Trail Cam - Confirms he made it through the Controlled Hunt

[Sandman]

Hello everyone,

I made it out for the first time since the Controlled Hunt to one of the new properties that I am hunting and I pulled the card in my Moultrie Trail cam.

I set up a feeder and my camera inside the bush and about 300 yards from my climber tree. I noticed that the feeder was empty and thought that there must be a pile of hungry deer in the area as the feeder was empty ... Wrong on my part.



I guess my feeder should have a "closed" sign on it when its empty ..



As I scrolled through the 400 some pictures of a number of deer and raccoons I was very pleased to see that the fella I have been looking for everytime I have been out was still alive and well ..







Is it me or is his neck all beat up and bloody? I really cant tell as the picture quality is not the best from my Trail Cam ..



I'll be looking for him tomorrow evening ..

Cheers,
Robin

[crazyfarmer]

those would be scars from a bigger buck;)

my guess is he's a 2.5 year old and ran into a 3.5-5 year old granddaddy

if you dont get him this year, he will be one heck of a buck next year. Great mass right now

[TrophyBuck]

Thats a nice buck , hope ya tag him. He defently looks brused up. My record buck last year 285lbs did not have a mark on him, but when the butcher was taking him apart he was bleeding on the inside in his neck area.

[warningshot]

good luck getting him and get rid of a few of those coons too

[bigbuckonly1]

I would let him walk & wait on the one that kicked his but.

[vixenmaster]

Very nice Buch hope you get him

[Pydpiper]

Not only did he make it through the shotgun, but he is out eating during legal light, go get him!

[j.krug]

Not only did he make it through the shotgun, but he is out eating during legal light, go get him!

I second that...go get 'em!!

[phil]

Hell get your heart pounding!...let us know if you see him...

[Sandman]

This fella is beat up more than I realized .. His forehead is a little bloody too (look at pic #4). Also after looking at the pics he has a neat little spur/kicker just above his right eye (pic #6).

I agree with everyone - I would love to see the lad who kicked his a$$.

It's a new property and I am just trying to learn the lay of the land with the deer (I didnt recieve permission until the end of September). I hunted it last night and just after legal shooting time a big bodied deer came out approx 40 yards from me as I was at the bottom of the tree putting my bow in the case. The wind favoured me so I snorted a couple of times and he trotted off towards the corn field.

As I left the back 200 acres I spotted a number of deer in the front fields .. Im sure Ill figure it out around Decmeber 31st.

Cheers,

[DanO]

Somebody on here said it takes 3 to 4 years to figure out a new property and I'd agree. Oh well, it's time well "wasted"!

Good Luck
Dan O.

[R.J.]

Beauty buck ! Cool picture !