In early October I ran my cameras at the KC property and it turned out to be a
good card pull. I came across a nice 8
pointer with 2" kicker on his right G2. He immediately jumped out
at me as a shooter.
The Friday evening before the
MO Youth season. I took my oldest daughter Makenna on her second bow hunt and with the new shooting house completed we decided to set up
there for the evening. It was a beautiful, cool, clear fall evening and about 90 minutes before dark deer started pouring into the food
plot. As luck would have it Sticker 8 decided to show himself. He was chasing does all over the field just begging to be shot that night, but I had already filled my early season buck tag so all we could do was sit back
and watch the show.
Opening weekend of the 2013 MO firearms
season came and went with no shots fired. I had the Sticker 8 on my mind as I
headed to the KC property for a quick morning hunt. I decided to hunt the middle timber stand
straight east of the shooting house. Right out of the gates I had two does come in from
the direction of the food plot. They fed around a bit then headed south. About 20 minutes later
I notice movement to the north. A doe was heading right to me, but she kept stopping and checking her back trail. She angled south and about the time I lost sight of her in the timber I caught another flash of movement to the
north.It was a good buck coming my way so I got myself positioned for a shot. As soon
as the buck got into better view I immediately realized that it was Sticker 8 and he
was headed straight for me. I tried to keep clam as he closed the distance until he finally made it into 12 yards. I let out a “Meerrrpp” to stop him settled the cross hairs the let the Tikka bark!!! After the shot
he took off and I immediately saw blood dumping out of him. He was hit hard and
I knew he wouldn’t make it far. In disbelief of what had just happened I text
Pete and Scott to tell them that Sticker 8 was a dead deer!
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