9 Point Down, Old PA Buck
I had to work in the morning today but got a text from my Dad around 9:00AM that he shot a buck. He was just getting ready to get down from his stand on top of an oak ridge bordering an old field area that is used for bedding. He spotted a buck coming it turned at about 40 yards and he shot it with his crossbow.
Now on to my PM hunt. I went back to November in pursuit of the black ghost. A neighbor spotted him a few weeks ago and said they counted at least 17 points through binoculars! I set up about 40 yards from where they came out last week. Around 6:00PM I heard something walking on the logging road to my left in the above picture. I couldn't get a shot on the road! It looked like it was him but I am not entirely sure. I saw another deer come out that I later determined to be a doe.
The buck walked along the road up past me and the doe stopped about 30 yards just ahead of the hedge row in the picture. I used my grunt call in desperation as darkness was fast approaching. About 5 minutes later the doe came running right under my stand but the buck was gone.
My brother-in-law saw a porcupine on the way out and pulled back and shot him out of frustration for not seeing anything. He ran up a tree so he lost his arrow haha.
After he shot it ran to a pasture fence jumped over, ran across the field jumped over the other fence and then died shortly after. He hit it through the lungs. It was a very heavy old mature buck. A great PA buck. Now all my Dad has to do is fill his two doe tags.
The buck walked along the road up past me and the doe stopped about 30 yards just ahead of the hedge row in the picture. I used my grunt call in desperation as darkness was fast approaching. About 5 minutes later the doe came running right under my stand but the buck was gone.
My brother-in-law saw a porcupine on the way out and pulled back and shot him out of frustration for not seeing anything. He ran up a tree so he lost his arrow haha.
