Gisclair’s big buck grossed 167 inches
As the old saying goes, ‘If at first you don’t succeed, try – try – try again.’
That pretty much summed up a weekend’s worth of hunts earlier this month for Monica Gisclair in Claiborne County, Miss., where the Cut Off resident eventually arrowed a monster 13-pointer that grossed 167 inches.
A clean miss on Saturday, a decision to let a close-in buck walk on Sunday — followed shortly thereafter by spooking a third buck when she took the safety off her crossbow — had her wondering if she’d ever connect.
That’s when the massive 13-pointer that nobody at the camp even knew existed came walking down the logging trail, eventually in range of Gisclair’s ground blind.
“Heck yeah I was nervous; my heart was pounding, and the blood was rushing through my body,” she said. “I tried to settle down and I finally told myself, ‘I’ll just try and shoot.’
For the rest of the story on the hunt for this monster buck, click here to read all of Bobby Cleveland’s article from our friends at MississippiSportsman.com.
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