Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Shooting and Hunting => Topic started by: osage outlaw on October 01, 2016, 07:00:52 pm
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How about a thread to post pictures and updates from the stand.
So far all I've seen is a huge flock of migrating blackbirds.
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I started out in the dark in my stump pile natural blind. Had a chipmunk try to climb my leg. Stayed there till 10:00 when a steady drizzle chased me to my gun blind. I stayed there till it let up about noon. Then sat in closest tree stand till I got chased to my gun blind again about 1:00. At 1:45 my big buck was under my tree stand presenting a beautiful shoot. Unfortunately I wasn't in my tree stand so I just watched him graze there for about 5 min. till he slipped back out the same way he came in. At about 2:45 it let up enough I got back in my closest tree stand again. At 5:37 a doe and 2 fawns came out by the stand the big buck had been by. A few min. Later another doe and 2 fawns came out, they all started making there way towards me but never got closer than about 45 yards. At 7:15 it was getting close to dark and started to rain again so I walked home in the rain. No meat in the freezer but not a bad 1st opening day even if the weather was less than perfect.
Bjrogg
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PS I got a picture of the chipmunk but my photo bucket is full. Not sure what it cost to up grade it or if I can delete a bunch of pictures and post again. Gotta do something got a bow I want to post too.
Bjrogg
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Sounds like you had a frustrating day. All I saw tonight was birds.
I started a new photobucket account when mine got full.
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It could have been worst, was actually nice to see "my buck" and that stand is in a good place if the wind is right which it was today to bad it was raining. The seasons just begun so maybe there'll be some better days. I didn't really think it was going to be easy.
Bjrogg
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Pretty darn good man.A full day.It rained here right off the bat at sunrise then had company over later so did'nt get any hunting in yet.Will though here pretty soon.You got something going on there bud.Good luck!!!
I don't have one of those smart phone camera gadgets so I can't take any pics.Till it's down then I will.....lol.I think it's a smart idea to have a phone with you though for safety reasons.
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Yea I was up at 4:00 looked at radar it was pouring but looked like it would quit about 5:00 and then just hit and miss showers. I just had to go out it being my 1st opener and all. I really like having a phone along hunting. So far I don't know of any wheelie bow kills yet either but I'm sure somebody got one. happy hunting everyone, good luck and be safe.
Bjrogg
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Hey, any day is a good day to take a sit in the woods.
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I started out this morning going to church then I took a few pairs around to my spots and dropped off some stuff so I wouldn't have to carry it all. Checked trail cam under my tree stand had nice pictures of the buck I saw there opening day. Wind was wrong to hunt that blind so I walked to stand in fence row. I just got Nicely settled in and the wind switched 180 dgrees. It does that a lot here by the lake. It was only 11:30 so I packed up and moved to the stand by the trail cam a1/2 mile away. At about 6:20 2 does and 4 fawns came out. I had my bow all line up just had to draw on the doe but I decided to let them all go. I might try to get a doe yet but not now and not there I'd like to keep them around that stand. It was a very exciting hunt and I didn't even take a shoot. Do have some nice trail cam pictures from opening day though. Happy Hunting to All
Bjrogg
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I had a pretty frustrating morning. I did find a few interesting things along the way.
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I sat in the oak grove tonight and only saw chipmunks and squirrels
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I haven't set a stand this year but here a few pics from years past. The first is not far from the house. The salt lick where I get trail cam pics in abut 30 yards behind...
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...and there is Bucky, my deer decoy made from old political signs...
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This is from a club I was a member in Oglethorpe County GA. The bow is a yew selfbow. The wood came from Don Berg, the founder of the BOM here on PA. The stand is in a strip of mixed hardwoods with a cane patch to the right and planted pines to the left.
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The pic below is the club house At the Dixie Hunt Club in GA. We called this the Dixie Hilton. You can see my tent behind on the right...
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Here is one from Saturday evening, small 5 point. Great weekend, Beau and I seen several deer but no shots.
Pappy
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Here is 1 more I think I posted it on Life is Good. I don't pass many shots like this. ;)
Pappy
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Those spots make it a bit easier to let them walk by! Fawns are a lot of work for a few pounds of protein.
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I sat across the creek this morning and after about an hour I heard a splash. Turned around and saw 2 more jump the creek and head west away from me. After gettin wet one of the yearlings got purty stirred up and kept racing back and forth like she had hornets down her shirt. Momma just kinda watchin with that "would you KNOCK IT OFF!!" look.
Even though we haven't had a frost yet, the leaves were dropping all morning, and I was constantly hearing stuff that just wasn't there. It was a pretty morning to be out and always better when I see something.
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Had 5 good ones unfortunately I need to fill doe tags before I can shoot a buck haha. Had to walk far far to get to this spot but hou can see why I do
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Man that looks good there Lumberman. That would be a sweet shot right there
Bjrogg
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Does'nt get much better than that.
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Do I see 3?
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Yep, there were 5 of em together, slipped in, checked the field, turned around and headed back into the timber; the biggest one had to be over 5years old it was awesome. I was saying a prayer of thanks the whole time. So cool to get to be in their staging spot that evening
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That's pretty special lumberman, you can see those replayed in you mind along time. Good Luck.
Bjrogg
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Thanks for posting guys. Those are some nice bucks Lumberman. That bachelor group should be splitting up soon.
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I skipped hunting today so we could finish setting up the rest of our stands and a couple ground blinds. We were putting a hang on stand up next to a ladder stand when I noticed this little doe eating acorns 30 yards away and watching us the entire time. She got as close as 25 yards away while we were working.
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Funny how when your hunting you don't see any but when your working you do.
I went out this afternoon sat in one of my fence row stands. Got out about 3:45 about 4:30 a group of younger deer came towards me from neighboring woods. They grazed in the nieghbors hay field and even layed down for awhile. There was a spike and a 4 point that spared for a bit then they slowly made there way to cornfield to my north. Finally about 30 min before dark a doe and 2 fawns came out of corn then another deer couldn't make out what it was but they slowly grazed in my clover heading east away from me. I was watching them when I heard something to my south. I was in a pine tree, I planted these trees 21 years ago this spring. It was hard to see her but a doe was right on the edge of the trees coming toward me. I got ready and let arrow go right as she past me. She was right under my stand walking away a little to close. I saw the arrow hit her a little to high and forward. It was getting close to dark but I think it hit her in the shoulder blade. She ran off and I saw the arrow fall after about 20 yards. I was sure it wasn't a lethal wound, not much else I could do but wait a bit. I climb out of my stand and looked for blood and found none but it was dark and in a clover field. I found my arrow missing the stone point, with a little blood and hair on it. I'll look in morning but I'm not very hopeful of finding anything. I'm a little bummed I didn't wake a better shot was just off a little bit but that's all it takes.
Bjrogg
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Those darn close under ya shots get me to shoot high too.The vitals window is a lot smaller then too.You'll see her again later on if you don't think it penetrated deep enough.At least your getting your licks in already.
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Lumberman...Your in buck heaven there.Congrats.
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The most bucks I've ever seen close to shooting range was 5 and 4 does to boot all chasing each other around like heathens.I never did get a shot that evening....lol.
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I love watching them when there all grouped up, but it might be a nightmare trying to shoot one with a bow then. Sure is fun to watch em though. The most I've seen together (they weren't in bow range) was 13 bucks I could tell for sure with the naked eye, there were several more deer but couldn't tell what they where.
Bjrogg
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Yes it's enjoyable and entertaining at the same time.Educational too while not getting a shot.A person can get first hand experience from them encounters about things like types of grunt noises made in the heat of the action.The bleat noises made getting between a doe and her fawn that are seperated.All attractants to get them to let their guard down.
I watched 7 bucks from my tractor wear this doe out once to the point she just layed down on her belly.
OO.....Some things don't change,but I bet after gun season she won't be so approachable.
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I looked for any sign this morning and didn't find anything. I'm sure she's not hurt bad unless she would get infection. I'm sure arrow only penetrated a inch or maybe 2. I talked to one of my buddies this morning he basically did the same thing with his compound on a the biggest buck he ever shoot at. Found arrow with about 5" broken off and no blood. He's really upset thinks arrow my have penetrated deep enough for mortal wound. Guess it can happen at 300+ feet per second to.
Bjrogg
PS Ed I love watching them weather it from my tractor or hunting it's allways nice to observe the wild creatures and learn their ways
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Yep it was fantastic, tensions were already running a little high between two of them haha. They will not be buds for long. Also neat to see how the two biggest ones never even went within 20 yards from the field but watched the other ones check. I can't bring myself to field hunt and that's part of the reason, 30 yards is about as close as I get
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I've coon hunted a fair amount in your area Lumberman.Great deer hunting there I'm sure.I'm sure there will be more pics from ya soon too.
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Couldn't get out last night worked till after dark. Snuck out tonight about 4:00, sat by stump blind. It was really windy tonight nothing close but the chipmunks. One was about a foot away from the tip of my arrow. I tried to get phone out to take picture and It noticed me. It was pretty startled for a little bit but then it settled down and it's friend came out. Had high hopes for this spot. Can't see far but though I'd see something pass through. Might be a better spot later in season.
Bjrogg
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It was 80 degrees when I started to get ready for the evenings hunt. I decided to go to a ground blind near a small pond in a wooded valley. I only have 2 shooting lanes from this blind. The rest is really thick brush cover. I went with my summer hunting outfit tonight.
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One shooting lane
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And the other looking down the steep hill where a trail runs along the pond bank.
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Right before dark 2 deer came down the hill to get a drink. When they were done they went back up the way they came and didn't offer any shots. I still enjoyed a few peaceful hours in the wild.
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Nice looking bow your hunting with! but those legs.....whew!!!
DBar
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I am digging those pink socks sir!
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As for the " pink socks" do you do you own laundry Clint? Your supposed to seperate the whites. That's what my wife told me when we got married. Or you could just wear long pants. lol. It's turning to fall here, no frost yet but you can feel it in the air. Enjoy the hunt everybody stay safe.
Bjrogg
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Those socks were washed with my dyed camo last year. All my long hunting socks are that color now.
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Looks like a nice set up Clint, it is hot here also but supposed to cool off for the weekend, hope so. I will try and get some pictures from the Stand Saturday morning, I may hunt tomorrow evening but not sure, their is a front moving in which is usually a good thing and get them moving a bit, but it's not supposed to be through until late tomorrow night and 85 tomorrow so I may just wait till Saturday, sure I can fine something in the shop to keep me occupied until Saturday morning. ;)Good hunting to all yall.
Pappy
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Man it is beautiful in this tree tonight
Bjrogg
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Only problem is this darn wind by the lake is changing every 10 minutes. It's so quiet I can hear people talking a half mile away
Bjrogg
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The wind does that here in Tennessee all the time bj unless we have some kind of front moving in, then it will stay blowing in the same direction most of the time.
Pappy
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Same here Pappy, this lake is a big weather maker and really effects our wind, temperatures, clouds
Rain, fog you have it in , it effects it. I'm hunting from 1 mile to 150 yards off the big lake here and as beautiful as it can be it can also be just as ugly. It really does add an extra challenge to this type of hunting but I totally love this piece of earth and am so blessed to walk it. I constantly thank the lord for putting me here to care for his land and seeds. My dad told us we could farm with him if we wanted but not till we worked off farm for a few years. I went to electronic school in 1979 lived, went to trade school and worked in Detroit area for 5 years. When times get really hard I think back to living there. My dad was and still is a smart man
Bjrogg
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I feel that way about my dad too.Upside....Smartest most honorable man I'll ever know.In life as well.Farmed his whole life.Very in tune with the land and it's surroundings.Knew what to do when for what.A self doer.Only had a 6th grade education.Had to quit school to go to work to take care of his siblings during the depression of the 1930's.A penny saved is a penny earned mentality.
Down side....Most stubborn man I've ever known.....lol.In retrospect you had to be to grit it out through those hard times.
Anyway...It's cooling off nice here now.Been sitting in the stand a few times.Seeing some does/yearlings and smaller bucks.2 real nice bucks too.This morning is raining again lightly here so I'll see what goes on this evening.
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Haven't been out for 2 days now. Saw a buck walking down my west fence row yesterday morning while I was working by shed. It cooled off today, high 54 wind about 14mph radio said maybe frost tonight. think I'll try to get out in the morning went to church tonight.
bjrogg
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I'm taking a break also BJ. I might sneak out a time or two next week. I'm trying to take it easy until the rut starts and then I'll hit it hard.
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Am I the only one who doesnt like rut? Unless its a doe, buck taste bad when taken in rut.
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I've killed a lot of bucks in the rut and I've never had one taste bad. I think the flavor of deer meat is greatly affected by how its handled from recovery until its processed and in the freezer. I butcher my own deer so I know how its been handled. I've been inside a few different butcher shops and I'll never take one in to be processed. When I recover a deer we field dress it and skin it as soon as possible. I quarter it up and hang it in a fridge set just above freezing. I let it hang for around a week before I butcher it. Now that my state has online check in that has greatly reduced the time it takes us to get one from the field to the fridge. With a quick recovery I can have one done and cooling off in the fridge in under an hour from the shot.
Last year during the peak of the rut my Dad killed a buck that was 4.5 years or older. I've been getting pictures of this buck for multiple years so I know it was at least that old. I cooked steaks from that deer at Moontree, the Classic, and Marshall. Nobody seemed to mind the taste.
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That was some of the finest deer I've had.
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You probably have a point there. All the rut deer I have had were shot by a buddy of mine who takes his to a processor. I do all my own meat too.
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I'm sure not all deer processors are the same but the ones I have seen didn't impress me at all. Deer bodies piled up or hanging packed together. You might have been careful not to rupture the stomach and bladder when you field dress it but the deer next to yours might be covered in nasty stuff. And you can't be 100% sure you are getting back the meat from the deer you dropped off. My neighbors used to process deer. They didn't keep the meat separated and just gathered up some packages to fill an order. Somewhere I've got a picture of a big pile of deer at their place.
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Yes deer are'nt moving as well as they could here either OO.They will though.A few but mostly other critters within bow range like squirrels and possum so far.Got busted walking back to the house about dark....lol.Think it was a small buck.I really would like some cooler weather.
I used to think buck deer did'nt taste as well as does back in the muzzle loader shooting days,but I gotta say that 5 year old buck I shot last year tastes as good as any does I've eaten.I cut a little beef or pork fat with the hamburger though and the loins and back quarter steaks and roasts are straight deer.
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When our girls where younger they knew "they didn't like venison ". My wife would cook a vinison roast and a beef roast together. I'd smile to Myself as our girls would always take the venison and leave the beef saying how good the beef was.
As for the rut, I've never been able to hunt it allways to busy then. The only deer I remember not tasting great was one old buck my brother got in the U.P. I,m not sure if it was what they eat up there and I don't know how it was processed that was when I lived in Detroit area. I used to think the does taste better as Ed said but I don't think so anymore and the buck usally have more meat. We allways process our own same way Osage does. It's nice to have an old fridge in our shop for just such occasions. The deer around here eat better than the cattle most of the year and they taste very similar to beef but you don't want to over cook them
Bjrogg
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PS now our girls "know they love venison and can't wait for the back straps" I usually make a lot of jerky and I gotta hide it good or it's all gone as fast as I can make it.
Bjrogg
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Lordy....They'll probably have to teach their husbands how to eat venison properly....lol.Once I had a whole deer made into pepper sticks....Kind of expensive I know,but man did I make lots of friends!!!
I cook practically all my sectioned back straps and roasts in the crock pot slowly with a cup of onion soup mix in there and veggies.Very very tasty!!!Robin loves it.Hope I don't start a cooking forum thread here now.....lol.
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Good thing I took some 10 month old jerky with me this morning cause all this talk about venison really got me hungry. I'll try getting us back to hunting here. I decided not to hunt last night and went to church instead so I could hunt this morning. Weather sounded great, possible frost, sunny light and variable wind (usally that means steady off the lake east wind here) good opportunity to hunt my favorite spot. I got up early did my morning routine walked outside wind was blowing about 8 mph out of the west. So much for my favorite spot. I decided to try my stand in my east fence row. The air was cold and damp and the light and varible 8 mph wind was really sinking in. The sun hide behind the cloud bank refusing to shine its warmth on my little piece of earth. Finally it broke out and I tried to sook up as much as I could. I didn't get to sook up much before it started raining. Having seen nothing and approaching hypothermia I decided to go home. It's probably sunny 10 or 15 miles away from the lake but not here.
Bjrogg
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Like Clint said, it's all in how the deer is processed from the time it is shot. Aging the meat is a big help in how it tasted and how tender it is. The beef you buy in the grocery store has all been aged for at least a short time. The controlled decomposition is what tenderizes the meat and affects how it tastes. The deer that I have processed have been done like Clint does.
I shot a doe at Chris Cade's farm 2 tears ago. It was shot with a rifle, dropped in its tracks and didn't hardly move after that. We took it back and gutted, skinned and cut up the meat but I didn't age it. It was some of the toughest deer meet I ever killed. Even ground it was tough...most of which was due to lack of aging. IMO
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I dont have any pics,, I saw deer every day I hunted in Texas last week,, but they were too far for a shot,, the last morning I was getting really close ,, was ready to draw my bow,, and the doe went the wrong way(right way for her) and out of site,, the temps were hitting 90 in the afternoon so not much movement,, I really enjoyed being outside with my bow and made some great shots on some cactus with my blunts,,, :)
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I whiffed on a buck last night. 10 yards broad side, looking away, front leg just ahead. Perfect you say? Sure was! And I sent a shaft right under his chest. I was too nonchalant and took the shot for granted. Oh well, maybe next time.
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You will get him next time Pearly
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Never seen the difference in a buck in rut or doe, as others I process my own meat and take real care to keep it clean and clean up very good when I cut it or grind it up, don't get quite as much meat but it's all prime stuff when I am done. This was 3 deer, minus the shoulders and inner loin and 2 back straps, about 80 to 90 lbs. but all prime meat. Screwed up a shot on one Saturday morning, hit high in the back, I am sure it will be fine, maybe just sore and a little more careful :) That was the only time I went out. Beautiful morning , just a little windy. :)
Pappy
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Yes I always age the meat hanging a few days.Gotta watch too warm of weather though.
Man at least you've gotten a shot Pearly.I always have to go to a different spot when I do that.It seems to upset the area or something.You should get another shot.
Ohhh boy now we're showing our meat.Looks good Pappy.You wrap it up though right?I 've had a food saver a while but if I eat it fast enough I usually only used regular butcher paper.
Pateince,patience,patience with this hunting.I keep thinking about the hide to brain tan too along with the meat.....lol.I'm thinking first anything coming by it gets stuck.The weather is gonna get a bit colder this weekend.Hope it just don't turn over to full blown winter.Looking at last years calendar things temp wise are about like last year.So far I could of just shot a few possum that's all.....lol.
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Pearl,, that 10 yard shot is a killer,, I try to practice it alot,, and tell my self to slow down when I get one,, to easy just to throw up and shoot,, been there done than more times than I would like to admit,, :)
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Its kinda' like what George says about building bows, if you aint missin you aint huntin! I will say I don't miss many, especially chip shots. But I did. I was more than happy when I seen how far my bow drove the arrow into the ground, at least 10-12" worth. Good dirt penetration :) To cap off my night, I dropped another arrow and dulled it. So I will have some sharpening to do tonite. Ah the joys of bow hunting, love it.
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Ya we use butcher paper also Beadman, Miss Joanie wraps it very nice and have no problem if I have some left over for a year or 2. Ate some last night from 14, it was just fine. :) Sometimes it don't get brought to the front when putting in new meat and have had some 3 or 4 years old found and it was fine also. Pearl it happens, probably missed 20 or 30 over the years at less than 10 yards. ??? Still I love that shot. :)
Pappy
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Weather bug radar is a big fat liar.
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I love how they give you a 15 day forcast and they can't even get a one day right. I just haven't had a chance to get back in my stand. Did get a few practice shots in this morning
Bjrogg
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The radar wasn't showing much but I sat in rain most of the evening. I got soaked and didn't wear enough clothes. I was having full body shivers before I got down. I saw a doe and 2 fawns walk by. Later a spike walked up and sniffed the ladder and then walk between it and the tree.
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I am seeing more deer.I'm afraid it's gonna just switch right over to winter if I don't watch it....lol.
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Man, I'm ready to go hunting, you guys are killing me. Guess I'll throw the kayak in the water this weekend and try to catch some Specs.
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It's almost prime time here Mullet. Swollen necks, scrapes, sparring, it's heating up.
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Finally got some good hunting time in today. Sat this morning and had an owl land in the tree above me. Other than a possum and some squirrel nothing was moving.
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This afternoon I got back out and since the wind was up I snuck down into the ditch and got out of most of it. Ended up seeing 4 does and then just before dark had a little 6pt work toward me. He made a scrape and came on through right at dark.
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Sure is nice when you're seeing something.
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That's a good looking spot Scott. This evening right before dark I had an owl about the same size as yours swoop down and land 20 yards in front of me for just a few seconds. They make absolutely no sound when they fly.
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Good looking spot Scott and set up, ? Scott you have any trouble with the strap on quiver on your self bow, I had one of my bows tuned and ready to go, arrows shooting like darts, I thought OK everything is good all I need to do is put the quiver on and it's ready to hunt. I strapped it on and thought I would shoot just a couple of arrows to see how the different weight felt. Man the arrows flew awful, couldn't hit anything. Took the quiver off and WA LA it flew prefect again. So I turned all my strap on's into Asbell style side quivers , just curious if anyone else had that trouble. :-\ :-\ Clint, no shot at the spike or just waiting on big daddy ? The weather has cooled here today and I am looking forward t getting out this weekend, we didn't get the much needed rain but at least it has cooled up. ;) White oak acorns have finely dropped, really late this year for some reason and the beans have been cut so the deer should be in the woods feeding hard and heavy, we will see. ;)
Pappy
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Pappy, I was hoping that crooked racked deer would walk by.
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Hope he does that for ya, he is pretty cool looking. :)
Pappy
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Mark, I have zero trouble with that quiver/bow combo. It is light, and holds the arrows well, and I can't tell a difference with it on or off.
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Pappy I have some bows that allow a strap on quiver and some wont. My straight bows with longer fades will and bows that bend near handle wont accept them. I don't mind side quivers, but bow quivers are much more handy especially in a stand that doesn't have limbs around to hang stuff on. I know the top and bottom pieces have to be very close together on a self bow. Mine might be 12-13" apart.
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Oddly enough I prefer a bow quiver on my glass bows but not on my wood bows or selfbows. On glass bow it gives me stability but I find one cumbersome on a wood bow or selfbow.
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I always carry my arrows seperate no matter what type of bow. I have never liked a mounted quiver. It just seems distracting to me.
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Saw a small buck pushing a doe tonight. He was grunting the entire way. He stopped to work a cedar tree with his antlers.
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Getting pretty decent out now finally weatherwise.4 hours...No bucks yet...Just a doe and her 2 fawns@ about 30 yards.....A ton of squirrels & birds.Sometimes within arms length.Keeps a person occupied.
Looks like a barred owl Scott.Pretty close too.There's a lot of those here.They'll come into a squealing predator call.
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I had the same thing happen with the strap on and my Self Bow. It works good on my glass bows and Laminates. I turned one of mine into an Asbell type, also.
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Some nice youngsters this morning before church
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Good pic and nice deer bud.A 3 year old maybe?I would of shot but a little farther out anyway and apparently you've got bigger fish to fry heh???Congrats on your area too.NICE!!!!!Had a doe bust me yesterday.Wind is changing to NW today and I've been really waiting for that in most of my stands.Still rather warm but a little better.
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Yeah his body looked like a 2 1/2 year old at first to me but looking back the video I think he was 3. Thanks man no doubt it is a great spot, a good deal of pressure but all the spots I am hunting in iowa the deer seem less pushed than back home in Southern IL. I just use a climber and adjust my ambush point accordingly. Anything else would just get stolen. I am surprised at how many Iowans leave their stands out on public ground, can't imagine human nature is too different from one state to the next lol. I had a group of does smell me and bust two weeks ago and a bit later a doe took the same path, smelled me, and walked up to my tree and stood there looking and then even licking the tree where I had climbed it. Some like it but most don't lol.
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You guys all keep posting those nice pictures here. I hope to see some on the 2016 hunting pictures soon good luck guys.
Bjrogg
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bjrogg....Thanks but no camera phone.I'll post a pic of one down when it happens with the camera.I hope!!!!
2 more does and 3 youngsters @ around 40 yards.No shot again.There's blue birds and other summertime birds around here yet.Their usually south by now.I'm not seeing bucks of different sizes going through here yet like I usually do chasing does.
That's pretty good for public ground Lumberman.Don't blame ya for being patient though with the pics your showing.Those does are BIG pains in the A$$'$ far as I'm concerned.The deer are calm here too though.Just need things to get just right.I've got 10 stands up.I'm with ya about not leaving my stand there on that public land.I used to go to a big breed coon hunt in Flora,Illinois most springs.Black & Tan days.Won the whole ball of wax there once and placed high a numbers of times.Dead pan flat country there except going a little east or west to the rivers.
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I had a great weekend in the stand, seen lots of deer but no shots, had another 3 point 4 yards and then right under my stand Saturday and then the 7 point I have been looking for also at 4 yards but no shot, Miss Joanie said I needed to trim them beech limbs. ;) :) Seen 5 different bucks over the 2 days and 1 was a really nice one, chasing 4 doe all around the woods. Seen 7 different doe also but about 25 yards was as close and the dared. Great time and it should only get better of the next weeks. Lumber man them are some nice deer, sure wouldn't have gotten a pass if they came by me. I do know from what I have heard and some I have seen Iowa some really big boys so if I lived or hunted there it Might make a difference. ;) But for me I doubt it. ;) :)
Pappy
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I got out yesterday morning, had a deer walk up on me around 6:30, It was standing broadside at 10 yds from me, but it was so dark I couldn't tell is it was a buck or a doe. I figured, being that close if I were to stand up and get into position, that I would just spook it off. So I just let it walk on past, hoping it would stay in area another 15-20 minutes till it was light enough to get a shot. No luck, it wandered off and didn't come back.
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I hope it comes back and gives you a shot at it Aaron.
Pappy, do you trim shooting lanes from your stands?
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I do some but try and leave as much cover as I can around the stand and under it. Sometimes it cost me a close shot but most times if you have patients it works out ok for the shot and I rarely get spotted in the stand unless I do something really stupid. ;)
Pappy
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Headed to the stand in a few minutes, hope to have some good pictures, Pappy
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Same here Pappy. Good luck
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I'm in beet digger tractor good luck guys beautiful morning it's gonna be here calm clear and crispy should start that rut. Can see every star in the sky
Bjrogg
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I do some but try and leave as much cover as I can around the stand and under it. Sometimes it cost me a close shot but most times if you have patients it works out ok for the shot and I rarely get spotted in the stand unless I do something really stupid. ;)
Pappy
Same here pappy. When a person carries a bow that requires them to draw and shoot simultaneously they have to have cover around the stand most often. We cant draw and hold while we wait for a good shot.
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When I got to my stand this morning I noticed a big scrape on the trail 10 yards away.
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That should be a good sign.
Bjrogg
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Great morning yesterday, no deer killed but beautiful morning and seen deer. Nothing was moving until after 9 am then they came out of the wood work. Got in the stand at 6am and came down about noon. Was planning on staying all day but had a buddy needed help tracking on so I had to come out. Wished I would go on and retire so I could do that all the time. A couple of pictures, 1 of a button under the stand and the other is a small buck working on some overhanging beech limb and doing some rubbing, he thought he was bad to the bone you could tell. :)
Pappy
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You have a lot more green leaf cover than we do Pappy. Our leaves are dying and dropping fast. Yesterday morning I didn't see much but last night I saw a lot of activity. A small buck chased a doe right behind my stand. Several other small bucks and does were running around the hillside. I watched 2 different flocks of turkeys. One was a group of jakes. They walked up the hill behind me and then flew down to get on roost. This morning should be good.
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Not too bad here for deer yesterday either.Had the regular parade of does and yearlings going by just out of bow range but did see a couple of bucks too.Seeing more scrapes now too.
I try everything in the book to get a shot here.Good understory around my stands.My profile blended into a leafy background.Stand in the shadows.My shots coming from deer coming up from behind me along trails.It's just a matter of time.
We're finally getting rain here but I won't hunt then.Not in the stand anyway.
Still hav'nt burned one load of wood in the house yet here and it's almost november already.Pretty unusual.
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I have been out a few times here in MN with not much action. But it has been nice to be out. Will be head to IL this weekend and the week of 11/12-11/19. Hope to have some luck there. Maybe better than years past.
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Nice buck, did you kill that one this year ?
Pappy
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I got lucky last night! I was invited to hunt with a friend on his place. It was a beautiful night. Cold and calm. I sat with great anticipation, until my wife texted me and said I left my money clip on the kitchen bar. It holds my drivers license and kill tags. I WILL NOT haul an illegal deer. So, luckily I didn't see a dang thing! It is still illegal to hunt in Michigan without a tag in your pocket.
We had a pretty good rain/snow squall come through a few days ago. Its just damp and cool now.
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Pappy no that was 3 years ago. If I can reduce the size of my pic from 2 years ago I will post it. Last year was a blank for the first time since 2001. Last night though I went out and grabbed a stand to take with me no deer but this is what I fond.
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Haven't had much chance to get out since I got my 4 point. It rained Thursday night and I snuck out Friday morning for a couple hours. Just before dawn I thought I saw a pair of coyotes cross my field but it was still quite dark wasn't sure just looked like the way coyotes move. About an hour later I saw one hunting along the ditch but lost track of him in the cover. About 30 minutes later I watched one cross my farm at a angle. He got about 75 yards and could tell he got a wiff of me, stopped looked around then kept going to the woods. About 5 minutes later I saw the 2nd one coming this one was a big fluffy one. It got about 45 yards when it winded me and turned tail. It was a light and variable wind wish it had been out of east at the time I'm sure they would have hunted fence row I was in would have loved to shot one of them. I did see a few deer but the coyotes had them on edge. Maybe another day.
Bjrogg
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Some stand observations this weekend. Was very warm in IL. Some activity is starting. Saw a couple of does and a nice 2 1/2 yr old on Sunday morning. Will be going back in 2 weeks for a week so passed. He was bird dogging like young ones do. Scrapes in same areas as usual are opened. The buck was seen on Sunday when north wind and cooled down. Was lucky enough to kill about 25 wasp in the camper while waiting for the evening hunt on Saturday. Wish I knew where they were coming from. Makes you take a nap with one eye open. But as the buzz close to your head you seem to wake up.
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Look out DV IN MN.Those wasps are nasty fellas.Maybe a bug bomb might get em.....lol.Or sleep with a fly swatter on your chest....lol.
Been in the stands pretty steady every day here.Seeing does and yearlings yet.I've got to watch my P'S & Q'S here so as to not spook these deer because of the small hunting area I'm in.Once they know your in an area they get pretty wary here anyway.I'm watching a few that go by one of my stands every morning at around 8:30 to 9:00.Their creatures of habit around here.Might get a shot there.
I just used some rawhide on a bow here from a yearling shot back in 2013.Looks like I'll need to resupply my materials here with another yearling for more rawhide.Plus the other benefits yearlings give a person.If that's all I'm gonna get a shot at anyway.You never know though.The season is far from over yet here.Unseasonably warm again too.
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Lots better activity here the last week or so.Very nice 8 point buck around 50 yards away yesterday.Very swelled up neck and a huge body.Fun watching but sure would of liked a shot.
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I sure hope you get a good shot at him to Ed. We got rained out the other night so I snuck out for a little while yesterday morning. I just went out in corn field by my Dads. I saw a buck when I got back to my spot about 50 yards away. It was to dark to see him good but I could see he was a decent buck. I never got a shot at him. I had a yearling walk right up the rows I was standing in till she was less than 10 yards. Then she noticed me and did the head bob foot stump routine. Eventually she turned tail and scooted away. A lot of nice bucks taken in my neighborhood last week, the 9 point that was standing under my tree stand opening day one of my neighbors got last Sunday. Here's a couple pictures. Good luck everyone
Bjrogg
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Beautiful!
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Had a nice sit yesterday afternoon. Snuck into a new spot about 3:20 and settled in for the afternoon. Never was fully comfortable with the set, but didn't want to change after gettin setup, so I just endured it.
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Wasn't long till a lone doe wandered through and bedded above me about 40 yds. This time a year it's nice to have live decoys, so I just watched and waited. As it turns out a small fork bumped her and she left. He left shortly after, and no shots granted. With the witching hour upon me I was not shocked to hear and then see another little guy come from behind me. He had wandered through the cow pasture, jumped the fence and was crossing the creek before I started feeling my nerves get taught. It took very little encouragement for him to walk straight to me and before I realized it I had dropped the string on him at 8 yds. And missed high. Not a total miss. I creased him. He didn't feel it nor hear it, so I was able to turn him and shortly he was walking back by on the other side and gave me a 15 yd shot.
Praying the arrow hit the mark I was looking at, I came to full draw and held for a long second, then dropped it again. Gone in a flash and down in seconds. Stone head drove through shoulder blade and took out lungs which gave the guy no chance. He made it 50 yds and never got up again.
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It's been a couple years since I put it all together, so you gotta know I was thankful for this one.
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That's great Scott, way to hold it all together. Glad it all worked out for you.
Bjrogg
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Great job Scott! Those stone points are definitely lethal.
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My wife sent me these pictures she took out the back door yesterday.
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And today I'm at work and my son sends me these pictures of a buck crossing the road onto our property. Plus my Dad was texting me updates from the stand all day. The bucks are running wild right now.
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Congratulations Scott.Great story and an exciting hunt.A miss and a hit....You lucky dog!!!!Way to stick it out.Those close ones' are just too easy for ya.....lol.Primitive all the way!!!!
Nice pics OO.That's about the size I was looking at yesterday here with this story.
The bucks are finally going nuts here too like OO says.Chasing and grunting all over.A blast to watch!!!Got at least two big bodied 3 year old 8 points getting close to the danger zones with me here.Passed on a doe and her yearlings under my stand for an hour or so yesterday.
No pics but I'll try to describe what went on here now.I got into the stand with 2 yearlings looking at me 40 yards away.I was'nt moving to another stand so I climbed up.They eventually both just went and layed down right where they got up from.They really have no reason to be afraid of man yet.I figured their mom set them there to wait for her.An 8 point comes by to check them out and leaves.Does'nt offer me a shot.A different 8 point chases an old doe out a block or so in front of me over a hill.
Eventually the mom comes by to pick up the yearlings.They circle around and begin to feed on hedge balls and browse right beneath my stand.Like Scott figured too nothing better than a live decoy I passed on these deer.All this commotion happened I'd say in a period of 2 hours I'd say.This nice weather is a blessing now.I just could'nt shoot at any of those three yesterday with the way things are gong on here now.I'm gonna pick and choose my shot here and live with the consequences.
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Scott...I'm not a user of those kind of quivers but that looks pretty cool.A copperhead skinned one on an osage bow.
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Thanks Ed. This time of year is pure magic and the more you can be out the better! Love watching the woods when anything could happen!
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hey Scott, congrats,, I have killed some deer on the second shot,, feels great,, glad you got him,,
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Nice going Scott.
Clint I hope your getting out there after those bucks, good luck to ya.
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Well I put a shot on a little 6 point.Right beneath my stand.He had no idea what hit him.Knew I did'nt like the hit right off the bat but was hopeful.Found good blood for about 50 yards but it played out.Found back 4" of arrow there too.Looked quite extensively and will have to let it go.The shot was too low I think.Across and through his sternum at a downward angle.Pretty sure no major arteries were hit and that he will eventually heal up.
The small area I'm hunting I will have to give it a rest with all of the commotion that went on,but will continue later.The weather forecast is pretty good.Good luck to the rest of you fellas.
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I know the feeling Ed, those right under the stand ones that sweet spot gets real small. Hope you get another chance
Bjrogg
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I've seen this fella 3 times so far. Each time was under 15 yards. I have no desire to kill him or shoot at him. Fun to watch.
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They are my favorite animals to watch Pearl, I love watching them hunt especially in the snow when they are mousing.
Bjrogg
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Nice picture Pearly. I've never seen a fox from the stand.
The rut has seemed to stop cold at our place. Bucks are eating acorns instead of looking for love.
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I used to use fox pee as a cover scent years ago. One morning I watch 2 foxes follow my trail in to the large oak I was sitting in. They both walked up to the base of the tree and looked up at me before scurrying off. They were fun to watch for sure. I've had quite a few deer follow my trail in also. I always felt confident with my hunting stand whenever I saw foxes and they didn't know I was there.
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I wear plaid shirts quite often. Even foxes cant see me in them. I had plaid on every time he strolled by.
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I think I see a deer trail there pearly.
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Yes sir. I missed a buck at 8 yards on that trail a month ago. Let him try that again now! They used to pasture that 5 acre wood lot. They quit 3 years ago and it went from a city park look to a jungle.
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Yes I'll get another shot at a buck here.Sure of that.Seeing really good activity here already this morning.I did see a covey of 14 quail go by underneath my stand too once here this fall.Pretty neat.All walking in a line like a little train following each other peeping along.
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Pearly...That's the perfect place for a buck to hide out through the deer season.Big bucks here hide right under peoples noses around little 1 acre ponds with brush and trees in the middle of a section of corn field.Weatherwise things are looking good.Good luck.
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I had left just 30 min before this buck came down the logging road. Oh well maybe next time. Glad my camera got him first time seeing him. Hopefully get a pic of him on the ground soon.
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That's a very nice buck. Good luck with him
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Pack a lunch and stay put next time Gutshot. ;D Hope ya get a shot at that buck, he sure looks like a bruiser.
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Thats a nice one for sure paul...looks like he was busy chasin some tail too!!
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Hey Guts...look! He's laughing at you!
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Well the bucks are still pushing the does around here.Not always within range but fun to watch.Got a regular I call half rack.He's missing his left side.Heavy at least 4 year old 10 point.Beautiful animal.
Looks like colder weather is coming here soon.Better get out the long underwear.....lol.I've passed on quite a few does.I might have to put an effort into just getting meat....lol.Still lots of other useable material from them.
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Our archery is about to come to an end tomorrow. I wont lie, its been very rough. I haven't seen any rut behavior at all, zero. I've seen a handful of rubs, not 100's. And the few little scrapes I've seen came and went in a hurry. It just seems to me the deer are somewhere else for some reason. Oh well! Ill get after them again next like I have for the last 26 years.
Time for the ol' Hawken to come out of hiding. I can shoot her almost as far as the gross gun guys can shoot :)
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That makes it tough Pearly...I've had that too.Hard to figure what's going on.It was that way in the beginning here.No action whatsoever much but an occasional doe or two.I'm pissed off this year that I've shot 3 times and no deer.....lol.
I've got my .54 cal hawkin too....lol.
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Ed I have hunted this little 5 acre wood lot for 7-8 years now, very casually. Last year it was full of rutting deer and sign. Even had a true giant living in the area that I seen twice. This year the trails are fewer and smaller, the sign is much fewer and the sightings are very few. But when you hunt 5 acres you don't exactly have much room to go looking for em'!
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It seems like our rut only lasted a few days. I only saw one good chase. Usually I'll see several in a day during the peak. I'm betting there will be a good second rut this year. I think the hot temperatures screwed things up this year.
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We finished harvest yesterday. I haven't had much time to go to the woods but usually I see signs of the rut from my tractor. I'd agree with Clint, it doesn't really seem like the full fledged rut has occurred yet and I have the feeling we will have a bigger than usual 2nd rut. I think we had a small rut 2 weeks ago a lot of bucks taken then and I've seen a few the last couple of days chasing doe. I think it's about to get interesting. Good Luck everyone
Bjrogg
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I haven't hunted this year so my only observations have been while walking in our woods. I found one old(a few weeks old) rub in our woods and that is it. I'll check my game camera later today to see who's been around over the last week.
On Friday, while driving to town and within a few minutes of each other I saw 3 does(different ones each time) that looked like Momma, a yearling doe and this year's fawn busting out of the woods and bounding across fields with flags flying. In both cases this was from woods that don't get hunted so I assumed it was a buck chasing them although I never saw a buck either time.
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Seems to have slowed down here also, last Thursday I seen 6 different bucks, Friday 4 /Saturday only 1 and nothing the last couple of days, the temp sure have something to do with it, but they are still are going to rut/breed , hot or not. They just do it more at night. I have passed this little guy several time this year at 5 and 10 yards but when things get slow he better not keep tempting me. ;) :) I have no pride. ;) ;D ;D The only thing I require is at least 14 inches, that is back strap length of course. ;) It is supposed to cool off here this weekend but wind in the 20mph range, maybe after this front get through things will pick up. It is usually very good for bucks until about Thanksgiving after that it slows again until mid to late Dec when the 2nd rut hit. It is always much slower but better than nothing. :)
Pappy
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Gun season started here 2 days ago. I hunted hard last two days, in blind hour before sunrise walked home in dark. Yesterday I sat with my son for his 1st hunt he had classes opening day. We saw 4 different bucks. All had their nose to the ground or high in the air. They weren't looking anywhere just following their nose. 2 of them actually where under same tree stand I saw 9 point under opening bow. They didn't leave edge spent 2 maybe 3 minutes tops and ducked back in way they came from. Told my son just like they were robbing the bank. They both later came across from a different spot nose high in the air at a fast trot never looked anywhere. They where a bit far away for my son and I need at least 4 points on one side to fill my second tag so we just watched. All that said it was actually pretty slow day doe where only out maybe 20 minutes after sunrise and 45 minutes before dark didn't bring any boys with them. My son has sat with me hunting for many years now. We never got a shot today but it was great having him in the "pilot in command seat". It is a hunt I will long remember.
Bjrogg
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Sounds like you'll get a shot yet there.....bjrogg.The rut's going on here yet too.Saw 4 does and a nice 8 point following them.No shot though.
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The first rut is slowing down here but the buck although not chasing like they were are still cruising around. Sunday morning saw a nice 8 point following a doe 20/30 yards back. This was a small doe he was on and 30 minutes earlier I saw a big doe and a small one pass the same trail so I suspect that was her other young one he was after. :-\ Also seen a big doe and 2 young'uns with her which tell me she has already bred , seen the young ones by their self last week. Also seen a 3 or 4 point a spike and another big wide 8 and a smaller 8 just walking and looking so they are still on the move. This action usually stays good until a little after Thanksgiving around here, but it has been a weird year so who knows. I had 2 of the 3 8's pass 30 yards and 3 doe, I need to move but no where to go so I guess I will just try and wait it out and hope they move by a bit closer next time. Saturday had another nice 8 or 10 pass 30 yards in another spot, guess I need to work on my shooting distance. The life of a primitive bow hunter. :o If you can't take the heat as they say you need to get out of the kitchen. ;) :)
Pappy
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I think the second rut is starting to heat up a little bit around here. Several people I know shot mature bucks over the last 2 days. My Dad hasn't been seen much at all over the last week and a half but yesterday he saw a bunch of deer movement. He's out right now. I wish he would get one so we can get our stands in before winter hits.
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My brother got a 7 point Saturday and his son got a nice 8 Sunday. Both where running around chasing doe. They both have a lot of trail cameras up and said they didn't have any pictures of these bucks that the both just moved in. They both hunt deferent woods 12 miles apart. I'm still looking for my 4 points on one side buck to give me a shot. The doe are super spooky now though and don't come out much, when they do they are on nervous
Bjrogg
PS Ed I hope so. Where both still hunting. If don't get one by Thanksgiving might have to start stalking
Bjrogg
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Clint it usually don't start the 2nd rut until about a month after the first here, they say the doe that don't get bred the first time will come back in heat in 28 days along with the fawn doe from last year and that will keep on until they are all bred or the bucks loose their horns. Seems to work that way, there will be another smaller rut mid December here. This time is what we call the post rut, you will see buck moving around but will see them feeding also which you don't see when it is really going.
Pappy
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Had a small 6 or 7 point ;) come in below me 50 or so yards and bed down about 3pm, he stayed there
until about 4:30 a doe came in and off he went after her, so they are still interested. ;) Also had a flock of 14 Long beards come feeding below me headed North and just before dark they showed back up and roosted in the oaks 40 yards North of me, love to be there this morning to hear and see them fly down. seen something I have never seen, 2 Fox Squirrels mating, guess it's something in the air or just that time of year for all the critters. ;) ;D ;D
Pappy
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Had a great day in the stand yesterday, it was a beautiful sunset and seen lots of Deer, 7 doe and 2 bucks, 1 pretty nice buck and they are chasing again. It will be short lived if it is like it usually is in mid December but I will enjoy it while it last. ;) :) Tough to get them close enough this time of year but a lot of fun to watch and hope. ;)
Pappy
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I didn't get to hunt this year so I really appreciate all you guys pics of the woods :)... Brian
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Nice pictures Pappy. Looks like you have the winter beard on.
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Thought that was Santa up in that tree at 1st glance Pappy. Good Luck and Happy Hunting thanks for the pictures
Bjrogg
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Looks like fun Pappy.Good luck to ya.I'm not through yet here either.Been seeing plenty of does.Got turkeys roosting here to that I hear.Better make meat a priority.
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Decided to hunt the woods yesterday instead of the fields I have been hunting, seeing lots of deer in the fields but seeing is all I can do , so I decided to go back in the wood and see if I could catch them as they come out, just as I thought they are bedded close to the fields and I bumped several getting in to the stand. O well maybe next time. ;) It was burr cold also yesterday but a beautiful day. :)
Pappy
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Put a good arrow in a big doe last night.Broadside double lung looked like to me from a blind.Just the feathers sticking out at the entry with the rest out the other side.Robin and me followed the blood trail after a few hours for a good hundred yards into a logged sidehill that was a jungle.It played out.We decided to look today in the daylight.She's going down hill to a bottom with a wooded wash.Hope the coyotes don't get her.100% sure she's dead somewhere.Should have pappys' dog.....lol.
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Good Luck Ed I sure hope you find her before the coyotes do.
Bjrogg
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Yea me too bjrogg.
Looks like you got a little snow too pappy.We did up here too.Coldest it got was -10 F air temp. but has gotten milder lately.Shootin good with insulated gloves lately?I have been.As long as the wind stays down it's not too bad.
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That looks cold Pappy.
Good luck with the recovery Beadman. Keep us posted.
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Good luck with the search Ed. Snow could make the look a lot tougher. If she is hit where you think she shouldn't be far from last blood you found. They can go a long way even hit good if they are going down hill especially. :) Ya Clint it was pretty cold, today we have freezing fog, looks like it is snowing around here, very damp and cold but is supposed to warm a bit over the next few days. :)
Pappy
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We had the same thing last night Pappy. Everything was white this morning but no snow. It's supposed to warm up to 45 today. I might go hunting for some osage trees. I've been cooped up in my workshop for the last month. I need to stretch my legs a little.
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Ya me to, bow hunting is tough this time of year but gives me a good reason to get out, in fact I am in the stand now, lots of tree rats moving but no deer yet, never know why the evening may hold . Pappy
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Well no luck.Looked all morning.Did find a week dead yearling in the wash though.Guess I'll have to keep trying.Beautiful weather out now too.Keep seeing a nice 10 pointer once in a while along with a bunch of does.Did find the back 8" off the pass through though.
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Darn sure was hoping you'd find her Ed. That arrow looks like it did its job.
Bjrogg
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That's a dead deer
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The arrows looks good to me, sorry you lost it that is tough when you know you did things right.
Pappy
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I talked to an out of state bow hunter while looking for the doe in the area she could of ran.Hate to think bad of people but he could of taken her too.Usually it costs out of staters approximately 600 to 700 dollars before they can get a deer home here in Iowa.
I have a friend with a good blood trailing dog.A labrador but it's illegal to trail any form or state of deer with a dog in Iowa.Have to drop a note to my representative about that.....lol.Trouble is people can twist the law around to suit their needs I imagine.
Funny things can happen hunting.Shots like that usually always show me a dead deer.I'll take it every time.It's all a part of the experience though.I enjoy being out there trying to get another shot so I'll keep trying.Got till January 10 till the season closes.
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With the looks of that arrow wouldnt think that dear would be far I hope it wasn't a out of stater taking it , we only have a couple more times out here in Il. before end of season been sub zero temps this last week but warming up going to get out sunday hope you find it yet Ed.
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In Tennessee you have to have the dog on a leash and no weapons when tracking deer. ;) Of course I always keep a little something in my pocket just in case. ;)
Pappy
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Been hearing plenty of late muzzle loader shots around me lately,but it seems they hav'nt shot em all around me yet.That season goes on in tandem with the bow season here till the end January 10.Think other hunters have scared my flock of turkeys away too.Had a 7 and an 8 point chasing 4 does entertain me yesterday evening.I was just in the wrong stand is all.I've got about maybe 30 acres at the most of wooded area to hunt here and still might get another shot if I'm lucky.I believe they are hanging around my area because of all of the commotion over the fence from me.
It still kinda befuddles me how that hard hit big doe was'nt found.A broad side shot right in the boiler.There was blood already on the ground 30 foot from the spot she got shot at.Blood poured out of her 50 yards down the line on both sides of her tracks.Another 30 to 40 yards after finding back end of blood drenched arrow the blood played out.She should of crashed there.No drag marks from where a hunter could of drug her away.Nothing.Very strange,but that's hunting I guess.
It's pleasant weather here again too so there's about 2 weeks left to deer hunt.
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Hang in Ed, you just never know. I saw a nice white horned Buck yesterday by his self just out of range and nothing but tree rats this morning so far. Beautiful day 28 and frosty this morning and up to 59 today but calling for rain tonight. I plan on staying in late and just visit and work around the shop this evening. Pappy
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I think you still got a shot yet there Ed your seeing a lot more dear there then I am here got rained out here monday but going for one more shot this next monday if doesent rain its ether been sub temps or warmer rain days here late season Good luck !
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Gary Davis just came in 0 for 1 hit a big doe righ across a the top of the back, he's out by the shop shooting at Dr Pepper cans to get focused, by the way the shot was 8 yards :) he seen 5 yesterday but no shots so he is headed back to that same stand this evening. Pappy
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I seem to hit high on the close shots also. I hope Gary has better luck this evening.
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I am in the star now and Beau and Gary are at the other end of the farm. Beau just text me he has a Spike down. Now we need to double up. Pappy
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Alright.Sounds good.
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That Beau is a deer killing machine. Somebody must have taught him the right way to do it ;) You should be proud Pappy
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Clint, I think it was Jimmy. >:D ;)
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Well, whoever it was Beau must have paid attention :D
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Haven't been out much the past two months and our season is winding down with only about two weeks left to go. No luck for me this year, had a few shots in November but as was the case last year I put myself in position to get deer but failed to make the shots. :( My best chance for a kill came in October when I had a buck broadside at about 5yds for several minutes but couldn't shoot him because I was on a public land site that doesn't allow you to shoot a buck until Nov. 1st. >:(
I did get out this past Monday for a morning hunt, found lots of sign in the area I hunt which means that there are some deer that survived the gun seasons. Hung my stand after arriving an hour after first light, sat in it for about 2.5 hours then got nervous because it got windy and there were a few dead ash trees around me that had recently fallen and a few more standing dead ones real close to the oak tree I was in that looked like they could topple at any time. Got down and took a walk to explore a large area of cedars and Russian olives so thick you have to crawl and fight though the tangled mess for a few hundred yards. Man was it loaded with deer sign, no way to hunt in there and the deer sure know it.
Anyway I took a few pics going into the stand, from the stand and of what was left of a deer the coyotes had clean up real well in that tangled thicket.
My new phone is now my camera and I haven't tried posting pics from it yet, we'll see if this works.
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Those coyotes didn't leave much of that deer. Glad to see you finally got a new phone. I expect to see more bow pictures from you now :D
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Badly bent I never had a camera till I got a phone. Any of the pictures someone gave me I never looked at because it wasn't handy. I really do love my phone and especially my camera. Your pictures are great by the way. Like Clint said we'll be expecting to see lots of nice bow pictures now. Don't know if I'll get out again not much season left but might try to get one more hunt in if it works out. Pretty soon it'll be see ya all next year.
Bjrogg
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Nice pictures Greg, ya the season is about done, I hope to get out a few more times myself. Pat I would be proud to say Jimmy taught him but Beau has been killing deer with his bow way longer Than we have known Jimmy. His first bow kill was at 9. ;) Pappy
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I know Pappy. That was a lousy attempt at humor. Beau wouldn't be Beau without you and Miss Joanie and on top of that his acquaintance with the rest of the fabulous folks around Twin Oaks is the icing on the cake.
I haven't hunted once this year. Just haven't had the urge. I may go to GA next weekend(extended season this year). It will be a gun hunt but what I miss mostly is sitting around a campfire with long time friends. I hunted with those guys for over 25 years until a few years ago when finances and other circumstances prevented it. It will be good to spend time with them and I'll try to get a pic "from the stand"...and maybe even get to shoot a deer.
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Well the sun set on our season and it set beautifully. I feel very blessed to have hunted this way and unless health problems stop me in the future I don't foresee ever giving this up. Thanks again to the many people on this site that helped me be able to experience this truly fascinating style of hunting. Good Luck and Happy Hunting to any of you still in the the stand
Bjrogg
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You bet bjrogg....Your totally right and congrats on your kill earlier.I'll get out a few more times here myself too.
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Good Luck Ed, man I'm really hoping you get one yet. Your tip about setting up to get a shot after they pass by, and taking that quartering away shoot was right in my mind when I loosed my arrow. It worked perfectly and not many times that happens Hunting. Thanks again everyone
Bjrogg
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Beautiful photo of nightfall at your farm BJ, even though its always a bit sad to see the season come to an end. Like Ed said congrats on your first primitive kill this year, it was great to see it all come together for you.
I got out today for a morning hunt but didn't see anything with fur on its back moving about, left about noon when the rain was starting.
I did see a bunch of these sticky green balls on the trail on the way out. Anybody know what these are and if they produce anything useful? ;D ;
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Love the sun set BJ and that is a very cool picture Greg. ;)Beau's spike and sister doing the trailing, pretty good story behind this spike and Sister's track that I will relate later when I get caught up here at work, anyone that knows about the TwinOaks Grand slam and me still needing a 7 point , lets just say all Beau needs is a 6. ???
Pappy
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Greg, deer will eat those when they get soft and there isn't much else around.
Pappy, no offense but after seeing the last 2 seasons of deer pictures my money is on Beau getting that grand slam first ;D
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Congrats to the young fella Beau and the finished trail the sister dog did for ya.
Pappy.... how about a tri fecta?A buck/a doe/and a yearling.All in one season.
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Great pictures and nice deer, Beau. I spent the weekend in the Swamp and it was great, no mosquitos. The deer haven't gone into Rut yet but our season goes till the end of January. A friend of mine had the chain break on his API climber while he was 20' in the air. He had just turned to face the tree to hook his harness when it broke. He landed flat on his back. Phone service is none to spotty in the swamp so he was on his own. He walked 3/4 mile out and drove himself to the Hospital in Orlando. Five cracked vertebrae, and a cracked sternum. So, myself and a couple of friends have spent two days trying to find his stand to bring out. Getting correct directions from someone on morphine sucks when the Mngt. Area is 46,000 acres.
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Lordy that's quite a deadly fall!!!.He's lucky but sure he does'nt feel that way right now.He'll need a bunch of rest.Hope things heal up good for him.
Good luck getting a shot.
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Ya Clint I think you may be right, even though I still have a chance this year, ;) and he don't. Ed I have done that many times, the TwinOaks slam you have to kill a spike/3/4/5/6/7/8 + and a doe. Of course not all the same year but it keeps going until some one does. I have needed a 7 point to finish for 4 years now. :) I was really proud of Sister , she picked up on the trail before we even showed her where the deer was standing and once she hit it she never missed a beat, made the loop and right to it. She acted like she has been doing it for years. She done good on the first 3 but this one I think she has finely got it. :)
Pappy
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I can see that dog being sum kinda handy in the future. Good girl Sister!
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Congrats Beau. Nice deer. Pappy, Sister is small enough to pack in while hunting. ;D
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Ya I think she is going to work out, I had my doubts back in the fall but now she has seemed to mature a lot over the last few months and has finely decided it is better to mind me than not to. :-\ I always tracked with Red Bones for years and I will say it is a pleasure to have a small dog on the leash instead of one that would pull be around like I was on skis. The regular season ends Sunday here and I hope to get out at least a couple more times this week and weekend. We also have a land owner hunt the 9th -13th for doe only and then a 2 day late youth hunt 14/15th so it is about over for another year. Seems like it just started. ??? This was my 39th year bow hunting only and I can honestly say even though I don't hunt near as hard as I use to it is still one of the great loves of my life. Hope I can do it many more years. ;) :)
Pappy
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Pappy....Man that's a lot of deer clean,but it's goood stuff.I've only done that trifecta stuff once but I've only been shooting a bow since 09.Never shot a compound in my life.Your like the fellas I 3D hunt with.Been shooting bows over 40 years.They've all shot plenty of deer and each year.Each shot a dozen elk and even been to Alaska getting moose and Africa getting kudo,zebra,wart hog,and wildebeest too.All with long bow.I think Gary here did get his moose with a hickory self bow point blank range.They've all made self bows for themselves in the past.Grant was at the first Mo jam in Missouri.
I did see 8 does yesterday from the blind but they were spooky.It was very windy out and I think the Amish across the fence muzzle loader hunting spooked them too although I did not hear a shot.6 more days to bow hunt here.It still intriques me to cut my own wood and make a bow and arrows to get a deer/squirrel/and rabbit.
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Headed to stand in a few minutes, clear/ cold 35 and 8 mph NW wind. Front moving in tonight so should be prefect. We will see. ;) Pappy
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It's about 10 degrees here with a north wind.Snow coming soon.That'll help with tracking.
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Congrats to Beau, a late season deer is not easy to come by usually but he is no ordinary hunter judging by the amount of venison he collected this season. I imagine you will have a good natured competition to see who can collect that slam first Pappy, father verses son. :)
Good to see your little tracking hound working out and earning her keep. Thats gotta be fun to watch when she puts her nose to the ground and goes to work. You guys be careful out there.
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Yep it is fun Greg, and you are so right about late season deer with a bow, it can be really tough even though Beau sometimes makes it look easy. ??? No deer sightings yesterday only saw 3 coons and 2 Tree rats, nothing much moving for some reason. :-\ Calling for a light snow tonight and the last weekend is supposed to be bitter cold with highs in the high teens Burrrrrrrrrrrr What a way to end the season. ;) :)
Pappy
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It has been a tough season down this way. Drought for October and November with hot weather and it has rained most of December and into January. :( I did blow a shot on a nice buck back in November. He passed under my treestand at about four yards but heard my sleeve rustling when I drew. That got him all geeked up. Trotted out to twenty yards and froze. He was on alert and I debated on shooting at all. Shot under him by about two inches - I really thought he would flinch, but I was wrong. Sucker stood there at attention till that arrow went by and then he walked off like he didn't have a care in the world. Oh well, it was nice to be that close to such an old mature buck. Sad, but that was the highlight of the season so far. I am taking off ten days during the peak of the rut and I will post some pictures later, win or lose. :)
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Well closed out the season Saturday Morning, the season ended Sunday but I usually don't hunt Sunday so I made my last stand Saturday morning. 7 degrees and winds out of the N at 10 so to say it was cold would be under statement. But fun just the same. The sun rise was beautiful and felt really good on the side of my cold face. :) We do have a landowner doe only hunt this week but I probably won't go out, if I do it won't be hunting it will be grocery shopping with the AR. Hope yall had a good season, I know I did. ;) :)
Pappy
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At least it got cold enough for me to break out my Beaver hat, man that thing is warm. ;)
Pappy
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Darn good looking hat Pappy. Time to get ready for next season.
Bjrogg
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That's a cold sucker Pappy.Mean and frigid are the words heh?I know the feeling.Just a little bit of wind at those temps can make it mean.Good to have a south side stand hung then of course.
Nice hat!!
Today and tomorrow here yet but the pickings are pretty slim,but ya never know.There have been shots every day across the fence from me with the late muzzleloader season ending the same time.
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Ya it was pretty chilly Ed, I got some beard icicles going on for sure. Good luck with the rest of your season, you are right, you just never know ,and for sure can't kill something if you ant out there. ;) :)
As for me I think I will put on some judo's and head out for some stumps /tree rat or what ever else get in my way that is still legal and then move on to foam. ;) :) :)
Pappy
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Good Luck Ed, you never know with those muzzle loaders. You always here lots of shots around here but a lot of them are just guys emptying there barrels. Sure hope you get one yet
Bjrogg
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Nice hat Pappy! Looks warm. Good luck with that AR bow ;D
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Pappy, where did ya find the two tone beaver hat, we just have the brown ones. ;D ;D :o Hat looks nice and warm, been real cool here , the other morning was 4 with a refreshing breeze. I shot a doe with the flint gun the other day and needed to get the hide off and get her inside before it froze solid :( I put here in the mason jars yesterday ::). We got one more week of flintlock and archery season left then it will be count down to the classic, Tell miss Joanie I said hey. Bob
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It is Clint and thanks on the AR luck. ;) Bob I got it from Glenn, NY friend from Hawkeye. He gifted it to me several years ago when he was down for a hunt in December with the other NY boys, Davy and Chucky. ;) :)
Pappy
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Seen a bunch of doe yesterday evening, 9 in all, Even with the AR 130 yards is a little long for me, I shoot a gun about as bad as I do my bow. ;) :) Nice weather a little warmer but a little windy 12 to 15 out of the SW. Turkey were out by the boat load, seen 41 and 2 bearded hens. Wished that season was open. ;) :)
Pappy
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Oh boy, that would be fun. ;)
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Ya Eddie I thought about you and Dave while I watched them Turkey, kill um all and stomp their nest. No hunting yesterday, winds were just to bad, 30/40/50 mph gust and sustain winds at 20 to 25. To much for me. ;) :) CDL Physical today and a meeting with the owner of our company tomorrow to talk about my retirement plans :) :) so maybe Friday, if not it will be next year. ;) :) Man this season has flew by. :o
Pappy
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Nice batch of turkeys!!!!Hav'nt seen the ones around here for a while now.Well it got to a balmy 30 degrees the last couple of days.Lot of wind though too.Finally got rained out on the final morning around 10:00 AM.I do see at least a dozen does around here yet though.Good for next year.This season did go by rather fast and different temperature wise.Had my chances and that's all I can ask for.
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Hopefully there will be toms around when the season rolls around Pappy. Maybe all those girls around there will draw some in. Looking forward to getting down there.
David
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But they will sure tough pulling them away from those ladies. ::)
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Try to post of few pics from the last ten days of our season.
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can't seem to get them rotated right. and a few more.
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Hope y'all don't get a crick in your neck looking at these.
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Beautiful pictures Howard. The deer are shedding their antlers up here. I found a nice 4 point antler Saturday. That pan of deer steaks sure looks good. Congratulations on the buck.
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Nice buck Howard, but now I can't straighten my neck.
Kevin
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Thanks guys. Maybe I will learn how to post a picture one of these days. These are just pics from the camp - I make no claim as to how this buck was taken, except to say that it was legally harvested. It wasn't a primitive kill though. We had tough hunting this year. A drought the first month, two solid months of rain after that, warm temperatures, mosquitoes, southeast winds - hoping maybe next year will be better. Another one in the books. :)
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Way to go Howard......had a tough year here too. Greg and Pearl witness the worst hunting year ever.
DBar
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Nice pictures and nice way to close out the season. :)
Pappy