The doe came back. Looped through the woods thicket she was bedded in earlier. She was standing there in the same spot for about 5 minutes and then bolted back into the creek bottom. May have gotten a whiff of me...
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2019 Live from the Stand
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Chainsaw
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Just got in from the morning hunt. Big ten beat me to my stand location and screamed and yelled at me. He takes round one! Took the stand anyway and saw one button buck, one red squirrel, one chipmunk and lots of crows, geese and one hawk. Conditions were perfect, light drizzle and everything quiet---Too Quiet!
A 4 pointer just walked right under me...
Slow...still in the upper 30’s but wind has dropped to 10-15 mph...tonight is going to be low 20’s and light wind.
Sun starting to peak through. We had a heck of a rain storm last night and got over 2” of rain. This has definitely been the year of rain. Will be interesting to see how much the year totals out at.
You would think deer would really be moving!
You would think deer would really be moving!
dogghr
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Went after sunrise hunted till noon. Hunted typical buck hotspot on back ridge on the Bowl stand. On lee side of East-west ridge. Open woods w mature oaks always dropping but adjacent to thick edge and steep ravine and heavy travel corridor to major bedding 100 yds off. Note only 2 arrows. Dumb hunter knocked one off only carry 3 and one of those is for my leaving the stand dirt shot practice.
Pretty slow w 40+ turkeys a few deer early. Nothing too exciting. Rattled in what looked like good buck about 9:30 but he held up n brush way past bow range.
Finished repairing barn door from last wks storms then rain moved in. Headed home. Can’t figure the deer out. Bucks aren’t working and does laid up. Pics are daytime evening w no mornings. Drought has messed up field browse but plenty acorns. I think they are fat w acorns and mild weather they jst lazy. Temps in 20s tomorrow w some snow so maybe...
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Pretty slow w 40+ turkeys a few deer early. Nothing too exciting. Rattled in what looked like good buck about 9:30 but he held up n brush way past bow range.
Finished repairing barn door from last wks storms then rain moved in. Headed home. Can’t figure the deer out. Bucks aren’t working and does laid up. Pics are daytime evening w no mornings. Drought has messed up field browse but plenty acorns. I think they are fat w acorns and mild weather they jst lazy. Temps in 20s tomorrow w some snow so maybe...
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Young 3.5 yr old 8 point browsing acorns on my left.
Drycreek
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Sitting in my rifle blind at home. Had a young buck come through mid afternoon, then a big boar hog trotted across my wheat too quickly for me to shoot. I knew where he was headed so I ambushed him when he crossed a trail. He went into the brush but I think he’s deceased. I’ll find him tomorrow.
Chainsaw
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I'm still in the half day hunts and frankly I really enjoy the mornings and may stay in the half day hunt mode but was getting my pack ready this afternoon for tomorrow while sitting in the sun room which overlooks some great deer land. Ten does, a few at a time until there was ten counting young of the year showed up by 5:10 pm (our time-we don't set clocks back). One turned out to be a spike and one by one or two he eventually ran almost all of them off. None of the girls were interested. Got black dark a short while ago.
Okie you are killing us with these "young" 3 1/2's. Good for you though. The real deer will be out soon here like in about a week.
Okie you are killing us with these "young" 3 1/2's. Good for you though. The real deer will be out soon here like in about a week.
8 pointer perked up and I looked over my left shoulder and thought a doe was coming but it ended up being the shortest antler spike I have ever seen. He is so wary it is uncanny and he eased over and smelled the log road I walk in on and immediately turned and fled. The 8 never had an issue at the same spot...
Our big deer already been out...now they are locked down...
Triple C
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Good looking bow.Went after sunrise hunted till noon. Hunted typical buck hotspot on back ridge on the Bowl stand. On lee side of East-west ridge. Open woods w mature oaks always dropping but adjacent to thick edge and steep ravine and heavy travel corridor to major bedding 100 yds off. Note only 2 arrows. Dumb hunter knocked one off only carry 3 and one of those is for my leaving the stand dirt shot practice.
Pretty slow w 40+ turkeys a few deer early. Nothing too exciting. Rattled in what looked like good buck about 9:30 but he held up n brush way past bow range.
Finished repairing barn door from last wks storms then rain moved in. Headed home. Can’t figure the deer out. Bucks aren’t working and does laid up. Pics are daytime evening w no mornings. Drought has messed up field browse but plenty acorns. I think they are fat w acorns and mild weather they jst lazy. Temps in 20s tomorrow w some snow so maybe...
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Chainsaw
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Maybe that is the story on ours too. Regardless we don't see much of them usually for another week or even more.
Well...1 wasn’t on lockdown...lol
I was sitting in my stand and about 5:00 I see a doe coming from the west...she eases up and looks beyond my stand and I turn and see another doe has come up out of the creek bottom and is nervous. That doe heads south toward our plot so I look back at the other doe that came from the west and she is staring due East. I get my bow ready and look that direction and here comes a 5.5 yr old buck I call “Ten”. He looks like the bull of the woods. His body is in excellent shape and he is well muscled and I would estimate a dressed weight of around 165 lbs. He walks just 10 yards past me on my left side. I had the perfect opportunity and I just couldn’t do it...I have passed him 3 times this year now but this time I really got to revel in how magnificent he looks. He has long times, long beams and modest width of about 17-18”. I watched him nose that doe around and then start feeding on acorns. A bit later he walked directly under me to confront a spike and a forky that came in. All I could think is I have watched this deer for years now and been passing him every year and I have 2 other bucks on the place I would like a chance at even worse that are both older than Ten...it was a great evening and even if I don’t get another deer this fall I am still not going to regret this.
I was sitting in my stand and about 5:00 I see a doe coming from the west...she eases up and looks beyond my stand and I turn and see another doe has come up out of the creek bottom and is nervous. That doe heads south toward our plot so I look back at the other doe that came from the west and she is staring due East. I get my bow ready and look that direction and here comes a 5.5 yr old buck I call “Ten”. He looks like the bull of the woods. His body is in excellent shape and he is well muscled and I would estimate a dressed weight of around 165 lbs. He walks just 10 yards past me on my left side. I had the perfect opportunity and I just couldn’t do it...I have passed him 3 times this year now but this time I really got to revel in how magnificent he looks. He has long times, long beams and modest width of about 17-18”. I watched him nose that doe around and then start feeding on acorns. A bit later he walked directly under me to confront a spike and a forky that came in. All I could think is I have watched this deer for years now and been passing him every year and I have 2 other bucks on the place I would like a chance at even worse that are both older than Ten...it was a great evening and even if I don’t get another deer this fall I am still not going to regret this.
Yes I would. I saw his dad when we first bought the property but he disappeared that fall...
KillEatRepeat
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Better pic of the bucks from yesterday.
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Drycreek
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Yesterday was uneventful, but today is looking up. I’ve been in my blind since 5:40 this morning and have seen two bucks already. One was at my feeder before daylight. It was legal hours but cloudy and I couldn’t see details. He left before it was light enough.
The other is a nine with a forked G2 in the right. I’ve caught him on cam but never in a good position to judge age. This morning I got to watch him through 10x Binos. A 3.5 year old about 14”/15” wide but a beautiful chocolate rack and heavy for his age. I never picked up my rifle. Unlike Okie, I may regret that ! JK, he’s gonna make a much nicer buck and these goobers next door will probably never see him. If he’s here next year.......
The other is a nine with a forked G2 in the right. I’ve caught him on cam but never in a good position to judge age. This morning I got to watch him through 10x Binos. A 3.5 year old about 14”/15” wide but a beautiful chocolate rack and heavy for his age. I never picked up my rifle. Unlike Okie, I may regret that ! JK, he’s gonna make a much nicer buck and these goobers next door will probably never see him. If he’s here next year.......
I have been on stand since 5:35...crazy action this morning I will post when I get home. I had ops at 2 nice ones but again...they will be better next year...
