Kris Simmons of Brandon, MS killed this 8 point on 11/26/11 at Tuscolometta Hunting Club in Leake County in the pouring rain, thunder, and lightning.

Kris said, "I text my wife at 3:00pm and told her I must be crazy to be out there in this stuff.  She said, 'Well maybe it will pay off.'  At 4:20 I spotted this guy at the edge of a pine thicket making a scrape and rubbing trees, hit the can for a couple of bleats, and he came in on a string.

He is a good deer for our club: 163/4" wide 16" main beams, and 4" bases. I have been hunting this buck since the middle of bow season and it finally paid off in this weather this afternoon. God is good all the time."