Okay, I've been really busy between work and hunting so I haven't posted much recently. You've read about my elk hunt so no need to recap that. I've been bowhunting as much as possible but with the warm weather and all haven't seen a lot of shooter bucks. Joefish has taken some awesome pics on his trail camera though. I put up some new stands and I have been seeing a couple of really nice bucks on the farm this year. I saw a really nice buck in the headlights a couple weeks ago, debated on telling Joefish where I saw it but eventually broke down and told him! I know, I know, when you see a big buck you should keep it to yourself, but hey, he's my brother! The night before the season opener Joefish was debating on where to sit the next morning when he saw this buck in his headlights! He even got to look at him through binoculars! That made up his mind, he called me that night and told me he was definately hunting on the farm! Soooo.... opening day arrives and finds us in our stands on that cold and windy morning. We all sat until about 9:30, went to the house for coffee and to warm up and then went back out. We did this all day, only coming out of our stands to warm up and have a cup of java. In the afternoon I got on stand at about 2:00 and didn't see any action til about 4:45, two does and a little buck, but then.....coming out of the treeline about 80 yards away was the big boy I've been seeing all summer. BAM! (pause) BAM! (pause) BAM! HE'S DOWN! Yes, it took me three shots, although I hit him twice, I didn't want him getting away. I called Joefish and gave him the codewords, Big Buck Down! When I got to him there was no ground shrinkage, my biggest so far, sixteen points, typical 6x5 with a lot of stickers around his bases. When I got him back to the house I realized I had his sheds from last yearas well as two awesome trail cam shots of him this summer, so all in all I can honestly say that this is a buck with history and I am glad that we (joefish and I) got him and not a neighbor or someone else. The really cool thing is....he is not the biggest buck on the farm, he's probably third in line for the hierarchy! Maybe I'll run the big one out to Joefish and we'll post the pics here for your viewing pleasure. I'll try and attach the pics now, I scored him at 168 gross, 154 3/8 net? I'm no official measurer by any means but I'm pretty close. Good luck to you all and Happy Holidays! Okay, sorry, I'll have to get Joefish to download the pics, I had trouble with my computer last week and must have deleted the photos, sorry for the hype and no show on the pics. I will get them posted. Promise!