My friend and neighbor growing up Arlen Raber was able to harvest a beautiful old buck about 300 yards behind his house on November 1, 2022.
Here is what he sent me in his own words;
The hunt started for a buck we named "Deceiver" in the 2020 season. 3 seasons later and hundreds of pictures later I was able to encounter the buck for the fist time last night. Boonetown has been a game changer for me. I fed it side by side of a well known competitor and the deer always gravitated to boonetown first. I fed it as a mineral early season and as of late I would dump it over cob corn. The deer including this buck love it!
He said he had to get creative to get him. This is his setup.
A local taxidermist estimated the deer to be 7-1/2 to 8-1/2 years old.
The buck in 2020. Actually Feb of 2021.
Deceiver in 2021.
A few days before he was shot.
