After three years of passing up small bucks looking for another wall hanger I killed this little fella today. For those of you who are getting discouraged with the rut I have only this to say. I believe most of the does are bred now (at least here in northern Illinois) if you can get lucky and catch a late breeder coming out to feed before dark she WILL be with the buck we all dream about. Now is the time to see nothing or possibly the largest buck you have ever seen.
You may have something there.... My big buck spot (I call it that because they are there, not that I've killed a big buck ) is a almost a mile walk....I could buy one off Craigslist and take it back there
Well up and getting dressed to head out to the tree stand! Hoping the deer are on their feet after all the wind we got yesterday!!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
No hunting for me today........55mph winds! Good luck to all who are out. Be safe. Blessings...........Pastorjim
The wind is supposed to start laying down today. Sounded like jet begins here all night with as hard as it was blowing. Good luck everyone!
Woke up to rain so decided to sleep in a little. Plan is to sneak into a bedding area or close enough to see what is going on.
Did the same we had bad storms up to 20 mins ago. Not sure I'll see much today. 20+ mph winds but I took the day off so I might as well hunt. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
im in. nothing like hiking 2.5 miles to find the weathman is wrong on the wind AGAIN! well im here anyways. i think we are in a lock down period. seen does without bucks which i think are already bred and small bucks by themselves. just cant figure it out this year. i have improved some stand locations this year. as long as i keep learning and moving forward someday it will all come together. i did touch a mature doe on the way in with an arrow. my led headlamp put her in a transe and she walked right up to me and i touched her with my arrow. boy did she tutn inside out!
Very very windy! I'm nestled in, hoping the stand move will put me on the big boy from yesterday. If only he goes through again !
I am up and rocking. Wind is still brutal. I sat almost 6 hours total yesterday, no sightings on stand. Hope it is better today? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk