Greatest POV Whitetail Hunt │ Giant 175” Kansas buck arrowed feet from camera

JEREMY FLINN

11/03/2015

Watch as a giant Kansas buck is arrowed FEET from a GoPro, and the arrow nearly strikes the camera!

For years, I’d been trying to capture the exit shot of a bow kill on film. About 5 years ago I started trying to capture the shot using trail cameras. I would position the camera on the trails which I thought I would have the best chance to get a shot, a ground level, POV whitetail hunt. I would set the camera to the longest video mode available and shortest delay, to almost get continuous video. Though I came very close several times, it was difficult to trigger the camera at the precise time a deer got close to my shooting lane. But it fueled my fire and determination to capture an epic kill shot.

As the popularity and availability of POV (Point of View) cameras hit the market, I had a new tool to use to capture my vision. When GoPro released their cameras that could be controlled remotely via the iPhone or Android app, I knew my odds drastically increased. For all intents and purposes, I always thought the POV whitetail hunt would be a doe. Never did I even consider a buck being an option, let alone a buck that would eclipse gross Boone & Crockett. But on that faithful late December evening in Kansas, it all would come together.

I’d be lying if I said I even remember turning the GoPro on from my phone. I believe I did, way early as deer began to funnel into the field. But from the time I saw him, until he went down, I never once thought about the GoPro being on. And it wasn’t until I got out of the stand, that I realized how epic the video might just be. After celebrating the harvest, which gross scored 175 3/8”, we watched the video. As the hunt played out, we knew it was going to be good. But this may just be the greatest POV whitetail hunt that has ever been captured.

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