This past season I was hunting in south western Illinois and sitting in a stand that is my favorite spot. I have only been able to hunt the stand 5 times in the last 3 years because of wind direction and lack of time in the woods but out of those 5 hunts I have taken 3 bucks out of it. Two of which have won the contest at work! The bedding area lays next to a creek with a trail that leads out to my food plot that is planted in Imperial Whitetail Clover.
You can tell from the photo why this is my favorite stand. After I shot the buck and walked up on him the first thing I saw was his left main beam and how massive it was! It had 5 points on the main beam and 3 large stickers at the base and another on the back side. I thought, that the buck I shot and I walked to him and lifted his other side out of the weeds and couldn't believe my eyes. The buck had another pair of stickers on that side with 5 typical points making him a typical 10 point with 6 non-typical points. I was shaking so bad that all the pictures from my digital camera turned out blurred! Did I mention that I get buck fever? I am sure glad I didn't see all that before I shot! The buck field dressed 205 pounds and scored 164 4/8" gross! Attached is a picture of the deer the next morning when my nerves calmed down and someone else held the camera.
