What a way to end our season with the oldest deer on the farm! We’ve been trying to kill this buck for 3 years. Josh missed him as a 6.5-year-old in 2021. Then in 2022, both Josh and I hunted him hard late season as a 7.5-year-old, but we never got a shot. This year, he showed back up again late in the season as an 8.5-year-old, and the chess match was on again. I hunted him hard and got my chance 12 days ago. He was 45 yards broadside, and I didn’t think he was getting any closer, so I took my shot. When he heard that bow go off, he hit the floor faster than any deer I’ve seen, and my arrow landed high non-lethally right in his backstrap. I was heartbroken, to say the least. We knew it wasn’t fatal, but we looked anyway with no luck. But 4 days later, he showed back up on camera! A sudden rush of hope swept over me, knowing he was still alive and knowing I might get another chance. But the season was coming to an end quickly. We hunted hard over the cornfield we planted, but with the...