Lucky streak started Friday the 13th
11/19/2009 7:32:21 AM

He dropped a fine deer in Kansas and still felt a need to hurry back to Cherokee County to hunt the buck of a lifetime.
Some may have thought Art Brown was pushing his luck, especially since the 225-pound 155-inch buck he scored in Kansas fell on Friday the 13th.
But the Tahlequah bow hunter was just being smart.
He had watched a large buck on his property near Hulbert for a few years. He had come close on the buck in 2008, coming within 60 yards on the opening day of the rifle season. "I don't shoot beyond 30 yards," he said. "I just couldn't get him in any closer."
He knew the buck was good sized. He found the sheds in the spring and they scored roughly 148. "I went to Kansas hoping to find a deer like that," he said.
He did find a deer like that, but the one at home had grown bigger, a lot bigger.
He even called his wife to tell her he was coming home early from Kansas – so he could get a few days in to try and connect with that big buck before the gun season. "She said, 'wrong answer,'" Brown said with a laugh. But he added that she understood the situation. "I told her I needed to give that deer a week because you just might not get another chance at a deer like that."
It didn't take a week. The first night on his stand the deep-in-rut buck came right in. He slipped an arrow through the buck at 27 yards as it quartered toward him. He took the only shot he knew he would be offered. "Lung and liver," he said. "It's not my favorite shot but I knew my broadhead would work just like I wanted."
So it did. The buck's antlers have an 18 ½-inch inside spread and are a basic eight-point along the main beams, which are 26 and 26 ½ inches long. The G2s are 13 2/8ths inches and 12 7/8ths inches, Brown said. The antlers have plenty of character. One "sticker" off the back is 13 inches long.
"I'm still in shock," he said. "I guess someone's looking down on me with favor. I'm a lucky man."

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