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Don't I know it....
I did see 3 very large bucks this year and I think in general it was a year with a lot of big bucks around. I was hunting the same farm as a story I posted early in this thread and i'm certain I had an encounter with a son of the buck in that story, a massive 12 point. He was an asshole though and came in behind me and mauled a hedge tree for 20-30 minutes and had a doe with him and never gave me a shot. I saw a couple of nice bucks come through, into a CRP field and across, stop and run down towards what I assume was the doe and then they must have seen him because they about turned inside out spinning around so fast and hauling ass over the hill. I had pics of a big one on my farm Aug, Sept, Oct...no pics in Nov.....which isn't uncommon...but I know I had him about 50 yards in the brush for a while one morning. I could see glimpses of anters and hear brush smashing and bucks running off when they came through, but never got a shot. It's frustrating, but its part of the deal.
What annoys me most is I've been doing this for more than 20 years and have far more years with lessons learned than heads on a wall. Then some 15 year old kid comes to town, first time hunting and smashes a 190.......or the "pros" shooting 2 in an hour.
What's ruining bow hunting for me far more than missing a deer are the "pros".....those assholes are making it almost embarrassing to be called a bow hunter where I live.
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