Wilkes County hunter kills massive 10-point buck

Massive 10-point buck was a frequent trail-cam visitor

Kasey Miller killed a massive 10-point buck in Wilkes County, NC on Nov. 24, 2023. The deer weighed 191 pounds and green-scored 145 inches. She shot the buck in an open clover food plot from an elevated box blind 70 yards away.

Miller shares her story of the hunt with us here:

“I had this deer at the top of my list as my target buck this year. Being a teacher (& mom) I’m limited to Saturdays and vacation breaks. I hunted him every Saturday. As soon as we were out of school for Thanksgiving, I hunted him my first opportunity and knew that conditions were favorable for him to show. I had sat for hours with zero action, but as the sun started dipping, a doe and fawn stepped out of the thick kudzu vines and fed along the edge of the food plot.

I watched them for a little while, when all of a sudden their postures changed. They both looked over their shoulder. They had just alerted me a deer was coming, and I had a feeling it was the one I was after. I was hoping and praying that the deer making its way in wouldn’t stall and would make it before light faded. I went ahead and confidently raised my gun and watched through my scope, just knowing it would be him.

Sure enough, he stepped right into my scope. My target buck had stepped into the food plot with plenty of light left. He stayed dead facing me not presenting a broadside shot. It being a once-in-a-lifetime buck, I didn’t want to take a chance shot. With light fading, he turned to give me a sharp quartering away shot. I took it and felt confident.

I called my husband and he came to help track. The buck had ran off a cliff and into extremely rough terrain. It took us about 3 hours to track and retrieve him. We got him back to the “huntin house” and my boys were tickled to see what mom brought home!”

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Bag A Buck Contest

Congratulations to Miller, who is now in the running for our monthly prize of a free 1-year subscription to Carolina Sportsman Magazine, a Mini Maglite, an 18-ounce Yeti Rambler, a two-pack of Lowcountry Seasonings, as well as our Grand Prize, which includes a 3-year-subscription to Carolina Sportsman Magazine, a 2-day two-person hunt at Cherokee Run Hunting Lodge in Chesterfield, SC, and other prizes to be determined.

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