Tim was having a little bit of trouble getting out of bed in the morning to get to the deer woods - we've all been there - but he sucked it up and was in the stand by 6:30 a.m. Around 8:00 a.m. he saw his first deer - a young spike. Tim decided to give the buck a few grunt calls and some doe bleats to see how the deer would react, but the deer just ignored the sounds and walked off.

Tim decided to text his friend to let him know how the hunt was going and his friend wrote back, "you better hurry up and shoot something!" At the same time Tim heard the leaves crunching on the ridge and looked up to see a big 8 making his way towards him.

Just as Tim grabbed his bow the arrow caught a branch and became un-nocked. He scrambled to get the arrow back on and ranged the buck at 28 yards. He drew back and let the arrow fly, watching it go right over the buck's back.

The buck didn't run, but instead started walking closer to the hunter. Tim nocked another arrow and this time the arrow flew true and the buck went 40 yards before crashing. The buck grossed 109 2/8".