In 2007 I watched a 130" 10 point several afternoons in bow season. He never came within range on several hunts. Opening week of rifle season he disappeared and I never saw him again that year, nor did I get any pics. I did hear of a neighbor down the road crippling a 10 point during November. I really never made the connection. Fast forward to 2008. I killed a really nice 10 point that appeared at 18 yards under my tree opening week of rifle season, feeding on acorns. I shot him immediately and before I got down I called a friend and told him how big the deer was. He asked if I had looked at the deer's brisket. I climbed down and looked. Sure enough the buck had a healing wound, still full of puss, in the brisket area. The more I got to looking at him I realized it was the 10 from the previous year. He took quite a blow below his heart. He's the second largest buck I have ever killed.
