Sorry guys I have been busy. Well here is the story. My in-laws and surrounding neighbors have had a deer that was destroying the local gardens. He was covering a lot of area, well over 20 acres. I received permission to hunt on all the adjacent properties to remove the deer.
He had been spotted the week before the season by one of the neighbors, bedded in their front yard.

I hunted opening morning without seeing anything but a small silver jumping, which was tempting me to go fishing. Must focus on deer season. Sunday morning was perfect weather nasty rainy morning, just what we needed. I glassed the hillside near inlaws without seeing anything. Took the next hour hunting my way through the properties checking for the buck. I circled back to the middle of the properties and worked my way down the hill to take a break and watch the hill and surrounding gardens.

While taking a break, a caught a glimpse of movement in the bushes near the garden. I grabbed the binos and realized that I was seeing the horns move back and forth. Holy smokes!! I don't have a shot since all I see is the top 4 inches of horn. I carefully worked my way back the 300ft on top of the bluff to position for a shot. Once in position for a shot, he was about 30 yds away steeping out of the brush. I was still in shock of seeing him, and threw a warning shot over the top of his back. He moved about 10ft and froze staring straight at me. I quickly reloaded my bighorn and took a deep breath and dropped in his track with a dead-on chest shot right through the heart. Those new Barnes T-MZ all copper sabots worked perfectly. He is the first deer I have shot with my new muzzy. Got him home and is hanging in a buddies meat cooler until later this week. A very different hunt than I am used too but still a blast. Here are a couple of pics for you guys.