The grizzled old buck stood at the edge of the cover and silently scanned his surroundings for any hint of danger. He had the wind at his advantage but still was not anxious to waltz out into the open food plot in daylight. Having survived several hunting seasons he knew that his life was always in danger and when he moved in daylight the danger level escalated noticeably.
After several minutes of standing still as a statue, he eased out of the brush and fed on the fruit which had fallen from a pear tree on the plots edge. For the next 10 minutes he remained there feeding on the ripe fruit until darkness gave him the cover he needed to walk out into the more open plot. I watched the show from my perch a short distance away with the buck never knowing I was there.
I had plenty of opportunities to shoot this 5-year-old 14-point buck but I wanted to give him one more year. His 5x5 main-frame
