7 year old, Gage Beard, of Summit, MS harvested this old bruiser the evening of January 18.  His proud dad, wrote the following:

"The deer came into the plot at 4:40 but never got closer than about 200 yds, so we passed him.  He left the plot after about 30 minutes and we were trying to stay positive in hopes that he would come back.  He shows back up about 5:20 and gets to within 160-170 yds.  I asked Gage if he was on him and if he was steady and he said yes, so I gave him the go ahead this time.  He squeezed the trigger on his 7mm08 and the rest is history. This is Gage's best buck to date and his longest shot also. Dad says  'This is the best deer hunt that I have ever been a part of.  It had everything, highs, lows, we were uncertain on shot placement and started not to go after the deer until the next morning.  Some does gave him away by walking towards where we last saw the buck and blowing so I figured he had to be down just out of our sight. I'll never forget the excitement Gage
and I shared when we saw that the buck was down!  It is such a wonderful blessing to be able to share God's great outdoors with the wonderful family that he has blessed me with.'
I videoed the hunt, but haven't uploaded it to youtube yet.  It should be there shortly at  www.youtube.com/user/BronzeBowOutdoors "