I'm in my third year of putting out game cams on relatively SMALL properties, RJ. If there's a 3.5 yr old out there.....I'd "expect" to have gotten a photo of him in at least a previous season......or the current one.
BUT....in thinking about this more....and realizing that 2.5yr olds travel more than their older counterparts.....I'm not above thinking there might be bucks that move into an area for that season....that I haven't seen (how could I have?).
Like I said.....I may change my tune on this....and if I'm wrong, I'll admit it. It's just that .....after 48 sits and weeks of game cams....on small parcels......I'd"think" I would get a glimpse of him.
I actually hope I am wrong. I'd like to have my picture taken with the first "ghost" I see
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Edit - Jeff, didn't you say the poachers shot a nice 8 or 10 pointer off the same property you hunted last year? Did you see him or know of him?
Nope. They shot him off land I don't have access to......and they don't have LEGAL access to it, either.