When 8-year-old Winston Pleasant of Jackson, Mississippi, shot his first buck, he achieved something he'll possibly never top. The giant buck unofficially gross-scored over 167; a size few hunters can claim.
"Nobody had seen him," said the boy's father, Chandler Pleasant."Even in the spot where he killed him, we have trail cameras and nobody had seen him.STAY UP-TO-DATE:It was Nov. 12, the second Saturday of youth season for deer. A cold front had pushed through and temperatures had plummeted. Additionally, the property had not seen much hunting pressure at that point, so Pleasant felt there was a good chance his son would harvest his first buck.
Although they didn't know it at the time, they were lucky that didn't happen. It was turning into a magical afternoon and deer movement was very high."There were deer all over the place. There was never a point in the sit when we didn't have a deer in front of us except maybe 10 or 15 minutes. It was unquestionably the craziest hunt I've ever been on."
As many deer as they were seeing, though, nothing came into view that Winston wanted to take — until just after 5 p.m."I looked and immediately knew he was a shooter," Pleasant said."When I glassed him I thought, 'That's a toad.' "He took his time and he smoked him," Pleasant said."The deer fell on the spot. We were immediately celebrating."
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