I wasn't expecting to see anything opening morning because of the weather in Jefferson county. I got in the stand a hour before daylight, by 7:30 I saw two small bucks. At 8:15 I looked below me 2/3 down the ridge I was hunting and saw a buck I had plenty of trail cam photos stand up from his bed stretch and lay back down. This buck must have been there before the sun came up, now I can see his front shoulder in the thick bed he was laying in only 50 yards away. I put the crosshairs behind his front shoulder squeezed the trigger and my gun season was over. I had a encounter with him about 3 weeks ago, he was 20 yards away but I didn't have a good shot, so I had to watch him walk away.
He has 11 points with a 16 1/8 inside spread, left side has a 13 1/2 inch bladed G2 with a 1 1/2 inch kicker. Other side had a 5 inch drop tine with a split brow tine.
My processor said he had been shot before in the neck with a high power 22 cal slug that was still in his neck when he caped him.
I can't post pics but my good buddy Nick will post one for me soon.
Good luck to all still out hunting.