I too leave out my cameras to see how the herd fared during the season. But my season is still open,, and I've been having to work a bit,, as well as trying to lay the weather to my advantage.
Looks like a very good buck there for sure. And by the snow,, let's hope he now survives Mother Nature.
"The smart ones are long asleep by daylight." Not necessarily. But there are the smarter hunters who know how to find these older & smarter bucks too!