well ive hunted since bow season began--had have had a hard time finding deer--well today i got up at four and took all the precautions--decenting me and my cloths--drove 45 min to the lease and was settled in the stand by 5:40--at 8.00 i looked behind me like i always had when hearing the squirls--but this time a non shooter 8 point 20 yards --if the new law of 13 inches would not have been in affect and thinking what a hard time ive had this season --i would have shot him--thank goodness for the new law--never thought i would have said that---about an hour later my bladder is sceaming and i forgot my coke bottle so not wanting to leave the stand i commited a cardnal sin--yes out of the stand-- hoping the wind was in my favor--i guess it was--as i was relaxing afterwards-- thinking how much better i was feeling--arm proped up on the stand ---gun proped up long ways acrost the stand--kikin back enjoying the slight wind blowing the leaves off the trees in the early 40 fortys-- birds-- squirls--and i was looking down the pipe line--wow-- slow motion--a leaping deer--150 yards i see--horns-- head--neck--1/2 a body-- then its in the pipe linethen another leap--its in the middle of the pipe line-- i see horns with the naked eye---the big boy sticks his nose to the ground and im thinkin how much time i got i better-- GITTER DUN-- he is looking broadside right at me--so i grabed my gun--took it off safty--got a beed--pulled the trigger --looked up in time --to see him leap straight up --buckel-- and tear off--when he ran-- i thought--oh my--ive just lost my deer of a life time--so i commited another mistake--i thought well-- either it was a good shot and he is dead or ill jump him up--so i got out of the stand--went to where i thought he was and found a blood trail a dump truck could follow----the whole way was blood except every few yards it looked like some one took a bucket and just threw it-- i was so excited i was going to get my deer of a life time--the one ive dreamed about--i went 50 yards in the woods and saw the biggest deer i have ever gotten--11 point--12 point if i streach it and 13 if i flat out lie--lol--but it was so original--i found out it has a caracteristic called palmmeadow--which im unfamilar with--has a spot where a droptine broke off and has a slight hole--by now my adreanaline is slowing and my mind is starting to return--i think--my god im by my self and i gotta drag him back--i thought to my self--suck it up buddy--and gitter dun--so i slung my rifel over my shoulder--wrapped my hand in his rack and off i went--i made it to the pipe line huffin and puffin---rested----off again--20 to 30 yards between huffin and puffin and restin---so on and so forth--200 yards i did this--dam im not a kid any moresad3sm ---i left him there and got the truck--then i figured--wow how am i gonna get this big boy in the truck--so rope on rack--head on tail gate--tie off--rope on on back legs--upsy daisey--in truck with every thing i had:work: --as u can tell i will type for days-- i hope u enjoy the pictures this is the day that will go down im my record books---