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HI!!
MY NAME IS ROY AND I HAVE BEEN DEER HUNTING FOR 18 YEARS.
15 OF THE YEARS WITH A BOW WHICH IS WHERE MY HEART TRULY
LIES. I HAVE A HUNTING LEASE IN NATCHEZ MISSISSIPPI BUT I ALSO
HUNT THE TENSAS REFUGE IN NORTH LA, WHICH IS A BOW HUNTER'S
PARADISE AND HAVE HARVESTED SOME NICE DEER FROM THE REFUGE.
THIS YEAR WOULD BE DIFFERENT, I PUT IN FOR THE LOTTERY GUN HUNT
IN WHICH HUNTER'S ARE PICKED FOR A TWO DAY HUNT ON THE REFUGE.
FRIDAY MORNING NOV 29, 1996:
THE WEATHER WAS FORECASTED FOR 60% CHANCE FOR RAIN, THE TEMPETURE
WAS 42 DEGREES WITH A LIGHT MIST IN THE AIR. I ARRIVED AT MY
SELECTED TREE AT 5:00 AM, AN HOUR AND 15 MIN BEFORE DAYLIGHT.
I SET UP MY OL' MAN VISION TREE STAND ABOUT 30 FEET HIGH OVERLOOKING
A 4 YEAR OLD THICK CUT-OVER. I WON A FREE BOTTLE OF DEER HERD
IN A BOTTLE FROM BOWHUNTING.NET EARLIER THAT MONTH AND
DECIDED TO USE THE PRODUCT. I PLACED SOME AT THE BASE OF THE
BIG RED OAK AND THEN SETTLED INTO MY OL' MAN VISION TREE STAND.
I HAD A DOE AND TWO SMALL BUCKS WALK BY MY TREE AT FIRST LIGHT, THEN
AT 07:30 I PICKUP MOVEMENT IT WAS A NICE 8-PT MOVING THROUGH THE
CUT-OVER ABOUT 120 YDS AWAY. THE DEER WAS IN A VERY THICK AREA SO
I WAITED FOR HIM TO GET CLOSER FOR A GOOD SHOT.
THEN SOMTHING STRANGE HAPPENED, THE DEER STOPPED RUNNING DEAD IN HIS
TRACKS, RIGHT BEHIND HIM WAS A MONSTER, I COULD NOT SEE THE BIG DEER
UNTIL THEY WHERE IN THE LOWER BRUSH. THERE WAS A NICE 8-PT AND A MONSTER
8-PT RELAXED AND WALKING PASS ME AT 80 YARDS, AT THE SAME TIME GUN SHOTS
WHERE BEING FIRED ALL OVER THE PLACE. I PUT THE CROSS HAIRS ON
THE MONSTER'S SHOULDER AND DROPPED HIM WITH THE REMINGTON 30-06 BOLT ACTION.
THE DEER'S LIVE WEIGHT WAS 300 LB'S HE SCORED 150 5/8 WITH A 22 1/4
INCH SPREAD. I HAVE TAKEN MANY DEER WITH A BOW AND A RIFLE BUT THIS WAS
TRULY THE BUCK THAN RUNS IN MY DREAMS......
HIS TIME ON EARTH WAS NOW OVER, BUT HIS LIKENESS WOULD SOON GRACE MY WALL.
HIS GENES WOULD SURVIVE IN THE REFUGE FOR ETERNITY, AND HE WOULD LIVE IN MY
MEMORY UNTIL THE END OF MY TIME.
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