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He's still hanging around, right through spot I missed him Saturday. I'll have a buck tag again on Nov 18th

Seem to be in search mode again RR track stand on lease around corner from where I killed buck
I have a stand less than 20 yds from where he's walking

Well done Dan !!

Get that guy, with the next tag.

Yesterday was a good day for big buck movement

Some great choices for you. Good luck.

Congrats Dan!

Back at it Saturday gun opener...Big guy showed himself again and the 9pt on the archery only property also surface with a broken brow tine
Coyotes also showed up on that property 3 passed my one stand today and this one has a meal in his mouth

Hope you get a crack at that buck! And the coyote(s).

Great thread.

People need to rig up some of those paint bombs to spray those poachers.

Y'all have a great hunting season.

Good luck George

Yesterday was pretty uneventful, deer seem to be locked down again. I saw a doe and fawn in the morning and 2 doe and 2 fawn in the afternoon
Cameras have gone dead since Thursday. Looks like I'm in it for the long haul. As soon as the 9pt starts showing back up I'll hunt the archery only property with my bow

Post rut lock-down is in full affect.

Saw 1 small buck in the morning, neighboring property owner shot a buck at 6:45 am was a 2 1/2 yr old 8pt something I would have passed on
The afternoon I sat front of property looking for the big buck that I've got pictures of in the "corn field" just scrub field now. I saw 9 doe but no buck in that sit
A lot of shooting in adjacent areas so now I play the wonder if I'm hunting a ghost game

Lock down here as well

Really weird year here too.
Earliest our gun season can begin and every buck spotted was on a doe in heavy cover - no chasing, just locked down.

How long is the season there, Dan? If he hasn't already met his fate, he'll likely show soon.

Gun season runs 3 weeks then 10 day muzzleloader then closes a few days and opens up day after Christmas till New years...have a long time to grind I guess

I’ve hunted the last 3 days I’ve seen 1 possum 1 house cat and a spike buck

Things are still locked down saw some doe and 2 4 pt buck yesterday

Well today was the day luck was in my favor. Front was coming in late morning and heavy rain for cast for next couple days so even though I wasn't feeling confident I made myself go knowing I wouldn't be hunting after this morning with the bad weather.
I decided to hunt a stand I had not hunted this year and with a SE wind it seemed one of my only options.
I had a single doe come through at 7:10 am too far and too thick to shoot even if I wanted to.
45 minutes later I caught movement and pulled up the bino's to see it was the 4 pt I saw yesterday afternoon. I started to video him with my phone when I noticed another deer behind him. I dropped the phone into my pocket and pulled up the glass again to see an 8pt buck, couldn't tell if he was a shooter as they and got into some thick slashings. I figured that was the end of it but they both were sniffing around at the ground like bird dogs. They worked around I think smelling the doe that had passed earlier figuring she must be hot. Another glance with the bino's and still wasn't sure but figured better get the gun ready just incase. The 8 pt hit and opening for a brief moment and I got a going away view and said hmmm looks good. I didn't have a shot and again they seemed to be going away. They kept sniffing the ground and headed towards where I had seen the doe. I had one opening and the buck crossed into it at 90 yds and I put the cross hairs on his shoulder and he was still moving and squeezed the trigger of my custom 20 ga Tarhunt slug gun. He kicked his bask legs up like a mule and turned and started running straight back at me ! I was picking an opening to shoot him again when he dropped in some high weeds and down falls 40 yds from me. I waited 15 minutes but I knew he was done. He's not the monster buck I was after but a good one and I don't even know if my target buck survived the weekends shooting fest on the neighboring properties?
Both buck tags are now punched I have some doe tags and may hunt later in the season if the urge strikes me.
Thanks for following along on another years hunting journey with me!