It happens pretty often to me. This buck had been regular on cam as a 10pt since 2019. But in 2021 he flat disappeared on Halloween. He was on cam from 830am until around 930pm somewhere on the property, which wasn't abnormal for him. My place was inside his fall core. But I didn't see him again until November 6th 2022, a year & a week after he disappeared. His rack didn't change much but he had an old arrow wound with entry in left shoulder and exit behind and below right shoulder, as you can see in middle two pics. Apparently somebody shot him and somehow he hid for an entire year to heal up. My place is surrounded three sides by 10,000 acre state forest public hunting and the state had made a 100 acre clear cut around 6-8yrs prior just a couple hundred yards off my line. I suspect that's where he disappeared to. Either way I was happy to see him back. He was comfortable on my place and was all over it all times a day and I arrowed him from the ground on November 11th. Both bases measured over 6" and last circumference measurements were still 4.5".
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