He left too soon. The ladies came thru. I keep seeing the same family groups over & over. What I haven't seen is any bucks truly messing with them.
LIVE from the stand 2018-19
- Thread starter Isaacorps
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Well fuck me. As soon as I said that, I looked out the back window to The Oak, & an 8 was cutting across that stand , following the last doe.
I cant make this shit up. Go ahead & double fuck me. Those same deer swung around and came back in like they originally did, only to come in on my right like I wanted... without that buck. They cut thru the thicket afterwards. I anticipate they'll be back for the magic hour.
Heading out for a good old fashion 'Still Hunt' this afternoon with my compound in the big woods.
It's nice and cool with a mild North wind.
Seen deer within bow range the last two times I did this over the last few days so, I'd like to give it another shot.
Besides, I have nothing better to do at this very moment
About halfway towards the top and I've been on this rub line for the last few 100 yards or better with fresh deer tracks & shit in the immediate area.
Kinda swampy with down trees, thick ivy & bryers 'TOO'.
Looks like a good spot for a buck to hunker down.
Pressing onward though to get to the top, just taking a breather.
I've got my backpack with food & water for today, which is a beautiful thing in some respect.
Kinda swampy with down trees, thick ivy & bryers 'TOO'.
Looks like a good spot for a buck to hunker down.
Pressing onward though to get to the top, just taking a breather.
I've got my backpack with food & water for today, which is a beautiful thing in some respect.
Okay, screw it!
These are the tree rubs just within the last 50 yards or so since my last post.
Over a dozen of them in the immediate area.
You bet your ass that I'm parking my butt right here for the remainder of the day!
These are the tree rubs just within the last 50 yards or so since my last post.
Over a dozen of them in the immediate area.
You bet your ass that I'm parking my butt right here for the remainder of the day!
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Buckmaster
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Joel
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I’m back out, this morning was my first “real hunt” since thanksgiving. Sat from 5am-10am and was covered in deer until the sun came out then they all disappeared. At one point it smelled like a deer for probably a half hour. Not just maybe a faint odor but it stunk like evercalm except I wasn’t using any.
Had an unknown buck grunt real close behind me sounded like it was 10 yards away. Saw one youngster trotting down the fence line like he was late for something an hour after first light and that was the only sighting. Still hunted and used OnX for the first time so I got to check the whole east side of the property today. Been hunting here for ten years and that’s the first time I ever really explored the back side. Hunting my usual spot here on the east side of the property this afternoon. Just trying to relax, watch some deer and maybe shoot a big doe from the ground is the goal.
Had an unknown buck grunt real close behind me sounded like it was 10 yards away. Saw one youngster trotting down the fence line like he was late for something an hour after first light and that was the only sighting. Still hunted and used OnX for the first time so I got to check the whole east side of the property today. Been hunting here for ten years and that’s the first time I ever really explored the back side. Hunting my usual spot here on the east side of the property this afternoon. Just trying to relax, watch some deer and maybe shoot a big doe from the ground is the goal.
3:00 p.m. and they're on their feet moving about.
This one doe within 25 yards and two more about 30 yards beyond her.
34* w/ a slight snow flurries & a mild North wind.
Hopefully Mr. Buck shows up next.
Still no antlers yet, however I'll continue to hang out until dark with this guy
The same 4 deer came in at the same exact time as last evening, 4:50p. Crazy thing was, they came in from the same direction as the two other times today. They get around. They kept looking back at different times, so I kept looking for antlers. Nothing. After they were done browsing next to me, they cut across the thicket as usual. A few min, later, more deer came in from the same direction. They milled about at 30 yards until the neighbor's dogs who had been running around, started barking. They all jumped around a bit & stopped. I spied another deer jump back up by The Oak & it never came back down. Dark 30 arrived. So, 11 deer all together this evening, They were still there when I left.
Joel
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I think the deer at this property are pretty well freaked out from gun season. I wasn’t there all week for that but the guy that hunts the other side said they did a two man push a couple times and had to run a couple tressapasers off. Place is loaded with fresh sign, tracks, poop, tips of branches broke off... heard a bunch of deer when it was still dark this morning and saw a little antlerless in a hurry and then probably the same deer acting the same way this evening, that was it.
They seem to be working the night shift. I’ll either have to get closer to a bedding area or wait for January I think. I’m glad I saw a deer on both morning and evening hunts. Better than being at work and better than getting skunked!
They seem to be working the night shift. I’ll either have to get closer to a bedding area or wait for January I think. I’m glad I saw a deer on both morning and evening hunts. Better than being at work and better than getting skunked!
Mornin!
It's white out today.
It's white out today.
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Joel
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Nice out but pretty quiet so far. Sitting where 4 different trees fell and all connect on the ground. 40 yards to the cut cornfield with bedding to the left and right a few hundred yards. Wind in my face.
Nothing going on here except dogs barking their heads off...
Setting trail cameras back up today to get an inventory of who made it and I'll be hunting while doing so.
Perfect conditions to brake out the white camo...
Good luck out there fellas!
Perfect conditions to brake out the white camo...
Good luck out there fellas!
I'd say it looks a little different here today than yesterday.
Anyways,,,
same spot as yesterday afternoon's hunt, within all those buck tree rubs with a stiff West wind gusts occasionally and 30* temp.
Four trail cameras hung along the way with two more 'TOO' go yet.
I'll hang those on the way home this evening.