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Huntin with the Hedge 2019-20
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31 Oct-1st Nov
28-degrees under clear high pressure and low moon phse which was only up the first few hours after sunset.
Hunted last two days with my friend at his place. Saw 12 deer on the 31st from 0845-0930. They were eating re-sprout soybeans on the field edges and never offered a shot, 30yds was as close as they fed into me. One was a nice buck but he was a long way off.
This morning Nov 1st had lots of action right after sun up. Deer came out of this draw heading straight up to the white oaks I was in. Wind was out of SW which these deer would hit at some point. A family group of six doe and a button buck. They come out and beelined for my location. Stand is only about 13ft up and it looked like they were going to pile in right under me but as it happened the lead doe veered around me to the north and under the biggest oak. They came in like they owed they place. Lead doe crossed my downwind slipstream and new something is not quite right. They fed out at 25-30yds and never came near me and the big doe started getting birdy and stomping occasionally.
I watched this for about 5 min and this doe prancing about when I looked over to my right and 3x3 buck was standing watching this doe. Think he got the wrong idea! He moved on her and checked her and some other and they were not in the mood and moved on. They younger deer were looking at this buck like "why is he doing this"? The young'uns prolly never seen this yet. I can only guess. Like yearling seeing snow for first time.
My friend shot a doe on 31st and after a 3/4mile track with really good blood ended up where we could not continue. Tough deal. We gave it some hard hours and we just ran out of real estate. Today he shot a doe and this deer went in thick and we found arrow and not one drip of blood. After breaking off after several hours he went back out and went in only direction we did not cover and found her. That's like me I guess I would go back after a bite to eat and rehydrate. Lookin purty grim for awhile there but It ended with good harvest and she did not go to aweful far!
Weather and deer here are doing that fall deer stuff in a big way.
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03 Nov
Went out for a 3hr sit this evening. Time change so dark at 1700hrs.
Dry and about 53 degrees when i left under clear skies.
Got set and sourh breeze was good for my location. Along about 1650 i can here a deer coming thru the dry leaves up the bluff. It was two doe. They were travelling along and went by at 30yds or so.
Some big scrapes showing up on trails now. Nice fall evening. Saw a few raccoons cross in front of me during my walk home.
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04 NOV
Conditions: 54 degrees and high pressure, south with 5-10mph, Moon is Waxing 1/2 tonite and rising at 1645hrs
Going out soon. Going to hunt the farm up the way from me. Bucks are now scent checking every doe and moving well. think it may have been a bit warm but as sun dips the deer should move to feed.
Be a good night either way it goes.
Update 1930hrs
Got in stand about 1520, nice setup about 20+ft up on a nice creek side flat with big oaks, sycamore, osage. Settled in and after 10 min I see a big bodied deer coming along creek bank 125yds out. As he gets closer I see it's a big 4 pt on left side and a main beam with 1pt on the other. He hugged creek and went by me at 40yds out.
Sat for another hour or so and stood up. Right about then I see two doe coming in behind me headed for creek. Pull out my 35yr old doe grunt and give two short soft grunts and the lead doe comes right in jumps a big dead log and stops at about 8yds. I pick a spot, bend out at waist hard and grab a handful of D97 string, hit anchor and send arrow. Arrow looked high at impact, deer spun and ran with about half arrow out at a steep angle. It looed to be stuck out thru the off shoulder low. She crashed thru some deadfall about 30yds and fell.
A short time later the other doe went and checked the fallen deer out. Then, a fork horn came in and went at checked out the fallen deer as well, he then went to raking a small river maple right by dead deer. Then he chased the second doe about for a bit and wandered off in the direction the doe ran off.
Another nice night on the deer stand with a piece of Osage in hand. Will get after it tomorrow night in same area I'm thinking.
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Nov 4th 2019
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Russ:
Good job!
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