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Warm and pouringthis morning. didn't see a thing. Just dropped my deer off atthe taxidermist, and took my clothes out of the dryer. 65 degrees, and blowing @ 20 mph. Gonna be a fun afternoon.

He's a 7 pointer Hoosier. So, 12 points. With the deer I'm seeing, I hope to upgrade.

I'll get him registered tomorrow.... time for bed. I have to get up in 4 hours to get back in the stand!!!

I rattled in 4 bucks yesterday, Had a decoy out for the first time. I had a buck that dwarfed this one come atthe decoy, he was broadside at 25 yards, and I couldn't get a shot. He then bedded 100 yards away, for over an hour. right at dark a doe cruised through, and the bigger buck picked her up. She was bringing him right to me, but the deke spooked her. She went around the deke, and they and they passed at about 40 yards.The doe headed right to me, but the big boy charged up the hill. I heard some thrashing around, and this smaller one comes running down the hill, nose to the ground, at the doe. 8 yards, straight in front of me. I let the Wasp Boss Bullet eat!!! he went about 120 yards at a full out run. He weighed 170 on the gambrel. Tonight when skinning him, found a puncture wound from an antler about 8 inches below my entrance would, that pierced the chest cavity, and another on his throat that just missed the esophagus.. Both wounds looked as fresh as my arrow wound, by the clotting of the blood under the skin. Thinking the thrashing around I heard might have been the 8pt pushing him around.

Decent Buck tonight...updated with story and pics I rattled in 4 bucks yesterday, Had a decoy out for the first time. I had a buck that dwarfed this one come atthe decoy, he was broadside at 25 yards, and I couldn't get a shot. He then bedded 100 yards away, for over an hour. right at dark a doe cruised through, and the bigger buck picked her up. She was bringing him right to me, but the deke spooked her. She went around the deke, and they and they passed at about 40 yards.The doe headed right to me, but the big boy charged up the hill. I heard some thrashing around, and this smaller one comes running down the hill, nose to the ground, at the doe. 8 yards, straight in front of me. I let the Wasp Boss Bullet eat!!! he went about 120 yards at a full out run. He weighed 170 on the gambrel. Tonight when skinning him, found a puncture wound from an antler about 8 inches below my entrance would, that pierced the chest cavity, and onother on his throat that just missed the esophagus.. Both wounds looked as freas as my arrow wound, by the clotting of the blood under the skin. Thinking the thrashing around I heard might have been the 8pt pushing him around. Here are a few more pictures.

Thanks everyone, just in from skinning and quartering. Will getthe story posted tomorrow, if I don't get a shot at the bigger one!!!

another pic...

Oh, and what a story it is... this wasn't the biggest buck tonight.

Well, the Drenalin LD spoke for the first time this year, and I'm pretty happy with the results. More pics, and story to follow...I'm beat!!!!

Got some points for the team tonight.. details to follow!!!

My first "real" gun was a Marlin Glenfield model 60, .22lr that my dad bought me when I was 8 or 9. It still looks like brand new after 35 years

Good luck, and shoot straight. I know 3 other people heading that direction tomorrow too.Next week must be "THE" week.

Can't wait to get out again....Gonna hunt another stand in this area. Maybe I'll have another story soon!

Here is my current desktop. It changes frequently. I took this picture while were camping back in 2007.

Here is my current desktop. It changes frequently. I took this picture while were camping back in 2007.

Last Saturday I saw signs of the rut winding up. I saw a spike making scrapes, and later watched him on my binos lip curling and looked to be hyperventilating. I also noticed a lot of trees rubbed in my area. One night last week my landowner called me, and wanted me to go with him to confirm a stand on the property I hunt was one of mine. (It wasn't), and as we drove the perimeter of the property in his Mule, I was amazed at the amount of trees rubbed up. I had high hopes for this Saturday (Seems like I say that a lot...lol). I get to my stand a little later then I wanted. Drop my release, and have to go get it, the dropped my bow holder. It was one of those mornings! As it lightens up out, I'm looking through my bino's I see even more trees rubbed up. About 8 am I hear a noise that took a few moments to compute. It was a buck grunting, and seemed pretty close. I grunted back softly a few times with no response. After no response i grabbed my antlers, (first time I brought them in this season) I rattled semi aggressively, thrashed some branched, and rubbed the antler against the tree. I always feel foolish doing this. Hung the antlers up. and turned back around, and here is a buck trotting right at me, about 80 yards out. I grab my bow, and bring up my binos and see it is the 3 pointer i passed on a few weeks ago. He isn't gonna be so lucky today if I get a shot. About 45 yards out the buck cuts across to my left, and continues to me, about 35 yards out. I'm now at full draw, waiting for him to stop in an opening. Of course he didn't, he now cuts back toward me on a line that will take him 15 yards behind my stand. I have to stand up, still at full draw, and he stops and start rubbing the heck out of a tree. I had no shot where he stopped and had to let down. I watched him work a scape that I freshened up on my way in, and he wandered off. I sat till 11 with no more action. I went home took a nap. I wake up at 1:45 and can't open my right eye. It is swollen shut. I have allergic reactions and it looks like I got punched in the eye. Now I'm mad!. I take a zyrtec, and pry my eye open, flush it out, and put in my allergy drops. Grab an ice pack and lay back down. An hour later my eye is about 1/4 open. I go down in the basement....grab my target rig, and shoot a half dozen arrows to make sure I can see through the peep. Back on stand at 3:15. Very windy. I do a little rattling around 4 pm with no results. at 5:45, 25 minutes before end of legal hunting, the wind just stops. I grab the antlers and let loose with a long sequence. Hang then up ,and grab my bow. About 45 seconds later I see a huge bodied buck cross the draw I'm sitting in at a trot, and disappear into some thick stuff. I grab my grunt and give 2 aggressive grunts, and he comes out, and at me like i have him on a leash. Holy crap. I stand up and look in the binos and he is a beautiful 8 pointer that I haven't seen before. He locks up about 40 yards out, and starts circling me. he gets on a trail 35 yards away, and just keeps pacing back and forth, looking for the deer.This goes on for about 10 minutes. He is grunting, snorting, stomping his feet, and blowing, While pawing at the ground, and thrashing some saplings. This deer was looking to rumble! Think he finally got nervous and tail up and trotted away. I hit the grunt and brought him right back, but only for about 45 seconds. What a rush! This is probably the biggest bodied deer I have seen while hunting. I really think if i had had a decoy, I would have brought him right in for a shot. Well, that was Saturdays hunt. sorry for the long post.

Last Saturday I saw signs of the rut winding up. I saw a spike making scrapes, and later watched him on my binos lip curling and looked to be hyperventilating. I also noticed a lot of trees rubbed in my area. One night last week my landowner called me, and wanted me to go with him to confirm a stand on the property I hunt was one of mine. (It wasn't), and as we drove the perimeter of the property in his Mule, I was amazed at the amount of trees rubbed up. I had high hopes for this Saturday (Seems like I say that a lot...lol). I get to my stand a little later then I wanted. Drop my release, and have to go get it, the dropped my bow holder. It was one of those mornings! As it lightens up out, I'm looking through my bino's I see even more trees rubbed up. About 8 am I hear a noise that took a few moments to compute. It was a buck grunting, and seemed pretty close. I grunted back softly a few times with no response. After no response i grabbed my antlers, (first time I brought them in this season) I rattled semi aggressively, thrashed some branched, and rubbed the antler against the tree. I always feel foolish doing this. Hung the antlers up. and turned back around, and here is a buck trotting right at me, about 80 yards out. I grab my bow, and bring up my binos and see it is the 3 pointer i passed on a few weeks ago. He isn't gonna be so lucky today if I get a shot. About 45 yards out the buck cuts across to my left, and continues to me, about 35 yards out. I'm now at full draw, waiting for him to stop in an opening. Of course he didn't, he now cuts back toward me on a line that will take him 15 yards behind my stand. I have to stand up, still at full draw, and he stops and start rubbing the heck out of a tree. I had no shot where he stopped and had to let down. I watched him work a scape that I freshened up on my way in, and he wandered off. I sat till 11 with no more action. I went home took a nap. I wake up at 1:45 and can't open my right eye. It is swollen shut. I have allergic reactions and it looks like I got punched in the eye. Now I'm mad!. I take a zyrtec, and pry my eye open, flush it out, and put in my allergy drops. Grab an ice pack and lay back down. An hour later my eye is about 1/4 open. I go down in the basement....grab my target rig, and shoot a half dozen arrows to make sure I can see through the peep. Back on stand at 3:15. Very windy. I do a little rattling around 4 pm with no results. at 5:45, 25 minutes before end of legal hunting, the wind just stops. I grab the antlers and let loose with a long sequence. Hang then up ,and grab my bow. About 45 seconds later I see a huge bodied buck cross the draw I'm sitting in at a trot, and disappear into some thick stuff. I grab my grunt and give 2 aggressive grunts, and he comes out, and at me like i have him on a leash. Holy crap. I stand up and look in the binos and he is a beautiful 8 pointer that I haven't seen before. He locks up about 40 yards out, and starts circling me. he gets on a trail 35 yards away, and just keeps pacing back and forth, looking for the deer.This goes on for about 10 minutes. He is grunting, snorting, stomping his feet, and blowing, While pawing at the ground, and thrashing some saplings. This deer was looking to rumble! Think he finally got nervous and tail up and trotted away. I hit the grunt and brought him right back, but only for about 45 seconds. What a rush! This is probably the biggest bodied deer I have seen while hunting. I really think if i had had a decoy, I would have brought him right in for a shot. Well, that was Saturdays hunt. sorry for the long post.

When things go as planned.....45 minutes is probably about average for me. Our legal shooting starts at 30 minutes before sunrise. I ussually shoot for 45 minutes to an hour before that if it is going to be a clear morning. If it is overcast...I'll go a bit later.

Congrats on the doe. Haven't seen you posting in forever. Hope all is well!!!

Congrats on the buck todd!! I'm not having a great season. Deer sightings are way, way down on my property...not sure why. Will be out tomorrow morning in the rain again. If it's a bust, probably gonna head to a piece of state land that I haven't hunted in 2 years, and have a couple stands in.

I honestly thought it was pretty amusing going through some of the old, hilarious threads. Was it really neccesary to lock them?

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