mrswtnhunt

Thanks guys. So, I got this guy pretty early Saturday morning. It was a perfect morning, My husband, wtnhunt, walked me to the stand and within a minute after getting in the stand there was a deer moving out in the field below me. Couldn't make it out because it was too dim. about 7:30am a small spike came right in front of me about 30 yards away, he never knew I was there. He went through fence and left field. Then about 7:50am there were 7 does that came along the same path the spike went and fed in the beans and field out in front of me for about 10 minutes...then suddenly they all went to full alert looking towards my right...there he was, coming along the fence about 250 yards away. He was following a fence that ran parallel to me heading straight towards the does. I settle my scope on the 50cal Accura to a spot where there is a clearing...as he steps into the scope about 140 yards away, I squeeze the trigger. He juts forward about 30 yards and stops.... CRAP!! Did I miss him? I reload as fast as I can and he turns broadside giving me another shot.....BAM!! He drops his head and goes out of view. I message hubby and he comes to help me look for blood. We found hair where the deer was with my first shot then we find blood. After following blood for about 80 yards, something jumps up and takes off.....we back out and wait about an hour.....we go back and about another 40 yards there he was. Turns out, I hit him both times...first time was a little back and second time was in the neck. Just want to say how blessed I am to have such an amazing husband that supports me in my hunting efforts. Wtnhunt….YOU ARE THE BEST!!!

Got an 8 pt

Checking in from West Tennessee, I will be mostly hunting during muzzleloader season which starts November 9th. That is usually when I have my best luck. Good luck to everyone and stay safe out there.

Bring on hunting season!!!

Nice bucks there!!!

I'm in!!

Congratulations Martin!!!

NO THANK YOU!!! I think I would rather have the girls......just sayin!!

Finally got one, he's not the biggest but he will help fill the freezer. 6 scoreable points, he had a 7th point that is busted off. more pics in the entry thread.

Mrswtnhunt team 2 6 scoreable points

Hey guys, just taking a break from the stand to check in, we are in full rut here, ive seen lots of deer and had a real nice 9 pt within range but he never offered a shot. Temps are supposed to take a nose dive here tomorrow so I plan on being in the stand all day. Wish me luck!!

Love the team name!!

Congratulations Frank, nice doe and welcome to the team Marty. So pumped for this season!!

Hey guys, checking in here. I think we have an awesome team line up this year. Just a couple weeks till bow season for us here in Tennessee. Good luck to everybody and stay safe out there.

Welcome to the forums. Sounds like your brother will be a great start. I learned everything from my husband (wtnhunt), Best advice I can give is to do a lot of just sitting and watching, spend as much time in the woods/on the water as you can just observing how the animals are acting. Learning their patterns, when they move and which direction they are going. And most of all, be patient with yourself and enjoy nature. Don't put too much pressure on yourself, it takes all the fun and enjoyment out of being in the great outdoors. Good luck out there and please keep us updated on how you are doing out there.

Catrina Mrswtnhunt 41 Tennessee Archery-Sept 24-Oct 28th Muzzleloader-Nov 5-18th Rifle-Nov 19-Jan 8th

Ok, I'm going to vote for turkeygirl......that girl has mad skills with her camera....ijs!

Mudrunner

Yes, same here......things need to pick up around here.

Great to hear from you Norm.....sounds like you are ready for another Alaska adventure.....lol. Hang in there, what doesn't kill us makes us stronger.....you are one tough cookie. God bless.

So, lets hear it......who all has made new years resolutions?

Wow, how time does fly.....if you look close enough in that pic you can see a signature on my pink hat from Tim Andrus....Good times!!

Its been a while, just thought I would stop by and say Hi to everybody. Miss you guys....hope everyone has a Merry Christmas!!!!

This place has really slowed down. I hear my hubby talk about how there isn't much activity on the forums these days. I sure have missed getting on here. Hope all is good with you guys.

So, after missing a very nice 10pt during ML season, I was feeling really down and had all but given up on my season. Well, my husband insisted that I go out. He said he had figured it up and thought it would be right at the second rut. After moaning and groaning, I go, really just to shut him up......boy, am I glad I did. I was sitting in a ladder stand blind overlooking an open field, had hit the can call and grunt call a few times. I heard what sounded like a heard of elephants, splashing and leaves crunching and just a lot of chaos down in the woods behind me. Out burst a doe at full speed, I hear leaves crunching behind her so I know something is chasing her, I get my gun up and ready just in case. Within 25-30 ft this really tall big bodied buck comes out running behind her. He was grunting every step he took, very cool to see/hear, I couldn't see how wide he was but knew he had really good mass. I decided I would try and take him, as I'm trying to get settled on him something catches my eye behind him.....it's two more bucks, both much smaller than him. Anyway, my buck is following this doe and I know in a few seconds he was gonna be gone so I tried grunting to stop him, he kinda made a u-turn and was facing the bucks behind him, it almost seemed as he was gonna fight.....but I didn't give him the chance....as soon as he stopped....BOOM....he ran about 25 yards and fell. The doe and a buck ran into the woods while the third buck went towards my buck, as if trying to figure out what happened. He ended up heading towards woods and then another buck, a spike, also ran across field. It was definitely the second rut with that doe being followed by 4 different bucks. Thank you to my husband for making me go.