re: How to lock in on a deer.

How much time do you spend in the woods per week?

Just rolling up and hunting over a feeder won't work with this ole deer

If he really is 7, which I'm just not seeing, you have to really be perfect. Have a couple different stands for different conditions and never ever even look at those stands unless conditions perfect. Look for staging areas well back from the edge, he is not showing up until right before dark, easy to get fidgety after a long sit, you can't afford that. Old bucks aren't going to chase the way a 3.5 will. Kind of like humans, give anything for it when young, when older you're just not working that hard. Less hunting will be more with him, sitting everyday will get him to leave. Only hunt when everything is in your favor.

That deer is in the 130's. Hunting one deer is simple- pattern him out and NEVER, EVER, EVER hunt a bad wind. A mature buck in Louisiana will disappear if he smells man. Well at least the will up in Union Parish. Judging but the tripod feeder I'm gonna assume your rifle hunting. I would buy a 35 whelen and try to kill him ASAP in primitive. Don't give him anytime to wise up and go nocturnal.

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Somewhere in the 130's

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This... And there is nothing wrong with that at all. A 130 class 8 point is a hell of a deer. But mid one 130s is probably what you'd be looking at.

With all that said, you are just going to hunt your arse off. Like someone mentioned earlier, that deer didn't reach that age by being stupid! Best thing you can do is spend as much time in the woods as you can. Scout scout scout, hunt hunt hunt. Rely on technology, like the game cams. Try and pin point his movements as best you can. If you can get any type of pattern on him it will help you out tremendously. Something else that can help you obviously will be when the rut comes around. Even with these older bucks, you can still catch them slip up...and the rut may be your best bet to do so. Although, most of those older deer get them a doe, and then hunker down with her while breeding...so they can sometimes be even more difficult to hunt (surprisingly) during this time.

Anyways, good luck...hunt hard...and CHOOT EM!

For reference this deer grossed 136 6/8 and weighed 265. The deer from the OP will probably be close to this if not slightly larger with the longer G3's

yeah but buck in op doesn't look like it will have near that body weight. Also as of yesterday I still have some in velvet here, don't know where he is from but wouldn't be surprised if it still has it on. That will kill any circ measurements that I see.

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That's a hell of an 8 point, but he won't sniff 150"

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True. About 135ish?

That's a solid 140s deer. Give that deer 4-5 inch G4s and 1 inch circumference on both and that is 10 inches, I'd give that deer 155 all day as a 10. So I'll say 145 or so as an 8.

As said, what you really want to do is hunt to kill him not hunt to see him. Scout to see him. If the wind is not perfect and you can get somewhere you can see a ways, go sit somewhere with binos and just scout his movements.

You want to find his core area which will be pretty small for a buck like that, and kill him going to and from that on good wind. The key is finding his core area. Figure out which way he is going to the feeder from, and then back the camera down the trail a little at a time.

ETA: Take the pic off of social media immediately and lie to anyone about where you saw the pic. Just say your uncle got in on some land in another state or something.

Hunt the edge of the heavy cover he is living in.