What an evening. Had a doe come in at 4:30, leave, then come back. She fed for about an hour in two shooting windows. I was tempted as I needed another deer to fill my chili quota for next year. After an hour this nice buck steps out 85 yards up and comes and chases the doe off of the corn. I prayed for a good shot, and it must have been, he only went 60 steps. No tracking job at all. I stumbled on him coming back from the truck after a 30 minute wait. He's no trophy to anyone but me, but to me he's a real good deer for this area. 14 &7/8s inside, with double brow tines on both sides. 3.5 years old. Not bad for a public hunting lands buck in December.
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