I finally got logged in so I better post these while I can. First trail cam checks today and based on the 12-15 bear pictures I had I would say the bears are hammering the neighbors corn about now. One of the pictures was this afternoon 12 minutes before I walked in there.

There are some nice bucks in there. Your bow season starts in a few weeks are you going after them?

No, I am not a stick and string guy. This guy is using the same bedding area (and trail) as the buck that I shot 2 years ago was.

big bruiser!

… how much you reckon that big sonagun weighed 160 ?

Nice looking bucks 160. You got something to look forward to.

X2 great looking bucks

It is too early to tell. I haven't even seen a good picture of his whole body yet to look at his back and such. He will pork out a little in the next 2 months on acorns and apples. Most of them that I shoot are in the 180-200 pound range. Mind you, most that I see will dress 140. My biggest dressed 234 but I didn't shoot that one off my home place. That was a Boundary Waters buck.

The pictures aren't loading for me, but I hope you have the rifle loaded.
Let me know if you need help dragging critters out of the brush.

That one has small ears.

Do they get AG fields?
Or just 160 the tree manager guy?

There isn't a lot of agricultural land around here but there are a fair amount of Red Oak on my place and a bunch of apple trees. The neighbors have corn planted this year so that always draws them in. I like hunting bedding areas, the thickest, nastiest stuff I can find and have had good luck shooting bucks I have never seen before in there. I gave up on food plots and such years ago. This particular area in HEAVY willow, ash and Cedar. I mow shooting lanes but most of the good bucks will only cross them if on a hot doe. Most will circle around them.

Really nice bucks!!

…. I was talking about the dead one dude

… but carry on

198 pounds.

… big animal

… that dressed weight ?

I'm got about 32 cameras out and I get tons of pictures of everything. Hope to get a wandering tom lion someday... I did get a cool picture (what I consider cool) recently.... nothing huge but kinda unique !

Yes sir. This stand is a first rate son of a gun to get an animal out of. I pull out every bit of fat that I can before dragging. Some years I can float them out of there in an Otter sled. The water is usually about knee deep.

… thank you for the prompt response

… carry on

160,
That looks like a death valley setup with that shooting lane thru that rough. I like those type setups for rifle hunting.

Think I’ll shoot a MN buck this year!