Velvet Giant Nets 153 To Rank No. 2 For Pulaski County

By Chad Law

I have three years worth of pictures of this buck. His jump from 4.5 to 5.5 years old was amazing! He made a small plot with a trough feeder in it his home and was very visible. He made the 1/2-acre plot his core and would not leave. My wife and I had pictures of him all summer. Deer hunting to my family lasts 365 days a year. We feed AntlerXtreme year-round and have summer and fall plots by Ocmulgee River BuckMaker seed blends.

By the time bow season rolls around, I have a 2-week-old little boy at home! My wife had her hands full but agreed to still let me go on opening morning knowing how regular he was and that it would be my best buck with a bow. The wind happened to be just right that morning for the entrance I had planned to be able to get to the stand. I parked along side of the road using a different path I used to check cameras or feed the deer. Getting no pictures of the deer the day before made me worried.

The next morning, opening day of Georgia’s 2020 archery season, I got to the stand 30 minutes before daylight with the wind in my face. I know he usually came out right at daylight. He made his appearance 15 minutes after daylight, and to my surprise he was still fully in velvet! I made a good shot on him at 26 yards. He didn’t even make it out of the small plot!

Chad Law’s velvet 10-pointer taken on opening day of the 2020 archery season netted 153 even. It’s the No. 2 bow-buck ever recorded from Pulaski County.

Thanks to the good Lord a lot of things came together that morning. All the protein, plots, pictures finally paid of—the hours spent preparing for this deer are probably unrecordable. My 2-week-old baby and having to be at work at 2 that evening made this story even better. One of the days in the woods I’ll never forget. As hunters we put so much time and effort into this stuff, it really becomes a part of who we are. They call it hunting not killing! Half of the fun is getting there, and I plan to instill that in all my boys.

Pulaski County All-Time Bowhunting Records