I shot this buck on November 4, 2008(Election day), in central Kansas. It was a 38 yard quartering away shot that I thought was a bad hit!I gave him 2 hours and 17 minutes. 20 minutes and a half a mile later I got to see that it was a good hit, taking out his diaphram and left lung. The buck scored 172 7/8 inches and weighed approximately 300 pounds on the hoof. Jason Leeper