Official LIVE from the Stand Thread, 2019

kennyg · Nov 6, 2019

Good luck today fellas. My vaca starts tomorrow. Thought this one was funny

Westfinger · Nov 6, 2019

Good luck AM shift! Bucks are hitting the dirt today.

pastorjim08 · Nov 6, 2019

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Alright sorry guys, I woke up later then I should have and didn’t have a lot of time at home this morning.

So my mentor, role model, best friend, and number one fan, my dad after 30+ years killed a great deer at home during bow season. He’s had some tough breaks on good deer and this one could have went south in a hurry.

That stand that he was hunting last night is situated just inside of a small pine thicket that butts up to an overgrown crp field. It is a great transition area, the deer come out of a river bottom across the road and cut the corner where my dads stand is on their way to an ag field on the neighbors property.

Around 5:00 my dad spots this buck milling back and forth in the crp field scent checking for does. He is fixated on this deer watching every step when he hears a grunt to his left, a small buck, the buck he shot also heard the grunt and now the stage it set! The little buck keeps grunting up a storm and the big one is slowly making his way towards my dad and the small buck. Finally he is in range at 22 yards but he is facing my dad. All of a sudden the buck goes on high alert (I think he caught some ground scent), the deer begins to turn and my dad cuts the bolt loose.

My dads heart sank into his stomach as the deer runs off 50 yards and hunches up immediately. He watched him until he lost sight. Here is where is got interesting, It is 15 minutes to dark so my dad gets down and goes what he thought was the safe way back to the house. As he came around the corner of a small group of trees he spots the buck standing in a small clearing, the buck spots him but stands there so my dad just crouches down and waited. I think this was a blessing because he actually cut the deer off and made him go back towards the middle of his property. The time passes and my dad continues to his house and when he gets to the edge of the yard the aloof light by his walk in cooler turns on and he AGAIN spots the buck but this time he is bedded I. The yard 30 yards away from the walk in cooler and the deer gets up again and staggers back into the woods.

My dad calls me and says he’s going after him! After a few choice words I talked him out of tracking him until I got there which I couldn’t get there for another couple hours. When I showed up at 8:45 we talked for a while and got all of our ducks in a row and headed to where the buck was bedded in the yard. There was some bubbles but mostly dark liver blood so we eased down the edge of the yard slowly scanning with the spotlight and he was looking for blood. I ended up spotting the buck not 15 yards out of the yard before my dad did, he was dead. I absolutely freaked out and pretty much tackled my dad. It was an emotion that I haven’t felt before!

At this point in my life my hunting career has completely came full circle. Every hunt of mine where I had asked my dad for advice ran through my head in a split second. My dad was now asking me for advice, what would I do, how would I do it, should we look for him. As a grown man now with kids of my own I couldn’t help it and started crying, we both had a moment as we were standing over my dads biggest buck ever.

Sorry for the long read but it’s a story that I had to share. Enjoy the story and photos! Good luck to everyone out this morning!
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That's a great story and buck! Thanks for sharing that personal moment with the rest of us. I'm sure it meant just as much to your dad.

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vermontwhitetail · Nov 6, 2019

MIHOYT89 said: ↑

Alright sorry guys, I woke up later then I should have and didn’t have a lot of time at home this morning.

So my mentor, role model, best friend, and number one fan, my dad after 30+ years killed a great deer at home during bow season. He’s had some tough breaks on good deer and this one could have went south in a hurry.

That stand that he was hunting last night is situated just inside of a small pine thicket that butts up to an overgrown crp field. It is a great transition area, the deer come out of a river bottom across the road and cut the corner where my dads stand is on their way to an ag field on the neighbors property.

Around 5:00 my dad spots this buck milling back and forth in the crp field scent checking for does. He is fixated on this deer watching every step when he hears a grunt to his left, a small buck, the buck he shot also heard the grunt and now the stage it set! The little buck keeps grunting up a storm and the big one is slowly making his way towards my dad and the small buck. Finally he is in range at 22 yards but he is facing my dad. All of a sudden the buck goes on high alert (I think he caught some ground scent), the deer begins to turn and my dad cuts the bolt loose.

My dads heart sank into his stomach as the deer runs off 50 yards and hunches up immediately. He watched him until he lost sight. Here is where is got interesting, It is 15 minutes to dark so my dad gets down and goes what he thought was the safe way back to the house. As he came around the corner of a small group of trees he spots the buck standing in a small clearing, the buck spots him but stands there so my dad just crouches down and waited. I think this was a blessing because he actually cut the deer off and made him go back towards the middle of his property. The time passes and my dad continues to his house and when he gets to the edge of the yard the aloof light by his walk in cooler turns on and he AGAIN spots the buck but this time he is bedded I. The yard 30 yards away from the walk in cooler and the deer gets up again and staggers back into the woods.

My dad calls me and says he’s going after him! After a few choice words I talked him out of tracking him until I got there which I couldn’t get there for another couple hours. When I showed up at 8:45 we talked for a while and got all of our ducks in a row and headed to where the buck was bedded in the yard. There was some bubbles but mostly dark liver blood so we eased down the edge of the yard slowly scanning with the spotlight and he was looking for blood. I ended up spotting the buck not 15 yards out of the yard before my dad did, he was dead. I absolutely freaked out and pretty much tackled my dad. It was an emotion that I haven’t felt before!

At this point in my life my hunting career has completely came full circle. Every hunt of mine where I had asked my dad for advice ran through my head in a split second. My dad was now asking me for advice, what would I do, how would I do it, should we look for him. As a grown man now with kids of my own I couldn’t help it and started crying, we both had a moment as we were standing over my dads biggest buck ever.

Sorry for the long read but it’s a story that I had to share. Enjoy the story and photos! Good luck to everyone out this morning!
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That's an awesome buck! Congrats to Dad!!!

Swamp Stalker · Nov 6, 2019

MIHOYT89 said: ↑

Alright sorry guys, I woke up later then I should have and didn’t have a lot of time at home this morning.

So my mentor, role model, best friend, and number one fan, my dad after 30+ years killed a great deer at home during bow season. He’s had some tough breaks on good deer and this one could have went south in a hurry.

That stand that he was hunting last night is situated just inside of a small pine thicket that butts up to an overgrown crp field. It is a great transition area, the deer come out of a river bottom across the road and cut the corner where my dads stand is on their way to an ag field on the neighbors property.

Around 5:00 my dad spots this buck milling back and forth in the crp field scent checking for does. He is fixated on this deer watching every step when he hears a grunt to his left, a small buck, the buck he shot also heard the grunt and now the stage it set! The little buck keeps grunting up a storm and the big one is slowly making his way towards my dad and the small buck. Finally he is in range at 22 yards but he is facing my dad. All of a sudden the buck goes on high alert (I think he caught some ground scent), the deer begins to turn and my dad cuts the bolt loose.

My dads heart sank into his stomach as the deer runs off 50 yards and hunches up immediately. He watched him until he lost sight. Here is where is got interesting, It is 15 minutes to dark so my dad gets down and goes what he thought was the safe way back to the house. As he came around the corner of a small group of trees he spots the buck standing in a small clearing, the buck spots him but stands there so my dad just crouches down and waited. I think this was a blessing because he actually cut the deer off and made him go back towards the middle of his property. The time passes and my dad continues to his house and when he gets to the edge of the yard the aloof light by his walk in cooler turns on and he AGAIN spots the buck but this time he is bedded I. The yard 30 yards away from the walk in cooler and the deer gets up again and staggers back into the woods.

My dad calls me and says he’s going after him! After a few choice words I talked him out of tracking him until I got there which I couldn’t get there for another couple hours. When I showed up at 8:45 we talked for a while and got all of our ducks in a row and headed to where the buck was bedded in the yard. There was some bubbles but mostly dark liver blood so we eased down the edge of the yard slowly scanning with the spotlight and he was looking for blood. I ended up spotting the buck not 15 yards out of the yard before my dad did, he was dead. I absolutely freaked out and pretty much tackled my dad. It was an emotion that I haven’t felt before!

At this point in my life my hunting career has completely came full circle. Every hunt of mine where I had asked my dad for advice ran through my head in a split second. My dad was now asking me for advice, what would I do, how would I do it, should we look for him. As a grown man now with kids of my own I couldn’t help it and started crying, we both had a moment as we were standing over my dads biggest buck ever.

Sorry for the long read but it’s a story that I had to share. Enjoy the story and photos! Good luck to everyone out this morning!
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wow that’s is a great story and a memory to last a lifetime! Thanks for sharing!

tdk5525 · Nov 6, 2019

MIHOYT89 said: ↑

Alright sorry guys, I woke up later then I should have and didn’t have a lot of time at home this morning.

So my mentor, role model, best friend, and number one fan, my dad after 30+ years killed a great deer at home during bow season. He’s had some tough breaks on good deer and this one could have went south in a hurry.

That stand that he was hunting last night is situated just inside of a small pine thicket that butts up to an overgrown crp field. It is a great transition area, the deer come out of a river bottom across the road and cut the corner where my dads stand is on their way to an ag field on the neighbors property.

Around 5:00 my dad spots this buck milling back and forth in the crp field scent checking for does. He is fixated on this deer watching every step when he hears a grunt to his left, a small buck, the buck he shot also heard the grunt and now the stage it set! The little buck keeps grunting up a storm and the big one is slowly making his way towards my dad and the small buck. Finally he is in range at 22 yards but he is facing my dad. All of a sudden the buck goes on high alert (I think he caught some ground scent), the deer begins to turn and my dad cuts the bolt loose.

My dads heart sank into his stomach as the deer runs off 50 yards and hunches up immediately. He watched him until he lost sight. Here is where is got interesting, It is 15 minutes to dark so my dad gets down and goes what he thought was the safe way back to the house. As he came around the corner of a small group of trees he spots the buck standing in a small clearing, the buck spots him but stands there so my dad just crouches down and waited. I think this was a blessing because he actually cut the deer off and made him go back towards the middle of his property. The time passes and my dad continues to his house and when he gets to the edge of the yard the aloof light by his walk in cooler turns on and he AGAIN spots the buck but this time he is bedded I. The yard 30 yards away from the walk in cooler and the deer gets up again and staggers back into the woods.

My dad calls me and says he’s going after him! After a few choice words I talked him out of tracking him until I got there which I couldn’t get there for another couple hours. When I showed up at 8:45 we talked for a while and got all of our ducks in a row and headed to where the buck was bedded in the yard. There was some bubbles but mostly dark liver blood so we eased down the edge of the yard slowly scanning with the spotlight and he was looking for blood. I ended up spotting the buck not 15 yards out of the yard before my dad did, he was dead. I absolutely freaked out and pretty much tackled my dad. It was an emotion that I haven’t felt before!

At this point in my life my hunting career has completely came full circle. Every hunt of mine where I had asked my dad for advice ran through my head in a split second. My dad was now asking me for advice, what would I do, how would I do it, should we look for him. As a grown man now with kids of my own I couldn’t help it and started crying, we both had a moment as we were standing over my dads biggest buck ever.

Sorry for the long read but it’s a story that I had to share. Enjoy the story and photos! Good luck to everyone out this morning!
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A wonderful memory indeed. Huge buck. Great job.

Swamp Stalker · Nov 6, 2019

Nothing moving yet. He’s not in his bed. I’m downwind and would be able to smell him. Hope he comes to it this morning.

MnHunterr · Nov 6, 2019

Who’s got a miracle cure for a massive head cold??? Have had a lingering cold for a week or more... But yesterday it’s gotten worse. Sinuses stuffed up, chest full of nastiness, and ears all plugged up. Taking DayQuil, musinex, and vitamins. Trying to drink a gallon of water every day.

My immune system is usually solid as a rock and I never get sick. Now it hits right in the middle of the rut.

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pastorjim08 · Nov 6, 2019

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Nothing moving yet. He’s not in his bed. I’m downwind and would be able to smell him. Hope he comes to it this morning.
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Man it sounds like a great plan. Hope it works out for you.

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archbunk · Nov 6, 2019

cls74 said: ↑

What got me?

2 hours labor. $99 an hour.

The oil change alone cost $75.

Never again
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That may not be that far off. Labor rate might be a little high for 4 wheeler but you are in Illinois. Was synthetic oil used? How much was the filter? A lot of factors go into it.

I work at a Mack and Volvo Dealer. Our labor rate is $153/hr. Although our oil change service is discounted to $100 plus parts. 40 qts oil 5 filters and you are looking at $400-$450.

Not sure how accessible the carb is on your machine. So maybe labor dollars a little high and labor rate. But maybe only by $50.

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snuff · Nov 6, 2019

MIHOYT89 said: ↑

Alright sorry guys, I woke up later then I should have and didn’t have a lot of time at home this morning.

So my mentor, role model, best friend, and number one fan, my dad after 30+ years killed a great deer at home during bow season. He’s had some tough breaks on good deer and this one could have went south in a hurry.

That stand that he was hunting last night is situated just inside of a small pine thicket that butts up to an overgrown crp field. It is a great transition area, the deer come out of a river bottom across the road and cut the corner where my dads stand is on their way to an ag field on the neighbors property.

Around 5:00 my dad spots this buck milling back and forth in the crp field scent checking for does. He is fixated on this deer watching every step when he hears a grunt to his left, a small buck, the buck he shot also heard the grunt and now the stage it set! The little buck keeps grunting up a storm and the big one is slowly making his way towards my dad and the small buck. Finally he is in range at 22 yards but he is facing my dad. All of a sudden the buck goes on high alert (I think he caught some ground scent), the deer begins to turn and my dad cuts the bolt loose.

My dads heart sank into his stomach as the deer runs off 50 yards and hunches up immediately. He watched him until he lost sight. Here is where is got interesting, It is 15 minutes to dark so my dad gets down and goes what he thought was the safe way back to the house. As he came around the corner of a small group of trees he spots the buck standing in a small clearing, the buck spots him but stands there so my dad just crouches down and waited. I think this was a blessing because he actually cut the deer off and made him go back towards the middle of his property. The time passes and my dad continues to his house and when he gets to the edge of the yard the aloof light by his walk in cooler turns on and he AGAIN spots the buck but this time he is bedded I. The yard 30 yards away from the walk in cooler and the deer gets up again and staggers back into the woods.

My dad calls me and says he’s going after him! After a few choice words I talked him out of tracking him until I got there which I couldn’t get there for another couple hours. When I showed up at 8:45 we talked for a while and got all of our ducks in a row and headed to where the buck was bedded in the yard. There was some bubbles but mostly dark liver blood so we eased down the edge of the yard slowly scanning with the spotlight and he was looking for blood. I ended up spotting the buck not 15 yards out of the yard before my dad did, he was dead. I absolutely freaked out and pretty much tackled my dad. It was an emotion that I haven’t felt before!

At this point in my life my hunting career has completely came full circle. Every hunt of mine where I had asked my dad for advice ran through my head in a split second. My dad was now asking me for advice, what would I do, how would I do it, should we look for him. As a grown man now with kids of my own I couldn’t help it and started crying, we both had a moment as we were standing over my dads biggest buck ever.

Sorry for the long read but it’s a story that I had to share. Enjoy the story and photos! Good luck to everyone out this morning!
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Great buck and story

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archbunk · Nov 6, 2019

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Shop supplies was the oil and maybe a drain plug gasket

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Shop supplies is usually a percentage of the labor cost to cover rags, uniforms, etc. So the parts charge is for spark plug, oil and filter. Sounds like you made out pretty good. Lol

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cls74 · Nov 6, 2019

archbunk said: ↑

That may not be that far off. Labor rate might be a little high for 4 wheeler but you are in Illinois. Was synthetic oil used? How much was the filter? A lot of factors go into it.

I work at a Mack and Volvo Dealer. Our labor rate is $153/hr. Although our oil change service is discounted to $100 plus parts. 40 qts oil 5 filters and you are looking at $400-$450.

Not sure how accessible the carb is on your machine. So maybe labor dollars a little high and labor rate. But maybe only by $50.

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Filter was $13.06, oil was $14.85 Labor for oil change was $49.50. Doubt it was synthetic.

Carb is actually pretty easy to access, charged 1.5 hours labor.

It's my fault for not asking what labor was, and I added the oil change and spark plug on tossing them a bone.

My last job I was the alignment and brakes tech. Labor was $60hr. Didn't realize how high it has jumped in just shy of 16 years. This is the first time I have ever paid shop labor rates and now, the last.

Westfinger · Nov 6, 2019

Great activity so far, deer all over the place.

MUDSHARK · Nov 6, 2019

Great buck and even better story, thx for sharing
You are a very blessed person to be able to post that.
Don't take that for granted, I know you won't after you posted that.

I was touched by this post. Thx

MIHOYT89 said: ↑

Alright sorry guys, I woke up later then I should have and didn’t have a lot of time at home this morning.

So my mentor, role model, best friend, and number one fan, my dad after 30+ years killed a great deer at home during bow season. He’s had some tough breaks on good deer and this one could have went south in a hurry.

That stand that he was hunting last night is situated just inside of a small pine thicket that butts up to an overgrown crp field. It is a great transition area, the deer come out of a river bottom across the road and cut the corner where my dads stand is on their way to an ag field on the neighbors property.

Around 5:00 my dad spots this buck milling back and forth in the crp field scent checking for does. He is fixated on this deer watching every step when he hears a grunt to his left, a small buck, the buck he shot also heard the grunt and now the stage it set! The little buck keeps grunting up a storm and the big one is slowly making his way towards my dad and the small buck. Finally he is in range at 22 yards but he is facing my dad. All of a sudden the buck goes on high alert (I think he caught some ground scent), the deer begins to turn and my dad cuts the bolt loose.

My dads heart sank into his stomach as the deer runs off 50 yards and hunches up immediately. He watched him until he lost sight. Here is where is got interesting, It is 15 minutes to dark so my dad gets down and goes what he thought was the safe way back to the house. As he came around the corner of a small group of trees he spots the buck standing in a small clearing, the buck spots him but stands there so my dad just crouches down and waited. I think this was a blessing because he actually cut the deer off and made him go back towards the middle of his property. The time passes and my dad continues to his house and when he gets to the edge of the yard the aloof light by his walk in cooler turns on and he AGAIN spots the buck but this time he is bedded I. The yard 30 yards away from the walk in cooler and the deer gets up again and staggers back into the woods.

My dad calls me and says he’s going after him! After a few choice words I talked him out of tracking him until I got there which I couldn’t get there for another couple hours. When I showed up at 8:45 we talked for a while and got all of our ducks in a row and headed to where the buck was bedded in the yard. There was some bubbles but mostly dark liver blood so we eased down the edge of the yard slowly scanning with the spotlight and he was looking for blood. I ended up spotting the buck not 15 yards out of the yard before my dad did, he was dead. I absolutely freaked out and pretty much tackled my dad. It was an emotion that I haven’t felt before!

At this point in my life my hunting career has completely came full circle. Every hunt of mine where I had asked my dad for advice ran through my head in a split second. My dad was now asking me for advice, what would I do, how would I do it, should we look for him. As a grown man now with kids of my own I couldn’t help it and started crying, we both had a moment as we were standing over my dads biggest buck ever.

Sorry for the long read but it’s a story that I had to share. Enjoy the story and photos! Good luck to everyone out this morning!
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A great Buck , and even better story.

Your very blessed , congrats all the way around
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Shocker99 · Nov 6, 2019

I’m calling it. Tomorrow the mature buck population is going to get a lot smaller. Wish I could be in a stand. Maybe get an hour in the evening we’ll see. Good luck if you are in a stand/blind/or sneakin Mohican

virginiashadow · Nov 6, 2019

MnHunterr said: ↑

Who’s got a miracle cure for a massive head cold??? Have had a lingering cold for a week or more... But yesterday it’s gotten worse. Sinuses stuffed up, chest full of nastiness, and ears all plugged up. Taking DayQuil, musinex, and vitamins. Trying to drink a gallon of water every day.

My immune system is usually solid as a rock and I never get sick. Now it hits right in the middle of the rut.

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Go to the doctor and get antibiotics soon. That head cold prob was always a sinus infection. Get those antiniotics rolling today and within 36 hrs you will feel a heck of a lot better.

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virginiashadow · Nov 6, 2019

Westfinger said: ↑

Great activity so far, deer all over the place.
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Today is your day man!

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MUDSHARK · Nov 6, 2019

MnHunterr said: ↑

Who’s got a miracle cure for a massive head cold??? Have had a lingering cold for a week or more... But yesterday it’s gotten worse. Sinuses stuffed up, chest full of nastiness, and ears all plugged up. Taking DayQuil, musinex, and vitamins. Trying to drink a gallon of water every day.

My immune system is usually solid as a rock and I never get sick. Now it hits right in the middle of the rut.

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Right there with you, I can't shake it and I know if I hit the deer woods no deer will come close with all the coughing and hacking I'm doing.

Trying to stay positive,not working so much

Swamp Stalker · Nov 6, 2019

Two squirrels playing grab ass in the leaves about near gave me a heart attack!

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