Went down to south montgomery yesterday to the place where I have been doing some doe management for my girlfriends neighbor. He told me I could take a buck as long as it was good and mature so yesterday I decided to wait until dark to try and shoot my doe that I was after in the first place. Before 3:30 there were 18 does and spikes on the field. At around 4:00 this guy steps out. When he first walked out he was 15 yds and facing me. Just looking at his rack I was thinking man thats a really beautiful younger buck. Once he turned broadside though I realized he did in fact have some age on him and was one of the fattest looking deer I have ever seen. Then I sent pictures to the landowner and he confirmed that he was satisfied with his age. I watched him for 30 mins or so to make sure nothing bigger was coming out and finally decided I was going to take him. 70 yd shot with the 6.8spc was just a hair back and he made it just out of the field before piling up. A few does hung around stomping and blowing so since I was there to thin does anyway I shifted over to the other window and shot the biggest one between the eyes. Once we got the buck to the processor we made and interesting discovery. What I thought was a fat, saggy belly was actually an infected, swollen mass on both sides of his ribs where he had been gut shot before. So even though he wasn't quite as old as I thought he was the landowner and I both agree that it was good to take him out anyway.

That's a really nice buck. Looks pretty mature to me.

Nice

Nice work! You are letting that 6.8 eat!

Congratulations

Congrats dang nice deer gut shot or not he looks at least 4 anyway .

You might ought to marry your girlfriend.

Congrats

Put a ring on that thing, and real nice buck.

Very nice...

Great buck!!! Congrats!!

Great buck! It's crazy what deer can live through

Great deer.

Congrats

Ain't nothing wrong with that! Congrats on a great deer!

Dr. B

Good Job! Nice Deer!

Congratulations!

Congrats!

Nice buck and good story.