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Has anyone seen a specific buck that will be the only one that they are chasing this season? I personally havent seen one yet that i will say him or nothing, but then again i can shoot atleast 3 bucks a season. Im keeping my fingers crossed though that big mo is running around out there. How bout any of you?

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I have one I've seen on game cam and from stand for the last 2 seasons. I haven't seen him since Jan, though.

If he comes by....I'll know it.;)

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I have seen a handful of bucks that i would be glad to take this season but im not going to single anyone one of them out. They pull the hocus pockus trick every year around Sept.:Dbut some good scouting and hard hunting mixed with a little luck, i may put one of them down this season. Good luck with yours.

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I have two buddies that do this religiously and I consider this to be the highest form of bow hunting.

It is hard enough to kill any decent buck bow hunting let alone to pick one out in July or Aug and spend the rest of the season plotting his demise.

I should mention that they have even done this on public land !!!!!!!!!!

I will see if I can get some before and after pictures.

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Yup! Gotta get him! Nice 8 pt, hopefully high 140's

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I have one, not saying he is the only one i will shoot but for sure the one i'm hunting for. Saw him 3 times last year. No pics of him yet but im going to check my trail cam tonight, would love to see a pic or 2 of him on there. From what i can tell he is a 10 that is taller then it is wide and alot of mass.

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Up here it is extremely hard to target a specific buck. There is no set bedding areas or feeding areas. Lot's of bush and no ag within 100 miles.

On that note, I do have a particular buck that I want to take this fall.....if he's still alive. "The Legend of Paradise Valley" We have found his sheds for the last 4 years. He was 160"+ the first year we found them and we believe he's now around 180" as a typical 10. I figure he is 7.5-8.5 years old. That in itself is extremely rare for up here, even though we have very little hunting pressure.

So I will be targeting him a lot, but not exclusively.

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Yep, I got a pic on my game cam several weeks ago. I think he'll be high 130 or low 140. I won't wait all season for him but I will definately be watching and setting my stand location for him. Good luch with yours as well...

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I typically target one specific buck in Kentucky. My farm is relatively small and a great bedding area.So, I have certain deer that will frequent it. Last year I was chasing a 140 class with a droptine. He made it through the season but had an injury to a leg towards the end. I found his shed in March and with some luck will be back on him this year. I haven't seen him since March however and only 49 days left before season opens. If I don't spot him before the opener, I hope to have my eyes on another mature deer to work on.

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We scout out aspecific buck for specific areas and only hunt them. Does that count?? :D MY time is too limited to just pick one buck in one area. We scout several differentareas and hunt the best bucks in these differentareas. By hunting season there isnowind direction stopping us from hunting big bucks. With the limited time, I am not going pass ups hunting oppertunities if the wind iswrong for huntingonly onecertain buck. Well unless he is a monster over a majority of top end bucks for my hunting area, then I would get obssessed with him.

Tim

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Yep I do it every year. I pick out the biggest bruiser on my land and specifically (try to) hunt him. It becomes an obsession. However....... in the meantime it's not going to break my heart if a bigger buck comes by that I haven't been hunting or ever seen and I'm forced totake him.:D

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where i hunt, dedicating a season to a particular buck is difficult to near impossible. the areas are highly pressured. any buck older than 1.5 years old is smarter than me most of the time. other guys hunting the areas, small game and fall turkey hunters etc etc all come into play. my areas just get hammered with pressure. im not good enough to dedicate a season to a particular buck and not eat tag soup every year.

if i had a private farm i had soul permission to and had a particular buck on it that i wanted and i probably might dedicate my season to taking him.

im not afraid to eat tag soup, but eating it yearly gets old:D

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Yea i do it. Theres been a monster buck running around my hunting grounds for at least 5 years now. Theres been alot of big bucks killed but none have his spilit right brow tine that distinquishes him. He was seen only twice last year during the season, both times by my friends dad and little brother at over 200 yards. He is very nocturnal, and when he was scene he was with 5+ does both times. I have 3 trail cam pics of him (2003, 2004, 2006).

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I have three that I amlooking for this year. One of them will most likely be a 150-160 class if last yearwas any indication.The othertwo will be in the 140's maybe all three look to be at least 3.5 last year.

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Normally no, but last year I fell into one. Hunted him (and him alone) very hard I finially killed him on the 5th sighting. My highest ever hunting accomplishment. Only a 100" 8 pt but it was the one I wanted.

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When I was a young grasshopper many moons ago I did have times when I thought like that. But it really can take all the fun out of hunting. Find multiple deer, multiple sets and have multiples of fun and experiences. I had one buck I hunted for 3 years and started the 4th. I was a total basketcase that was possesed. I wasn't nice at times either. Another buck I watched almost nightly all summer long. I had him pegged. I put up my stand at 10 PM in a driving rain to lessen the stink and avoid detection. A friend lived on the corner of the property. My stand was only 100 yards from his house....but I had this bad boy and his band of 3 fellow bucks down pat. I arrived opening day of archery season1 1/2 hours before daylight to slip into my stand. My buddy come out of the house and said, you want to see your big buck? He's laying in the ditch over there. He got hit by a car last night. The state police that came to the accident cut off his 12 point rack and took it with them. I had to settle for second best of the 4... this guy.

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yea im gonna be chasing a nice 10 pt. this season i seen on my land.