It never fails

[centaur]

Yesterday was our last day to hunt bucks, and since I have a doe in the freezer, I don't need any more meat. I passed this year on several bucks in an attempt to 'let them grow' and maybe have some bigger deer in the future.
So, this morning, I went to pull a stand in my main whitetail area, and when I leave, I see Mr. Big, a wide, heavy 5x5. I watched him for several minutes as he freshened a scrape and looked at me in a very unconcerned manner. The sucker has to know that he is off limits.  This is the first time this year that I have seen this particular buck, after putting in well over 40 days in the area. They don't get big by being dumb!!  

[ron w]

Still nice to see him......you know what he will be next year,,,,,,,,,HUGE and smarter !!!  

[toehead]

Nice, hope you get to hunt him next season.

I wish him luck throughout the rest of the year.

[Hot Hap]

Kind of like the Cubs-Wait till next year-Hap

[lpcjon2]

Thats better than watching someone else dragging it out of the woods.You have patience and a great attitude, you will get him next year for sure.

[Rank Bull]

Yep next year he'll have drop tines and you'll nab him.

[wapitimike1]

Never lettem grow for the next guy. Mr Big is in the eye of the beholder!

[glass76]

Now you have even more to look forward to for next season.

[Bonebuster]

I would REALLY like to know WHO it is that supplies them a calender, and a game law book for each individual state.

I remember a giant doe in my yard destroying my apple trees on the day AFTER archery season closed. I had a feeling, and went outside to see how close I could get, and at fifteen yards, she jumped, and LAID HER EARS BACK, with a strip of hair standing on her back. She stiff legged out of my yard, as I stared in disbelief.

You have to admit, some of your most satisfying hunts are those where you could have, but didn`
t.  :D

[Friends call me Pac]

When I was a young boy around 8 years old my father took me hunting behind the house. I exspect he was just indulging me in a pretend hunt.  

I say pretend hunt because #1 he didn't bow hunt and #2 deer were seldom if ever seen at the edge of our lawn.  I think we might have been 50 yards from the front door.  It didn;t matter becasue at the time we were hunting at least in my mind.  

We sat on a fallen log until it started to get dark then we headed back to the house.  As we walked home I asked dad why we didn't see any deer?  He told me there was a big calendar in the woods and the animals checked it daily so they would know if it was hunting season or not.  I believed that story for the longest time but over the years i had forgotten it.

"I would REALLY like to know WHO it is that supplies them a calender, and a game law book for each individual state."

This statement brought the memory back instantly. Two people from two different states, hmmmm it might just be for real.