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I was out this weekend, after 2 rain-out weekends. Got my plots in the ground, plus got 2 new shoot houses erected. I took the bow, and other than being too busy working, the heat and skeeters changed my mind on hunting pretty quick.

Hunting in the heat is tough. Did not think yall had to deal with that. Fall will be here soon

lakngulf said:

Hunting in the heat is tough. Did not think yall had to deal with that. Fall will be here soon

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I usually don't even climb a tree until Oct. (our season opens 9/15). I hadn't been up there since 4th of July so I needed some quite time. Supposed to be in the 70's this weekend.

100 degrees here in Florida today.....awful.

Coons are doing their annual pruning of my pear trees . Plenty on the ground not sure why the deer aren't keeping up.



Got some beautiful white fungus growing on a lot of AO carcasses from the burn last spring. Plenty are sprouting back from the roots but I at least slowed them down. We are going to have a good fuel load next year.



First batch of acorns from the dwarf chinkapin oak. I went ahead and picked these, hope they are viable.



Bird feeder isn't empty yet. Should make some nice cover when the snow starts flying.



Pretty slow in the stand. About dark Saturday night this old doe walked out at 32 yards. Rage Hypodermic left a good blood trail but she made about a 75 yard loop and died in a nasty patch of briers. Went back to the house and grabbed the ATV, 2 hours later I had her hung up. The little road I cut through the timber paid for itself with this one.




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Congratulations on the DCO babies/acorns. The AO babies/resprouts are pretty vulnerable to a shot of gly.

G

George said:

Congratulations on the DCO babies/acorns. The AO babies/resprouts are pretty vulnerable to a shot of gly.
G

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I sprayed a bunch with Crossbow and it seemed pretty hit or miss. Probably missed my window until next spring, just winterized the sprayer with RV antifreeze this past weekend. We are going to burn the CRP again next spring, should be pretty interesting. You have any AO on your new KY ground George? I miss seeing those piles of AO bodies you used to stack up!

Great shot on the doe. Glad you located her

E_308 said:

I sprayed a bunch with Crossbow and it seemed pretty hit or miss. Probably missed my window until next spring, just winterized the sprayer with RV antifreeze this past weekend. We are going to burn the CRP again next spring, should be pretty interesting. You have any AO on your new KY ground George? I miss seeing those piles of AO bodies you used to stack up!

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I did not see any autumn olive on that property. I saw some shrubs along an edge on the bottom that I need to make sure that they are not Eurasian. Some mutiflora rose along the path to the top. Most the canopy is too thick to allow much of anything to grow. The property is well isolated from autumn olive introductions. In Iowa the guy over the fence line planted AO in his walnut plantation 20 years prior. For the most part on the ky property I see good stuff.

I do not miss the AO stacks. My Iowa property would have been a life time of AO.

G

Nice doe, great shot, good eating. Place looks great. Congrats.

The kid hunted both days of youth season passed four bucks (all yearlings). Saw one real good 11 point, stayed behind a tree with just his head and neck sticking out. I would have shot him in the neck but not the shot for a 10 year old. The deer backed out the same trail he came in on and never offered a good shot. The kid was a little shook up! Hopefully the buck sticks around for rifle season, I am hunting the two days before with the bow - if I shoot "his" deer I might be in trouble.



Caught this guy on trailcam in the daylight! I don't even know if I could shoot him if I see him. I know they are hard on deer, turkeys, and probably everything else but I do like getting them on the cam.




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Just catching up on your thread. Congrats on the doe harvest. That is one beautiful coat on that bobcat.

MO rifle season open with temperatures in the low teens. The kid made it about an hour and needed to head to the house. I went to walk around. I made a big loop down by the milo and across the east bottom. Once I got to the little patch of brush that separates the two bottom chunks of farm ground I sat down by a tree. About 15 minutes later a doe broke of the levy and started running right towards me mouth open tongue hanging out. Sure enough about a minute later with the doe about 10 yards away this buck followed the same path. Big bodied deer, wide rack didn't have too long to look him over. About 225 yards I hit him on the shoulder quartering to. I heard the hit but he spun around and headed for the property fence line. Hit him again in the back end trying to break him down. He made it about 50 yards inside the brush, plenty far to drag. Best guess is a 4 year old. 8 point with two busted off.



So the kid wasn't really happy I went and shot a deer right after dropping him off at Grandma's. We sat in his usual pop up blind for the evening hunt. Pretty slow but an hour before dark they started moving a little. Had a 2 year old 8 pointer that would have made a perfect second buck come through, I tried to stop him with a grunt and he spooked without even thinking about looking back. About 10 minutes later a doe came through and he made a perfect shot with the little 300 blackout at about 30 yards. I had him do the blood trailing and he found her by himself. I told him he still had a buck tag for Sunday morning and he said he thought one was enough for the year. I think the cold wore him out!




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Bingo! Success x 2

Great story—thanks for sharing. That is a really pretty kitty....it would make a beautiful mount with its outstretched claws reaching for a quail.

Congrats to you and your son on 2 fine deer. The rut is on and being around that right doe can really make for some exciting hunting! I just love to see a doe coming my way with tongue hanging out and tail at half mast because sometimes, just sometimes she may have a buck of a lifetime behind her and making the decision to shoot/not shoot is quick and sometimes it works to our favor...

Your buck looks like a fighter and that doe your son got looks huge next to him!

Both deer were big bodied. Plenty of back fat. This is only the second buck I have taken off this place, usually shoot them in the middle of a cattle pasture. Makes it a little better when you know they have been eating something you planted. The buck will make a nice euro mount with that much attitude.

Awesome deer for you both. One of the most memorable hunts I ever had was a double buck kill within minutes of each other with my son as we sat on opposite sides of a ridge saddle. And he still rags me about it as mine went further to track. Congrats.

Congrats on both deer!

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Good job guys.

G