Sorry fellers, went out this am, 26ºF. Beautiful. Had a nice 1.5-2.5yr 6 or 8 point come in right at daybreak, all i could see was him and the fact he was outside his ears with some tines on top (gotta be a "mature" buck per landowner). Anyways, he was practically running into my doe estrus, he went behind a tree i drew back and bam, he wasnt behind the tree any longer. Gone.[:'(] However, we have been 7 or 8 times to this place and have seen bucks each time.

A little while later I took a shot on a smaller but respectable buck and misjudged the distance, shot right under him. that youngin literatally ran to that scent wick i had out

They're in Rut in NYS.

Later my buddy saw 2 spike one on a does butt out of that same stand. Ill be back!