We had a cold front move in which coincides with one of my days off and that hardly ever happens. I was invited to a friend's farm with little to no pressure and one of those areas you take a day off to get the chance to go.
We were sitting near a standing corn field to our north followed by a creek headed south and thick large bedding just a little more south. We set up basically between the creek and bedding with my friend 500 yds. west of me and we were both near trails to beds.
We had a crosswind hitting us from the west/northwest and temps. were in the mid 30s which I think kept them feeding a little later and the wind keeping our scent off the trail.
I started noticing does filtering back on the trail, followed by a young basket rack 4x4, a big mainframe 5x5 and the guy I was able to make a successful shot on. He mule kicked once, stood for a few seconds and dropped 5 yds away.
I think the buck I harvested was the older buck of the two just due to body size and temperament but I'm not 100% sure.
I wish good luck to my team and the other teams as it doesn't really matter since we're all hunters keeping the sport alive. I look forward to reading others experiences and stories in the next following weeks!
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