Bayou Bucks Magazine July 2012 : Page 11

Trophy Talk Upon fl inging an arrow from his Matthews Switchback XT, he knew the shot was good. Still, when he got a good look at the fl eeing deer, he was somewhat worried to see the fl etching still protruding from the buck. As soon as the deer got out of sight, Dickey got down and didn’t even look for blood. He raced home and got his tracking dog, a few buddies, and immediately returned to the area. “With the gun hunt being that next day, I didn’t have much of an option but to go look for him,” he said. As darkness approached, the search party arrived back at the stand. ey began to look for blood, but there was none to be found. When they fi nally reached the point where Dickey had gotten a good look at the wounded buck, there was sign of a lethal hit. With the help of the dog, they found the giant buck several yards ahead of where the blood trail began. e deer sported 12 points, a spread of 17 inches, and main beams that hovered around 25 inches. Simmons Sporting Goods scored the deer at just over 178 inches. “ at could have been the deer that I saw the year before, but I’m not sure. I don’t shoot the fi rst thing that I se-enout there on the refuge. e thing about Tensas is, you may not see a ton of deer out there but when you do, it could be the deer of a lifetime. I’ve hunted a stand 20 straight times before and not seen a hair, and then turn around and kill a deer like this,” added Dickey. Hunting -Fishing Feed -Cooking & Much More outboard Selling & Servicing Yamaha • Evinrude • Johnson SeaArk Boats • Magic Tilt Trailers 29871 Hwy. 23 • Port Sulphur, LA 70083 504-564-3388 FAX: 504-564-2090 1021 Albertson pkwy Broussard, La 70518 (337) 837-0044 July 2012 Bayou Bucks Magazine | 11

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