Well Friday is the first day of Illinois first shotgun season. It seems like it will never get here. Hey Herb900, how about saving some of the big bucks for the rest of us Macoupin Co. hunters. 
Just kidding, I hope you have a great hunt again.
To all: Have a great and safe hunt, and bring home the venison. GOOD LUCK and GOD BLESS! 
It was a great weekend to be in the woods. I saw approximately 60 deer, 9 of which were nice wall hangers. I took a shot at a nice buck on Friday. I mean to tell you he was a big mature deer. After I shot he laid down for about 10 minutes, and then he was gone. I checked the area where he laid down and there was a great blood trail. I went back to the house and got two buddies, one who is one of the best trackers I know. We then trailed the deer for over 2 miles and looked for the deer for 3 1/2 hours, following good blood the whole way. Then the blood just stopped ( I guess his buddies noticed that he was bleeding and gave him a band-aid or something) We never found the deer. 
,) I'm not sure but I think that the buck made it onto the neighboring property and was harvested by another hunter. Needless to say I was in a slight state of depression after lossing such a nice buck! 
I guess my shot was not as good as I thought.
Other than that I still saw a lot of wildlife (i.e. deer, turkey, quail, and one very brave squirell) On the brighter side, one of my hunting buddies harvested a magnificent 24pt non-typical that had an inside spread of 22" and the bases of the rack were 7 1/2". It was a huge mature buck. I tried telling him that it was the deer that I had shot, but he was'nt buying that 
Hopefully I will get one on the second season, there are plenty of them out there.
Congrats on the 10pt., what did you shoot him with?
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