It was October 9th and I was hunting with Cyndi Herrin from Dallas, Texas. We had seen several deer from the blind that day including some good bucks, but we didn’t see the one we were looking for.  The next day we hunted a different location called the “Hole”.  It was one of the longer shots on the ranch at 168 yards, but I was confident that Cyndi could make the shot.  We were watching the deer in field hoping for a mature buck to show up, when movement caught our eye.  It was a great buck that we had not seen since the 2007 season.  Both excited and nervous, due to the elusiveness of the buck, I told Cyndi that this was the deer we were looking for.  She got her rifle up and pulled the trigger, dropping him in his tracks.
With no tracking necessary, we got down out of the stand to look at him. He was a beautiful 8 point with tall tines, lots of mass, and long main beams.  We took some pictures of her buck and headed back to the lodge to show him off to everyone. Once we got back, the contest started.  Cyndi insisted that her buck would score more that her husband Bill’s buck that scored 150 5/8”. With tension building, we put the tape on her buck coming up with a score of 150 3/8”- narrowly missing the mark bill had set.  It was a great night back at camp and I felt fortunate to share this great hunt with her.

This buck was one of the biggest necked bucks we have ever taken at EFR.  It’s neck measured 29” at behind the ears and 31” in the middle.  He weighed in at 275 pounds and was truly a great trophy.