Kro,

I suspect as the others have stated that the odds are your buck simply didnt have the ever so motivatingandoh so crucial estrus phermones of a doe present.....to entice him in. Yet there is some meritfor a very small percentage of super "secretative whitetail bucks thatannually opt out of the rut. From a biological standpoint, these secretative bucks produce very low amounts of testosterone and simply live alife of feeding and surviving. There are several documented cases of several larged racked bucks of which have been harvested inwhich that fall into this catagory of low testosterone producing bucks. They grow enourmous antlers due to the fact that they are void of many of the stressers that coincide with the rutting ritual. For example...they take on the body type of that of a steer(minus testosterone)in the cattle world versus a bull (testosterone rich).David Morris has a chapter on these secretative bucks in his book. "Strategies for Hunting Trophy Whitetails. It's very interesting to say the least.

Best of luck the rest of the season.