Governor Bob Riley bagged this impressive 10-point buck along with an exotic Nilgai on recent hunting trip to the 435,000-acre Kenedy Ranch, the largest contiguous ranch in Texas, just south of Corpus Christi. Governor Riley dropped both animals with off-hand shots from over 100 yards away with a Browning A-bolt .270. Governor Riley spotted the ten-point as the buck sneaked along the trail with a couple of does.

He made the shot across the Texas mesquite to kill the buck, which scored 155 B&C. Governor Riles was accompanied on the trip by Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Commissioner Barrett Lawley, Conservation Advisory Board Chairman Dan Moultrie and Robert Gardner, who won the trip at an auction during the Governor’s One Shot Turkey Hunt. The One Shot Turkey Hunt benefits the Lynn Boykin Youth Wildlife Scholarship at Auburn University. “It was probably one of the best hunts I ever had,” Riley said, “and my sons, who are all hunters, were really jealous of the kill. If I ever go again, I think I better bring them along.