Of 33 stand locations, only a dozen were in his core area. My point was that by spending more time on different properties, with the potential of getting lucky on a different shooter, is better than constantly hunting the same deer. Plus, you will simply push a big boy out of his core area, or shut down his day-time movement completely.

Last season I wasn't prepared with enough property for hunting everyday (first full-time season). Alot of the ground I was hunting ended up not being nearly as good as I thought, so I was kind-of forced to overhunt certain areas. I was actually forcing myself to drive to Illinois every few days to take pressure off my Iowa spots.

I'll be completely honest, when I killed the buck I'm refering to, it was pretty much luck. I was basically setting up in the last ravine that I hadn't hunted because the nasty NW wind forced me to. I was so depressed on the day of the hunt that I wasn't even going to hunt. A phone-call from a hunting buddy motivated me to get out there, so I went and set-up on the worst night of the year, November 15th! Remember the storm that blew in the mid-west and shut-down hunting for those few days? That's what forced that big buck out of his bed early that afternoon, he knew what was coming, but never expected a jakhammer in the lungs! hehehe....

The hardest thing to know when hunting A particular deer is when to stay out, and when to go after him. Andrae D'Aquisto, President of Lone Wolf Treestands is probably one of the best hunters I've met when it comes to hunting "One Particular Buck". I have learned alot from him, but have a long way to go to even come close to being on his level! If you can, read some of the articals written about him for some of his unconventional approaches at hunting mature deer. They're are a few posted on the Lone Wolf website I think?