It was his first year really getting into the sport of bowhunting. Last season had been his first year hunting and he came close to taking a nice 6 pointer, but it just didn't work out.

This season the hunter put the time and effort in to practice with his equipment and make sure he knew what he and his equipment could do.

During the second weekend of bow season this year he had just climbed into his stand when he could hear running in the distance. When he finally saw what was making the noise the doe popped out, but she was not alone.

He jumped to his feet and drew his bow back to try and stop the big deer behind the doe. The buck stopped after a grunt and the arrow was on its way.

Shaking like a leaf - we've all been there - he returned to the cabin to tell his family what happened and they went back to the woods to take up the blood trail.

The arrow was on the ground, broken in half and covered in blood and hair indicating a good shot. The blood trail went on for 400 yards and when the found the deer it was still breathing. Another arrow was nocked and this time buried deep into the buck's vitals putting the monarch down in sight. The buck is a mainframe 10 pointer with matching kickers off its G2's.