I had the craziest evening hunt of my entire hunting career tonight. I had 4 does come in at legal last light and feed on the flat I was on. They were there for about 10/15 minutes and all of a sudden all hell broke loose. Three bucks came in all at once and starting grunting and running them everywhere. This goes on for at least ten minutes or so and when the majority of the deer worked off the flat, my shooter came walking directly under my tree. Again, way past legal… anywho. He proceeded to walk towards the old tram road, when I heard a snort wheeze. Next thing I knew he snort wheezed back and all of a sudden a full on brawl. 15/16 yards from me. Most incredible buck fight I’ve ever seen and the most aggressive. That big buck I was after and what looked to be a very mature 8/10 point! They were knocking over sapling trees and rolling on the ground. Grunting, coughing sneezing and all! It was absolutely insane. 40/50 second of full chaos and then nothing. I also never got to lay eyes on that third buck. Only heard him grunting! So after the fight They both went their separate ways and I proceeded to wait 40 more minutes to get out having to coyote call just to make sure I didn’t booger any deer on the way out! SO THE HUNT WENT GREAT…. Bad news. I found out about ten minutes ago that the property that I’ve been on is starting their select cutting of trees on this 30 acre chunk. 176 trees and supposed to take a week…. I’m torn on what to do and how to approach this but I know I just have to be in the woods, regardless of the timbering… Just thought I’d share my evening with you guys. BTW the does weren’t having any of it.
