I've got a shooter buck running around my property that I thought was dead but I also just found a ladder stand on the other side of the fence line he runs. The farm above me is being leased. They dropped about 100 pounds of corn under an oak tree but I'm between the bucks bedding area and their bait pile. We'll see what happens. I'm heading back down tonight and getting back out tomorrow morning. I haven't been there since Sunday. That was the day the ladder stand went up and the bait went down so there's a good chance the buck I'm after is still alive. I hunted him last year too, he's smart and elusive, stays away from bait piles, moves on top of the ridges. Hopefully, he's still alive and the pressure above will push him down into my area or at least let me get a crack at him on the fence line a few hundred yards before that bait pile. He may go there cruising for does but I doubt many bucks are interested in corn piles right about now.
Other than that, last week I saw the buck I'm talking about now but couldn't get a shot at him and couldn't even get him to pause for a grunt. He wasn't alarmed, just walking. Same night I saw a button buck. Next night I saw the button buck again and the following night I saw a year and a half old spike who only had one side of his rack. He was a pretty big boy and he gave me a show for about 20 minutes at 20 yards. I didn't see squat in the mornings, I must be a noisy bastard, I dunno.
It seems the bucks are starting to move around more in the daylight, good times. I'm headed down tonight and will be down in Carrollton until Sunday. Looks like there's going to be some rain in the picture but it is what it is. I wish I could have been out yesterday and today!
Good luck this week, gentlemen. Stay safe!
