The Lord smiled upon me

[Wvfarrier]

I tagged this guy at 8:12 am this morning. He actually attacked me. I was walking into the woods and made a couple "social" buck grunts and he launched himself out of the foliage about 20 feet away from me and charged right at me. He made one loud grunt as he came at me. I was fortunate to have my wife's crossbow (I jacked up my shoulder working with one of our horses) and not a compound and was able to snap it up and shoot him. He turned slightly and instead of hitting him at the neck/spine junction (it was all I could see for a shot) I hit him in the neck. The shot severed both arteries and clipped his spine. He dropped in his tracks and that was all she wrote. Total time from shot to drag was less than 2 minutes. Freaked me out though.....I dont think I could have made the shot with a compound it happened too fast. I will say that the Rocky Mountain Switchblade broadhead performed perfectly. It made a monster cut which really helped. I was never a fan of crossbows until today

 

[dobegrant.45]

congratulations, really nice buck

 

[contender]

A self defense shooting! :D

Kudos on a dandy buck there.

 

[oliver507]

Nice deer!!! Meat in the freezer. The bucks are chasing the does pretty hard now.

 

[Hvymax]

I had a similar experience at 3am a few years ago. I had my arms full and an unprimed muzzleloader on my back. I eventually had to yell at him and swing my tree stand at him a few times which scared off every deer within a mile for the day.

 

[Seminole Wind]

That’s quite an adventure. Glad you had a weapon ready to defend yourself.

 

[Hankus]

That’s why I carry my Bisley Super Blackhawk when bow hunting… well, I’ve never been attacked by a deer when hunting, but carry it for bears wolves, and and coyotes…

 

[fiasconva]

LOL! Bet that little incident got your heart pumping. :LOL: Great looking buck BTW.

 

[WendyZXZ]

Great looking buck and venison time! :)

 

[Wvfarrier]

That’s why I carry my Bisley Super Blackhawk when bow hunting… well, I’ve never been attacked by a deer when hunting, but carry it for bears wolves, and and coyotes…

One of the rare times I was "gunless"

 

[gnappi]

NICE buck, but why the punch in the nose? :-)

 

[Wvfarrier]

NICE buck, but why the punch in the nose? :)

He started it

 

[Rumrunner]

Congrats. Hmmm, a crossbow for EDC lol'

 

[bedfordboy]

Nice buck… Hope you were wearing your brown pants that day

 

[Blackhawk Convertable]

New meaning to "it's brown, it's down"

 

[WV460hunter]

I tagged this guy at 8:12 am this morning. He actually attacked me. I was walking into the woods and made a couple "social" buck grunts and he launched himself out of the foliage about 20 feet away from me and charged right at me. He made one loud grunt as he came at me. I was fortunate to have my wife's crossbow (I jacked up my shoulder working with one of our horses) and not a compound and was able to snap it up and shoot him. He turned slightly and instead of hitting him at the neck/spine junction (it was all I could see for a shot) I hit him in the neck. The shot severed both arteries and clipped his spine. He dropped in his tracks and that was all she wrote. Total time from shot to drag was less than 2 minutes. Freaked me out though.....I dont think I could have made the shot with a compound it happened too fast. I will say that the Rocky Mountain Switchblade broadhead performed perfectly. It made a monster cut which really helped. I was never a fan of crossbows until today

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Very nice Buck .. a great Blessing

 

[tazbigdog]

Congratulations