Clint Joyner, 11-point, Lapeer Co.
Clint Joyner didn’t have any history with this deer, no trail cam pictures of him, no summer sightings, nothing. On October 8, Clint Joyner was running extremely late getting home from work, but he wanted to get a hunt in. Despite his late arrival and going against his better judgment, Clint decided to head to his stand for the last hour or so of the evening. He picked his stand because it had a stealthy access and hopes of not bumping anything on his way in. It was about 6:15 pm by the time he was in the tree and set up.
Thirty minutes later, a 100-inch 9-point stepped out. He was intently looking back into the cedars, and after about five minutes of watching the smaller buck, this big 11-point stepped out.
Clint said, “I nervously watched him at 35 yards for about 10 minutes but never had a shot opportunity. He just stood there like a statue, as he was facing my general direction for what felt like an eternity. I was losing light quicker because of the thick cedar forest surrounding me. I started wondering if I would get a shot at all! Finally, he slowly turned around and started to walk back the way he came and presented me with a quartering-away shot. I put the pin on his vitals and heard a smack/pop and knew I had made a good shot right away. The buck only made it about 15 yards.”
Sometimes, when hunting, there’s something inside us that overrides our better judgment, and sometimes it works, and sometimes it works really well! Clint was hunting Lapeer County on private land when he arrowed his trophy 11-point.
