He's still alive!!!

[WNY Bowhunter]

Finally, I laid eyes on target buck #1 again. The only other time that I have actually seen him was back in early July. I did manage to capture a few trailcam pics in mid-August and have spent a lot of time since then staring at these pics. I knew he was still around but he had remained elusive to this point.

I'm about ready to throw in the towel for the 2012 bow season. I didn't go out last night with the warm temps and all the shooting going on in the area but I did take a drive around before dark to do some scouting. Unbelievably, I saw "Big Boy" tending a couple of does out in a field (the property owners are anti-hunters but they let me shed hunt the place). Man, what a monster he is with his big ole swelled up neckand bone white antlers!!! I watched him through binos for a couple of minutes as he watched over the does feeding out in the clover. I'll try hunting this guy the rest of the week in the mornings but I'm not too overly confident in seeing him. Gotta give it a try though...

[BizCT]

Monster. How far away were you when you took this pic?

[WNY Bowhunter]

The trail cam pics from August were taken only a few hunded yards from where I saw him last night. All of the sightings/trailcam pics/sheds over the past three years have surrounded one section of woods there. He has a very defined home core area. As I mentioned, the major hurdle in hunting this guy is that this woodlot is owned by a couple of anti-hunters and I can't get in there to get the job done. Oh well, it was awesome just seeing a buck of this caliber on the hoof. I wish I would have had my video camera in the truck...

Edited November 12, 2012 by WNY Bowhunter

[WNYBuckHunter]

Good luck! Im done with bow for the year myself.

[WhitetailAddict11]

Slammer buck!

[mtbuck]

i be losing sleep over that hog, and my wife , job and so on, hope you get a shot at him

[MuzzyLoader]

What an OUTSTANDING Buck!

[Pygmy]

Good luck...Helluva buck....

Does your hunting land border Charlie Alshiemer's , by any chance ..??..

Just kidding..!!

[NYbuck50]

I would get in a tree near there now, and sleep in it to get a shot at that ol boy.. Goodluck, hope you get em before the gunners hit the woods

[josephmrtn]

i be losing sleep over that hog, and my wife , job and so on, hope you get a shot at him

lol lol i prob would too

[meatmuzzy]

DAMNNN! WHAT A FREAKIN BEAST!

[BizCT]

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that deer grosses over 100"

Edited November 14, 2012 by Biz-R-OWorld

[WNY Bowhunter]

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that deer grosses over 100"

He's definately over 100"...lol.

[WNY Bowhunter]

Good luck...Helluva buck....

Does your hunting land border Charlie Alshiemer's , by any chance ..??..

Just kidding..!!

Nope, it's not my property and it's 15 miles NE of Charlie's place... !!!

Edited November 14, 2012 by WNY Bowhunter

[BizCT]

He's definately over 100"...lol.

I know. I just shot him. Thanks for all in the info in allowing me to harvest this big buck.

Edited November 14, 2012 by Biz-R-OWorld

[landtracdeerhunter]

He's a nice one for sure. Say at least 12foot of antler,LOL.

[TreeGuy]

Is that a pot plant in the left corner of that pic?

[dbHunterNY]

that's a giant ... good luck getting him.

[HuntOrBeHunted]

Very nice deer.

[WNY Bowhunter]

Is that a pot plant in the left corner of that pic?

It sure is. I plant it in front of all of my trailcams. The deer love it...lol. Actually, it's just goldenrod.