks and were going to give them a little bit before searching. I decided to tough it out and stayed in the tree.
About 4pm I looked up and this buck was 25 yds coming straight at me. He stopped behind a cedar at 8 yds and acted like he knew something was up. I decided to let it eat, but had to shoot through the tree. I knew I wasn't going to be able to put it perfectly on him, but at that distance it should be good enough. Shot was 2-3" from what would be perfect, but it looked good enough.
I got a little too excited and didn't give him enough time. We went in and bumped him after about an hour. We decided to pull back out and come back the next day. Once we got back on him, it took about 20-25 mins to track right to him. He went another 3-400yds and piled up in the ditch.
My best buck to date with the bow. Really nice wide 8. 20.5" inside and green scores ~135"
This buck is one my cousin killed on opening morning of gun season. He hunted a total of 15 mins all week. Really cool 10 we had on camera.
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Originally Posted by Tater
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