Syracuse.com - Veteran shoots 10-point buck with his bow on Veterans Day

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"When I first walked up to him, I couldn't believe how big he was," he said.

Tom Lathrop, an Air National Guard combat veteran, was out of Veterans Day and arrowed this impressive 10-point buck on his property in Warners. It weighed 196 pounds after being field dressed.

He wrote:

"I got him after two weeks straight sitting in my favorite tree stand on my property in Warners . (I'm on vacation).

"The rut did him in as he was hot on a doe's trail. She was running all over woods trying to shake him and ran close by my stand (20 yards). He trotted by, I stopped him with a grunt and took the shot.

"All this happened in seconds. He took off out of sight. I waited 1.5 hours (I NEVER get down early, bad things happen) and found him 200 yards away, down for good.

"My fiance help me drag him to where I could get my four-wheeler involved.

It was a great way to spend Veteran's Day! I'm an Air National Guard Combat Veteran, multiple tours of duty-Saudi Arabia 1991 (Desert Storm), Iraq 2006-2007 (Iraqi Freedom) along with several more."

Lathrop added, "When I first walked up to him, I couldn't believe how big he was. Good thing I wasn't looking at his rack as he approached."

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