Saturday was a tough hunt. The morning was hot and humid with tons of mosquitoes, luckily the thermacell had them under control within 10 minutes. No deer but there was lots of hog action I could see in the distance. Moved from a prairie stand to a timber stand for the evening hunt. Again hot, luckily no mosquitoes but also no action.
I left the girlfriend in a popup blind next to our gator pond, around 6:45 I could hear the faint snapping of my suppressed ar going off. She shot 2 pigs but we only recovered 1.

Sunday morning went back out not expecting to find much. Our place is in the southwest corner of colorado county, about 400 acres that is half rice and half timber. Neighbors had a couple of teal hunter groups going strong but maybe the shotgun barrage had the deer moving along the timber.

Deer walks out and you could tell by the side profile a nice deer. A quick look my way shows well outside the ears. No time to lollygag, pull the bow back and let the muzzy fly.



The arrow dont lie....



My first typical 10!



I was hunting by myself. Talk about a pain trying to load up alone. Had to drag him to the road with the 4 wheeler and about gave myself another hernia getting him in the back of the truck. Tailgate pic give a good view of size and arrow entrance


Back at the house


My cousin is a taxidermist in Yoakum. Called him up and I'm his first whitetail of the season. Going to have a shoulder done. Dropped it off last night and he is going to text me the age and score.
Feel free to throw out your guesses and I'll update this afternoon.



UPDATED
Cousin scored him at 122 5/8
Jaw estimates at 4.5 yr old