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<blockquote data-quote="TheLBLman" data-source="post: 5718465" data-attributes="member: 1409"><p>A couple years ago, on the very last day of TN's season, I watched a familiar 6 1/2 yr old buck stand motionless from right about sundown, until it became so dark I could no longer see him, or any the other bucks which had begun entering the field right at sundown. This was a familiar bachelor group ranging in age from 2 1/2 to 6 1/2. One 4 1/2 was a 130-class 8-pointer, which was considerably above average for TN. This 4 1/2 was always next to last to step out, the 6 1/2 was always last, and way last. By his behavior, if any "trophy" buck got shot, it would more likely be one of the others, particularly the 130-class 4 1/2 that stepped out in good shooting light.</p><p></p><p>That particular 6 1/2 was one I had named "Buford" and he was my #1 target buck in 2021. Came very close to getting him the last two days of the season. Came close, but never could get a high-probability opportunity. The next (last) day, I had him nearly dead to rights, but never had a good look at anything other than his head. Was just waiting for him to take only 3 or 4 steps, and waited, and waited about 30 minutes, by which time couldn't even see the other deer in the field.</p><p></p><p>It's a very different kind of a challenge to hunt a specific buck.</p><p></p><p>"Buford" was killed by a bowhunting friend in October 2022 @ 300 yds from where I had nearly killed him in early January 2022. He was 7 1/2 yrs old, and appeared to be in excellent health with a wide 140-plus-class mainframe 8-point rack.</p><p></p><p>Unfortunately, the bowhunter never recovered "Buford". I spent the late winter trying to find his remains to no avail. Since the trail cam pics stopped and we never saw him again, seemed a certainty the arrow wound was lethal. There was heavy rain and heavy flooding soon after he was hit, and I think he probably was washed down the creek and into the TN River. The creek we tracked him to rose from about a foot of water to over 6 feet, overflowing its banks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheLBLman, post: 5718465, member: 1409"] A couple years ago, on the very last day of TN's season, I watched a familiar 6 1/2 yr old buck stand motionless from right about sundown, until it became so dark I could no longer see him, or any the other bucks which had begun entering the field right at sundown. This was a familiar bachelor group ranging in age from 2 1/2 to 6 1/2. One 4 1/2 was a 130-class 8-pointer, which was considerably above average for TN. This 4 1/2 was always next to last to step out, the 6 1/2 was always last, and way last. By his behavior, if any "trophy" buck got shot, it would more likely be one of the others, particularly the 130-class 4 1/2 that stepped out in good shooting light. That particular 6 1/2 was one I had named "Buford" and he was my #1 target buck in 2021. Came very close to getting him the last two days of the season. Came close, but never could get a high-probability opportunity. The next (last) day, I had him nearly dead to rights, but never had a good look at anything other than his head. Was just waiting for him to take only 3 or 4 steps, and waited, and waited about 30 minutes, by which time couldn't even see the other deer in the field. It's a very different kind of a challenge to hunt a specific buck. "Buford" was killed by a bowhunting friend in October 2022 @ 300 yds from where I had nearly killed him in early January 2022. He was 7 1/2 yrs old, and appeared to be in excellent health with a wide 140-plus-class mainframe 8-point rack. Unfortunately, the bowhunter never recovered "Buford". I spent the late winter trying to find his remains to no avail. Since the trail cam pics stopped and we never saw him again, seemed a certainty the arrow wound was lethal. There was heavy rain and heavy flooding soon after he was hit, and I think he probably was washed down the creek and into the TN River. The creek we tracked him to rose from about a foot of water to over 6 feet, overflowing its banks. [/QUOTE]
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