First day of firearm combined antlered/antlerless season here in PA.
I got this gun from a guy bringing it in to a gunshop wanting to send it back because of a shipping boo-boo on the crown. He decided it wasn't worth the hassle and sold it to me for $150 back in Aug.. I was originally in there to order a 30-30 Handi, then ended up having to order and lay it away. lol
...anyways.
I got this 8 point at about 11:15am, thought I saw it earlier but didn't have time enuff to count the points to make sure it was legal before it moved out of sight(max visual range of 20-70ft in this thicket). I stalked it a ways til I came out where my uncle got a 6 point about an hour earlier-didn't see it.. So I circled around the massive pine thicket and came in on the back side. I got about 500ft into the thicket and off to my left, coming from behind me, a HUGE doe followed by the buck in the pic below passed me up within 50ft. The buck stopped for a few seconds while the doe kept going. I counted off 3 points on one side, looked for the ribs right behind the right front leg and BANG! It went about 30ft and layed down in a thorn patch in a very small "clearing".
I might go back out tomorrow for that doe. She was carrying lots of meat, probably was 20lbs bigger then this buck(which wasn't light). lol