Caleb Kriner Taken on November 21st on Havens WMA. Roanoke County💥 I have scouted and hunted Havens WMA for 3 years now. With my first two years being unsuccessful of harvesting deer I decided this year to go deeper into the woods and find a place that doesn’t seem to get as much pressure. I had placed a few cameras early season and was seeing some nice bucks coming through. Then Muzzleloader hit and they slowly started to disappear. So the first week of rifle I decided to tie up the boots and get back to scouting for areas most wouldn’t go. That week I spent Monday and Tuesday scouting and found a decent rub and scrape. I decided Thursday I would sit on the ridge leading to it. It was windy and snowing. I had sat from 2 pm and at 5:15 I said I’m going to pack up and start my walk out before it gets dark (I was a mile and a half from my truck) right as I stand up a doe comes running through and I decided to wait and hope she was being chased by a buck. Then this guy comes out of the thicket about 15 ft from me. He stopped and we had a stare down. He was grunting and stomping but I just stayed still and waited hoping he would just go back to chasing. At 5:22 pm he decided to do just that and I got a shot quartering away. He went down just 30 yards away. Then the work started dragging him out. A huge thank you to my buddies! I called a few buddies and they came out and helped! Huge blessing! Thankful for God blessing me the opportunity to hunt and take this buck!
