Hunted my backyard this weekend. Just about to give up and go back in for a cup of coffee and this guy sneeks up on me to about 10 yds. Haven't seen any bucks in a while so it was a pleasant suprise. Gonna be some good eats at my house!
Sweet....that must be a helluva back yard!!
3/4 acre of creek and woods with a 30 acre soybean field behind that . Technically speaking I hunt the edge of the field. It's nice to have good neighbors.
nice, this one needs one more year, we have managed apr 600 acres for four years this is what we are getting on cameras seeing about three does per buck five yrs ago we were lucky to see one buck for ten or more does and they were small
That's some nice headgear, I like them wide.
Patience pays, let the smaller ones walk and you will be rewarded. About 10 years ago I was lucky enough to have permission on about 500 acres on 4 parcels in Wake county. I was just figuring out what management tactics worked and seeing some amazing results when most of the properties were sold and planted in ticky tacy subdivisions. Since I have been relegated to hunting gamelands or long distances from home. This is the first buck I have harvested in 5 years, I just haven't seen one I could bring myself to take. This one's rack was not proportional to his body. My best guess is he weighed around 180lbs. Hunting archery I just couldn't stand it having that much meat broadside at 20 yds. 
He wouldnt get one more year if he walked in front of me:) Its good that you can let one like that walk...I just couldnt do it.
Here's a couple I hope to see on my 37 acres in Anson Co
Here's a couple I hope to see on my 37 acres in Anson Co
Let me know if you'd like some help
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