Last year, I was driving around just flicking my tailgate > feeder (as I always do) and I came across a beautiful 150 > class 9 point that really caught my attention! I was up on a > hill which we call rooster's foot and this hill > overlooks three senderos that face directly into the sunset. > This is my favorite spot on our property not only because of > the beautiful view, but also for the monster bucks that I > see at the bottom of it. This buck that was chasing does on > one of the senderos was a great middle age 9 point and I > proceeded to film him and was excited to see what he would > do this year. I didn't want to place a feeder in his > area because I knew that he was a skittish deer and would > not like a new object in his area. This would probably hurt > my chances more than helping them. So I continued to follow > the same routine of throwing corn in the same spot where he > came to the first time. I started to do this two weeks > before hunting season this year and boy > did it pay off! I placed a tree camera on that same spot > and would consistently flick the feeder in the same spot and > maybe I would catch a snap shot of him. To my surprise, I > went out to check my pictures one night and BINGO, there he > was! Wow, his rack exploded! Now I was scoring him on the > picture at a conservative 165 + class. Well, we began to > hunt this deer in the area and just the day before > yesterday, we got him and all on film too! I was off on the > picture score because to my surprise he ended up scoring 170 > 2/8!!! I will be posting the hunt of this buck on my > websites for you to enjoy. Moral of the story is, never > underestimate the tailgate feeder and a tree cam, this is > how I found him. Oh and by the way I thought the buck was > not going to like stationed feeders, ha, we shot him right > next to one! We just never know with these great and > unpredictable whitetails. > > Happy hunting, > VP > > P.S. Don't Shoot Young Big Bucks, it pays off to let > them grow!