MBP 82; Don's "Presto"

[Professor T]

“Presto”
MBP # 82
Don’s Bow Kill # 16
Don’s 28th Deer Kill

October 1, 2013
Poison Ivy Tree on West P;ot
Morning Hunt Hunt
8 point
3.5 yo; 180 lbs.
Hoyt Vectrix Compound Bow

The Poison Ivy Tree Stand was an educated guess for opening day of the 2013-14 Bow Season. Trail camera pictures from the past week made the decision for me. I was hunting only one buck, “Presto”. This was where he showed up more often in the morning during the previous week.
I was in the stand before day light and trying to attach my tripod for the camera when I heard deer below me. When dawn came I could tell both were bucks by their size but could not see antlers. That ended the chance of a video for the hunt. These two bucks, Hobo and a 6 point, fed in the area until daylight. They both lifted their heads and faced the entrance to the plot with ears cupped. I knew something was coming. First entered an 8 point that was an excellent buck. He was a 2.5 yo but had a 16” spread. We called him “Jumpy” but he wasn’t the Jumpy from last year, “Presto” was really the buck we called “Jumpy” from the previous year. He was followed by a 6 point called “Amigo” which my grandson Kevin killed later in the season. Then came “Presto”, true to the tale that the big one is the last to enter a plot.
I had five bucks in front of me and the stand is situated low in the tree. I made several attempts to draw my bow before taking the shot. He was facing away from me but giving me a good enough view to slide the arrow in behind the last rib. That is exactly what I did. He jumped when the arrow hit and ran on the west side of the plot about midway before turning east. He never made it to the edge of the plot. I did not see him fall as he just disappeared in the tall yankee weed.
Just after this happened I received a tex from my brother Eddie who said he just shot a pig. I replied to him BBD. We both said we were getting down so I met him on the East Plot and we located his pig. Then we went to the West Plot to get my buck. We took videos of the follow ups.