2011 12Pt.

I will have to say that this season has been the worst for me that I can ever remember. As of November 11 last year I had seen 223 deer from my stand, this year 101. I think that standing corn had alot to do with this and also the fact that there were so many red oak acorns. Where I hunt I have very few red oaks and lots of standing corn. I was getting frustrated to say the least. Add that to the fact that a 2 big bucks were hit on the road in my area, I was not getting a good feeling about this season.

Monday found me in a tree in shortsleeves thinking that between 70degree temps and wind I was basically just killing time. Well at 9:50 I heard a low grunt and looked down to see a pretty nice buck come in on me and lay down 75 yds from me in a holler out of the wind. I watched him for a little bit before noticing there was a doe bedded between me and him. She had slipped in and I hadn't even seen her. Luckily the wind was blowing from them to me. I couldn't decide if I wanted to shoot this buck or not. I couldn't get a real good luck at his left side but I could tell he had a good right side and what appeared to be 5 on the left to. I watched this buck in his bed for 2 hours, almost the whole time I had him in my scope trying to decide what to do. At 11:45 after not hardly moving a muscle for 2 hours I was starting to give in. I was getting hungry and thirsty and started to think that I had better just shoot. After all this is the biggest buck I had seen all year hunting, shining, or on camera. I thought to myself this could very likely be the biggest buck I see this year. I didn't think about it anymore, I cocked the hammer and BOOM. Dead Deer. He scores 145" and is a mainframe 10pt with stickers on both brows.

Another Great Buck Chris, Congrats my friend

Great looking buck Chris!! Congrats!!!

Awesome buck man congrats

What a beautiful buck and rack. Congrats Chris

Man Chris, that is a nice buck! I can't wait till I'm at the point that I would spend 2 hours deciding if he I wanted him or not, he's a great deer!

For those of you that don't know Chris I will tell you this cause he would never say it. Chris is one of Indiana's best deer hunters. You'd be hard pressed to find someone that hunts as hard or smart as Chris does and each year that effort is rewarded with a nice buck. And he is about as nice a guy as you could ask for.

thats a great deer

he's just a luck a$$.....


Just kiddin...great buck Chris...... but I am beginning to think it's not luck anymore... He does hunt harder than most guys I know

Sweet buck Chris congrats buddy.