Here's the story. Four years ago a doe raised a pair of fawns outside of the beagle club that I belong to. Club is fenced with heavy gauge wire topped with 3 strands of hot wire to keep ground predators out. As a yearling the young Y buck would lay along the side of the fence about 30' from the gate. When I would stop to open the gate, he would just look at me. As a 2 year old and now a 6 pointer he would still lay there looking at me. Last winter after a snow storm I walked within 20' of him, and he never moved just snorted at me. I cautiously exited stage left. Even though it was late in the year, he was still rubbing trees. Several times this summer I bounced him out of the cover. He would run around a corner of our paths, and within seconds would be peering around the corner at me. Just today, once again after a snow storm, I walked up within 30 ' of him before he ran away. He is now a beautiful 8 pointer. In his 3 years as a 'buck' no body has gotten a shot at him. Heck, they haven't even seen him. Do you think he knows that it is me and that I present no danger? Or is he just lucky ? Also once again he has started rubbing this late in the season. Any ideas as to why?
