Noland Outdoors

Well I finally harvested a good buck this year.  But I had to put down the archery equipment and pick up the smoke pole to do it.  No matter, this was a great buck and I'm dang proud of him.  I shot this buck around 7:30am on January 3rd.  He was chasing some does around and he made the mistake of getting a little too close to me.  He is my biggest buck ever and he will adorn my wall soon.

After having a somewhat frustrating season with the bow, including a miss on a nice 8 point at 15 steps, I just had to take drastic measures.  The muzzleloader gives me the range and accuracy that I sometimes lack with the bow and, with the rut in full swing, I thought my chances of taking a good buck would be good and I was right.  The scary thing is that this buck, as big as he is, is apparently not the king of the woods, as evidenced by the numerous battle scars all over his head and body.  Maybe his daddy will fall before the season is over!