Hunter: Doug Riddick
Points: 12 (5L, 7R)
County: Upson
Season: 2024-2025
Hunt Story
This buck we called muley is a buck we all targeted to hunt after. We had 5 years of pictures of him. Very hard to pattern him. I never had a picture of him or saw him live in the area I hunted. Marty Ellis passed him up 2 years ago with a crossbow at 15 yards, just need another year or two. We think he is at least 6 years old. I was hunting in the hardwoods with plenty of acorns and buck signs all over. At 5 pm a doe came in with a big 6pt and 7pt following. 5 minutes later 2 more does came running in with a 8 pt and a spike chasing. I had deer all around me. I look up the hill and saw a buck thrashing its head in the limbs of a tree. Look Thur my binoculars and saw a big buck, I thought it was the 10 pt buck we called spilts but when he turned I saw it was muley. Then Buck fever kicked in, I raised my Browning 6.5 PRC and when I did all 9 deer bolted about 10 yards and stopped. I knew I had to hurry and I rushed my shot but was able to drop him in his tracks.12 points with a broken brow tine, Muley was down and I just Thank God for an awesome time in his woods, and how blessed I was to harvest and awesome buck with a great bunch of guys who all love the lord.
