Greg,

I have not yet been fortunate enough to shoot a mature buck. I have hunted one, this season, that I saw twice and did not succeed in taking.

I thought it was a good question though, and I was really intrigued by everyone's answer. What conclusions do you think we can draw from that? Just looking at the bucks that people HAVE seen before, it seems like there are two general categories. The ones that were seen anywhere from months to a year before, and then ones that were seen a few days before.

Do you think this is representative of two classes of bucks, with the one group being residents of the hunter's area, and the other being roaming bucks due to seasonal, food, or (probably most common) rut factors? Wondered what you thought about that, since that is what I thought everyone's answers showed.

Interesting question.

Jon