Nick Teeters and his 2008 Indiana Archery Trophy
Nick Teeters is a friend of mine and there is not a more dedicated outdoorsman than Ranger Nick. He loves to hunt and fish and spends all of the time he can pursuing these passions. This is Nicks story in his own words on his 2008 archery trophy.
Hey Hack….
Ok…let me just say that this is why you
always follow through with tracking. I Shot this buck
on the evening of Nov. 3,2007. It was a quiet evening
and the rut was just starting to come full swing when
I noticed a large bush shaking on the other end of the
field. I grabbed my binoculars and took a peek, I was
surprised to see the rack of this buck raking through
a small tree. I watched him work his way up the field
for another 20 minutes. I decided that this was not
the buck that I was hunting, but a bird in the hand,
and in this case a nice trophy in the hand. He
stopped about 70 out and started to make a scrape when
I picked up my grunt call and my Primos Can and went
to work, needless to say it didn’t take long. He
strolled right in to give me perfect shot at 35yards.
Just as I released the arrow, as I watched my arrow
heading directly for it’s mark, I saw the buck step
forward leaving the flying spear about 10 inches back.
He trotted right at me and stopped at 12 feet (I was
in natural ground blind), I noticed how bad the shot
had turned out and tried to nock another arrow, when
he caught me and trotted off. A long day later I was
able to find the buck bedded down about 1.5 miles away
and was able to correct what had turned to a
devastating loss into a great recovery. Anyway, he
scored 144 3/4″ which is a good buck anywhere in
Indiana. Just thought I would share it with you,
oh…and I will tell you the rest of the story around
the campfire sometime. Take Care Hack, enjoy and Good
Huntin’
Hunt like you mean it, and fish like you need it,
Ranger Nick
