2025 Whitetail Meatpole

IL firearm buck. Archery season has been a grind. I’ll take some luck every now and again.

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I still have plenty of years left to hunt for shooting more bucks to be hung inside the house so this young 4x4 was good enough for me. View attachment 972313
Something about seeing these western mountain whitetails gets me fired up because they are so overlooked compared to other species. Having spent my entire life hunting the high elevations near the Smoky Mountains, I would love to try my hand out west chasing whitetail.
 
Something about seeing these western mountain whitetails gets me fired up because they are so overlooked compared to other species. Having spent my entire life hunting the high elevations near the Smoky Mountains, I would love to try my hand out west chasing whitetail.
It’s fun for sure. Was doing some contract work for a big timber company that day so took advantage of already being out there.

Wasn’t too high on this one (~3000 feet ASL). Every time I’ve been in your neck of the woods and seen stands, I couldn’t imagine being used to hunting like that. My 2 tree stands are used over bear baits and that’s it.
 
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