A Great Buck

My client this week was Mr. Mike Davidson from Dallas, Texas. After meeting Mike and going to the range we headed out for a quick evening hunt. For the most part I just wanted to get to know him, show him some deer, and get an idea of what he was looking for. That first evening we saw around twenty bucks and ejoyed a beautiful evening. Mike had a great time seeing so many deer and I very much enjoyed showing them to him. Considering that I didn't find that high and heavy eight point for my last client, I told Mike about him. I explained the deer as best I could in hopes that Mike could paint a mental image of this buck. After passing on more then ten very respectable bucks we saw a very heavy and wide eight point near a creek. I thought very seriously about giving Mike the green light but, I kept thinking about that other buck. When I said that we should hold out for the other deer Mike said," You mean he is better then that one." I told him that he was for sure. With that we headed towards the lodge. While Mike finished lunch I went to the area where old high and heavy had been frequenting. I built a brush blind in an area where I thought he might show; plus, from this blind we could see roughly 1500 yards to our left and a good 700 to our right. Around 2:30PM we headed towards the blind. We had been sitting in the blind for around 30 minutes when I notices three doe feeding out into the clear cut some 1000 yards away. I had seen this buck before on five different occasions and he was always with a group of doe. I kept watching the brush line south of the doe with my binoculars. Finally I saw antlers sticking up out of the grass. Considering that we were a goods 900 yards from this buck I wanted to make sure it was him before I committed to a stalk. After what seemed like an eternity the buck raised his head. I saw his left side but couldn't see anything else. Mike had bought a management hunt so I had to make sure this buck had no more then nine points. I also had to see his brow tines. This buck had unique brow tines and at this distance these brow tines would be the only way I could know for sure it was him. I would lose him in the grass and he would reappear and I couldn't see his brow tines. Then, he looked up at a doe. I told Mike that it was him. I decided to cross the open area and walk down the edge of the brush in the shade. We would have to move slow and glass him often. I wasn't too worried about him spotting us but I was concerned about the doe. Slowly creeping down the edge we got to within 172 yards. I strained my eyes trying to find him but couldn't see him. I told Mike that I was going to have to move out away from the brush to see where he was. I crawled out into the open about 15 yards and saw. When I got back to Mike I told him that the buck was there and feeding out into the open. He stepped out facing us and feeding. Mike thought about trying a shot but we decided to wait for the buck to turn. After a couple minutes he turned and Mike shot. The buck dropped in his tracks and never moved a muscle. Boy was Mike excited. We started walking to the buck recounting the stalk. As we walked up to the buck he was better then even I thought. I knew he was high and heavy but he was higher and heavier then I thought. He had bladed G2's and chocolate horns. I was thrilled at how happy Mike was with his buck. We took pictures and headed back to the lodge to record all of the data on the buck. Mike was a true pleasure the hunt with and I very much look forward to hunting again with him next year.

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