The landowner and myself hunted these bucks exclusivley in 2008. Had dozens of night pics, 1 daylight pic in velvet. Saw the first one once on the saturday before rifle at 9:30am but never presented a shot and was too far away. Last game cam pic was at night, two days after rifle season. Never found sheds, never heard of anyone shooting him, never found any headless bucks, vanished forever. We never saw the second one, only night pics as well.
I've targeted a single buck, and spent the whole season with nothing. Then found out he was shot 1/2 mile north of me on opening day.
Now, I focus on one, but take what comes along.
Okie, I might have to change my ways if that brute came around on a camera. Damm, I love that rack.
We were almost distraught when they didn't show back up the next season. We didn't even realize that those are two different bucks in those two pics until the next summer! This buck was in there the same year also, but this is the only pic we had of him.