Posted By Camo on December 25, 2008

First, I want to thank Rick, Tammy and everyone at Buffalo Mountain Ranch for an exciting hunt. Two of my brother-in-laws, John and Henry, and my brother Artie and I booked a four-day hunt this year. We got to the ranch early that day. Some clouds started moving in, so I got to my cedar tree ground blind early. There was no feeder or field, just an area where Rick spread some corn on the ground with his truck feeder. As I was watching the corn straight in front, out of the corner of my right eye I saw something move. I slowly turned; it was a long spike deer looking straight at me, in a few minutes he left. A few minutes later, almost dark, I got spotted by a doe and her fawn, on the same side as the spike. So now I turned in that direction. It was about dark when all I could see coming out of the cedar, about 28 yards away, were antlers. So, I drew back, waiting for him to present himself, which seemed like forever. Finally he moved out of the cedar, as he did the arrow was on its way. He spun back the way he came. I listened the best I could and thought I heard him crash. It was dark, so I went back to camp, told Rick and the guys what had happened. Then it started to sprinkle. Rick said we needed to go so we could track him. When we got there the ground was already wet. We walked about 60 yards, then there were several trails going back into the trees. Well, Rick picked the right trail, he saw a speck of blood, I walked a little further and there was more blood. Yet a little further, there he was, crashed against a cedar tree. My first white tail buck with bow. Looking forward to next year. Thanks, Willie

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