6 minutes left a shooting light two bucks stepped into a soybean field roughly 20 yards to my left. I looked through my binoculars and saw one was a shooter when they were about 50 yards away still pushing and fighting. I took my shot and I knew he was hit when he kicked, turned and ran into the woods stumbling. As he got into the wood line a giant 10 point jumped out from roughly the same spot and ran out into the field and stopped at about 75 yards. Adrenaline pumping i took a split second to take a breath and placed a shot behind the shoulder that dropped him. I have only seen that particular 10 point on camera 2 times (a month apart) always cruising and never in the same place. Would’ve never guessed he was right there. I believe those 2 bucks fighting caught his attention and the deer I initially shot running into the woods close to him caused him to jump out. First time I’ve ever seen 2 nice bucks fighting, shooting one, and 5 seconds later shooting the biggest deer of my life. First deer shot was a 16” wide 8 point, the stud in the picture was 21 1/8” wide haven’t been officially scored yet. I was using 140gr. Norma Whitetail 6.5 PRC out of a CVA cascade.
Hunter’s name: Cameron McAuliff
Zebulon NC
Wake county, NC
10/30/25
10-point buck
