Thanks guys, and no, I have no history with this buck. He showed up around thanksgiving marking most of my trees, but only coming out during the middle of the night. You could tell he was not from around here, the way he acted, and I expected him to leave and go back to where ever he came from at any time. The 2 bucks I started the season after, both got busted up by mid-nov., so I put all my time into this buck.
I am looking forward to next season with a great carryover of good bucks, so hopefully Colton will get a chance at the buck he wants early. After 3 seasons of trying to get a target buck by bow, he realizes how great the youth season was before he turned 16. Right now Corben, my 9 year old is happy to shoot any older bully bucks we have in sept-oct. before it gets cold.