Have put this up in the past but its my favorite Hunting Story.
Was after a bigun here in Ct for a couple of years. could never connect but his sign was always around.
He left huge rubs and scrapes and had a great hoofprint too. Could always ID him from the others.
He would be gone in early gun season every year and come back after the rut in Muzzel season in Dec.
My method on that large piece was to walk a n/s ridgeline peeking over on occasion at East facing bedding areas late season when snow was down.
Yep, there HE was, bed with 2 doe a very reasonable distance for the muzzel loader.
Put the hairs on him and pulled slowly.
POP--
Just the cap--
All Deer looked at me got up and got outa there.
My most memorable hunt.
Everything went as it shoulda w/o the drag. lol.
By the way-- he was everything I had imagined him to be- rack, big wide and thick.
Never saw him or his sign again.
It aint about the freezer all the time.