I was able to have a little success in Harper last week. I guess we had some history with this buck. We first noticed him on camera 3 or 4 years ago. We looked the picture over and said man that is a nice young 10 point. He sure will look nice next year. The next year we would get a picture and say man what a nice young 10 point. He sure will look nice next year.......Well last year we finally realized that it was the same 10 point each year and he was never going to really be nice. He had already maxed out. While he looked pretty score wise he was on the low end of our bucks and would not even make 120. Thanks to a small body he looks better than he really is. We decided to try and take him last year but during season, like past seasons, we never got any daylight pictures of him and he was never seen. Last week he messed up and walked out in front of me. It was interesting in that he was there for 30 minutes or so before I got a shot. Acted like it was a normal routine for him to be at a feeder during day light hours. I checked my camera and I had a total of one other picture of him and it was a month ago. Guess I was just in the right place at the right time.
The decision on the buck above was easy. He was an old mature buck. The deer below was the one that hurt a little. We hunt a low fence place. While we do have luck with letting bucks walk you just never know. The buck below would blow the buck above away score wise and he is only 3 1/2. He was out in front of me forever. It hurt to watch him walk away. Judging from the camera it will happen to me a lot. He seems to be living at my feeder. If he makes it through the season I hope he and I have a date for next year.
The decision on the buck above was easy. He was an old mature buck. The deer below was the one that hurt a little. We hunt a low fence place. While we do have luck with letting bucks walk you just never know. The buck below would blow the buck above away score wise and he is only 3 1/2. He was out in front of me forever. It hurt to watch him walk away. Judging from the camera it will happen to me a lot. He seems to be living at my feeder. If he makes it through the season I hope he and I have a date for next year.
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