Been snowing all day here. Nothing sticking though, wind is blowing like a banshee! Hoping it dies down for tomorrow's hunt!
Buck down!! I couldn't pass this guy up this late on my trip. My first out of state Whitetail Deer. I will post a story when I get home to a computer. Thanks for the encouragement after losing that buck earlier in the week. Always keep your head up and keep hunting!
Here is a quick drawing of the area I am hunting tomorrow night. Sorry for the close up, but don't want to reveal too much of the area. Red- Old Stand Site Green- New Site, will be moving here tomorrow Orange Line- Powerline Strip White Lines- Known deer trails The deer movement starts from the NE and travels to the SW along the trails. The does from last night piled into the powerline clearing and fed for over an hour at the connecting trail just in front of the new stand site. Should be a great spot to kill a doe and catch any cruising bucks.
Just got word from Dan.. He missed the big 4 tonight. Sounds like the buck will probably vacate the area for a bit. He will be hunting a new stand tomorrow chasing a different buck.
WAY TO GO SPARROW! yahoo.. we are rolling guys.. man too bad about Dan hope he gets another crack at him! BC yes, Hill Country does a great job of breaking down steep terrain and thermals and how bucks use it. U and I just hunt even bigger steeper terrain but the concepts are the same.
well, gentleman, I have miserable news. idiot moment number 2 for the night. Had a doe come in and stop broadside 12 yards, missed the shot. not sure what happened. the arrow hit her at the base of the neck and at the very top of the shoulders, all meat hit . I caught up to her several hundred yards later and watch her feed another group of does for nearly an hour . not sure when I will make it out again, thoroughly disgusted with myself at the moment. can't catch a break this season.
Keep after it BC, the only way to work out of this is to work through it, keep your chin up, I have a feeling things are about to change for you, stay right on those does, you should have bucks trailing any day!
First all day sit of the season for me, 22-27 degrees today, fresh snow.. man was it awesome out.. 9 deer came by in range, 4 bucks, nothing older than 3.5 year old 5x5.. he will be a dandy next year! I got pretty chilly but it was not to horrible, making a few clothing adjustments tonight before tomorrows hunt, Gonna put in a full day tomorrow too, good luck everyone!
Hey guys. I am back home after a week of bowhunting. Unfortunately I have still not filled my tag. I had some bucks in range but nothing I would consider a shooter (best was a 115-120 inch 8 pointer). You may remember a picture of a non typical buck I posted earlier that I was hoping to get a crack at. Here is another picture of him below arriving in front of my stand just 10 minutes after I left that evening on Nov 2nd. He was then killed by a rifle hunter the following morning I also had encounters with these other bucks but was not able to get any shots. I still have hopes of getting the job done this season. I plan on hunting each of the next two weekends.
Well sat all weekend waiting for a chance at a buck and saw nothing. Then on my way into work today I see a 10pt that would have scored around 120 standing 25yds away. Just my luck nothing in brown county and a 10pt in cook county. I didnt know they had decent deer this close to chicago! Sent from my SGH-T959 using Xparent Green Tapatalk 2
Coot and Woody, keep after it! Unfortunately persistance is a large deciding factor this time of the year! We got this. I will be leaving Thursday night for my mule deer hunt, should be a great time. Really hoping all goes as planned and I can bring home some points for us. Sent from my ADR6350 using Tapatalk 2
I'll be leaving weds night for a 4 day hunt. Unfortunately it will only be 1 day of bow hunting 3 days of shotgun. I wish I could bow hunt atleast 2 days but illinois shuts down the archery season for the 3 day shotgun season. Hopefully if something big comes through its on thursday. Sent from my SGH-T959 using Xparent Green Tapatalk 2
Congrats on the buck Sparrow! I hated to get that text BC. Keep at it though and you'll connect! I headed up to the cabin last Wednesday night and got in a few days of hunting. As Dave said, I blew my opportunity at Big 8 on Thursday evening. I know where his core area is pretty much and we have a small food plot there. Its in the middle of the big woods. I knew he would check it for does with the rut going on. When I got to the stand that morning I pulled the card out of the trail cam and checked it when I got in the stand on my camera. It didn't surprise me that he was in there in the middle of the day the day before. I figured he was close so I decided to sit all day. It was light was starting to fade when I saw him step out of the brush and walk into the plot. My heart about jumped out of my chest when I saw him, as I've been after him for 3 years. He walking into the food plot 30 yards and walked right at me. He took a couple bites and then turned to walk back out. I drew when he turned around, but he still picked me off when I got to full draw. Like a dumb *** I figured he was 28 yards and put my 30 yard pin on him. When I released I saw him duck and watched my arrow sail just over his back. He ended up being only 23 yards. I really blew it and nearly puked. Here's his pic from the day before in the plot. After that I spent the next couple days chasing Hector on our other property 2 miles south of where Big 8 is and around our fields. I ended up bumping into him in the dark on Friday morning at 15 yards with a doe. That was about the last of my excitement as the bucks seemed to be locked down with does and yesterday ended up being a wash out with the all day rain. The 9-days of hell start this weekend, also known as the WI gun season. Most of the bucks I'm after stand a very good chance of making it through the season. Hopefully after gun season we get some snow and cold temps to drive the deer to our standing bean fields. Late season hunting is some of my favorite and we will have a lot of deer around. I'll put down a doe then for sure and stand a very good chance at killing a good buck then too. Good luck to everyone still out there!
Dang Dan! I feel your pain, that story brought back a few memories of shooting over a buck/bull. On a positive note my boys both got their deer this weekend, Tyson my 9 year old shot his first deer, little button buck, he was so jacked, and Jess my 11 year old got a big old doe. Both public land deer, I am proud of my boys they hunted their little butts off in a virtual blizzard all day.. They were pretty happy.
That's awesome man. Congrats to them both. I took my oldest out Friday for an afternoon sit. He just turned 5 and has been wearing me out to go. So I picked him up after preschool and away we went. Didn't see anything but had an amazing time with him. I think he's hooked already.
