My first velvet buck

[rkesar]

I drove down to kentucky yesterday morning to hunt opening day. I left my house at 2:30 am and was in the stand set up by 5:50, shooting light was 6:41. At 7:01 this 8 pt came through, i shot him at 30 yards it was a complete pass through. It blew through the off side shoulder and went about 10 yards past where he was standing and buried in the mud. I built my own arrows this year and theyre 511gr. Im very pleased with the arrows and broadhead combo. He ran about 70 yards but most of that was falling down a steep hill. We got him taken care of and i was back i indiana by lunch. Usually id pass on a deer that size but ive never killed a deer in full velvet so hes at the taxidermist. Now im gonna get a little more fishing in before our season starts

 

[Farmerjon]

Very nice! What a day to remember! Would have been great to have caught a monster bass same day.

 

[jerrob]

Suhweeeeet!
Great shooting with great equipment yields a great buck!
Congrats Sir.

 

[trimman83]

Very nice. I like the idea of out of state opportunities. I've hunted KY just one day, in the past, and got a doe. If I get my workload in control earlier next year, that might be fun again.

 

[BigRed]

I drove down to kentucky yesterday morning to hunt opening day. I left my house at 2:30 am and was in the stand set up by 5:50, shooting light was 6:41. At 7:01 this 8 pt came through, i shot him at 30 yards it was a complete pass through. It blew through the off side shoulder and went about 10 yards past where he was standing and buried in the mud. I built my own arrows this year and theyre 511gr. Im very pleased with the arrows and broadhead combo. He ran about 70 yards but most of that was falling down a steep hill. We got him taken care of and i was back i indiana by lunch. Usually id pass on a deer that size but ive never killed a deer in full velvet so hes at the taxidermist. Now im gonna get a little more fishing in before our season starts View attachment 221907 View attachment 221908 View attachment 221909

VERY NICE!!!

What part of Kentucky?

 

[N9Zero]

Very nice indeed! That's cool man that you built your own arrows that's something new to me and what a shot! Congrats man and have a great rest of the weekend you're off to a good start forsure.

 

[brdhntr37]

Very nice. I like the idea of out of state opportunities. I've hunted KY just one day, in the past, and got a doe. If I get my workload in control earlier next year, that might be fun again.

Be careful where you go. I moved back to Indiana from Tennessee and still hunt in Tennessee. Technically, if I shoot a deer in Tennessee, I cannot leave the state with the carcass. This is in an effort to keep cwd from spreading. I don't know which ones, but have heard some other states have similar laws

 

[rkesar]

VERY NICE!!!

What part of Kentucky?

Nelson county

 

[Cavman]

Awesome deer. Everything cooler yabusing stuff ya made. Congratulations

 

[Ruger_Ronin]

Thread derail....love the treebark pattern of yore. Harder to find these days. Very effective.

Good hunt.

 

[two70]

Be careful where you go. I moved back to Indiana from Tennessee and still hunt in Tennessee. Technically, if I shoot a deer in Tennessee, I cannot leave the state with the carcass. This is in an effort to keep cwd from spreading. I don't know which ones, but have heard some other states have similar laws

You can't legally bring a whole carcass into Indiana from any other state according to Indiana law. It has to be deboned first and the skull needs to be boiled clean or the skull cap removed and cleaned of all brain matter.

 

[ws6duramax]

Hell Yeah, Congrats!

I've always wanted to try for a velvet buck, just never new how to go about it. Other than with an outfitter, which is out of the cards.

 

[rkesar]

Hell Yeah, Congrats!

I've always wanted to try for a velvet buck, just never new how to go about it. Other than with an outfitter, which is out of the cards.

My uncle owns a little bit of land down there. Even if he didn't id still go down there. They have a ton of public land

 

[1nderbeard]

Nice Buck! I'm already getting my IN rifle season planned.

 

[CWMC]

NICE ! That arrow tip did some wicked damage to the ole pump station as ( uncle Ted Nugent) would say.