Public land nemesis

[Hilljackoutlaw]

He has surfaced again.

 

[bigsky2]

I love this thread. How many cameras do you have out?

 

[Hilljackoutlaw]

I love this thread. How many cameras do you have out?

6 cams that are focused on him, and 4 others I got out in places he could be but not likely.

 

[turbobrick]

This is the year, I feel it.

 

[BrentD]

He looks better than ever. Good luck!

 

[seeth07]

Do you have any different plans this season to make it happen? This buck clearly has you pegged unfortunately and I'm curious as to what you can do differently to make it happen This fall.

 

[smalls]

That deer is like the Derek Zoolander of whitetails, "really, really, ridiculously good looking."

 

[VAspeedgoat]

I'm with some of the others. This is one of my favorite threads.

 

[Hilljackoutlaw]

Do you have any different plans this season to make it happen? This buck clearly has you pegged unfortunately and I'm curious as to what you can do differently to make it happen This fall.

I have moved 3 stands. 2 slightly and one all the way to the other side of a bedding area. Ill approach them from different ways each time. Not much else I can do. He shows up multiple times in daylight come the rut every year. I just gotta be there when he does. He didn't get to be 7 or 8 by being dumb. I also have a new stand in a new area for early season that I have high hopes for. But if he out smarts me again this year that'll be OK, its just fun playing cat and mouse with him. If he ever dies or I harvest him ill have a big void to fill in my life. Haha

 

[seeth07]

I have moved 3 stands. 2 slightly and one all the way to the other side of a bedding area. Ill approach them from different ways each time. Not much else I can do. He shows up multiple times in daylight come the rut every year. I just gotta be there when he does. He didn't get to be 7 or 8 by being dumb. I also have a new stand in a new area for early season that I have high hopes for. But if he out smarts me again this year that'll be OK, its just fun playing cat and mouse with him. If he ever dies or I harvest him ill have a big void to fill in my life. Haha

Thats awesome. Sounds like this public is a little honey hole for you with no other pressure as well which is good!

 

[Birddog916]

Wow great thread. Thank you for sharing. I hope you get a shot at him this year.

 

[bigsky2]

Hopefully the guy running around in his undies didn't blow him out.

 

[wyoboypt]

If you don’t get him this year I guess I will come over there and help you. Just give me the coordinates of the camera and maybe we can get it done.

 

[Red Fox]

You have a hard decision do you hunt him on opener or go after elk

 

[Hilljackoutlaw]

You have a hard decision do you hunt him on opener or go after elk

Hunting elk a couple hours away this year on an 11 day excursion so no decision this year leaving the 8th. Usually it is a tough choice tho. Ill be sitting a field edge tomorrow hoping he wanders by.

 

[CoffeeGoat]

It's a bit unreal stumbling onto this thread where the saga has been ongoing for years to get this buck. Good luck this year

 

[CoffeeGoat]

Update?

 

[Hilljackoutlaw]

Update?

Funny you ask. Tonight I sat on the fringe of the core area this buck lives. I am trying my best to stay completely out of the core area until November. So tonight at 7pm I seen a deer and he was in the brush and I got two glimpses of him about 80 yards thru binocs and I'm pretty confident it was him. It got the blood pumping! And buck fever was in full effect! Lol
Since I have been staying out of there tho I haven't checked cameras or anything. So when I do and get a pic ill share it.

 

[Auriga_5WY]

Now THIS is a hunting saga. One way or the other I expect to see "The Legend of Hilljack and Cheif" on HBO in a few years or something.

 

[Hilljackoutlaw]

Finally did a camera check. Got in and got out quickly and sneakily!! Bucks are showing up and I think I got my first ever daylight photos of chief in October to. Have to go thru photos to verify that but I can't remember ever getting daylight pics in October.

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