Closure

In 2016 I revisited one of the many collections of annually rubbed trees I knew of for the past 20 years. The trees were now much larger but an obviously great buck had been rubbing on them. I revisited that site in 2017 and found one of his shed antlers some 70 yards away and more rubs. I hunted hard for this buck but never had the pleasure of an encounter. In 2018, armed with trail cameras I set out to get an image of the buck. I might not see him in the flesh but I hoped to get an image of him at least. Though several nice bucks visited the site, no huge, wide monarch appeared. November 9th I changed my exist route from the cameras and rubs by 30 yards and noticed another shed antler, no two sheds, no; OMG here laid the buck where he had died December of 2017. The reason I never got images of him this year was because he laid on the forest floor 150 yards away. He was a wonderful, wide, heavy old warrior, gross scores 101 6/8". So ends this story. A new adventure starts with his prodigy. I love sitka blacktail deer...