it was first day of buck/doe season..yes, that buck was rutting and chasing a doe, also after i shot the buck, a coyote came out of north east and was on trail of that doe the buck was after..that coyote was at dead run after doe but i could not reload my hawkins .50 cal fast enough to get shot and i dont think i would have hit the yote..

i saw this buck before bear season in archery,he was all over place..

3 gobblers, i never saw that in 50 years of hunting the buck,usually buck stayed in about a 1 mile area..archery friends i talk to at club said they could never pattern a buck here in wmu2g this year..they would set up and find buck 3 days later 1 mile away..

i also noticed the scraps made were from same buck i got and i dont think he returned to scraps after he made them from what i saw..i think he was looking for doe in heat and could not catch up to one do to lack of doe..

everytime i saw this buck in archery, the doe that he was after was always trying to get away from him,doe running full speed to get away..

archery is extremely hard now to pattern a buck as ,i think, they are not staying home anymore do to lack of doe..