My opening day 8 pointer

[MCM]

I'm very lucky to get this one. I was sitting in my tree just before dark when I slowly turned my head to the left and saw him about 20 yds away, and before I could get my gun up, he bolted off back in the woods (must have caught my scent). He ran for about 80 yards, stopped and turned to look back. I could barely see him through my Sightron scope with all the innumerous branches, twigs leaves, etc, and couldn't get a decent shot. After a couple minutes he turned and started walking back farther into the woods. I just caught a small window to shoot through, so I aimed for his tail in hopes to hit the spine, so I slowly squeezed the trigger of my trusty ol' Remington 742/30-06, and he dropped right there, on the spot. :grin: No gut shot, and only slight damage to one of the hind quarters.

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[bad466]

Nice buck, did you take it on state land?

[MCM]

Just off our property outside of Mio in the Huron National forest. Not many bucks like this around there because of the lack of farm lands.

[HILLBILLYONLINE]

LOOKS LIKE A NICE DEER I HUNT I NORTH CAROLINA , THE DEER LOOKS PRETTY LARGE ( BODY SIZE ) IF WE KILL 200 LBER, IT MAKES AL THE LOCAL PAPERS, CONGRATS, ON THE KILL:p

[bad466]

Just off our property outside of Mio in the Huron National forest. Not many bucks like this around there because of the lack of farm lands.

Yea I hunt in Grayling and the genetics are horrible, to see a deer like that in my area where I hunt would be nice.

[1st_Gen]

You shot a deer in the ass on purpose? LOL. Big body on that one!