Night two of our deer hunt had Kyle in face-to-face encounter with the brow tine buck! Unfortunately, round 1 went to the giant buck.

Instead of setting up his stand at the bottom of the ridge (where he normally does) he ‘watched’ at the top of the ridge. As fate would have it, the monster buck showed up with a ‘doe in tow’ at the bottom of the ridge. Kyle was able to see the buck make a scrape and waited for him to present a good shot. At 75 yards (and uphill), Kyle shot – and missed. The buck vanished into the fading light.

This has been the highlight of our week so far – despite the fact that I have not seen any deer yet. Our sightings are now at 6 deer. Howie missed two deer yesterday afternoon. We are seeing more fresh scrapes as the week progresses. This could indicate that the pre-rut is heating up.

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*the brow tine buck photo was captured last year on Kyle’s trail cam