The Hunt For Megatine

Megatine… Megatine is what me and my friends called this buck. He had been on my trail cameras for about 5 months. He would come around about every other day. There were multiple times I had seen him chasing off other deer on my trail cam, so it was evident that he was the dominant buck in the area. Maybe even more impressive than the rack on this buck, was the size of his body. This was close to a 300 lb deer and that is probably thanks to me for him eating all of the corn I put out. 

It was Wednesday October 20. I got home from school and football practice at about 5:00. Despite not having much time, I decided to go out for an evening hunt. The main reasons I went out were that the wind direction was perfect, and it was a full moon. I was in my stand by 5:45 and on the way in I noticed a very fresh scrape about 20 yards from where my stand was. With this in mind I decided to try and create an intruder buck scenario with my Whitetail Illusions Black Rack and Extinguisher deer calling systems. My hope was that this would get the dominant buck in the area up on his feet and get him to come see who was in his territory. 

It only took about 10 minutes, and what I instantly recognized as Megatine was heading straight for me. I remember the feeling of burning in my chest and I was struggling to stay still while I was shaking. I stayed patient, and Megatine continued to walk towards me. I waited until he walked behind a large tree to draw so he would not see me, and when he walked another couple of feet I stopped him and took my shot. I was pretty sure that it was a lung shot but when I went over to where I shot him there was no blood whatsoever so I decided to wait till the next morning to go track him. 

The next morning my two  buddies and my dad were there to help me try and find this buck. To be honest I did not know if I would even find him. We walked to where I shot him, and then across a gully where I thought I saw him drop. He was right there, 70 yards from my stand, no blood trail at all. As I looked at Megatine I realized that I indeed did have a lung shot because there was pink blood and bubbles in the wound and it was a perfect hit. I later found out while field dressing him that all of the bleeding was internal. My dad, buddies and I dragged that huge deer out of the woods and brought him to the processor. (Arts Deer Processing, Ravenna OH) My dad ended up letting me get him caped out and is paying for him to get mounted.

I want to say a big thank you to my dad, Rees Williams, and Connor Bower. I could not have done any of this without these guys.

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