Any pictures from this visit

a few, still tough to find the daylight pattern so i'm not real sure what i am gonna do saturday till i can look through all of them again good.

these pics are from a spot that would be a lot less intrusive to get into in the morning, but of course all the pics there are in the evening, interesting that the 10 is still in velvet, he is the last one to shed out there




these are from the other side of the property, just about a hundred yards away, where my tree stand is. little tougher to get in here but any morning pics of him come from this area, although most of his appearances are late in the evening.



this was after the heavy rain thursday night and friday morning, hopefully the rain and cold front will hit friday night like they keep saying

Really enjoying this thread. Good luck getting him!

Enjoying this thread!!! Seriously!!! This thread is almost more than I can bear. The build-up to the final ground checking of this buck has me loosing sleep at night! I hate this thread and at the same time I can't keep my eyes off of it! Damn you jshouse!!!! Damn you!! If I don't see a picture of you and this buck doing the Texas Trophy Hunter pose in the very near future I'm going to have a bigger break down than Mack Brown is soon to have.

Now....got anymore pictures???

GOOD LUCK!!!

haha, how do you think i feel! the wannabe "serious trophy hunter" in me knows that i should probably just sit out the first morning hunt, with as few AM daylight pics as i am getting of him, but i'm not sure i have the will power to do it. not only is he rarely there i would hate to bump him if he is there early.

but what makes it difficult is that my property is only about 250-300 yards wide and i have yet to nail down a bedding location for him even though i have had cameras scattered around for 3 years. i will catch him here and there but nothing enough to convince me that i have found his haunt. i know the guys on both sides of me know about him and one of them bow hunts, he sent me an email this morning just asking "are you ready?"

i fear that if i miss a chance at him, any chance, i may not get another. this was my chance last year....(horrible pic for my boy though )



you can barely see my stand in the tree in the upper right corner, to the right of that black dot, i picked a different set that morning, 50 yards on the other side of those trees in the background, because the wind wasnt perfect, first daylight pics of him in several weeks and he still disappeared till march after it was taken.

thoughts?

Now I know why he hides when the rut starts.

Lmao, i was waiting for it, should have known who it would come from.

I cant tell because the pick is fuzzy but I hope that's a doe...

If it is looks like the ladies just cant get enough!

Its a little spike he ran with quite a bit last summer. Maybe hes just misunderstood.

What an amazing animal! Hope to see it down...

I would avoid hunting the morning hunt and come in the middle of the day and hunt the spot that's less intrusive that you usually see him in the evenings. That's the only way to know that he hasn't busted you on your approach.

i agree with you. now if i can just talk myself into it...lol

Just get to your stand at noon the day before season starts and camp out... its worth it!

If I did something like that, dang deer would probably come out and feed from 4:00-dark the day before season and I would have to just sit there and watch him...then never see him again

You must have luck like mine!

Wow he is a Monster. I love his body mass.

if it wasnt a $49 tree stand with a foot platform as big as a shoe box i would. i guess i could try it in the pop up, i just really think if is gonna be killed, it will be at the tree stand set.

i havent ruled out sneaking in at like 2am and just strapping myself in with the phone alarm on vibrate...is night vision legal to use to get into your stand? would be really cool if it was.

Why wouldn't night vision be legal to use to get to the stand? As long as you aren't shooting in the night, what difference does it make to how you get to the stand...

I planon using my new thermal handheld to tell me if there are deer in the area when going out in the AM just to know if I need to be quiet and wait or if it is ok to go to blind. I won't have my NV scope with me so there can be no question about shooting, but any little thing that can help.

You gotta figure a way to get this guy this season. You have so many people rooting for you. I think if you never see him you need to make up some story about how he ducked your shot or something, just to give some type of closure to the story.

Really though, good luck. I hope to see pics of this buck on the ground soon!

haha, man, i appreciate it, i just want a chance....

Don't hunt the morning if he hasn't been coming in very often. You will risk bumping him out of there and alerting him that he is being hunted. Plus, you could bump him right to your neighbor. Be strong and hunt the evenings. It's your best chance. Try to check your cameras Friday and let them tell you when to hunt.

As much as it pains me, I won't be going until Sat pm for the same reason. May only get one chance with these guys.

What if he bumps him while checking cameras?

I check cameras and feed weekly, either monday or tuesday between 10a and 2p, he is there the same evenings eating. He was the first deer at the feeder after i mowed the plot last week and he was the first deer at the feeder the day i plowed and planted last fall.

I realize it sounds like i am trying to talk myself into hunting when i maybe shouldnt, but there are people and houses all around this deer everyday. I get several pics of packs of dogs running through the place every week, the
deer will scatter then be back eating within 20 or 30 mins. My south neighbor has a shooting range on his place 25 yards from the fence.

Its crazy out there, its Hunt county son.

I am going down either thursday or friday afternoon to check cams one last time. and freshen up the chum pile, i will met the pics tell me what to do.

I would drive the tractor to the blind.

hope the next pic you post is with you holding him by the horns!