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Post by boonechaser on Dec 30, 2021 8:28:12 GMT -5
This guy is a tough one. Only 3 pics of him this year (All night). Did see him 1 evening this summer in a food plot. At minimum 5.5 I lean 6.5. Long body, full chest extending into next and sway in back. As far as we know survived 2021 season.
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Post by boonechaser on Dec 30, 2021 8:30:55 GMT -5
Working on picture.
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Post by boonechaser on Dec 30, 2021 8:33:27 GMT -5
Pic 1
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Post by Sasquatch on Dec 30, 2021 8:36:16 GMT -5
So evasive is the Ghost that even his photo eludes us! He's like the bucks on my trailcam that only show up at 2:00 AM. Hope he wanders by you next year.
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Post by HuntMeister on Dec 30, 2021 8:40:12 GMT -5
My best guess, you need to figure out where he is bedding and see if you can setup close to him on an early season evening hunt.
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Post by boonechaser on Dec 30, 2021 8:43:37 GMT -5
Pic 2
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Post by Sasquatch on Dec 30, 2021 8:49:01 GMT -5
Oh yeah! Old fart probably has more kids than Jim Bob Duggar. He needs to wear your tag.
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Post by boonechaser on Dec 30, 2021 8:49:02 GMT -5
My best guess, you need to figure out where he is bedding and see if you can setup close to him on an early season evening hunt. The last pic is right in front of 1 of stands. Lol. Bedding on neighboring property which is off limits. No acorns here this year due to late frost so limited to travel corridors this past year.
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Post by MuzzleLoader on Dec 30, 2021 9:07:41 GMT -5
I’d say he heard that camera go off. Spooking him.
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Post by greghopper on Dec 30, 2021 9:09:50 GMT -5
Thin that herd of does you got that will make him travel for love then he dies!
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Post by boonechaser on Dec 30, 2021 9:11:47 GMT -5
I lease this property off my neighbor and joins my farm. Creek drainage divides us and his property is all wooded with no food sources other than acorns SO just a pass through property. He stays on a adjoining property (300 acres) mostly which is owned by a Doctor and managed for deer. Perfect scenario for growing mature bucks.
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Post by Mack Apiary Bees on Dec 30, 2021 9:24:15 GMT -5
Yep, most have no idea how nocturnal bucks and mature does get. Once they're 3.5 years old that's it.
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Post by deadeer on Dec 30, 2021 9:47:11 GMT -5
Built like a tank. Muscular body
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Post by greghopper on Dec 30, 2021 9:55:28 GMT -5
Yep, most have no idea how nocturnal bucks and mature does get. Once they're 3.5 years old that's it. There are many a Mature Deer shot in October/November every year ….. they all are not nocturnal!
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Post by Woody Williams on Dec 30, 2021 10:14:21 GMT -5
Yep, most have no idea how nocturnal bucks and mature does get. Once they're 3.5 years old that's it. There are many a Mature Deer shot in October/November every year ….. they all are not nocturnal! Yep.. the once a year sex orgy brings them out of hiding.
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Post by boonechaser on Dec 30, 2021 10:31:10 GMT -5
There are many a Mature Deer shot in October/November every year ….. they all are not nocturnal! Yep.. the once a year sex orgy brings them out of hiding. All deer make mistakes , just older a buck get's the less he may make. That said IMO 3.5 year olds are easiest bucks to kill and often guys think they are older than actually are. This particular stand location is secluded and if hunted is a all day set, just for fact that it's a 35 minute walk with a mountain to climb just to get to. We currently have a camera still out on same spot and will be pulling in next few days.
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Post by boonechaser on Dec 30, 2021 10:35:12 GMT -5
I’d say he heard that camera go off. Spooking him. I don't think so. Hunting partner killed a 140 class 11 point out of this set on Nov.1st at 12;45 p.m. only time this year that stand has been hunted and not been hunted since. I've not hunted this property this year as I killed my buck 3 days later on my adjoining farm SO this property got next to no hunting pressure this year.
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Post by boonechaser on Dec 30, 2021 10:43:50 GMT -5
Hunting partner killed 4 days earlier at 12:45 p.m. this set. (I picked stand location several years ago.) He has killed 3 bucks out of in last 6 years. 150 class 10, a net 174 class 10 and this 140 class 11 point..
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Post by boonechaser on Dec 30, 2021 10:44:31 GMT -5
2021 buck
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Post by greghopper on Dec 30, 2021 11:10:46 GMT -5
Any Idea the age of that buck? 4.5/5.5?
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