Tennessee whitetail

[djlax]

Lucky opportunity on an early season buck.

 

[JohnCushman]

Hell yeah!!

 

[Tikka06]

Congrats. Bucks like that don't exactly grow on trees around here, but seems like the quality has been trending up lately.

 

[Joe Hulburt]

Dandy!

 

[jvanhoy]

Very nice! Congrats

 

[Mudranger1]

Beautiful buck

 

[LCH]

Nice! Good rack and beautiful hide on that one.

 

[Crumb]

Nice, congrats!

 

[djlax]

LCH, yes it was a beautiful hide. I was sort of stunned when I walked up and didn't see an exit wound. He was just laying there without any apparent scratch on him. He was quartering away at 40 yds, which is my max comfort zone for shooting, and I hit him further back than I hoped. The arrow hit the exit side rib cage and broke, then made a 90 turn up to the left lung. It's the only thing that saved me from making that really bad shot. I won't try that shot again in the same circumstance, there's not much room for error left / right. I got lucky.

 

[djlax]

Another photo

Here's another shot, 20.5" spread

 

[3855WIN]

Fine buck. Congrats.

 

[jnagel32]

Great buck

 

[publichunter1]

Congrats on a nice buck!

 

[Northwoods]

Very nice buck! A 20” spread is always a nice mark to hit.

 

[efw]

Wow nice buck!