Like Greg said, Its very satisfying. Its pretty much how I hunt whitetail bucks. I try to find a minimum of3 bucks a year that I want to target. Ilike to mix it up a bit by finding a couple, butthat again takes a lot of scouting in my neck of the woods anywayits nice to up the odds a bit by finding a couple. Dont get me wrong if I find an exceptional buck for my hunting area/regionlikeI did in 02 and then I killed in 03, well I prettymuch just hunted him until I killed him.

A specific buck is more predictable in his summer feeding phase and pre rut and post rut than when he is when rutting. You can still kill him during the rut, but you need to know what doe groups he targets and set up on those does. He could be a mile or two away from where he is feeding right now. Scouting cameras and snow later in theyear herefor backtrackingwork well to keep tabs on abucks routes for both feeding and rutting...

If hes an older buck he most likely will have certain areasand certain doe groupshe targets during the rut. I have "dated" specific bucks on specific doe groups, mind you my doe groups are spread out, low deer densities here..anyway and then the next year to the day the same danged buck showed up again and I killed him 100 yards from where I saw him a year earlier! Several bucks I have dated and they show up within a day or two the next year. Again I am hunting big woods bucks that travel to and from doe family groups that are fairly spread out. Thank you photoperiod and estrus cycle of the does.

Back to the feed. I don't know when your season opens, but my archery success of specific bucks that I have both found sheds(some several sets)too and spent a lot of time spying on is now at 6 bucks all mature.Four of the six I bowkilled outside of the rut/breeding phase of the rut. Several others that Inever killed..well they taughtmeas muchor more than those that I have killed.I put a lot of stock into feeding routes leaving bedding areas. Do everything you can to not let himknow your after him. in your set ups. All the common scents stuff..did I say "scent"? LOL

Good luck,
Troy

Below is a buck I shot this last Dec post rut. I watched him grow up for two years and killed him 400-500 yards from where I found his 2.5 year old shed. From shed to dead... He shoud have never left that clue behind ...