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steveOh
Junior Member
What up Francis?!
Have you been out at all this year Joe?
I'm gonna start hitting it a little harder now. Fall sports are over and I have a good head start on the wife's list. Work should start slowing down also. Looking to purchase a new crossbow and break it in!
Have you been out at all this year Joe?
I'm gonna start hitting it a little harder now. Fall sports are over and I have a good head start on the wife's list. Work should start slowing down also. Looking to purchase a new crossbow and break it in!
Well what a bunch of highs and lows this last week. Got down last Friday checked the cameras, seen casper was dangerously active all week, like not leaving my circle always on my cameras multiple times a day. Come last Saturday morning, my buddy has some good action seeing few bucks, one border line shooter. It's about 10am and I figure im going to finally sit down, legs where getting tired. I just sat down and looked behind me and saw rack coming right it, I quickly stand back up. (On the way in I was squirting some doe piss everyb20 yards) I know right away it's casper, I'm shaking so bad behind my tree that my arrow is bouncing off my rest. He closes in with 50 yards and stops looking into my opening, stands there for a few minutes like he was looking for a doe then turns and heads down the hill. He was scratching his ass and didn't seem like he knew I was there. About 30 minutes goes by I get a call from my buddy he just shot casper and he chased a doe right at ten yards from him. He said it was high, so we gave it like 5 hours before looking. Got down, looked everywhere couldn't find any blood (didn't get a pass through) we looked for a few hours only findIng minimal amounts of blood. Gave up and came back in the morning, search and searched found nothing. We kind of came to the sense that it was high and must of just hit no man's land. All week I'm bumming, hoping I did enough and he wasn't lying dead somewhere and I couldn't find him. I felt good about him being alive though, on the way back down this morning to hunt this evening and get a text from a friend down here,"hey got some good news, but more bad news." Turns out casper did in fact survive and was harvested this morning by a hunter. So this puts a 3-4 year journey with this deer to a close. I will try to get some of the better trail camera pictures from this passed week up, I tried the other day, but they wouldn't upload for some reason. Sorry guys, not sure if I'm going to be good for a buck or not now, just did a check and only bucks I've got running around now are not shooters, but we all know that could change fast.
Sat all day Saturday, had spike hang out right under me, than mid day had a nice buck chasing a doe all over me, zigzaging all over never close enough for a shot, then a lone doe walked right under me at 245. Today, just doe at first light. Debating on taking a few weeks off seeing what buck might move in and focus on late season. This drive every weekend starting to wear me out a little.
steveOh
Junior Member
I'd save your time and energy, weather looks like crap for this weekend! Plus it's youth season...so don't forget your orange if you do go out. I personally wouldn't be looking to go anywhere this weekend though.
steveOh
Junior Member
twireman
Senior Member
I have Monday off and evenings. Also the weekend. Im really looking forward to some cold late season bowhunting.
Well, wish I would of stayed home instead of making the journey. Froze my button off Saturday in that wind. Didn't see anything, skipping this weekend and might take the bow gun weekend, or a gun not sure. I'm in the same boat, I'm looking forward to some late season bow.
steveOh
Junior Member
The next three days will be all day hunts. Need a little luck on my side, only deer I've seen this week have been in my garage and killed by other people. Lol
Right after I posted that I started feeling sick...been up all night making seal calls. Damn, hell of a time to get sick. I hope my body is about cleaned out and I can get after it in a bit. Posting this from the bathroom though...[emoji1532]
Hey Steve, I believe we talked a couple of years back about you doing an Alaska trip. Do you have any plans on going back? Seems like you said something along the lines of "best vacation ever". That seems to me like it's worth doing again.
As far as deer hunting goes...I have a plan, I need some snow so it'll make getting the deer out easier. I've got a real good idea where a few good deer are hiding...but it's an hour hike that isn't easy just to get in. I'm sure even with snow and a sled it'll take me several hours to get the deer out.
As far as deer hunting goes...I have a plan, I need some snow so it'll make getting the deer out easier. I've got a real good idea where a few good deer are hiding...but it's an hour hike that isn't easy just to get in. I'm sure even with snow and a sled it'll take me several hours to get the deer out.