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The deer walked over to the scrape in the corner of the field, stretched out his neck and started licking the branch. \u00a0At that point I could see it was a buck, however, I could not see if it was a shooter. \u00a0The buck started walking toward me and the yearlings.I raised the bow off my lap, turned, and drew back while still sitting. By the time the buck got within 18 yards, I knew he was a shooter.\u00a0 \u00a0I was focused on the shot and not looking at the size of his rack. I knew that I was within minutes of legal time, and trust me it was getting pretty dark.As I focused on the vitals, I squeezed the trigger on my T-handle release and my arrow hit its mark. I felt confident in the shot.He ran off in the same direction he came from. \u00a0After a few minutes, I got down and went to where I shot. \u00a0I found two thirds of my arrow with blood on it and a few feet away his blood trail. \u00a0At that point I walked back to my truck and sat for 45 minutes. \u00a0I called everyone that I could think of, not that I wanted to talk to them, but to kill time. If you are a hunter you know how long those 45 minutes feels like\u2026HOURS!After 45 minutes I walked down to the impact site and started following the blood trail. He backtracked on the same trail that he came in on. \u00a0I followed the blood about 80 yards and found a white belly staring at me. \u00a0As I walked up to the deer, I knew that he was big. \u00a0I was still in shock when I called a friend to tell him I shot a nice deer; he asked me how big the deer was. I was quick to answer with 140\u201d-150\u201d deer.I told him I had to go; I had a lot of work to do. \u00a0As I knelt over him and closely examined his rack I almost cried. \u00a0I knew this deer was a lot larger than what I recently thought. After a full evening of show and tell, I took him home and hung him in the garage. \u00a0I wanted to sleep beside him with a gun to ensure no one stole him! \u00a0The next morning I took him to the taxidermist, and he was even impressed. \u00a0He measured the rack at 193 3\/8\u201d (gross) and aged him at 4 \u00bd years old. \u00a0He has 16 scorable points and his inside spread was 25 5\/8\u201d.As you can see by the photos and the smile on my face, I had a great archery season! To be honest\u2026\u2026I think my wife was glad to see my season come to an end.\u00a0 I believe the novelty of my deer hunting was wearing-off.God blessed me with a once in a lifetime buck! "},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/community.legendarywhitetails.com\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Legendary Whitetail's Blog"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/community.legendarywhitetails.com\/blog\/giant-ohio-buck\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Giant Ohio Buck"}}]}]