The Five-Year Shot
The final approach demanded patience and control
Sep 14, 2026 · 1 hr 14 min · 29 segments
**After hunting the same South Carolina buck for five years, Joe Miles finally got his chance at the 150-inch deer—and put an arrow through him.** In this episode, I sit down with **Joe Miles, owner…
Uh, that's a wild story, but it, it made me think of something, and I, I wanna ask you this question because it's something that I think we have some similar situations as far as like, you know, in Michigan in, in my area, a deer, like you said, that mid-teens to Pope and Young type deer, three, four-year-old is ...
It's pretty, it's difficult to get them there, you know? Uh, and I think you deal with that.
And then, you know, we both hunt out of state and killed some good deer and my question to you is, being that you're at your home state, is that your best buck in that state?
He ended up, I killed one in the low 140s, and he ended up going 156, um, w- which he had 20, a 26-inch beam, and he had six-inch bases.
Yeah, and that just kinda, it just kinda makes my story even more, uh, more validity to it, I guess.
I shot an awesome deer in, in my, what I call my one acre, okay? So I've been, it took me seven years to kill a deer in this one acre, and I'll never forget, I got so fired up, like, as this deer's coming in and, you know, uh, a deer I knew about, and it's almost like my emotions and buck fever at times five when I'm here in Michigan and something like that happens.
It, you still get worked up, but it's more of like I'm more kinda can slow the moment down.
Is that the same for you? Like wh- when he's, when he's sitting there at 20 yards or whatever, are you just like coming out of your skin?
Uh, that's a wild story, but it, it made me think of something, and I, I wanna ask you this question because it's something that I think we have some similar situations as far as like, you know, in Michigan in, in my area, a deer, like you said, that mid-teens to Pope and Young type deer, three, four-year-old is ...
It's pretty, it's difficult to get them there, you know? Uh, and I think you deal with that.
And then, you know, we both hunt out of state and killed some good deer and my question to you is, being that you're at your home state, is that your best buck in that state?
He ended up, I killed one in the low 140s, and he ended up going 156, um, w- which he had 20, a 26-inch beam, and he had six-inch bases.
Yeah, and that just kinda, it just kinda makes my story even more, uh, more validity to it, I guess.
I shot an awesome deer in, in my, what I call my one acre, okay? So I've been, it took me seven years to kill a deer in this one acre, and I'll never forget, I got so fired up, like, as this deer's coming in and, you know, uh, a deer I knew about, and it's almost like my emotions and buck fever at times five when I'm here in Michigan and something like that happens.
It, you still get worked up, but it's more of like I'm more kinda can slow the moment down.
Is that the same for you? Like wh- when he's, when he's sitting there at 20 yards or whatever, are you just like coming out of your skin?
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The Five-Year Shot
The final approach demanded patience and control
First Sight At Twenty-Five Yards
Five years of waiting came down to one moment
Why Movement Beats Camo
Camouflage matters most when hunters must move
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