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Arkansas Monster

I knew you’d like that. Truth though. You could tell that deer felt pretty darn safe where he was. He was reluctant to leave and got killed cause of it.
I think a key component in that discussion is the general area where that deer was killed compared to lots of other parts of the country. That area is part of tens of thousands of acres of hardwood river bottoms, most of which has been cut through to some extent. There is literally security cover for as far as most humans would care to walk. Big difference in that and lot of other areas of broken country with smaller woodlots where you might find a giant on a couple hundred acres that only has maybe 20-30 acres of security cover tops.
 
I think a key component in that discussion is the general area where that deer was killed compared to lots of other parts of the country. That area is part of tens of thousands of acres of hardwood river bottoms, most of which has been cut through to some extent. There is literally security cover for as far as most humans would care to walk. Big difference in that and lot of other areas of broken country with smaller woodlots where you might find a giant on a couple hundred acres that only has maybe 20-30 acres of security cover tops.

More reason the deer could have vacated. Older deer don’t move far, making them hard to find. The guy found one, and from what I get of the story, was a max of 1/2 mile between cams and encounters. That’s a small area if you’re hunting a specific food source.
 
Smartest thing the guy did was keep his mouth shut about finding it. Hats off to those that knew for keeping it on the DL and giving him the opportunity.
 
More reason the deer could have vacated. Older deer don’t move far, making them hard to find. The guy found one, and from what I get of the story, was a max of 1/2 mile between cams and encounters. That’s a small area if you’re hunting a specific food source.
I agree older deer dont generally move far but it is hard for folks that havent hunted that country to understand exactly what it is like, same as I dont fully comprehend what tracking deer in the adirondacks is like. There are areas that are 2-6k acres cutovers with smallish areas of mature or maturing timber mixed in. No ag except out on the edges of the bottoms and over a 10k acre area the greatest elevation change wont hide a dwarf. Lots of sections will only have a single elevation line and the intervals on the maps for down there are in 5' increments. A half mile move in that world while not big can still be like changing counties in a lot of places.
 
He did mention in a podcast I listened to that someone had pics of the deer a couple miles away and across the Arkansas River in the late summer.....

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28:40 wow he better check his pants I think he may have just conceived a virgin or three. Wasn't expecting that but it seems fairly genuine. Onto the recovery I hope he doesn't wake my kids again.

I couldn’t help, but laugh. That was awesome and a great video. I had stumbled across his channel a while back and wished he put out more stuff. Was shocked when this one popped up as I had no knowledge of him killing that thing. Again, great video, lol
 
So I've watched it twice now. I've learned...

You'll never catch a smart-ole-buck™ at a food source in the day time.

You'll never shoot a smart-ole-buck™ if you fling arrows at other critters that walk by your stand.

You'll never shoot a smart-ole-buck™ if you keep hunting the same area, over-pressuring it and letting him pattern you.

You gotta climb high and really pay attention to your scent control to kill smart-ole-bucks™

Smart-ole-bucks™ learn from mistakes (like letting somebody from friggin ARKANSAS stick them with the pointy end) and drastically change their patterns. Put ANY pressure on him and...HE GONE!

Smart-ole-bucks™ cannot be killed by "simple" conventional methods that work for every other deer in the woods like, say...setting up on hot feed trees.

I better watch it a third time.
 
At least a third time…..no mention of checking trail cams, bringing in a dog…..keep up little buddy.
 
At least a third time…..no mention of checking trail cams, bringing in a dog…..keep up little buddy.

You forgot that you have to be full Camo, head to toe including face paint and Camo tinted contact lenses.


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Dammit! I’m slipping in my old age, thanks for the correction my brutha
 
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