Great thread! I keep waiting for the payoff! Unbelievable bucks on your place, but tragic that you haven't caught up with Big yet. Hopefully you get an opportunity - are you going out this weekend?
I had worked really hard on our little place (90 ac low fence) for years, and had only seen smaller 8's, no trophies like what you see on your cameras. Our neighbors hunted a lot too, so I faced some of your same challenges.
Finally I got a nice big buck the first week of December last year. He was one of those "cruisers" - we had never seen him before, but was out looking for does one morning on our place (I had managed our habitat, protein, etc. fairly well which kept the does around). It felt great to get a nice buck off the place I had put so much work into. I wish you luck. Keep going out! Here was the "reward" for all my hard work (he's nothing compared to your Big, but was great for our place):
I had worked really hard on our little place (90 ac low fence) for years, and had only seen smaller 8's, no trophies like what you see on your cameras. Our neighbors hunted a lot too, so I faced some of your same challenges.
Finally I got a nice big buck the first week of December last year. He was one of those "cruisers" - we had never seen him before, but was out looking for does one morning on our place (I had managed our habitat, protein, etc. fairly well which kept the does around). It felt great to get a nice buck off the place I had put so much work into. I wish you luck. Keep going out! Here was the "reward" for all my hard work (he's nothing compared to your Big, but was great for our place):
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