Official LIVE from the Stand Thread, 2019

tdk5525 · Nov 12, 2019

Some students came to my room and asked if I saw the doe and a "definite shooter"?
Here is a pic of 2 small bucks...I think they are looking for that doe. Just beyond the trees is a lake.

I love my view.

oldnotdead · Nov 12, 2019

virginiashadow said: ↑

I had this idea that I was going to rope a deer, put it ina stall, feed it up on corn for a couple of weeks, then kill it and eat it.The first step in this adventure was getting a deer. I figured that, since they congregate at my cattle feeder and do not seem to have much fear of me when we are there (a bold one will sometimes come right up and sniff at the
bags of feed while I am in the back of the truck not 4 feet away), it should notbe difficult to rope one, get up to it and toss a bag over its head (to calm it down) then hog tie it and transport it home.

I filled the cattle feeder then hid down at the end with my rope.
The cattle, having seen the roping thing before, stayed well
back. They were not having any of it.
After about 20 minutes, my deer showed up -- 3 of them. I
picked out.. ..a likely looking one, stepped out from the end of the feeder, and threw.. My rope. The deer just stood there and stared at me. I wrapped the rope around my waist and twisted the end so
I would have a good hold. The deer still just stood and stared at me, but you could tell it was mildly concerned about the whole rope situation. I took a step towards it...it took a step away. I put a little
tension on the rope and then received an education.
The first thing that I learned is that, while a deer may
just stand there looking at you funny while you rope it, they are spurred to action when you start pulling on that rope. That deer EXPLODED.
The second thing I learned is that pound for pound, a deer
is a LOT stronger than a cow or a colt. A cow or a colt in that weight range I could fight down with a rope and with some dignity. A deer-- no chance.

That thing ran and bucked and twisted and pulled. There was
no controlling it and certainly no getting close to it. As it jerked me off my feet and started dragging me across the ground, it occurred to me that having a deer on a rope was not nearly as good an idea as I had originally imagined. The only upside is that they do not have as much stamina as many other animals.
A brief 10 minutes later, it was tired and not nearly as quick to jerk me off my feet and drag me when I managed to get up. It took me
a few minutes to realize this, since I was mostly blinded by the blood flowing out of the big gash in my head. At that point, I had lost my taste for corn-fed venison. I just wanted to get that devil creature off the end of that rope. I figured if I just let it go with the rope hanging around its neck, it would likely die slow and painfully somewhere. At the time, there was no love at all between me and that deer. At that moment, I hated the thing,
and I would venture a guess that the feeling was mutual.

Despite the gash in my head and the several large knots where
I had cleverly arrested the deer's momentum by bracing my head against various large rocks as it dragged me across the ground, I could still think clearly enough to
recognize that there was a small chance that I shared some tiny amount of responsibility
for the situation we were in, so I didn't want the deer to have to suffer a slow death, so I managed to get it lined back up in between my truck and the feeder -a little trap I had set before hand...kind of like a squeeze chute. I got it to back in there and I started moving up so I could
get my rope back.

Did you know that deer bite? They do! I never in a million
years would have thought that a deer would bite somebody, so I was very surprised when I reached up there to grab that rope and the deer grabbed hold of my wrist. Now, when a deer bites you, it is not like being bit by a horse where they just bite you and then let go. A deer bites you and shakes its head --almost like a pit bull. They bite HARD and it hurts. The proper thing to do when a deer bites you is probably
to freeze and draw back slowly. I tried screaming and shaking instead. My method was ineffective. It seems like the deer was biting and shaking for several minutes, but it was likely only several seconds. I, being smarter than a deer (though you may be questioning
that claim by now), tricked it.
While I kept it busy tearing the tendons out of my right arm, I reached up with my left hand and pulled that rope loose. That was when I got my final lesson in deer behavior for the day. Deer will strike at you with their front feet. They rear right up on their back feet and strike right about head and shoulder level, and their hooves are surprisingly sharp. I learned a long time ago that, when an animal
-- like a horse --strikes at you with their hooves and you can't get away easily, the best thing to do is try to make a loud noise and make an aggressive move towards
the animal. This will usually cause them to back down a bit so you
can escape. This was not a horse. This was a deer, so obviously, such
trickery would not work. In the course of a millisecond, I devised a different strategy. I screamed like a woman and tried to turn and run.
The reason I had always been told NOT to try to turn and run from a horse that paws at you is that there is a good chance that it will
hit you in the back of the head. Deer may not be so different from horses after all, besides being twice as strong and 3 times as evil, because the second I turned to run, it hit me right in the back of the head and knocked me down.

Now, when a deer paws at you and knocks you down, it does
not immediately leave. I suspect it does not recognize that the danger
has passed. What they do instead is paw your back and jump up and down on you while you are laying there crying like a little girl and covering your head. I finally managed to crawl under the truck and the deer went away.
So now I know why when people go deer hunting they bring
a rifle with a scope to sort of even the odds.
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I'd like that 100 x's if possible..LOL

HillviewHuntClub · Nov 12, 2019

virginiashadow said: ↑

I had this idea that I was going to rope a deer, put it ina stall, feed it up on corn for a couple of weeks, then kill it and eat it.The first step in this adventure was getting a deer. I figured that, since they congregate at my cattle feeder and do not seem to have much fear of me when we are there (a bold one will sometimes come right up and sniff at the
bags of feed while I am in the back of the truck not 4 feet away), it should notbe difficult to rope one, get up to it and toss a bag over its head (to calm it down) then hog tie it and transport it home.

I filled the cattle feeder then hid down at the end with my rope.
The cattle, having seen the roping thing before, stayed well
back. They were not having any of it.
After about 20 minutes, my deer showed up -- 3 of them. I
picked out.. ..a likely looking one, stepped out from the end of the feeder, and threw.. My rope. The deer just stood there and stared at me. I wrapped the rope around my waist and twisted the end so
I would have a good hold. The deer still just stood and stared at me, but you could tell it was mildly concerned about the whole rope situation. I took a step towards it...it took a step away. I put a little
tension on the rope and then received an education.
The first thing that I learned is that, while a deer may
just stand there looking at you funny while you rope it, they are spurred to action when you start pulling on that rope. That deer EXPLODED.
The second thing I learned is that pound for pound, a deer
is a LOT stronger than a cow or a colt. A cow or a colt in that weight range I could fight down with a rope and with some dignity. A deer-- no chance.

That thing ran and bucked and twisted and pulled. There was
no controlling it and certainly no getting close to it. As it jerked me off my feet and started dragging me across the ground, it occurred to me that having a deer on a rope was not nearly as good an idea as I had originally imagined. The only upside is that they do not have as much stamina as many other animals.
A brief 10 minutes later, it was tired and not nearly as quick to jerk me off my feet and drag me when I managed to get up. It took me
a few minutes to realize this, since I was mostly blinded by the blood flowing out of the big gash in my head. At that point, I had lost my taste for corn-fed venison. I just wanted to get that devil creature off the end of that rope. I figured if I just let it go with the rope hanging around its neck, it would likely die slow and painfully somewhere. At the time, there was no love at all between me and that deer. At that moment, I hated the thing,
and I would venture a guess that the feeling was mutual.

Despite the gash in my head and the several large knots where
I had cleverly arrested the deer's momentum by bracing my head against various large rocks as it dragged me across the ground, I could still think clearly enough to
recognize that there was a small chance that I shared some tiny amount of responsibility
for the situation we were in, so I didn't want the deer to have to suffer a slow death, so I managed to get it lined back up in between my truck and the feeder -a little trap I had set before hand...kind of like a squeeze chute. I got it to back in there and I started moving up so I could
get my rope back.

Did you know that deer bite? They do! I never in a million
years would have thought that a deer would bite somebody, so I was very surprised when I reached up there to grab that rope and the deer grabbed hold of my wrist. Now, when a deer bites you, it is not like being bit by a horse where they just bite you and then let go. A deer bites you and shakes its head --almost like a pit bull. They bite HARD and it hurts. The proper thing to do when a deer bites you is probably
to freeze and draw back slowly. I tried screaming and shaking instead. My method was ineffective. It seems like the deer was biting and shaking for several minutes, but it was likely only several seconds. I, being smarter than a deer (though you may be questioning
that claim by now), tricked it.
While I kept it busy tearing the tendons out of my right arm, I reached up with my left hand and pulled that rope loose. That was when I got my final lesson in deer behavior for the day. Deer will strike at you with their front feet. They rear right up on their back feet and strike right about head and shoulder level, and their hooves are surprisingly sharp. I learned a long time ago that, when an animal
-- like a horse --strikes at you with their hooves and you can't get away easily, the best thing to do is try to make a loud noise and make an aggressive move towards
the animal. This will usually cause them to back down a bit so you
can escape. This was not a horse. This was a deer, so obviously, such
trickery would not work. In the course of a millisecond, I devised a different strategy. I screamed like a woman and tried to turn and run.
The reason I had always been told NOT to try to turn and run from a horse that paws at you is that there is a good chance that it will
hit you in the back of the head. Deer may not be so different from horses after all, besides being twice as strong and 3 times as evil, because the second I turned to run, it hit me right in the back of the head and knocked me down.

Now, when a deer paws at you and knocks you down, it does
not immediately leave. I suspect it does not recognize that the danger
has passed. What they do instead is paw your back and jump up and down on you while you are laying there crying like a little girl and covering your head. I finally managed to crawl under the truck and the deer went away.
So now I know why when people go deer hunting they bring
a rifle with a scope to sort of even the odds.
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I just wanna know. Is this a true story? Haha

Hillview Hunt Club

cantexian · Nov 12, 2019

virginiashadow said: ↑

These types of hunting situations have me seriously considering a sticks and hang on or sticks/saddle. If I were 30 yards more into the swamp I think Id be fully in the game. We shall see.
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Saddle, you want a saddle, cut 15 to 20lbs of the load you are carrying in. Makes those long walks way easier. Then invest in a good frame pack to carry the sticks and deer out when you get one.

S.McArthur · Nov 12, 2019

I have sad news to report...yesterday, I climbed down and started making my rounds changing cards in cameras. As I'm driving up the road next to the field I hunt, I see a couple deer up top. I park and sneak using the wind to cover my sound...12 pack in now 50 yards from me, wind in my favor. He starts moving a little unaware I'm there, and I sneak in a little closer, he has his butt to me, no shot...finally he starts sniffing a licking branch broadside...I hit him arrow goes right through like it never hit anything, not a lot of sound, just right through, I saw fur come off him...I hit him high.
No arrow...no blood. I walked for 3.5 hours with another guy grid searching and found nothing.
I don't believe in the "void" but I believe there may be a no-go zone. I really hope hes still alive, I moved some cameras to see if he is still around. I'm at a loss, I had him dead to rights.
See picture and tell me what you think.

cantexian · Nov 12, 2019

tc racing said: ↑

i forgot to mention that if anyone has a right handed bow for a young boy that your looking to get rid of for cheap i might be interested. he is 8 and his bear brave is too small and we need to upgrade. thanks in advance.
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I am in the same boat for my son as a Christmas present

Kfili · Nov 12, 2019

ash d said: ↑

Well we got hammered with maybe a whole 2 inches of snow. I guess that’s enough for a 2 hour school delay. You got to be kidding me so I probably won’t get out till close to 11 by time the kids get on the bus. 2 friggin inches.
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I would be off no question, my school closes for EVERYTHING

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pastorjim08 · Nov 12, 2019

Well so far it's just been a small 6pt and some turkeys

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Bone Head Hunter · Nov 12, 2019

S.McArthur said: ↑

I have sad news to report...yesterday, I climbed down and started making my rounds changing cards in cameras. As I'm driving up the road next to the field I hunt, I see a couple deer up top. I park and sneak using the wind to cover my sound...12 pack in now 50 yards from me, wind in my favor. He starts moving a little unaware I'm there, and I sneak in a little closer, he has his butt to me, no shot...finally he starts sniffing a licking branch broadside...I hit him arrow goes right through like it never hit anything, not a lot of sound, just right through, I saw fur come off him...I hit him high.
No arrow...no blood. I walked for 3.5 hours with another guy grid searching and found nothing.
I don't believe in the "void" but I believe there may be a no-go zone. I really hope hes still alive, I moved some cameras to see if he is still around. I'm at a loss, I had him dead to rights.
See picture and tell me what you think.
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No mans land. flat shot straight through. He will survive.

wl704 · Nov 12, 2019

S.McArthur said: ↑

I have sad news to report...yesterday, I climbed down and started making my rounds changing cards in cameras. As I'm driving up the road next to the field I hunt, I see a couple deer up top. I park and sneak using the wind to cover my sound...12 pack in now 50 yards from me, wind in my favor. He starts moving a little unaware I'm there, and I sneak in a little closer, he has his butt to me, no shot...finally he starts sniffing a licking branch broadside...I hit him arrow goes right through like it never hit anything, not a lot of sound, just right through, I saw fur come off him...I hit him high.
No arrow...no blood. I walked for 3.5 hours with another guy grid searching and found nothing.
I don't believe in the "void" but I believe there may be a no-go zone. I really hope hes still alive, I moved some cameras to see if he is still around. I'm at a loss, I had him dead to rights.
See picture and tell me what you think.
View attachment 100868
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No man's land, the void, non lethal spot... That deer may very well survive.

Longdraw · Nov 12, 2019

[QUOTE="pastorjim08, C'mon, SOMEBODY CATCH SOME DEERS TODAY!
Tapatalk[/QUOTE]

so I’m not the only one that has heard “CATCH” some deer???
Too funny!
I guess some people don’t know how venison gets into the freezer.
Kip from Red Arrow said: We’re not teaching math to the deer, we’re trying to kill them and put them in our freezer.

early in · Nov 12, 2019

Good morning everyone! Really crappy weather here today, that's why I'm not back to work. Yesterday I was having trouble with the App, so I didn't bother trying to post often at all. It kept freezing up on me! I ended up seeing a total of 5 deer, which actually is pretty good in my woods! The first one was a lone doe at 7:05AM, out too far. Then around 9:30AM I saw 3 doe, a mom and two yearlings that I think I saw a few days ago. They just browsed out of range and disappeared.

Then around 10:45AM, while I was busy posting on LFTS about the friggen gnats, I hear a snort! I look over to where the noise came from and it's the doe from the same group of three standing in the same exact spot as earlier. Apparently they had just bedded right there when I thought they "disappeared", and they started feeding again. The App got me busted! This incident is exactly why I'm not big at all on playing with my phone while on stand.Lesson learned, the hard way. Then around 4:00PM I saw another lone deer walking, but way out of range. No head gear on that deer either. It was a good day in the woods though, but I'm a little bummed that I didn't see a buck.

Over all though, I've had a pretty exciting season so far. I DID get a shot at my target buck, only to mess that up with a poor shot/choice. I also had a perfect 10yrd broadside opportunity at a basket 8pt, which I decided to let go and just take video of. A tornado came through my woods that did a lot of serious damage, but didn't damage my trail cams! And on one of them, I get another pic of my target buck, who appears to be no worse for wear from my previous encounter with him! That right there has made my season! It's so nice knowing the outcome of my encounter with that buck. It's the NOT knowing that gnaws at us when we're unable to recover a buck, or any deer for that matter. Good luck out there today folks, and be careful!

Her's a few pics of the tornado damage. The last pic is of a leaning walnut tree, the one I shot at my target buck from. Needless to say, I won't be able to hunt from it anymore.

pastorjim08 · Nov 12, 2019

Longdraw said: ↑

[QUOTE="pastorjim08, C'mon, SOMEBODY CATCH SOME DEERS TODAY!
Tapatalk
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so I’m not the only one that has heard “CATCH” some deer???
Too funny!
I guess some people don’t know how venison gets into the freezer.
Kip from Red Arrow said: We’re not teaching math to the deer, we’re trying to kill them and put them in our freezer.[/QUOTE]I hear it all the time from my non-hunting friends and family. They're always asking me if I caught any deers yet. Too funny

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Swamp Stalker · Nov 12, 2019

So I got all my cold-weather gear packed for tomorrow, strapped to my summit viper. It looks like I’m going to climb Mount Everest!!
Lows around 10 degrees, high of 26, with a 15 mph wind. A few inches of snow on the ground.

i’ll be wearing base layer of thermals, top and bottom, my Whitetail mountain hunter bibs, heated vest, fleece jacket, and the arctic shield body suit over all of that. Everything is strategically packed, I did two test run-throughs.

I don’t plan on moving spots once I get set up tomorrow. So I’m just trying to figure out what would be the best spot with the given conditions.

my dad won’t be going out, too damn cold he said. Which I agree I really don’t want him out in those conditions. So of course he wants me to hunt his spot, he’s found a few massive scrapes and several large rubs. I told him no way that’s your buck. He said he treats hunting like how he treats fishing, it’s a team sport....

I told him I appreciate it, but no offense, I want to do it my way and earn it.

Tony · Nov 12, 2019

S.McArthur said: ↑

I have sad news to report...yesterday, I climbed down and started making my rounds changing cards in cameras. As I'm driving up the road next to the field I hunt, I see a couple deer up top. I park and sneak using the wind to cover my sound...12 pack in now 50 yards from me, wind in my favor. He starts moving a little unaware I'm there, and I sneak in a little closer, he has his butt to me, no shot...finally he starts sniffing a licking branch broadside...I hit him arrow goes right through like it never hit anything, not a lot of sound, just right through, I saw fur come off him...I hit him high.
No arrow...no blood. I walked for 3.5 hours with another guy grid searching and found nothing.
I don't believe in the "void" but I believe there may be a no-go zone. I really hope hes still alive, I moved some cameras to see if he is still around. I'm at a loss, I had him dead to rights.
See picture and tell me what you think.
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He will be fine... he was hit above the spine ... been there done that

Page · Nov 12, 2019

S.McArthur said: ↑

I have sad news to report...yesterday, I climbed down and started making my rounds changing cards in cameras. As I'm driving up the road next to the field I hunt, I see a couple deer up top. I park and sneak using the wind to cover my sound...12 pack in now 50 yards from me, wind in my favor. He starts moving a little unaware I'm there, and I sneak in a little closer, he has his butt to me, no shot...finally he starts sniffing a licking branch broadside...I hit him arrow goes right through like it never hit anything, not a lot of sound, just right through, I saw fur come off him...I hit him high.
No arrow...no blood. I walked for 3.5 hours with another guy grid searching and found nothing.
I don't believe in the "void" but I believe there may be a no-go zone. I really hope hes still alive, I moved some cameras to see if he is still around. I'm at a loss, I had him dead to rights.
See picture and tell me what you think.
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Definitely above the spine and hit nothing but meat there. No doubt about it he is alive and chasing does while we speak. He won't miss a beat and will heal incredibly fast.

cls74 · Nov 12, 2019

S.McArthur said: ↑

I have sad news to report...yesterday, I climbed down and started making my rounds changing cards in cameras. As I'm driving up the road next to the field I hunt, I see a couple deer up top. I park and sneak using the wind to cover my sound...12 pack in now 50 yards from me, wind in my favor. He starts moving a little unaware I'm there, and I sneak in a little closer, he has his butt to me, no shot...finally he starts sniffing a licking branch broadside...I hit him arrow goes right through like it never hit anything, not a lot of sound, just right through, I saw fur come off him...I hit him high.
No arrow...no blood. I walked for 3.5 hours with another guy grid searching and found nothing.
I don't believe in the "void" but I believe there may be a no-go zone. I really hope hes still alive, I moved some cameras to see if he is still around. I'm at a loss, I had him dead to rights.
See picture and tell me what you think.
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Above the spine and through back strap. There is no "void" below the spine.

Between2Bluffs · Nov 12, 2019

Swamp Stalker said: ↑

So I got all my cold-weather gear packed for tomorrow, strapped to my summit viper. It looks like I’m going to climb Mount Everest!!
Lows around 10 degrees, high of 26, with a 15 mph wind. A few inches of snow on the ground.

i’ll be wearing base layer of thermals, top and bottom, my Whitetail mountain hunter bibs, heated vest, fleece jacket, and the arctic shield body suit over all of that. Everything is strategically packed, I did two test run-throughs.

I don’t plan on moving spots once I get set up tomorrow. So I’m just trying to figure out what would be the best spot with the given conditions.

my dad won’t be going out, too damn cold he said. Which I agree I really don’t want him out in those conditions. So of course he wants me to hunt his spot, he’s found a few massive scrapes and several large rubs. I told him no way that’s your buck. He said he treats hunting like how he treats fishing, it’s a team sport....

I told him I appreciate it, but no offense, I want to do it my way and earn it.
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Dude, just hunt his spot if he wants you to. You already have earned several times over.

cls74 · Nov 12, 2019

Between2Bluffs said: ↑

Dude, just hunt his spot if he wants you to. You already have earned several times over.
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I agree, hunt it and try to learn something new about it to apply in the future.

It's your dad man, he's wanting you to get a deer as much, or even more than you are wanting him to get one, or even yourself.

pastorjim08 · Nov 12, 2019

Swamp Stalker said: ↑

So I got all my cold-weather gear packed for tomorrow, strapped to my summit viper. It looks like I’m going to climb Mount Everest!!
Lows around 10 degrees, high of 26, with a 15 mph wind. A few inches of snow on the ground.

i’ll be wearing base layer of thermals, top and bottom, my Whitetail mountain hunter bibs, heated vest, fleece jacket, and the arctic shield body suit over all of that. Everything is strategically packed, I did two test run-throughs.

I don’t plan on moving spots once I get set up tomorrow. So I’m just trying to figure out what would be the best spot with the given conditions.

my dad won’t be going out, too damn cold he said. Which I agree I really don’t want him out in those conditions. So of course he wants me to hunt his spot, he’s found a few massive scrapes and several large rubs. I told him no way that’s your buck. He said he treats hunting like how he treats fishing, it’s a team sport....

I told him I appreciate it, but no offense, I want to do it my way and earn it.
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Personally I think if he offered, you should do it. He wants you to get a deer as much as you do. And I'm sure it would make him very happy if you came up successful in his spot. Do it!

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