This is about a mile from my house in an area that doesn’t look very good.

Guess it's looking better now.

nice one

now if you can just make it daylight on October the 31 st ( Happy Halloween)

Gee thanks!!

Another view

Not sure how to get this guy. This area has a spring so maybe he’ll come to water before dark. Season opens sept 1st

There are other nice bucks showing up just before dark. Like I said, the area doesn’t look like much...

Ok lets see you shoot him now. You want to see all the good ones I had on camera I didn't see again to shoot or only saw a couple times with no shot. LOL

Nice looking deer hope you do get a crack at him though.

Just saying the percentage of deer shot off trail cameras has not been that great for me so I see it as it shows the time they were there not the time they will be back especially in shooting light.

Best of luck to you. That's a challenging animal.

Apparently there is something good that you're not seeing. ;) Good luck with him this season. Hope you get close to him in the daylight.

I agree. I’ve not killed a deer that I’ve seen on trail cam despite getting a lot of photos.

Just nice to think of what’s possible...

That doesn't look very good indeed. Why don't you show me where it is and you can go to a better spot. Hey, I'm just trying to help you out. Ha!

Nice buck.My brother in law sees them similar to that every year on a trail cam, but can never corner one to shoot it.Week of halloween is best for me,so i tell him to hunt that week in Pa. Still can not corner one . Go figure.

He will be nice in a couple years

It’s going to be a waiting game for sure.

The first few days of an early season is one of the best times to kill a buck like that. Plan your strategy and execute quickly.

That's why he's there...go get him. Good luck

I would take a shot at him any day, 7 days a week. By the way, he doesn't need a couple of years to be nice, he is very nice right now.

There’s a spring right near the photo. I’m going to slip in a put my stand up Saturday and be there the first evening to see if he shows.

I can approach undetected.

I hate it when a monster is in the neighborhood, people from far and near come to push it around. The trouble is here that things get crowded and busy and put the rest of herd on a stress schedule. I got a look at last years big boy in full velvet yesterday. I hope he keeps tight, last year poachers were cruising the gravels after dark trying for him.

To make matters worse I’ve lost 2 cameras in one week from my prime area.

Does the neighborhood know about him? I'd put a gamecam there that texts you pictures so you can stay out until it's time to hunt.Its great to know he's there.

No Nobody know

You can’t see the deer from the road and it hardly looks promising

What kind of camera to send me texts?

Thinking of trying to slip in and hang a stand Saturday. Bucks cruising the edges right at sunset. Early early in the morning but no access then.

Check into SpyPoint or Bushnell both make those kind of GCs.

Ok

Reading reviews now. Thank you. Might have to sell a few bows...

That's a monster! Best of luck!

Those are deer the mfgr. program into the cameras just to make you think you need to put out more cameras.

We used to run loose thread across trails to try to pattern them. One large buck with an odd rack near town was in my buddies switch grass one day. 2nd week in October. We saw him two days later 7 miles to the east when heading out for an afternoon hunt. The next week my farmer friend's son put a stalk on him 4 miles northwest of his farm. Those big boys do get around.

It is sure interesting to see what’s out there! I’m sure he’ll be a long ways away in a few weeks.

I get great buck pics at 1AM its 10 AM I have a hard time seeing them (unless is the Rut)

One thing my old friend John Collins taught me is that once I know a buck is there to stay out until it’s kill time.

this should be in his core range (before and after the rut),might have a legit chance early season,any soft mast nearby?

Beans and corn everywhere. The spring created a small waterway that runs between the ag fields. I assume that is his sanctuary because it’s pretty isolated. There is a year round water source with the spring, lots of cover in tall grasses. No acorns.

I wonder if the spring brings minerals to the surface

Not sure but it definitely attracts the deer. No soft mass crops ( I had to look that up). It’s in a low spot so it’s out of sight. Should’ve been in there this winter getting things ready.

Well, it may not look good now, but at least you know where he'll be this time next August :-)

I agree with 4nolz. You know where he is now - don't pressure him and you might have a decent chance at him early before he gets into pre-rut and rut mode.

The older a deer gets, the better they get at avoiding danger and vice versa. The reason he’s there is exactly what you said, it doesn’t look good to you, so it looks good to him.

MP

is it legal to put mineral around the spring in your State?

Not this close to the season Maybe not at all. This is honestly the first time I’ve dared to look at such a spot based on what we consider prime. But this has it all. Cover, food, water.

Numerous funnels

I've had lots of big ones harvested that I had pictures of on my camera. All by my neighbors.lol. They all had pictures of them to. Those big guys do make the rounds. There's so many trail cameras out now it's probably on more cameras than yours. Not saying you might not be the lucky one. Sure hope you are. A lot of those big ones get shoot in the early youth hunt around here. Almost a shame in a way because when you start out getting one of those it's pretty hard to top it. Or even repeat it.

Bjrogg

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