# @mccannon33 on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C1YJJ5aMc04
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- **Posted:** 2023-12-28T00:51:08.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** James McCann (@mccannon33) — https://gondola.cc/mccannon33

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These pictures tell the story of a mature Big League Buck that I named “Patches” on my very first hunt in Kansas. With it being my first sit of the trip, the rut just starting to kick off, and the whole week ahead, I decided to pass on the old warrior in hopes of a Kansas booner. But after a long week of sitting in the stand, battling unseasonably warm temperatures and high winds, the week ended with no buck in the truck. I was patient and elected to pass on several deer including a promising three year old ten point we named “Grand Slam.” 

Determined to fill my buck tag, I made one last trip in the middle of December looking for a late season buck on a feeding pattern. With very little daylight pictures of “Patches,” he was a forgotten target at the spot nicknamed the “Mosquito Stand.”

On the way to the stand on the last afternoon hunt of the trip, I received a phone call from my wife telling me that one of my sons, Kane, had a prayer request in school that morning and it was for “my dad to get a buck today and get home safely for Christmas.” Around 4pm that day, I spotted the old buck down the berm chasing a doe. Moments later he popped back out heading straight towards us. Coming down top pin alley, I made a great shot on the 7 1/2 year old bruiser. Getting on a mature deer like “Patches” was an answered prayer, especially coming down to the wire with the last afternoon sit of the year in Kansas. 

Stay tuned as we will release the full episode of “Patches” this summer along with other BigLeagueBucks Season 1 episodes. A big thanks to jessmccann3 and tiffanykelleycox for allowing us the time to chase these #bigleaguebucks. Another big thanks has to go out to jimcox971 for keeping the bigtineofficial attractants out all year to keep “Patches” close by. And lastly we can’t thank cbihuntclub enough for granting us permission to dissect their properties, and allowing us to chase these deer. Drake has become a good friend of ours and runs a top notch duck operation! 
#BigLeagueBucks #Whitetail #Hunt #BowHunt #mathewsarchery

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