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Mature bucks are a different animal than little deer!

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burchett.donald:
 Howard,
              Ya gotta give him one more try...Enjoy the hunt my friend, he will turn right next time ;)...
                                                                                                                                                Don

Pappy:
Great story, enjoyed that. Good luck on you adventure. :)
 Pappy

Dakota Kid:
A big buck like that knows when a predator is nearby. He turned left cause he knew he was being hunted. He didn't see you but part of him knew. Keep at it. He'll make a mistake eventually, probably just one though. I'll assume it's post rut where your at as well. He was probably to exhausted and hormone deficient to follow the ladies at this point. I'm actually surprised you saw him during daylight at all. Good luck, my he offer himself to the hunter.

H Rhodes:
Thanks Don.  If I get another perfect wind and it feels right, I may sit there one more time.  I wish I were going to be off on the full moon.  He strikes me as the type to move around right in the middle of the day.  I feel like I am playing checkers with a chess master. 

Thanks Pappy.  I hope I get to entertain you with a picture of him hanging from my skinning rack one day.  Either way you pegged it - it is an adventure. 

I agree with you Dakota Kid.  They have a sixth sense and, unlike most humans, they react to it, commit to it, and survive.  Yeah, I think the rut is winding down early this year.  He had no interest in that harem at all.  Post rut is a tough time, but all that mating has got to make a fellow hungry - it does me ;D.  I know where he eats, where he sleeps, and where he runs to when it gets ugly...  I have looked into his goings and comings until I thought I had him figured. He has more to teach me though, I can feel it.  Smart critters in what we call 'the north lake swamp'.  There is a group of gobblers in there that roost in that same cypress pond - we call them the 'north lake mafia'.  They have bigger medicine than these big bucks, but that is another story.     

BowEd:
Bucks here during rut do not follow the same paths as the does.There will be a beat down deer path and the old buck will walk crosswise to it.They are unpredictable and a challenge for sure.They are looking for love so you know other things take a backseat.I see them here too.Fighting with each other and breeding does.Makes for a worth while hunt.A muzzleloader could get em but I prefer the charge it leaves after getting a shot with the self bow.Good luck on getting him.

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