Sorry to hear about your doe. just got some good news, i'm able to hunt in the morning tomorrow. First set in this property this year. Had a decent 6 point show up on camera in july, but has mostly been does. I'm hoping for a nice buck to walk out as this property has seen a couple good bucks taken off it.
Great morning so far, 40° with a little fog. Already seen a doe sneak by at 50 yards. Hoping the activiy picks up a little. Sent from my HTC6435LVW using Tapatalk now Free
Goodluck out there Evil. Bought the Bushnell scout arc 1000. Been playing with it at home, ranged the base of a few trees in the backyard with the new and old range finder, old range finder keeps showing 8 yards off. Think I will call Wildgame and see if they will replace it, would like to give it to my 21 year old son. Dave
Very exciting Evening yesterday gents. I went out in a light rain/mist and was settled in what I call the "far back stand", have not hunted that stand since it was put up a month before season open. Around 5:30 I see movement straight in front of me in the thick brush/trees at 60 yards, I stood there and did not move a muscle. After a few minutes a nice "guestimated" 130 class 8 point pops out at 45 yards and is slowly feeding along the thick brush. He starts making a rub and suddenly I see movement behind and about 10 yards to his right. To my amazement it was a perfect 10 point that I would also guess to be upper 130 to low 140's. Both deer feed and move within 40 yards but I do not have a clear shot, then eventually feed away and I lose sight of them heading towards the northern swamp area. Now I am standing there thinking " Hmmmm, two large bucks moving together, I would have thought the bachelor groups would have broke up by now. So what does this tell me?..........it tells me there are even bigger more dominate bucks in the area and guess what? I am RIGHT................................................ !!!!!! At 6:10 I look to my left and see nothing but rack coming through the woods, It is Hightower " Buck I have been hunting for three years" and he is massive, easily 150 class buck with a huge body. He turns and follows almost the same trail that the other two bucks used. At one point he gets to a point that if he took 2 to 3 more steps I would have had an easy 30 yard shot. He decides to turn slightly right and move behind the thick brush and slowly feeds away towards the swamp just like the 8 and 10 pointer. Folks, you just do not see deer of this caliber on a regular basis down here. So what does this tell me? That I am doing something right, have hunted this property seven years and have passed on 100-110 class deer, four years ago I set a rule in my head of 120 or bigger and let them go and grow policy, I believe for this property it may be paying off. Dave
Great hunt, and good luck tagging one. Well I've had anb exciting morning. After seeing nothing close at 830 I catch movement to my right, its just a spike. Behind him is little six. As the come closer I hear something heading my way in the beans. I look over my shoulder and see 3 bucks running to our woods. A nice 8, 6 and a spike. They make their way behind me and then come in our woods. The spike and 8 walk in about 40 yards and start angleing toward me. The 6 walks 20 yards in front of me and is giving the best shot ever. they all keep walking to about 30 yards, stop. Now I have 5 bucks within 30 yards. The two from my right take off. I pull back and shoot right over the back of the 8. I got to excited and didn't take my time. So bummed right now. O well maybe something else will come in this morning. Sent from my HTC6435LVW using Tapatalk now Free
Sorry I haven't been that active on here. Footballs been keepin me busy but I have gotten out but haven't seen any big deer yet. Just does and dinks for me
8 point Buck down gents, shot at 07:04 A.M. Not my biggest but I have 2 buck tags. Quick picture then story later, need a shower and food. Dave
