Team 7 - The Deflators
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Had an interesting morning. First time on this prop in the dark and got all turned around into the stand. 7:10 had a doe sneak in and bust me. Then at 8 I was full draw and a real jittery doe. Squeeze...... And bam she took off. No warnings. No sooner did I hear something behind me and a yote came up under my stand. Missed opportunity cuz of a yote. That's a first for me.
Then had a BB hang out around the stand for bout 20 minutes
Then had a BB hang out around the stand for bout 20 minutes
Had 8 to10 different does and fawns in front of me Sunday in a spot that i didn't want to shoot one. Last night i was where i didn't mind shooting one and my top cam hit a limb and i missed. Not the way i wanted to start my season. Shot my bow today and everything seems fine.
nis1
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Anyone been out? Was out this weekend in guernsey county with the girlfriend a couple times trying to get her first deer. Had a nice big lone doe come in on Sunday night about 15 yards away. Picked us out cause yours truly may have been moving around a little. Tried to wind us but never did. I had Sarah grab her bow after the doe went behind a tree but she ended up getting busted moving. Should have let the doe calm down for a bit first. Was cool to have one in close though. When we were leaving there was a little buck following a Doe and two fawns in the landowners front yard. I'll be hunting Stark County tomorrow evening and hopefully Friday morning and evening. It's the farm I hunt most often but I haven't made it out there to hunt yet this year. We'll be back on 'operation: Sarah's first deer' again on Saturday with the muzzleloader in hand.
Fullbore
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Lol..... My heart bleeds for you!
YKW! I seriously doubt that it's going to be dismal for ya.
Went on my first hunt sunday evening, seen 7 deer..spike yearlings does and unidentified deer at dark. Hopefully get out again tomorrow evening. Just not enough time in the day.
nis1
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Team, I'm unbelievably excited. I work at a camp in NE Ohio for most of the year. This place is 300 acres that's pretty much in a city, probly 200 acres of it is wooded. It is likely one of the largest single chunks of land within 5 miles. I shed hunted it this past year and saw well over 50 deer in a 3 hour period while just walking around and I have often heard stories from female coworkers about seeing "Bambi's dad" while on a hike with a group of kids. People pretty much stop coming to camp this time of year and today I got permission to hunt there and I'm so excited I just want to shout it to the world. I'll be there for my first sit tomorrow evening. Wish me luck!
nis1
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I was out Wednesday at the property I was so excited about. Got there at 3:40, got all my gear and took 3 steps into the woods and a whole herd of deer took off. They were eating acorns and there were at least 10 does all together. It took me forever to find a tree to put my climber in, the woods I originally went into was much more mature than I had previously thought. After I was in the stand, all I saw was a coon, found a lot of rubs though, not on big trees but there were a series of small trees that were completely destroyed. I'm in a completely different area of the property tonight sitting on the edge of a swamp. It was a challenge getting in here, I had to make a bridge across the muckiest little creek I've ever come across. Looked shallow so I stuck one foot in slow and got almost to the top of my muck boot without fining anything even remotely solid. It's windier than I would like but I think it covered my noise getting in here.