Ahhh, I get it. Next year buy the Modern Firearm tag and hunt (with hunter orange on) archery during the best days of the season - late Oct and the four days in November.
What makes you think a buck was poached? This time of season, there's always somebody in the woods with a tag that allows them to hunt when other can't. I'm not saying it didn't happen because it happens all too often, but ultimately, you have to accept that poachers are like mountain lions. They prey on the deer and there's not a hell of a lot we legal hunters can do about it. Backyard poachers pick off the best bucks in their areas. People hunting for meat will kill anything. There's a wide spectrum of shadiness in between those two.
So i'm sticking with my original answer - a big pile of rotting fermenting apples maybe a week before the archery season picks back up might bring in some post-rut or inbetweeners that are screaming for caloric intake. Add fresh ones as time/distance allows. Pray. You know he lives in the area. G'luck!
Edit - if at all possible, dumping partially crushed apples the day before you first hunt, possibly spread around in several close-by piles might put a doe and her monster buck boyfriend right in front of you on your first hunting day. Maybe not. 10 lbs max I think.
