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Matt Perkins (10 Point Buck)

First, I must thank Walter Billups for not hunting the area where I killed the buck. Walter decided to hunt a different area and directed me to the location where the buck would be eventually killed. The area that I was hunting bordered a thicket around a small lake and had two small food plots planted in an open area. The weather was in the mid 50's and started out partly cloudy, turning windy and cloudy. I climbed into the stand around 02:30 p.m., and an hour later things started to pickup. Does started moving out of the surrounding woods browsing and eating acorns. For about forty-five minutes there were ten does around me eating and bedding. Finally growing anxious wanting to kill a buck and not wanting to go home with doe venison I decided to start grunting. Minutes later I heard movement to the left of me in a thicket, and could see white on the top of the deer's head; the antlers were so white and my view limited that I thought it was another high antlered spike. The buck then walked through an opening and when I stopped counting points he had ten. As the buck continued down the trail I prepared to shoot when he exited the thicket, but as we all know deer seem to sense danger and he was no exception. The buck came to a stop just before exiting the cover and a waiting game began. Luck was on my side since the wind was out of the north and I was setup in a tree stand downwind of the buck. Hoping to speed up the action I decided to grunt a few more times, that's all it took for the buck to rush out of the cover into one the small food plots in front of me. Raising my 270-bolt action I made a deadly neck shot at 40 yards dropping the buck motionless. When I finally approached the buck, I realized the trophy I had just taken. What impressed me the most was the mass of his antlers, also one of us was able to kill the buck which we had seen during bow season.