Clearing and building fire breaks today in Stewart county, NRCS contract for a large clear cut tract being put into NWSG's. I have been working on this property as well as running cameras, hunting, and mapping for almost 3 years now. There are a good many overgrown clearcuts with 3 to 5 years worth of growth on them. Today I was working my way down a east facing slope and 50 yards in front of me an extremely wide, heavy and tall 10 stood and looked straight at me, I dethrottled the dozer to pick up my jaw while he looked right then left, clearly showing off then hopped away. Pretty sure I heard him laugh as he left…
Now I have a 150 + on the wall, I have helped recover a few 160's and one over 170. So I feel confident when I say I saw a 180 + inch ghost today! 3 years of pictures weeks of scouting and months of working in the vicinity of this location and never a clue, no big rubs, no pics, no hunters reports, nothing even close to this guy in any way.
I have always said there are bucks that will avoid cameras, food plots, corn piles and salt blocks. They didn't get that old and big by being careless.
Now I have a 150 + on the wall, I have helped recover a few 160's and one over 170. So I feel confident when I say I saw a 180 + inch ghost today! 3 years of pictures weeks of scouting and months of working in the vicinity of this location and never a clue, no big rubs, no pics, no hunters reports, nothing even close to this guy in any way.
I have always said there are bucks that will avoid cameras, food plots, corn piles and salt blocks. They didn't get that old and big by being careless.