I always thought that hunting out of state was untouchable or never an option. I thought that it would be way too expensive, or to risky to spend that much money on a trip and not tag out. But I was wrong. The trip was so much fun being able to see new territory and have a hope for a truly giant buck.
I was approached by a friend of mine to go to Ohio he said the trip would be about $500 and we would be gone for a week. I said ok lets go so we went. We were on the road the whole time I was traveling I couldn’t get the thought out of my mind, what if I drive all the way up here and don’t shoot a deer, but I went anyway. I was committed to doing whatever it took to put my Ohio tag on a big buck.
We left on a Friday and the deer movement was slow for 4 whole days and it was now Wednesday and so far we had only hunted morning and evening and had only seen 1 shooter buck a 140 inch 8 point that was following but not really chasing a doe so we decided to slow it down a little. We all slept in one morning and decided to hunt the mid day through evening hunt. At about 2:00 pm I began my hike up the ridge and down into my stand and then climbed into my stand at about 2:50pm. I had no idea that I would shoot the deer of a life time. Now I’m from North Carolina and truly big deer are few and far between and if you see one it will only be for a minute and then he’ll be gone. So back to the story at 2:57pm I heard a deer walking and looked to my right and here he came now all I could see was his left side I saw 4 tines on his left and said he’ll do. At 3:00 Pm my buck walked in and stood at 23 yards when I released my arrow.
I’ve heard it said that big bucks don't move when it’s hot but I'm here to tell you they do it was almost 70 degrees when I shot my deer. He was old almost 6 to 7 years. He rough scored 166 and some change by the buck masters standard but that didn't matter he was mine, and he was gonna take a ride in the back of my Jeep back home to North Carolina. I had an awesome time and enjoyed every minute of it and give God thanks for allowing me the chance at a deer like this.
Copied with permission from Addison's Blog, Livin' Life Through a Peep Site.
