Just spent the last 20 minutes playing catch and mouse with a six point. I heard some branches breaking and I turned around and could barely see a small buck rubbing a tree. I started blowing a doe call at him and he just kept working my way. Everytime he started to leave I would blow that call again and he would head back in my direction. He stopped several times to rub more trees and make a scrape. Eventually I guess he grew tired of the invisible doe and moved off. Great fun though! Sent from my SM-N975U1 using Tapatalk
Here’s the story so far. At 10am I hadn’t see anything for a while so I did some calling and aggressive rattling at 10:15 he walks across a 75yd wide field 100yds in front of me and into a long strip of trees where he came out of last night with still 1.5hrs of daylight. My guess is he’s bedding down. I wait another 30 min to see if he is circling but I don’t see any movement after he went in the woods. I decided to call and rattle at 10:45 and here I am at 11:15 with still no sighting. I guess it’s a sit and wait game to see if he comes out heading my way.
I found a fresh scrape just now on the edge of a clear cut just did this morning the question is should I hunt this or down in the bottom where there are more tracks but less buck sign I’ll see if I can get a pic posted with the topo Sent from my iPhone using Bowhunting.com Forums
Go to the exact stand. I have seen it many times that the doe will go back the same direction in the evening, or if another buck comes in and pushes her.
Ghost town over here. Crackers and cashews all gone. Tall Coors light with a pickle, buffalo chicken sandwich with fries, and $40 in a pulltab box sounds good right now. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
The black line is pretty much the property line the blue dot is the scrapes the black circle is where there’s a bunch of tracks crossing the creek any input Sent from my iPhone using Bowhunting.com Forums
Go to the bottom with all the tracks. If buck made scrape today, probably wont be back in same day to check it.
Now it’s getting crazy. As I’m watching for my buck I hear something behind me as I slowly turn I see this buck which I haven’t seen before at 10yds. So he walks up towards where my buck (I think) is. I follow him with the binoculars as he enters the strip of woods looking for movement and sure enough as he gets about 10ft into the woods I see my deer about 10ft in front of him slowly walking away. Both disappeared traveling away from me. Still at about 100yds.
Weirdest thing. Heard a minor rustling of leaves. Thought squirrel. I could see some movement. Something white through the thick stuff. Bino’s showed what appears to be a deer on its side. Belly toward me. Hadn’t moved since that last shuffle. Got down at 11 and checked it out. Dead doe. No wounds. Heart attack from being chased maybe. No buck in sight.
All settled in at the crossing see what happens good luck everyone Sent from my iPhone using Bowhunting.com Forums
I’m thinking not. The 1st buck went where I believe is his bedding area. I’m in the middle between where the 2nd buck came from and where he went so I think he was just trying to find the rattling and grunting. Also the wind was not in his favor to scent the strip of woods he went into, it was more coming from behind him. Now I could be wrong coz she could be bleating that I can’t hear. I’m just going to sit and wait to see how it pans out.
