Brett got his buck

After the frustrating hunt for the seven point at the photo blind, Brett finally got to bring home a buck from Hackberry. It was an evening hunt. Brett's first venture was down to the spring blind. When he got there, however, he was disappointed with the double bull location. Not only was it a little close to the action, it is set up on a downslope and was very uncomfortable to sit in for a long time. Instead of putting up with that situation, he left and headed back to the bunkhouse with the truck. It was after the feeders went off when he snuck into the photo blind, hoping to see the eight pointer he had seen earlier that morning.

There were deer already feeding in front of the blind when he got there. In a addition to the small bucks, the doe, and the axis doe, he saw a nice axis buck come in. Brett hasn't seen enough axis to make a call as to whether or not to take it. He was just about to give up on the hunt when the wide eight came in. The buck eventually ventured towards the blind and ended up giving Brett a 25 yard broad side shot. Brett pulled back on his Bowtech Allegiance. He steadied and released. He knew he'd hit it.

Having had a bad experience a week before, see comments, he knew not to push the deer. He exited the blind and went back to camp to wait for me and for more time before we tracked. We had a great dinner of axis rump steak and wild pig loin. Thank you Darryl. It occupied about an hour and a half. Time to track. We found the blood trail and started following it towards the dump. He wandered through the cedars. We were nervous about stirring him up if he was not dead yet. On our right, we heard a deer trot off. Now we were very worried. I recommended to go back to camp to wait for morning. We followed the blood about 20 feet further when Brett turned around and saw his buck dead and laying under a cedar.

He's now at Game Tracks in Oak Hill waiting for Terry to mount. 19 inches inside spread. Way to go Brett.

Here's the 7 point that got away from us.