Easy, Jeff. You got buck fever and are not even in the tree stand yet.
My wife once had an 11 pointer rubbing his antlers on a sappling. Opening day. She had the gun on him and could not shoot. Buck fever. The neighbor killed him later.
We also had a story of a youth who said he emptied the gun on a buck and missed. He levered all of the cartridges out of the 30-30 and never fired a shot.
Also note how the mature buck showed no sign that he was aware of the cameras presence, and those trail shots are some of the hardest to avoid detection on.
I'm watching the weather and am planning to go down Saturday morning and hunting until Tuesday. Are you heading down? How far are you from Lamoni, IA? I may end up staying there a night or 2.
I'm watching the weather and am planning to go down Saturday morning and hunting until Tuesday. Are you heading down? How far are you from Lamoni, IA? I may end up staying there a night or 2.