have fun at the downs , its not to bad of a place ,when im there you will usually catch me watching the dog races , the constant drones of the slot machines drives me nuts after awhile
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BUSTED! again. PFFT!! So I walk to my stand here in the back tonight mainly to take apples. Im pissed because I got a late start but I never see anything this early anyhoo. I keep a close eye though cause I thought I mighta seen movement in my food plot. Watch , wait, nuthin. Continue on around the bend down the path. Stop at my stand which is about five feet off the path and after careful observation that there is nothing around I set down my bow and seat pad and wander out to the end of the path to the feild and drop my apples at the corner. Wander out into the neighbors feild (since they cant see me with the hill, cant stand the beeotch that rents there) and give a looksee to the old Oak to see if it has acorns. Stare at it for like five minutes and head back. Not to many corns on that tree this year, damn. So I get back and put my bow on the string and grab my seat and throw down my apple bag. Take two steps up the ladder and DOH! shit FREEZE. Two does standing right at the bend I JUST CAME FROM and one of thems lookin right at me. The other is still grocery shoppin. After this mexican standoff she finally feels something is wrong and decides to quickley head back over the fence into the wood. The other follows but doesnt seem to really care why. I Kept still and realized as they trotted off there were 4 deer. DAMMIT. I waited for them to get outa earshot and eyesight and finished my accent. Pulled up my bow and hooked on. Sat down. Grumbled about the whole thing (Ive been busted allot here last year but from a different direction in - fuggers) I played with my phone and took some pics and sent a text and got my bow off the hook and arrow nocked. (damn little fuggers). As deer are inquisitive by nature and I was sure that only the one was slightly spooked by some movement - they would be back maybe. They were like five minutes later, crossing in front of me too far away like ducks in a shooting gallery. (damn little bastages) I preceded to be bored and saw nothing after that. So I got down when it was time and as soon as I hit the path I could see why they never saw me do all that other shit on the ground and raise tail and split. There is just enough bend in the path and berry briars to block everything. Including the field. I looked back at my stand and the back drop Of me from thier vantage point made sense. All she saw was a little movement - enough to bug her to leave. Ok. SOooo, Ive had enough of these does back here with last year getting busted every time no matter what time and now this that I swear when I shoot one of them It will be better than ANY buck Ive ever shot. Game on Ladies. DAmmit!!!
Heading out in the morning to my blind on the other farm. Havent seen anything in the eves so Im gonna brave the quarry and try a morning hunt and replensh my ravaged apples out there.
Homework GAH! Cant stand it, wanna go out Sooo bad but I have to control that thought. I only have two spots and I cant wear them out anyway but the weather is gettin so nice again. I hate Math. I hate Algebra. And Im really hatin this humanities class!!
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Since Im home now to take care of mom and go to school I get more chances - less places, more chances...kinda sucks lol. Wish I had my old spot back NOW! Im pre vet tech and its a stupid requirement, one of those things Ill NEVER ever use again. Its basically a history class and its after 18 sumthin and talkin about the beginnings of Unions, Industry crap, Tenement housing blah blah blah...ZZZzzzzzzzzzzzz. And the reading is from writers who prefer to use language they feel sets them apart from everyone else. No one talks like that. Its like trying to understand the King James Version of the Old testament. And listening to cement set.
didnt go out this morning after all. Set some apples at the quarry and did some scouting ended up spending more time checking out an abandoned crime scene house, lol. saw a new rub line and the trails still point to where Im sitting but I aint seen nuttin but ate up apples and tracks, PfFFFFt!!
I love how it gets your blood pumpin and you shake. Even if it was just Does and fawns I have a vandetta against this doe like none other. She has busted me so many times I cant count but tonight at last light she and her two almost grown fawns finally came in to my apples and dag nabbit if Ida had my crossbow Id beeeeee draggin doe right now!! I watched them come in for like...ever across the field headed right for my apples and cmere deer (by the way its night four after applying three day harvest. Didnt go out last night. But right in front of the Oak they decided to graze....and graze.....and graze until the light was gone. Crossbow might have done it, shotgun definantly. Then they finally came in to the apples and hung out. One of the damn fawns decided to walk into the path and investigate everything under my stand including the ladder. Mind you Im still holding my bow up with the release on and my damn hat caught on my saftey strap so I couldnt relax at all. I was at full draw once but I just couldnt SEE DAMMIT!! So then hubby decides to text me because hes not used to this whole thing and is getting worried. Its way past dark and I cant move casue they are still at my bait. They stayed around and I finally got word to him but I didnt wanna clue them into my location. They finally left a bit hurried - I think they might have seen the damn light from my phone but they didnt go too fast and never blew or ran. The almost full moon was lightitng them up so well but I couldnt see the pin for shit. Im gonna get that Doe and I swear I'm gonna have her mounted just because!!
My first chance to shoot with my new bow tonight. Just happens to be a nice big old cull buck....and I miss......end of story.
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I have two spots and I alternate and dont go every day or night. Yes I do get concerned. This is actually the very first deer Ive even seen at this spot in two years(which is a blind on the bank of the river and a lane of grass between a cornfield and a quarry).But I shot two deer here and seen many before the big drug bust and the quarry moved closer. He came up the lane corn side. Lots of sign but not allot of daylight movement yet there. I was actually really shocked to see this guy and I didnt even see him until he was coming behind my blind corner of my eye he had to be less than 15 yds when I first saw him. Was actually still drawing on him he looked right at me and seemed unconcerned at all. He stopped. full broadside head down. I hit something.... just not him
Dont know if he will come back. I wont go back to the blind for awhile. He jumped and trotted forward a few steps and then walked onto about 40 yds where I watched from the blind. He acted like he wanted to come back and circled twice after staring forever. I just kept watching thinkin. "Drop dammit drop" Ive had deer walk off like that and stand and then just fall over ,lol. It was getting dark fast so I finally stepped out but not much, he was still there. I stayed in the brush but lost balance and stepped on a branch. It snapped. He snorted and ran. I stepped out. He snorted again and ran off forever. So I preceded to search for arrow, blood, anything to say he might be hit , but nothing....today its raining but I want to go back and lookie for my arrow at least. I'm thinkin I shot low and it was the grass I heard it hit.
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Time to get back in the game. Gonna rain and get breezy tomorrow so tonight and in the am should be good times.
Ken was a great husband. searched on his hands and knees for blood last night and tracked through ice cold water to help me track this am. He musta felt real bad for me so after we picked up his paycheck he bought me three new carbon express and a pack of 100gr Slick Trick Magnums. I forgot to mention that yestereve when I shot this buck and went looking there was a mONSTER buck toodling around in the field ahead of me. I froze and waited for him to leave the scene...maybe just maybe I can lure him over to my are with some hot chick scent and a few rattles??
I think you need to edit it too say "IS A GREAT HUSBAND" rotflmao Oh and he deserves a (I'll leave that up too you) after all that rotflmao
ickle: rotflmao Sounds like he's a keeper.....
oh Hell Yeah hes a great husband!!! And yes he deserves what he gets after my homework tonight:smiley_bril:
And he'll be very thankful I imagine lol.... For a guy who doesn't hunt too go out and do that I've gotta give him credit... I would never be able to get my wife too do that lol.... Good luck with the buck you saw....
Just a little insight. My romantic story. He was my foster brother when I was 16 and he was 12. He had a secret huge crush then and we met again some 28 years later on Facebook. He spent most of his life a city boy, he is coming along nicely...I see him hunting with me one day. He is my best friend.
