With one more Alabama buck tag in my pocket, it was time to single out a solid management 8 pointer to close out the season. I had not quite 10 days to punch the tag, but with bucks coming to the call I figured I would at least get a chance.
The very next day, I climbed back in the stand where my dad and I had rattled up the big broken off 8 point and “Freak Jr.” It was another perfect morning for hunting the rut and it didn’t take long for a couple small bucks to move through following a doe fawn.
After the sun came up, we decided to try and make our own luck. When I looked up and saw this stud of a buck coming, I was trying as hard as I could to try and put just 8 points on him. I knew who I was looking at though and this buck was a heavy 10 point that has carried a similar rack for 3 years that would probably score within 2-3 inches of itself every year.
After he eased down to the thick stuff, we waited until about 8:15 and banged the antlers together again. This time 2 bucks responded but one was a yearling buck and the other was a 2 or 3 year old 9 point – not exactly an “over-the-hill” 8 point.
We saw a few other deer in the far distance that morning that were chasing does down in a deep hardwood draw, but nothing else that came close enough to consider a real encounter.
