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Team 9 Rings: One Buck to Rule Them All

Discussion in '2025 Bowhunting.com Deer Contest' started by cantexian, Aug 26, 2025.

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  1. JW Gruv

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    Here are a couple of pics I got while driving around the property. The second buck is the 9 I passed last year on twice and believe he is 5 1/2
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    Good luck, perfect time to hunt

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    First visitor to the mock scrape last evening.....Nice looking young guy
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    OK - Frist two sits in the books. Nothing in the AM. Passed on a smaller doe in the evening at 30 yards and right after, a mature doe came to 40 with two others. I was trying to size her up against the other two and she kept moving away. Bummer. It almost came together quickly. Love that the season is ON!!!
     
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    Found a few of these and lots of bear poo.

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  7. cantexian

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    I went out for a quick sit Saturday afternoon in the 85* heat. Didn't get out until around 4:30 so I went at sat the pond I was at with my son last Saturday. Unfortunately, nothing came in, would have been about a 15 yard shot if it had. Oaks are starting to drop and my kids are on Fall Break next Monday and Tuesday, hopefully will get some hunting in next weekend.
     
    cantexian, Oct 6, 2025
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    Anybody hunting this weekend? I will be out Saturday morning and afternoon. Acorns are starting to drop and things are picking up on camera. A nice 8 point made several visits to a white oak last night and in daylight this morning.
     
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    Got out for the 3 time. Last two very short evening doe hunts. Saw 3 this evening but nothing clear to shoot. Getting closer!!! I will be out this Saturday looking for a morning buck. Not sure if I will get out on Sunday. Let's get after them!
     
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    Niece is getting married Saturday, it is a bust.


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    Our club championship for bass fishing is this week. No hunting for me the next two weekends.


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    Feel free to start hunting boys. I know it's not much of a competition but you can try

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    Fix, Oct 10, 2025
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    We are giving you the head start that you need.
     
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    Any moment now, we will be dropping booners and does like nobody's business. :) Hold on, I think I see one coming...
     
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    I missed a doe on the opener, or we would have been on the board before several other teams.
     
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    But you missed and it’s not on the board.
     
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    Update: Was out on Saturday from dark to about 1pm. Saw 3 doe from my stand. Spooked one that I did not know was there when I stood to stretch, never saw its head. I did see a ton of fresh signs and had a shooter come by one of my other stands during the same morning. Felt great to be in the big woods looking for headgear. Should be able to get out once this week for a doe and next Sat or Sunday for buck.
     
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    I hunted Saturday morning and saw about 100" 8 point at 80 yards. Saturday evening, I took out my wife and 8 year old with the crossbow. We had a spike come into about 60 yards on the oak Grove we were sitting in. Unfortunately, it caught us moving to get my son set up to shoot it and took off without coming closer. Sunday evening, I went out again with my 8 year old and my oldest. My oldest got his first bow kill on a year and half old doe. He made a great shot at 30 yards. My youngest and I were sitting on the other side of a thicket. The doe ran right in front of us and stopped behind some bushes. I lined up my 8 year old with the crossbow to shoot it if it stepped out. We watched it go down through the bushes.

    The three WMAs where I do the most of my hunting are closed next weekend due to a muzzleloader permit hunt. My plan is to hunt next Saturday afternoon on a new WMA that is archery only. Going to go in semi-blind since I have only looked at the property with Onx. I have a couple of spots marked out to check that look like creek bottoms with White Oaks that should be dropping.
     
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