A half-mile walk through the woods, spit me out in a crp field that was ate up with rubs and scrapes. I found the straightest tree I could, next to a wide trail and climbed up for what was to be one of the most exciting evenings I've ever had. About ten minutes after climbing into my stand, a doe came running by like she was on fire, closely followed by a small eight pointer and a wide six point. I rattled and a tall seven came right under my stand but since I only have one Kansas tag, I decided I'd better wait. About 3:30pm, I saw a buck coming through the trees followed by two other smaller bucks. I rattled,grunted,snort-weezed,bleated, and everything else I could think of, but these bucks were on a mission to somewhere else. With only twenty minutes of shooting light left, I stood up and rattled as loud as I could and sat down. withing a couple minutes I could see a small buck coming along the edge of the crp toward my tree. The buck came into twenty yards and stood still checking the wind. I was fixed on the buck, wondering if maybe the wind had swirled, when out of the corner of my eye, I saw antlers. I slowly turned my head and saw a big eight pointer standing fifteen yards away. I stood up, drew,anchored, and released. As soon as I let the arrow go, I knew it was no good. My arrow slipped a couple inched under the buck's chest and stuck in the dirt. The big eight, jumped and threw his ears back and began walking sideways towards the littler buck. I quickly knocked another arrow. This time I was right on. The buck gave a giant kick and took off through the woods. I could see the blood on the leaves from my stand. I climbed down and walked over to the shot. From there I could see my buck about seventy yards through the trees. It was one heck of a drag to the truck. While on stand that evening, I saw seventeen deer, including eleven bucks. I'd say This evening on stand will be hard to beat in years to come. Tripper

Very nice          

congrats

Congratulations Tripper he is a beauty! Did this happen this past weekend during all the high winds?

Man... between you and Bill you Kansas boys are kicken our butts! Are you getting both of your bucks mounted?

This has me grinning!  
 

Dang dude, you are having one awesome season!!! Congats!!!      

you're a machine, Trip!    

 

Nice buck. Cool story

W  :eek:    :eek:  W!

Tripper,

You are having a season of a lifetime.  Those are some tall tines on that guy.  He has a great neck as well.

Amazing what happens in a state where the firearms season isn't held at the start of the rut.  I haven't seen a buck since mid November her in Missouri. Several guys I know from Kansas are still seeing bucks.

Great job,

Chris

Look at the neck on that rascal. Great G2's as well. Congrats

Nice Buck thanks for sharing the hunt and pics with us.Terry

Gatekeeper,I'm getting this buck mounted. The buck I killed in Oklahoma I got European mounted. I killed this buck on Nov. 18th. I lost the SD card these pics were on and just realized I had stuck it in a trail camera. I'm glad I didn't erase them. This is the season of my life for sure!!! I don't think it gets any better than this. Thanks guys for your comments. Here is a pic of the european mount from my Oklahoma buck. Good luck to all. Tripper

That is a hoss!  Congrats!

Thats a beauty tripper Congrats!!  What did he weigh ? Joe

Awesome!!        

Tripper

Very nice indeed.

Big critter.  Nicely done.  Congrats.

Thats a big bodied dear!

Great job Tripper! What an unbelievable hunt with a fantastic ending. Thanks for taking us along.          

Great deer and great story.