I just got back from five days at the lease. Upon arriving at the lease I hung a new 15 ladder stand on the far side of my opening. This side of the opening is where I posted pics of the big buck making a scrape. I decided to let the stand sit empty a couple of days before hunting it and I hunted my hang on stand near the feeder the first two days. On the first morning hunt I saw my big boy come in to the opening and tend a scrape, he never payed attention to the new stand which was empty.
I tried a grunt to bring him in range to no avail. I saw him once more during my trip but he was moving through at a trot and never presented a shot. I have a 2.5 good 8 point that comes to my feeder nearly every hunt. I could have dropped an arrow on him numerous times but he needs to live a few more years. I saw lots of deer, some of the bucks I probably would have took but knowing that big boy has some active scrapes in my stand area kept me from slinging an arrow at em. I did kill two pigs which is another first for me. This is my first year bow hunting and I have a doe so far and now two pigs. I shot both of the pigs right behind the ear and the rage 2 blade provided easy tracking jobs. The second pig I dropped in its tracks and after about 10 seconds of it laying flat on its back it jumped up and ran about 30 yards before dying.
Here are a few pics.
This scrape has fresh pee in it every morning. The buck must be visiting it in the middle of the night.
I tried a grunt to bring him in range to no avail. I saw him once more during my trip but he was moving through at a trot and never presented a shot. I have a 2.5 good 8 point that comes to my feeder nearly every hunt. I could have dropped an arrow on him numerous times but he needs to live a few more years. I saw lots of deer, some of the bucks I probably would have took but knowing that big boy has some active scrapes in my stand area kept me from slinging an arrow at em. I did kill two pigs which is another first for me. This is my first year bow hunting and I have a doe so far and now two pigs. I shot both of the pigs right behind the ear and the rage 2 blade provided easy tracking jobs. The second pig I dropped in its tracks and after about 10 seconds of it laying flat on its back it jumped up and ran about 30 yards before dying. Here are a few pics.
This scrape has fresh pee in it every morning. The buck must be visiting it in the middle of the night.
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