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Team 15 - The Effing 15

Discussion in '2023 Deer Contest' started by Justin Goins, Aug 28, 2023.

  1. airenlow

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    My little brother put in work tonight in Illinois!
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    Congrats to your brother. Looks like a big, bodied buck.
     
  3. Holt

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    Heck of a buck! And to double with a doe, thats awesome! Congrats to little bro!

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  4. airenlow

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    That's what I said! 116" is his biggest buck and it was off of the new 40 acre farm he bought.
     
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    farmer rick Weekend Warrior

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    Yesterday afternoon went to a different stand to shoot a doe. No does showed up but saw four different small bucks. Checked a camera there and finally got a picture of a buck I think is older than 2 1/2. We had a severe winter here with record snowfall and late spring. Was some winter kill, seems like fewer MUD_3028.JPG older bucks around than other years.
     
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    I can't believe all the does down in the contest. Only 1 buck seems weird.

    We need to put a buck down. I'm trying my hardest, but have yet to see a shooter. Won't be long. I will find one

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  7. Justin Goins

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    I thought the same thing. Surprised more bucks haven't been entered. I'm hoping to get a shot at one of my shooters this weekend.
     
  8. Holt

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    It seems everyone on the team has great potential to get a buck. This will be interesting to see how it plays out. I excited to see the bucks you guys shoot this year!

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  9. airenlow

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    This guy is turning out to be a homebody. He is obviously young, but I'm not passing up an opportunity this year.
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    (Date is a bit off...these were Thurs-Sun)
     
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    I would guess 130s? I might try to get out after work tomorrow, if not I'll be out Saturday morning.
     
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    farmer rick Weekend Warrior

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    Yesterday afternoon finally had a west wind to hunt my one food plot. About a dozen deer showed up, five of them being small bucks. They put on a good show sparring and working my mock scrape in front of my blind. Two bucks were sparring and this little spike buck came in all bristled up and he let out a snort wheeze. Most aggressive I've ever seen a young buck act.
    My brother was up hunting and he went to a part of the farm where I put my bones and scraps from my doe to hunt coyotes at. He saw a coyote there when he came out of the woods. Decided to hunt coyotes this morning. One less and need about 1/2 dozen more gone. IMG_1933.JPG
     
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  14. Justin Goins

    Justin Goins Weekend Warrior

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    Change of plans, gonna go out this evening after work. Was suppose to rain but it changed and the fiance said go! Probably won't get into the stand until 5:30 but should be able to slip in without bumping any deer.
     
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    It your night Justin!

    I got alot of family stuff going on this week. Birthdays, anniversary, kids sports games and practice. So this is a hectic week for me. Going to try and get out either tomorrow or Friday. Going to pic the day with the best weather.

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    Looks like a new buck showed up.
    Bears are such pests, used my mock scrape for scratching then ate my scent wick. MFDC4267.JPG MFDC4289.JPG
     
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    Hey maybe your on to something, that buck came in after the bear. That looks like a great buck!

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    So I haven't ran a camera in a couple years. 2 days ago I decided to just put one up in my yard. First night got 1 deer come in. It was a decent 8 pt. Kind of surprised me. I only looked at the pic on the tiny screen on the camera. I will pull the card this weekend and see just what he looks like. Will post a pic on here when I do.

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    Who all is going out this weekend? Holt I know you said tomorrow maybe? I'll be back out Saturday morning depending on the weather. Tomorrow its suppose to rain all day. Have a feeling someone on our team is going to put a buck down in the next 7 days.
     
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    Yeah plan to take a half day and hunt tomorrow afternoon. Saturday rain is hitting here. So will probably do a afternoon on Sunday also.

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