Thick Horns....AKA...The Steed Buck

I am a strategist when it comes to chasing The Whitetail. I love it! From collecting trail camera photos, to reading maps, to hanging stands, I love formulating a strategy and seeing it produce. More times than not, things in the whitetail woods never go according to plan, but every now and then it does. I'm hoping this season will be such a time. If you've followed The Buff Pad since last deer season you may recall my post regarding one of my last hunts of the season. I was with my good buddy Taylor Steed. During that hunt, we encountered a buck we had named Thick Horns. Thick Horns followed "Plan A" but Taylor was unable to collect him due to an error I had made. More on that story here.
Anyway, Thick Horns, aka The Steed Buck, was top of our list coming into this season. My cousin has collected numerous photos of the buck on his side of the creek. As the rut approaches, slowly I might add, it seems that Thick Horns is traveling a bit more and I am now picking him up on my side of the creek. As you can see from the trail cam photos, he is moving a couple hours just inside of dark.



The source of his activity lately has been a cutover that is now in its 3rd season. It is prime! I've not hunted the cutover that much with hopes that Thick Horns or possibly another shooter buck will step out with plenty of daylight left and give Taylor a shot at redemption. Heck, I hope he steps out in bow range of me for that matter...sorry Taylor!

Check back in from time to time to see if ole' Thick Horns slips up!