Troubles Trees
5 year old buck +
I was on a roll for roughly 10 years, usually taking a good buck with a bow and another during gun. Passed on many young bucks and a few up and comers but ultimately ate my buck tag the last 2 years. With prime season over I was headed into year 3 of tag soup (for bucks) I think I witnessed a 2nd rut this weekend. I heard several grunts from different directions throughout the morning hunt, and both hunts the day before but seeing nothing in that direction I chalked it up to trees creaking from the cold, I also saw a fork horn make a rub and a belch out a few grunts, very odd for this time of the year.
This 9 point was browsing with 6 doe in a thicket of Dogwood and Alder with some elderberry mixed in. Odd behavior for my area after the orange army takes to the woods, I’ve never seen a 2nd rut here but I’m thinking it’s what I was seeing.
Miss having a truck, my poor car had blood drooling out of the back hatch and smears on the fabric ceiling trying to cram a stiff buck in but I got it. I hunt alone so everything is hard and the pictures aren't very good.
![6B804840-BAC6-41BD-92DF-F24D6DE2D0F0.png 6B804840-BAC6-41BD-92DF-F24D6DE2D0F0.png](https://habitat-talk.com/data/attachments/47/47823-176041080a6571507a21a47e598c8941.jpg)
![AEBCA9DC-D67B-4AFF-A227-42279D96E508.jpeg AEBCA9DC-D67B-4AFF-A227-42279D96E508.jpeg](https://habitat-talk.com/data/attachments/47/47824-1118cb4d32700c1eb1a468b195e201fb.jpg)
This 9 point was browsing with 6 doe in a thicket of Dogwood and Alder with some elderberry mixed in. Odd behavior for my area after the orange army takes to the woods, I’ve never seen a 2nd rut here but I’m thinking it’s what I was seeing.
Miss having a truck, my poor car had blood drooling out of the back hatch and smears on the fabric ceiling trying to cram a stiff buck in but I got it. I hunt alone so everything is hard and the pictures aren't very good.
![6B804840-BAC6-41BD-92DF-F24D6DE2D0F0.png 6B804840-BAC6-41BD-92DF-F24D6DE2D0F0.png](https://habitat-talk.com/data/attachments/47/47823-176041080a6571507a21a47e598c8941.jpg)
![AEBCA9DC-D67B-4AFF-A227-42279D96E508.jpeg AEBCA9DC-D67B-4AFF-A227-42279D96E508.jpeg](https://habitat-talk.com/data/attachments/47/47824-1118cb4d32700c1eb1a468b195e201fb.jpg)
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