It would seem Midway has become the lucky blind this year. #2 son, Moose came back out after several days away from camp. I gave him the key to Midway. We had all thought the action would be out in the Garden of Stone. However, at 0703 Moose saw a rather large buck slipping between Honey Hole and Lazy Boy at the northernmost extremity of the north pasture.

The buck was moving smartly, but Moose bleated at him and the buck stopped dead. Moose’s shot with his WIN 770 in 30-06 aired him out good. The buck left the field leaving a blood trail behind him that anyone could follow. He was down inside the treeline less than 10 yards in.

We used a rope to pull him out into the field. He’s now resting comfortably on the Meatpole and as I started to write this it was only 0739. I’d say that was fast work.

This will undoubtedly pretty well match Angus’ long distance record for long distance shooting; he took a doe there a few years ago. The big difference is that Angus’ was done off the bag.  Moose’s shot was 200+ yards offhand.  That’s a camp record that will stand for some time. The buck is a huge 8-pointer with a broken tine. He shows signs of fighting and a lot of rubbing.  This is our third deer from Midway in less than a week.

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