Saturday and Sunday hunted a farm i have permission on in Illinois. I first saw this guy at about 70 yards, and just saw all the points, then he quickly disappeared. immediately after, a doe walked out of the brush about 15 yards under my stand, and i knew he was going to follow. I had seen the forked G3 and 5 points on the left, and knew it was going to be a quick shot opportunity. She walked back into brush and he appeared in my window. I assumed, due to all the points, this guy was bigger than he ended up being. but I believe he is a 2.5 year old. it just goes to show how difficult field judging can be when given but a few seconds. Regardless, I accomplished a goal of two archery bucks in two states in one year.

headed back up to Martin County tomorrow evening to spend the rest of the week with my old man and a good buddy.

Good luck to everyone.