Yeah, the only thing I can think of it that I was a touch back from what I initially thought. I must have missed the near lung and only got the far one. Sent from my iPhone using Bowhunting.com Forums
Lackawanna county, it all started around 4:30 when I had a single fork I call Elliott come by(from open season) He came by my apple trees checking for does. After ripping up a sapling for about 3 mins he continued on down the trail I had just taken with his nose in the air. About 10 minutes later I hear him chasing a deer away from my stand. After cursing his name for the next half hour for chasing my does around. I hear a noise to my left, It sounds like a deer snorting but i couldn't really tell. Then two yearlings start coming my way. I get ready for momma doe to appear but she doesn't show. This had me pretty confused because I've seen this group before and momma is always right with them. After watching the two young ones playing for a minute, momma goes sprinting by about 50 yards away with a mature 8 point chasing hard after her. She was trying to lead him away from the little ones who were oblivious to the whole ordeal. After chasing her for a half hour, and realizing he cannot catch the doe the buck heads back to the fawns and stands between them and their mom, he wouldn't let her get to them without passing him first. The doe is snorting and stomping and trying to get back to her fawns who are just meandering around completely clueless. It is at this point that my neighbors son(about 11) lets his dogs out to the bathroom. They hear all the commotion and decide to investigate, the two fawns catch a whiff of them and go sprinting back to momma with the buck in tow. At this point I reach for my grunt tube and start challenging the buck, he stops in his tracks and starts looking back for this intruder. At that point the dogs start freaking out, they are on a electric fence which ends about 30 yards from my stand. Once they start sounding off all the deer make a break for it. The kid goes back to his mom and is like "there is a hunter up in that tree and he isn't moving!" "Is he okay?" After letting my neighbors know that it was me, I still had about an hour & 1/2 of daylight. The dogs are outside a lot and the deer are pretty used to them so I said screw it and stayed out there. Once again another buck starts making his way towards my tree(which always sets the squirrels off) and once again those darn dogs come back there again. Freaking out. After talking to the dogs they finally shut up and I was left with about 15 mins of daylight. Just as I am lowering my bow down I can hear a deer milling around behind me. Unfortunately it was too dark to see and once I got up it blew at me and took off. I usually do not have this many deer around me at one time, so even though I did not seal the deal, i still had an awesome hunt! I will definitely try to be out Monday morning. Hopefully I can stick that 8 pointer. Sorry for the long read, but I am pretty pumped right now! Sent from my iPhone using Bowhunting.com Forums
I know, I know, this is no way to leave this, but we are back in the blood. It's a long story. My wife has been a savior on this mission. She is hungry and it's getting dark. We're going to go eat. I'll give the story up to here when we get back. Thank You guys for all of the help! Sent from my SM-N900V using Bowhunting.com Forums mobile app
Was feeling the same way at about 6. Decided not to and since I didn't see any deer I'm wishing I had!
Did i miss shanes Buck picture.?? Couldnt find it...??? So my wife redeemed herself tonight with a turkey.. and she was more pumped up than she realize she was gonna get after killing somthing like that lol was kinda funny to watch.. specially after the disappointment of missing a doe... Sent from my SM-G955U using Bowhunting.com Forums mobile app
Absolutely gorgeous evening in the stand. 33 degrees and 0 wind. 6 deer total no bucks. This guy showed up 3 days ago. This is why I love this time of year. New bucks can pop up at any time. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Awesome night here. 3 small bucks (spike 4 and 7) came in shooting range. The 7 had such a small rack that I just couldn't pull back on him. The spike and 7 sparred a little and then hit the mock scrape I just started earlier before getting in the stand. Crazy cool. Back in the morning y'all. Good luck! Sent from my SM-G935V using Bowhunting.com Forums mobile app
Alarm is set and TV turned off. See how it goes in the morning. Either way a week from yesterday I will be on vacation. A mere 5 days from now. Done jinxing myself with confident talk. I'll go in optimistic and hope for the best. If I let one fly, it will die. No more rushing or taking chances, high percentage shots only.
