Gnarly Virginia Buck Harvested in Albermarle County

Hunter Herndon arrowed a big buck he nick named Crab Claw for the second year in a row during Virginia's archery season.  From Hunter:

"On October 25th, I climbed into the stand for an evening hunt. I was hoping to see one of the target bucks I had been after all bow season. There was one in particular, whom we called Mr. Crab, that I was keen on. I had been watching this unique buck all summer on camera. It was a very warm night on Friday, but knowing we are close to the rut, I still had hope to see some movement.

5:40pm rolled around and sure enough Mr. Crab stepped out into the field. 180 yards away, facing me straight on.  I was hunting over one of my food plots on the edge of the field. He came in closer to about 70 yards and he stopped and bedded down in the tall grass. I couldn’t believe it! I sat there and watched him for 20 minutes as he rested there 70 yards away. To say the least, my heart was racing. Finally, he stood up and started coming straight to the food plot. It felt like it took forever before he finally gave me a shot, at 33 yards quartering away. I hit him a touch back, hitting the liver and one lung. He ran about 200 yards into the tall grass outside of the food plot and dropped. And at that point, I officially I lost it!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hunter killed a another giant buck in 2023 archery season, a big main framed 8pt. with stickers everywhere.  Both hunts were filmed and the 2023 youtube link is below.  2024 youtube video to be posted shortly as well.  

Youtube Link to his 2023 Hunt: 2023 Hunt for a 173" Virginia Giant