Heck of a year, Congratulations!
He applied for a bow hunt on a refuge in Illinois and got drawn. Apparently you get drawn for a specific stand like HAAP. He called the area manager and was told of a big crab claw 10 in his hunt area. The morning of the hunt he overslept and didn't get to his stand until 8. Hunter saw the deer as he walked in and shortly after he was in the stand the deer showed up. He shot and watched the deer run off then turn back and it fell less than 40 yards from his stand. The whole hunt was less than 45 minutes.Wow! Stellar year indeed my friend! I'm also interested to hear of the buck in the 2nd picture? That is a Jim Dandy buck right there!
We like them both.Some incredible animals, what a year!
So... out of all of them, what was your favorite to eat? Cobia? Wahoo? Both are DELICIOUS!