MBP 3; Don's Wagon Trail Buck

[Professor T]

“Wagon Trail Buck”
MBP # 3
Don’s Rifle Kill # 5
Don’s 6th Deer Kill

Killed by: Don Toups, a.k.a. “Professor T”
December 31, 2001
Creek Road near Down Ramp at "My Brothers' Place", Tunica, LA
Morning Hunt
10 point; 140 0/8” Gross; 138 4/8” Net
3.5 yo; 175 lbs.
Remington Model 700 BDL; .243 caliper

On the way to the land I was praying for God to lead me to the deer rather than the normal prayer of bringing the deer to me. There were a few drops of rain on the windshield and my first thought was to hunt the box stand now known as “The Penthouse”. I hunted the Box Stand in the morning and sure enough it did rain. For a couple of hours it poured down hard. I took little cat naps during this period but kept an eye on the East Plot just incase something would step out. About 8:30 am the rain stopped.

“Okay God, lead me to the deer.” I got out the box stand and started still hunting towards the creek. I walked through the East Plot and down the old trail we used to call the Wagon Trail (Not the real one…we found out where the real one is located now) When I got above the creek I could here something running down the creek so I stepped off the trail and looked in the creek. I was about 3 to 5 yards off the trail. I through up the rifle but by the time I picked them up they were on my neighbor’s land. I couldn’t see antlers anyway but it was nice to see some deer. I was standing there another minute when I heard something behind me coming down the same trail I just came down. There was no doubt what this was because the antlers was the first thing I saw on him. He was doing that semi running / trailing type trot and walked right past me. I was facing the other direction and did not attempt a shot that close. I put my cross hairs on him as he reached a branch in the road. Going straight would have given me a poor shot and turning left would put him going to the creek. He turned left. When he got to where I could shoot him I went “NAA!” He through on the brakes and stopped just behind a tree. A possible neck shot but vitals were not visible. He stared at me for two minutes and turned to walk. At the first step I said, “NAA!” again and he stopped perfect. That’s all she wrote. It didn’t take long for me to realize what kid of a gift I had.

I was by myself and asked Dr. M’s sons to help me get the deer out. I was stopped on the road on the way home and people were giving me the thumbs up all the way. This was a true gift from God.

These are the original measurements before drying.

Right Left
Points 5 5
Tip to Tip Spread 14
Greatest Spread 20 1/2
Inside spread 19 3/8
Length of longest beam 22 1/2
Length of main beam 22 1/2 21 7/8 5/8
Length of 1st point 5 1/2 4 3/4 3/4 Typical Gross
Length of 2nd point 8 5/8 8 5/8 141 7/8
Length of 3rd point 7 3/4 8 1/4 Net
Length of 4th point 2 3/4 2 1/2 1/4 139 1/2
Smallest circ. Btw burr & G1 4 3/4 4 5/8 1/8
Smallest circ. Btw G1 & G2 3 7/8 4 1/8
Smallest circ. Btw G2 & G3 3 1/2 3 1/2 0
Smallest circ. Btw G3 & G4 3 3 0
Spread 19 3/8 14% 2 3/4
Beams 44 3/8 31%
Tines 47 7/8 34%
Mass 30 1/4 21%
Gross / Net 141 7/8 139 1/2