ORIGINAL: mobowhuntr

So I headed to the woods this evening to retrieve my camera. I did get 3 pics of bucks which confused me a little....I said to myself, "What's that stuff growing out of those does' heads??"

Anyway, the exciting part.....I bumped a SLAMMER, and I mean SLAMMER buck out of his bed this evening. I walked to within 20 feet of that rascal, and he not gotten up I would never have known he were there. He really didn't know what spooked him though, he just looked around for a minute before trotting off.

Anyway, I guess the bucks still have around 6 weeks to grow, yes? This guy is an 11 pointer, with a very typical 10 point frame. Point 11 is courtesy of a 6" drop off his left G2, and has mass to kill. He's not very wide, maybe 18", but quite tall. His G2's were pushing 11", and while I was recovering from a serious case of the shakes I rough scored him in the upper 130's to low 140's.....With time to grow....

I learned more just by SEEING that buck this evening than I have in the last 3 years of hard hunting. I've been going about it ALL wrong.....I knew there was a buck using the area, though I didn't know he was that big, but I saw him in an area I hunt, thinking it is an evening feeding area.......WRONG! Bedding area, which compeletly changes the way I will hunt it.

Anyway, I gave thanks to God for even allowing me to see that beauty, and had a strange sensation come over me......I've never felt it before, I absolutely KNOW I'm gonna kill that buck. I don't mean that to sound arrogant at all, but have ya'll ever had that about something, anything? Not just about a kill, but anything? You just........KNOW it's gonna happen? Kinda weird I know.........Man, I don't think I'm gonna sleep tonight, I'm all kinds of fired up now! Wish I had a pic of him to show, but he didn't step in front of my camera.