The first week in December the crew was at Hadley Creek Outfitters in Illinois for muzzleloader hunt. We got our stuff settled and relaxed around Stacy Ward’s amazing trophy room. The next morning we headed to our stands, I would be hunting on a bean field where I had seen a big buck a couple of times while bow hunting. Just after daylight I saw the buck but he was out of range, he fed for over an hour and then left the field. That evening we went back to the same location and deer started filtering into the field around 300pm. I glassed in the timber and spotted a good buck bedded, all I could see was the deer’s horns and he looked to be a 140’s class 9 point.
He disappeared and a few does began to come out into the field near where he had been bedded. Then I saw another buck, this one was a little bigger, long G 2’s and 3’s and good mass, but a little narrow. I decided to take a shot, had a good solid rest and missed him by an inch. I was crying around, feeling sorry for myself when the buck that I had seen bedded popped out right beside my blind. My cameraman Tyler Viars “Squeedunk” got on him and told me to take the shot. I did, he’s dead and he’s a beauty.
Thanks to Stacy Ward and the gang at Hadley Creek Outfitters for an amazing experience and tune into the show to see the full story!!!!!!!
