It was late November of New York's 2009 Archery season and a cold front was getting ready to move through.
Andrew and his hunting buddy Jim were about 30 yards from each other in stands they have never sat in before. The stands were just off a point where three trails crossed and led to a patch of briars and thick cover.
Around 8:00 a.m. a small 9 pointer with one antler growning down came through the shooting lane. Andrew drew back and let the arrow fly. The deer ran 50 yards and was down.
Soon after things started to quiet down and Jim decided to make something happen. He got his rattling antlers out and starting banging the antlers together to simulate a buck fight.
To the excitement of both hunters, two monster bucks came in chasing a doe - a 13 pointer and a huge 10 pointer. The 10 pointer was just out of Jim's range as it went to challenge the 13 pointer which wanted no part of the big 10 pointer. As the 13 pointer turned and headed away from the 10 pointer it picked up Andrew's scent trail and followed it straight to his 25 yard shooting lane.
Andrew came to full draw and gave a quick grunt to stop the buck in the shooting lane. The arrow flew true and hit its mark. Andrew watched as the buck took 20 steps and collapsed. The buck had 13 scoreable points and will score in the 130" range.

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