Hunter: Austin Brubaker
Points: 9 (5L, 4R)
County: Pike
Season: 2024-2025
Hunt Story
There’s no better feeling than when your plan comes together for that single moment. He first showed up on my cameras in late September on my mock scrape. I knew right away he was going to be my number one target, and so the chess match began. I only hunted the best days to not put too much pressure on him. When I was there, he wasn’t, and when he was there, I wasn’t... like he knew my schedule. I decided over lunch to come up with a different strategy for my evening hunt. We figured he was bedding close to my entry point and would watch me come and go, so for this hunt I took a different longer direction to my stand through thick briars and brush, and it was well worth it. Saw a bunch of young bucks chasing does as the hunt started, then around 4:00 p.m. a young 6-pointer I was watching looks up and you can tell he's nervous, and sure enough it was my target buck walking by. I waited for the perfect shot and he dropped in his tracks. Very thankful, and I wish all the hunters the best of luck the rest of this season.