A lot of "trophy" hunters get all worked up when people talk about a cagey old doe being as big a challenge as a wiley buck. I KNOW this for a fact........I saw the oldest deer I've ever seen on Friday.....and she was a BEAUTY! She was chased in by a 2-1/2 yr old that didn't do her justice! Her back was broad and she had a very blount muzzle.....really grey around it. She was without a doubt the oldest deer I've ever seen.

It got me to thinking.......

I KNOW this deer staged about 60 yds away from where the others were feeding the other day......waiting to see if the coast was clear. She pegged me in my stand when she heard my arrow nocks tap my stand. She took a fawn and headed the other way. None of th e5 bucks I saw were anywhere NEAR as cagey as her......but they're all much younger than her, too. If they live as long as her.....they'll likely get to know what she does.

I think the fact that she's older (and this isn't atypical) than the bucks around her......makes her MUCH harder to hunt.

Just my observation.

jeff