jason308
Senior Member
I had an awesome hunt this evening and never even touched the trigger!!! At about 6:30 a spike came out about 150 yards from my stand and made his way into the food plot (which some BioLogic has actually survived the drought....). The shot doesn't even cross my mind. Then about 6:33 another spike comes out about 60 yards from my stand and makes his way into the food plot towards the other buck. They look at each other for a while and slowly approach each other. Then they begin to butt heads, and then to spar. They sparred for at least 15 minutes, and then went back to feeding and then sparred for a few more minutes. All the while, they look toward the woodline every few minutes and I am thinking HOSS IS ON THE WAY!!! He didn't show, but it was still amazing. Then at 7:10 they make there way back into the woods, and shooting light is just about gone. A couple of minutes later I hear a racket in the brush, and see a deer step into the plot. I looked through the scope (binos wouldn't gather enough light) and see it is the same spike. Right behind him is his sparring buddy. They proceed to feed again, and spar a little more. I had to wait until it was DARK and they had just left the plot before I got out of the stand, which turned out to be about 7:30. I reckon some of the best hunts can be ones where you never even touch the trigger. It feels good to let them walk, even though you could have shot them countless times, cause who knows what they'll be in a few years. I have about 3 minutes of sparring footage which I will post as soon as I figure out how to get it on the computer and on here (it may be a while). Sorry some of the pics are blurry, I have to figure out how to keep them clear when I post them, and they were all taken at about 100 yards. Enjoy.
