Well then I was wrong but glad u had some movement at least Sent from my iPhone using Bowhunting.com Forums
In the ladder stand tonight and this heat has the skeeters back out. I hope the deer are out too. Good luck folks! Sent from my SM-G935V using Bowhunting.com Forums mobile app
Beautiful night in SW Michigan..too nice-mid 60s. Need some colder weather. Do you think we're at the beginning of the prerut?
So here is the story.. finally a little time. Tues we had a cold front move in and my wife wanted to hunt with me wel long story short she got cold. Didnt put enuf clothes on and the temp dropped down from 60 to 40 in less than a hr and the wind switched on us. So we got out and decided to check a camera and on a whim decided to quick check a spot and hang a camera. the land lord told me he never sees deer in so i kinda ignored it cept across the fence bout a 100 yds the neighbors have a big permanent blind.. any way i got to where i wanted put the camera and jumped round 4 deer. Well i knew then I'd be hunting that spot real soon. Wed aftrnon worked out slipped in there and while hanging the stand i so deer not close enuf to shoot but about 50 yards plus out. Thurs aftrnoon i slip nack there again and didnt see a deer until like 6:45 i see a deer slipping across like 15 yds from the stand coming from a direction i didnt even expect them to come from. Fro m the time i seen here till i got the shot was like less than a min. So i was trying to get my range finder and couldnt get it, great i forgot to unzip my pocket that i keep it in. So i unzip it quietly as possible mean while she's cautiously moving across down wind and I'm expecting her to blow out any min. So she come to my shooting lane and i range her and try to put my rf back in my pocket it wouldnt go back in. So i had forgot my cushion so i was sitting on bare metal seat and yes my but got sore.. it did not have mesh on it. It was bars running across with 3 to 4 inch gaps yes very uncomfortable. So i carefull put my rf on it so it wouldnt fall between the bares and make racket. Meanwhile the does starts walking through my shootnglane so i bleated at her she stops i quickly attach my release and start pulling back, she takes of walking again and i had to bleat at her twice more before she stops and turns all but broadside just quartering slightly or so i thot. From ther everything went into autopilot cept i couldnt quite see her it was getting that dark... So i open my left eye and i could see her and my right eye was still lined up with the pin behind her shoulder alsudden schwack. Big mule kick arrow with lighted aluminock goes fly and lands on her back which i found kinda cool and woulda made a cool video. But meanwhile remember i could really tell where i hit her. So we followed her blood trail bout 45 min later like you took a bucket of red paint and a paint brush and was walking and slinging paint around to problem following it.. what amazed me is how far she went. Right around a 100 yds Still trying figure out how i can hunt this piece with any wind direction cause it holding quite a few does and should be really good during the rut!! Sent from my SM-G955U using Bowhunting.com Forums mobile app
Man guys that was an awesome night!!! Had that button buck working around me for 30 minutes which was great to have some action. Then with 5 minutes of legal light left I packed up and went to get my backpack on and I hear twigs snap behind me, put the pack down and grab the string to pull my bow up, a doe pops out at 25 yards I was able to get the bow pulled up and an arrow nocked, the doe and another doe took the further path that I wasn’t comfortable shooting in that light.... what an amazing night!!! Sent from my iPhone using Bowhunting.com Forums
hold out chris. can't get a bigger one when you fill your tag on a smaller one. don't worry about dragging a big one because i'll be there to help just get him down. best part of the season almost here!
I'll answer my own pre-rut question! Had a medium size 8 chasing and grunting tonight! Better every day.
Haven't seen a deer yet this evening. Had a huge boar hog work the edge of the food plot but wouldn't give me a shot. Would have needed a quarreling away due to his size. I got to get rid of some of these hogs, they are messing up my deer hunting.
Pssst...... 12 more sunsets until November........ I'll be out Halloween weekend and then only 4 days to my vacation. Dark to dark until it is done
Well set a new stand quick tonight. Got permission to hunt a sweet little spot, completely new to me. The 14 year old that showed me around said he has seen a nice 11 point, so I'm pretty excited. No one else hunts it. Had 2 old stands out there, but put one of mine up (normally only use Big Dog 2 man double ladder stands but could only find a twin peaks double ladder, we'll try it) cause I am a big dude. Those little stands move too much! Kicked 2 does up going in, but with the kid running around on his 4 wheeler all the time I'm not worried about hunting it in the AM. Stoked to get out with this forcast!!! Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk
My turned out great lost that buck but redeemed my self a great big doe double lung went around 60 yards Sent from my iPhone using Bowhunting.com Forums
What is a heavy climbing stand and what is a light climbing stand pound wise?? Whick i know you cant get light enuf.... Sent from my SM-G955U using Bowhunting.com Forums mobile app
