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Huntin with the Hedge 2019-20
bradsmith2010:
glad you found your buck, ,way to keep looking,, congrats and best to you on your future hunts,,, -C-
HH~:
13 Nov
Did not last couple days. help a buddy skin and butcher a doe. Good eats for him.
Had the cold front pass thru. Nice hunting weather mid teens and big bucks moving very well. Went this morning was in stand by 0500 under full moon and 3/4" snow and ice and 13 degrees. I pulled into edge of bean field early and waited, could see 500m into field. Watched four bucks and four doe walk by the truck in moonlight. let them go by then moved to stand.
Soon as I was settled in stand I here one deer coming off ridge right at me, passed by at 30yds or so in moon. Moon going down and sun coming up made easy shoot light by 0600. Watched two buck walk the ridge down past me at 150yds. Then, saw a lone doe in scrub below me. I could guess what was going on here. She walked right by and nice 5x5 stayed 30 yds out along tree line keeping an eye on her shadowing her as she went up slope.
0630 I here a deer running and looked over and a large 4x4 is standing 15yds from when he pulled up. Could not move. He made quick trotting circle hit that doe track and trotted off in that direction. Few minutes later several forks and a 3x3 walked past. Saw the 5x5 again return back doen ridge for parts unknown at 0700.
Sat for an hour or more with no action then about 0845 I see the herd of doe we been wanting to trim down working my way. They came in and fed around. I picked what looked like a breeding age doe at about 25yds, line her up and sent arrow. Just as I had picked my spot and was thinking about release she hopped a half hop. To late arrow was already halfway there. I caught her in back third looked like angled right thru.
I watched her go in circles for about 20min then a buck chased them out of sight. Got arrow, broke in two and point was on ground so I know I kibabbed her. Go back in there in morning and see where she bedded.
One of those rare cold November days here in Tennessee. Maybe happens once every decade and it was a show for sure. One I will not soon forget.
HH~
HH~:
14 Nov
Snow still on east and north facing areas, 25 degrees this morning. Hunted this evening saw two bucks and two doe. Saw a good deer easing out of the woods right at last light.
Had two coons climb up a big Basswood tree near me. Why they went up that I can only guess? They thought it was a red or white oak. They came 60-70ft and went about their way. Deer really packed in my thick woods during this cold snap. In the brush eating honeysuckle vine and browsing low limb buds. There is a couple uncut soybean fields and they been in those then cutting over the ridge to water in creek. Saw two big groups of 10-12 driving around back way to house. Pick the right travel trail and stand they all going to go by you.
Good Hunting
HH~
HH~:
15 Nov
Clear skies, high pressure Lows in 20s highs in 50's.
Hunted a standing beanfield. Deer have about destroyed the backside of it. Combine had a accident and it is offline. May never get cut? Any how I got in at 1500hrs and was on ground in a fence row cut into a cedar. Saw first deer, a spike go by at 1615. Sat a bit more and saw deer start popping up everywhere in a low spot in field about 150yds from me. I crawl down a bean row into some tall Johnson grass next to a sinkhole. I grunted a big doe to about 40yds. Then, she new something was clearly not right and blew out. When she did deer come out those beans all over.
16 Nov
0600 24 degrees.
Saw bucks of all sizes scent checking every doe they saw and ground. Had same 3x3 come by me four times as he made his rounds. Lots of doe feeding by 0700 by river and edges of cut hay field. I could see a goo way now thru woods as most all but Oaks and Beech's have no leave. In the distance could see bucks chasing deer through thick scrub back and fourth. The rut is really in full swing and these early cool temps have them revved up. Good to see this going on.
A good 4x4 slipped out of thick stuffed for an instant then back in as he was nose to the ground. Did not hunt long today but saw a bunch of whitetails in two hours or so. Love being in the hunt woods with selfbow when this is going on.
Good Hunting
HH~
WhistlingBadger:
Sounds like fun! The whitetails in our neighborhood are rutting too. There's been a decent 3x4 chasing does around with his nose to the ground like a hound dog. Too bad the season is over! I've thought about trying to grunt him in just for fun, but it seems like a bad idea to educate him; he'll be even nicer come next september!
Have fun!
Thomas
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