So our farm is on a 180 acre parcel that was subdivided into 7 tracts. A couple of us have 30 acres and the other 3 owners have from 14 to 25 acres. The very first house as you come off the main road into our "neighborhood" is owned by a great guy who is a partner in a local engineering firm. His family does very little outside most of the year, but he does enjoy getting out to hunt for a day or two each buck season. Yesterday, just before dark and the close of our gun buck season, Clay managed to bag this beautiful looking guy.



I don't yet know the full story or any real details, but one of our neighbors took this pic and forwarded it to me last night. If I find out anything interesting, I'll post it. My wife saw what was probably this buck last Wednesday night after I had shot my doe. As she was leaving, she said she saw a beautiful buck with a great rack and really nice body shape sniffing after a couple of does in Clay's field. Evidently, Clay was aware of him, too! I'm happy for him to have been able to get such a nice buck, but, man, it does sting a little that I never saw a single rack during the time I hunted those two weeks and he nabs this bad boy right at the close of the season!

Anyway, this is one of the nicest WV bucks I've ever seen and it's exciting that it was right by our farm. Just gonna take a little patience on my part, I guess!


Todd La Neve

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