Run-up to Deer Camp

I spied this buck while bow hunting November 2.  He blends-in rather well in the big bluestem - but he's there, top third of the photo immediately left of center.

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He was out of range but those wide-set antlers were a perfect identifier.

Last weekend the girls and I hiked the trail camera circuit and fetched the SD cards from six patient sentries that keep track of the comings and goings of the local wildlife.  Including male deer that we have come to identify by the distinctive nature of their headgear.

Including these photos of the very same deer.

This was taken on November 9th.

This one too.

And this one on November 10th.

Precisely on the trail he was following when I spied him a couple of weeks ago.  It is noteworthy that these are all daytime photos - evidence of the rut continuing.   To my deer camp pals it would appear that anyone hunting from the Taj, the Creek Stand and the First Guard Tower might stand a chance of seeing this big boy.

Unless, of-course, the neighbors haven't dropped it beforehand....