Tuesday afternoon was hot and still as we drove out to a stand. On the way, spotted a 10 point buck, tall, 2" outside his ears, but not a lot of mass. He was pawing the ground, stirring up a cloud of dust. Stopped the truck, stepped out and started to rattle the horns. He looked at the (running) truck 175 yards away, then returned to his pawing. We figured he was making a scrape so watched a few minutes before noticing the tips of another buck's antlers back in the brush a ways.
This 12 pointer was a bit more promising, but could only see the tips, so shut the engine off and climbed up on the truck for a better look. Still could only see a couple of inches of antlers, though. My hunting partner picked up the horns and began to rattle as the 10 pointer eased off into the brush and the 2nd rack disappeared.
We watched a few minutes and were about to give up when the 2nd buck's antlers re-appeared behind the same brush where we first saw him, then took a couple of steps forward and stretched his neck to peer over a short bush at the truck. Could only see about 8-10" of his neck but that was enough.
Nothin' like the rut in the brush country!
Have a blessed Christmas and prosperous New Year, all.
Regards,
hps
This 12 pointer was a bit more promising, but could only see the tips, so shut the engine off and climbed up on the truck for a better look. Still could only see a couple of inches of antlers, though. My hunting partner picked up the horns and began to rattle as the 10 pointer eased off into the brush and the 2nd rack disappeared.
We watched a few minutes and were about to give up when the 2nd buck's antlers re-appeared behind the same brush where we first saw him, then took a couple of steps forward and stretched his neck to peer over a short bush at the truck. Could only see about 8-10" of his neck but that was enough.
Nothin' like the rut in the brush country!
Have a blessed Christmas and prosperous New Year, all.
Regards,
hps