Casey Liegeois Buck

Congrats to Casey Liegeois for taking down this amazing buck with his bow a while back. It took time to get the pictures and all the details from Casey, but he sent us a great recap of his hunt and I’ll let him take the story from here:

“After a tough tag sandwich and losing a buck in Kansas I didn’t think I was going to get a chance when I got home. But with some good intel from my cell cameras I knew I had some decent buck moving in daylight on a new lease I got this year in the Wayside/Morrison area. Then on the Monday of November the 15th I found out I got COVID for the second time. But with having minor symptoms I wasn’t going to let that stop me from hunting. Watching the weather I knew the Thursday before gun hunting was going to be my day. That morning started off bad. I woke up late because I didn’t set an alarm the night before. So I didn’t get a chance to shower. Just grabbed my stuff and ran out the door. By the time I got to the property I still had enough time to sneak in before day break. So I made the hike back in the woods and through a swamp to my stand. Once I got in my stand and got everything out and situated it was just starting to break light. That’s when I looked down and realized my release wasn’t in my bino harness where I always keep it. I started to panic And looked all through my backpack. The only place it could be is my truck. So I had to climb down walk all the way back to my truck where I found my release and then proceed to hike all the way back to my stand. Finally I got back settled in and within 15 minutes a little buck comes by me. About an hour after that I heard a noise from the direction the little buck went so I didn’t pay too much attention. And it was super windy. All of a sudden I hear a branch break to my right. I look and this buck is stand 20 yards right down wind of me. He knew something was up but couldn’t tell exactly. I was sitting down and my bow was hanging up. He turned to go back the way he came and I stood up grabbed my bow as he started moving faster. I drew back stopped him in a clear spot and guessed the yardage at 40. Settled my pin and watched my arrow hit. He ran a big circle and ended up expiring at the end of an easy blood trail.”

Thanks for sharing, Casey. Sometimes the worst mornings end up making the best stories. Congrats again on the great buck. I have not received a score on this buck, so for now Casey will be added to the TBD list.