Popular Post Bowhunter2004 408 Posted November 28, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted November 28, 2019 (edited) FullSizeRender.mov FullSizeRender.mov This year was the toughest hunting on my farm since buying it in 2012. With the record setting rains this spring my farm did not get planted. Normally I’d have corn or beans to hunt over but this year I had 9ft tall weeds and hardly any deer. My food plots also looked terrible, so it wasn’t looking very good. The cameras were disappointing all summer long with not one shooter buck over 140” so I went into the season with very low expectations. I pulled cards again upon my arrival on November 5th to reveal a few pics of just an absolute monster, the largest buck I ever had on any farm I ever hunted. I won’t get into to much more detail about him other than I never seen him and none of the neighbors seen or shot him either. Even though I didn’t see him, he would show up at other stands that I was not in during daylight hours. It was very frustrating, but miraculously even without any food on the farm two other real good bucks started showing up on my cameras that were easily in the 160” range so it was game on! I hunted 20 straight days hoping to get a glimpse of the mega giant while contemplating the possibilities of shooting one of the other two really good bucks. I ended up seeing the buck I killed three times before killing him with my bow on the 8th day of my hunt. I seen him from two different stands and once while walking out at 11:30 for a quick bite. I had planned on alternating hunting with the crossbow and my compound, but As fate would have it I had another catastrophic failure on day two of the hunt when the damn crossbow blew up while discharging at the end of the day. Thank god I shoot my Mathews compound everyday so I was good to go. ... however my effective range has diminished over the past two years to no more than 40 yds. I can no longer effectively shoot out past 60yds Ike I was doing just a few short years ago, getting old really sucks! On day seven I almost got it done while sitting in a redneck tower-blind. If the crossbow didn’t blow up earlier in the week, I-would have been done when the buck offered me a brief 50 yd broadside shot, I just wasn’t able to take that shot my mathews. I’m actually kinda happy the crossbow failed, because the buck offered me a 30 yd chip shot the next day while trailing a hot doe and I blew his heart out with my Mathews. He’s a great buck I honestly couldn’t be happier.... he has 15 scorable points grossing 163 6/8”. Rather than sitting around doing nothing for the next week waiting for gun season to start, I bought a 2nd archery buck tag and got right back in the tree the next day hoping for an opportunity at that mega giant, but I spent the rest of my trip in a tree with both gun and bow without ever seeing him. I’ll be back for 2nd gun or for some more winter bow hunting so there’s still a chance at at least seeing the giant. Either way, I am super happy with the buck I killed and am grateful to the deer Gods for again blessing me with another great illinois buck. On a side note, I picked up last years illinois crossbow buck from Jim kelly last night, what an a zing job he did! Jim’s the best taxidermist, it looks like a museum piece. ( see pic on bottom of page ) Edited November 28, 2019 by Bowhunter2004 Roon, nb6624, hemlock and 30 others 30 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Buckeyes11 1,541 Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 Wow. Couple of midwest studs! Congrats Link to post Share on other sites
Greybeard 8,708 Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 Congrats on this years buck! Like the character of the rack. Very nice mount and buck last year too. Link to post Share on other sites
68Ioweu1 257 Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 Cmon!! Not even a pic of the monster!! Congratulations! Post a pic. Russ 11 1 Link to post Share on other sites
deerstalker420 450 Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 Congrats great buck Link to post Share on other sites
Rusty 14,208 Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 Wow what great deer, congratulations 2004!! Link to post Share on other sites
Buck154 13,283 Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 Congrats on another great buck from there. Have to love having property out in the mid west to hunt. Link to post Share on other sites
Zipper 5,149 Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 Congratulations! Sure beats hunting in Nj! Way to overcome adversity with equipment and farming difficulties. Link to post Share on other sites
Mallard1100 1,220 Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 Great job Greg!!! Awesome deer Link to post Share on other sites
gonefishing 1,048 Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 Congrats nice buck Link to post Share on other sites
delvalhunter 373 Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 Congrats! Link to post Share on other sites
BillW0323 3,306 Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 Congrats Link to post Share on other sites
tcook8296 6,746 Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 Love the character. Congrats on a great buck Bowhunter2004 1 Link to post Share on other sites
tcook8296 6,746 Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 (edited) How do you get a 2nd archery buck tag? I get the nonresident land owner tags, I am able to buy another archery tag? I must be missing something. I have 2 giants Im after but tagged out with bow and gun. If I can get another tag I absolutely love hunting food plots late season Edited November 28, 2019 by tcook8296 Link to post Share on other sites
3Blade 7,297 Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 Great buck, congrats! Link to post Share on other sites
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