My 2012 Wisconsin 10 point Bow Kill

My 2012 Wisconsin 10 point Bow Kill OK, Here is the buck I harvested this past Monday October 29th in WI. This buck was seen chasing does for 3 days straight with 2 encounters myself. On the evening of the 28th I had this buck run within 5 feet of my tree. He appeared chasing a doe coming straight at me. When the doe past I spun around 180 degrees so I could shoot the buck quartering away. As the buck past behind a limb I drew very fast, and mouth bleated 2 times very loud. He stopped but had some limbs covering his vitals. I thought I could get an arrow through one hole, but then I could not make the swing without my bow hitting the tree. He is now about 10 feet from me, and lets out a loud snort wheeze. I am backing up as far as I can on the stand, and my heels are now off the edge of the stand, and I am crouching down. Still no shot. As he starts to move I have 1 more opening, but decide to let down, because it was just to risky for such a great buck. He continues to run the Doe out of sight. I grunt, and snort wheeze after a few mins, and here he comes without the doe. He is eye level or higher than me up on a ridge top 45-50 yards facing me. He is lip curling hard , and peeing on tarsel glands. He walks away, and I tried a few calls to no avail. The next morning I am in a stand about 1/4 mile away. I am running a few mins behind so by the time I pull up my bow I see a doe coming in already. I scramble to get release, gloves, and face mask on. Doe stands directly beneath me for about 15 mins then walks off behind me. I have some doe in heat scent out for the first time this year, but figure what the heck they are chasing like mad the last 3 days. I wait 10 mins and rattle really quiet for about 15-20 seconds. Before I can hang up the antlers I hear a grunt from behind me. I turn to see the doe pop out behind me, and head away from me. Behind her is the same buck from the night before. He stands there for a long time sniffing, and then goes the opposite way that the doe went. He is now working to my right and will come out less than 25 yards away. Just as he starts to move into the opening I draw, and he locks up. It is dead calm, and I think he can hear every move I make. I have to shift my feet, and the stand is frosty. I am at full draw this whole time, about 45secs to a min. Finally he starts out into the opening, and turns left to walk right in front of me. I am about to stop him, and he stops on his own slightly quartering away at 12 yards. I release, and hit him a tad high mid body, but arrow is angling forward perfectly to off side shoulder. He runs off to about 70 yards, and is stumbling as he makes a hard left turn. Arrow is burried all the way to the fletching. I here what sounds like a crash after a few seconds. I cannot express the emotions that followed. I hang bow, and sit to replay what has happened. I send off a few texts to landowner, friends, and wife while waiting for 30 mins to pass. As my feet hit the ground I see another Giant buck, and a smaller basket running towards the corn. The blood trail is non existent for about 35-40 yards. I finally find first blood, but it's not allot. After about 10 yards it start to pour out pink and bubbly. I find my arrow with about 5 inches missing, or still in the deer. I make a decision to go the truck trail, and back out if I don't see him. I step onto truck trail and there he is 10 feet farther. I am amazed, as I totally underestimated the size of this buck. I thought he had a smaller body, but that is because the rack is so big. This is a big 10 point with the left side G-4 broken off. My biggest bow kill to date. I am not going to go on record with the score, but preliminary measurements from myself, and a friend are bigger than I first thought. I guessed this deer to be in the high 150's to low 160's after my initial sightings. I can say that there was no ground shrinkage, and he kept getting bigger as we added up the #'s. If the left G-4 was intact and matched the right side, he would Gross score Boone and Crockett at around 176". With the broken tine, he may gross from 169-171, and net somewhere from low to mid 160's. His beams are 25" with 12"+ 2's, 11"+ 3's, 7" 4's, and 4 7/8 brows. Mass is around 37-38" total. The spread is 19 2/8 to 19- 4/8 to be determined. Guys, these are totally unofficial #'s. I did them very quickly, so I may be off an inch or 3 LOL. I have been scoring Whitetails for a long time, but am far from a pro. Once I get the rack back from the Taxi, I will then have a certified scorer get a green score. I am completely blessed to have harvested this great animal with my bow, and I still don't believe it has fully sunk in yet! I had a friend who is a photographer come over this week and take some photos. I can't wait to see how his turn out. I will be having Bucks Taxidermy in Buffalo County WI do the shoulder mount. I can't wait to see him on the wall. As I said I thought the body looked small, but after field dressing him he tipped the scale at 200lbs dead even. My third largest field dressed deer to date. I found the broadhead when butchering this deer in the offside front shoulder. It exited directly into the shoulder through the armpit breaking a rib on exit. The lack of blood initially is because there was no direct exit hole. Once the arrow came out, and the lungs filled with blood he was pouring out the top hole and mouth. Enjoy, Buckman

What a slob of a buck, dude! Congrats!

truly a giant buck man.... congrats! enjoyed reading the story as well...

Oxford area

Buckman awesome buck!! Where abouts in Adams are you??

Great story and great buck!

This buck was taken in Adams County Wisconsin. Thanks for all the replies! Buckman

Nice Buckaroo; he's a slob! I've yet to see a buck that nice from the bowstand. Congratulations You've bagged a trophy to remember for a lifetime. Thanks for sharing your story with your fellow hunters! Is he a buffalo co. buck?

Beauty! By the way... He said wisconsin in the very first sentence.

Great Buck! Was that an Illinois buck or Wisconsin?

Great buck and descriptive post!! Loved it! Congrats! We share something with this story! 20+ years of bowhunting and it never gets old! I also took my first wall hanger (145") in SE Minnesota this year on my first out of state hunt. I know the feeling your feeling when such a great animal is before you. Can't believe it happened, right? Pinch yourself, it did!!!

Nice recap of the hunt, I felt like I was right there with ya'. Huge buck!

Thank you all so much for the kind words. I don't think I will ever come down off the high of harvesting this great animal. It took me 21 years of bow hunting to see a deer of this caliber with a bow in my hand. I may never see it again, and I don't care. I will still hunt with my true goal to harvest a deer every year that I step into the woods until the day I can no longer do so! 21 years and still going. Only 2 of those years I had to resort to gun hunting to get it done. Buckman

Congratulations on a great buck! I have to admit that when I saw the thread I rolled my eyes..but the way you told the story was great and deserves it's own thread. Well said.

Awesome deer! Congrats!

I'd like to thank you for sharing. Great hunt, Great success, Great story. Write it down and share it with your grandkids too. Especially the parts about how You felt. Awesome