Unfortunately I watched as the doe with buck in tow ran completely across the burn and into the dense forest on the other side.  For the next several min I caught only glipses of the two as they moved around in the trees.  Finally after about 20 min there was no more movement.  Luckily the deer were in a place that I thought I had a good chance of seeing them should they try to leave so I was confident the deer were still below me.  In considering my next move I had to concider three factors: I didn’t know exactly where the deer were, I needed to get closer, and shooting light would be fading.  After giving my situation some thought I finally decided to make  a move to a spot that would close half the distance to the deer.  Once there I would sit and wait and hope the deer passed through one of several small openings in the trees.  I was able to get to the new vantage point fairly quickly and once there got set up and began the agonizing wait.  Over the next half hour I watched as deer fed out onto the burn and back into the trees but saw no sign of the big buck.  Then by chance I was scanning the trees with my scope and located a doe laying in some deep shade where I had last seen the big buck.  I decided this was the doe that the big buck had been chasing because as all the other deer (does and small bucks )milled around this one doe stayed put.  Experience told me due to its behavior I had the right doe.  I quickly focused the camera on the opening next to the doe and waited another 40 minutes.  During this 40 minute period I thought about every possible scenario that could go down and the completely real chance that I would never see the buck again.  With the odds stacked against me, this 40 minute time period also found me literally praying that the buck would show itself again before the light was gone.  Finally, after 1 hour and 20 min,  in what can only be described as an answer to prayer a two point walked over to the sleeping doe and stood her up.  The two point miraculously pushed the doe right through the clearing I was focused on.  I jumped to my feet and stood shaking in anticipation and again checked the focus on the camera.  No sooner did I finish final camera preparations than the big buck stepped around the tree the doe had been laying under and I snapped three photos as he walked through the small clearing.  I snapped many more as he went through several other clearings but due to lighting and position I knew  it would be difficult to see the antlers in the photos and they wouldn’t be wall hangers.  Now that I at least had reference photos I decided to try and sneak on the buck in the thick trees.  I knew this was a long shot to say the least but I had to try.  Just as I suspected, once I entered the trees visibility was terrible.  I was about to give up and be happy with the photos I had when I heard the unmistakable sound of a buck racking a tree.  This was the break I needed.  I quickly put a stalk on the source of the noise.  I used the landscape to hide my movements as I hiked closer to the source of the noise.  Finally I topped over a small rise and peeked down to where I thought the sound had come from.  Sure enough to my surprise there stood the deer just staring at me.  I quickly set up and began snapping pictures.  Persistence paid off and I was able to get some pretty good photos before the buck took 2 steps disappearing back into the thick trees.  The buck has 7 on one side and 11 on the other with huge forks.  He is a magnificent animal and I hope to see him back next year; he has a good chance of doing just that owing to his affinity for the thick trees.