Hunter: Glenn Hulsey
Points: 9 (5L, 4R)
County: Hall
Season: 2015-2016
Hunt Story
About a week before this hunt, I made a makeshift ground blind out of brush and limbs along the edge of the field. The main dilemma was that we needed an east wind to hunt from this spot. On the evening of the 21st, we got the conditions we felt we needed to try the spot out. Trail-cam pics had shown two nice bucks regularly visiting the field to feed and harass does. We were running late that afternoon and didn't get to our spot until about 4:30 p.m., and we could see deer already feeding at the far end of the field about 130 yards away. We were still able to get into our ground blind unnoticed. After getting set up, we realized that one of the bucks we were hunting had just entered the field. After watching him chase a few does around the end of the field, he started feeding. We tried grunting and rattling, but the buck would do no more than just look our way. Finally about 5:10 p.m., three does came out on the opposite side of the field from the buck. This put us right in the middle between the buck and the does that just walked out. Fortunately the buck noticed the does and immediately started heading our way. When the buck got to 25 yards, I grunted to stop him, but when he stopped he took a step toward us. I felt like the crossbow would have enough energy to make a slightly quartering to shot, so I whispered for Glenn to take the shot. The arrow went in right in front of the buck's right shoulder and disappeared. The buck ran over the hill and into the hardwoods on the other side of the field. I was pretty sure I heard him go down, but we waited a full 30 minutes before starting the tracking job. The buck only traveled about 75-85 yards before going down where we thought we had heard him. The arrow had gotten both heart and lungs due to the huge cut of the rage extreme broadhead. This buck was Glenn's fourth buck, but it was his first with a crossbow. He plans to hang the buck in his bedroom next to his other mounted bucks, a 7-point he killed when he was 7 years old and the 8-point he killed when he was 8 years old. Now he has a 9-point killed at 9 years old. Maybe he will get a chance at a 10-point at 10 years old. I sure wish the hunting was this good when I was a kid! It was a very special hunt, and one we will both remember forever. It was even better since my daughter killed a buck the evening before on our Elbert County farm. It is truly a blessing to be able to enjoy the outdoors hunting with my kids!
