BECKLEY, W.Va. — Reva Davis of Raleigh County has been watching one certain buck for the past five years. This year however, he had drawn a lot more attention and she knew the time had come to make him hers.
“I had to outdo the men. They were all after him, so I had to show them up,” laughed Reva.
Reva had been watching the buck, which she had been nicknamed “Crabs”, since 2020.
“I’ve been scouting him for five years. The first time I saw him, I was hunting and he had some messed up horns. He was like a four point with a couple of crab pinchers. It’s been amazing to see him grow and how big he has got,” she explained in a recent edition of West Virginia Outdoors.
“Crabs” had faithfully been showing up every year on the trail camera and Reva felt certain if she didn’t get him this year, there may not be a sixth year since so many other people had started to notice him.
“I had my son drop me off at 15 minutes until 5 in the morning and it was raining,” she explained. “I had to be patient. I even had to let a 10 pointer go just to get him.”
She admitted the 10 pointer may have been a tad larger, but she was more interested in the buck she had been watching for the past five years.
“It stopped raining and I saw him come in, but I had to wait on him,”
Eventually the buck moved into the zone she was looking for and she touched the release. The buck took off, but knowing she had put a good hit on him, Reva was elated.
“Oh I was happy!” she laughed.
The buck ran about 30 yards and folded up. Reva said it was an outstanding buck for the area where she hunts.
“Oh yeah, he’s a nice one.” she said.