Whitetail Video: Big Buck Arrowed With 3-D Target Core Stuck in Antlers

Shane Simpson is bowhunting during Minnesota’s firearms season, and he kills a mature whitetail buck that recently attacked a 3-D deer target.

Whitetail Video: Big Buck Arrowed With 3-D Target Core Stuck in Antlers

Shane Simpson (far right) is joined by a fellow bowhunter named Chris, who lost a backyard GlenDel 3-D target core to a rutting buck on the night of Nov. 9, 2021. Simpson arrowed the Minnesota buck approximately 1.3 miles away on the morning of November 10, and it had the target core stuck in its antlers.

Shane Simpson is a diehard deer and turkey hunter who posts a lot of outstanding content to his YouTube channel called Shane Simpson Hunting. On this channel you can also find his popular video playlist called “The Callie Chronicles,” which documents his dog Callie’s deer trailing experiences for hunters who request the help of a dog in recovering their animals. The video below features one of Simpson’s 2021 bowhunts during Minnesota’s firearms season.

On Nov. 10, 2021, Simpson is invited to bowhunt a buddy’s small property. His buddy said, “The deer are chasing.” The buck Simpson tags isn’t chasing a doe, but the proof it has been taking part in the whitetail rut is as clear as the strange object — a 3-D target core! — stuck to its antlers. 

Watch the video, and then be sure to read the follow-up Facebook post at the bottom of the page from Simpson as he reveals “the rest of the story” about his unique encounter in the whitetail woods.

Facebook post from Shane Simpson; Dec. 30, 2021:

As Paul Harvey would say, "And now, the rest of the story."

Y'all remember the buck I shot back in November with the archery target (GlenDel buck replacement core) stuck on his antlers, right? Well, I received a message from a local archery shop employee sometime after I shared the video of that hunt on YouTube. After watching the video, he thought he might know who the owner of the target was. A customer named Chris had come in and was explaining how he planned to use a trail camera in his backyard because a buck had destroyed his GlenDel target. The target was fine when he went to bed on November 9, but was scattered into pieces the morning of November 10, the same morning I killed my buck. Parts of the target were scattered all over the place, but the neck and replacement core were missing completely. Even though the archery shop employee didn't know where I was hunting in Minnesota, the details thus far lined up, so he contacted me through Facebook messenger and gave me Chris's contact information. I gave Chris a call and not far into our conversation, we were fairly confident that the replacement core had originated from his deer target.

Today we met in person and as you can see, the glass slipper fit (see broadhead/target pic at bottom of page). Other features also confirmed that it was the same target.

Based on the evidence at the scene, we surmise that the buck rammed the GlenDel target then pinned it against a tree, breaking most of the lower tree limbs. This is where we believe the buck impaled his antlers into the target. He then proceeded 40 yards across Chris's yard, where one of the legs fell off. With the neck and replacement core still impaled on the antlers, the buck made his way approximately 1.3 miles to my location, losing the neck section somewhere along the way, and we all know what happened after that.

Chris was nice enough to allow me to keep the replacement core. Cool dude, and I'm going to take him out on his first turkey hunt this spring.

Shane Simpson with his 2021 Minnesota bow buck, which dislodged this GlenDel 3-D target core from its antlers shortly after the shot.
Shane Simpson with his 2021 Minnesota bow buck, which dislodged this GlenDel 3-D target core from its antlers shortly after the shot.
This photo shows one of Chris's broadhead-tipped arrows being tested in the recovered GlenDel 3-D target core. It was a perfect fit to the existing broadhead holes.
This photo shows one of Chris's broadhead-tipped arrows being tested in the recovered GlenDel 3-D target core. It was a perfect fit to the existing broadhead holes.


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