buckgirl

Check out this kid call geese, he is only 9 years old. go to http://everythingoutdoors.ca/canada-geese.html he is the winnner of the Canadian Youth Goose calling contest at Bass Pro.

Thank you....I kinda think that my dad feels differently.

After a sleepless night of tossing and turning morning arrives. My dad had seen two bucks fighting 3 mornings ago and with the wind in our favour we head out with a sure plan. We arrive early and get settled in. Dad will post in my treestand to the east and I will be to the northwest of him in the ditch. I would rather be up high but we do not have another treestand in that area and we know there has been action there recently. This morning must be the coldest morning yet and time passes by with our breath determining the direction of the wind. All of a sudden I hear my two way radio go off. It is dad, he sees a deer by me, he is in the treestand so he can see alot more area that me. I look all around and still do not see what he is talking about. I bleet call a couple of times to see if it will bring the deer back out. Finally I see the deer, but there is two. I radio dad and he can now see them too. Oh no there are three! I sit as quiet as I could be and try to position myself behind a tree, out of site from where they are. Finally they make there way across the field and I think that they are going to follow the fence row and walk straight towards dad. I wait. I see yet another deer coming out of where these three just came from, she is following the same path. So picture this. I am blocked by a big tree so the fourth deer cannot see me and brush in front of me to the south. Directly to the east i have no cover. I am confused as to where to look I have deer all around. I can see the fourth deer headed straight towards me. I look back towards dads area to see if I can still see the other three deer and to my surprise they had snuck right into my feild and the largest doe I have ever seen is standing 40 yds. in front of me. This is great, I finally have my chance but I have no cover directly in front of me. I am ready to pull my bow back and she is now 30 yds and she stops and looks directly at me. I do not have my bow drawn. I freeze in hopes that she will continue eating and I will have my chance but instead she hops away slowly towards my dad followed by her friends. They then vere to the south and totally bypass my dad. I do not think she could smell me but rather sense the presense of something. Also she could not see my silouette due to the big tree I was standing in front of. My chance was there. Should I have risked it and drawn and tried for her or should I have remained totally still in hopes of her returning to eating. If she would have spooked she will not return. Did I make the right decision? Will she return?

Well i have tracked down a ground blind and I have a doe decoy that has a tail that goes straight up, along with some scent, hopefully I can set up down wind of him and meet him on Saturday.

So even though the food is right beside me I should go to the fence row eh! The does are coming into the food eventually he will too won't he. When I see does with him they are being chased and are only 10ft away from him, but they are running. I do not have a climber available to me so it will be a ground sit, I can try to hide in the grasses. I do have a doe decoy available to me though. Any thoughts.

A friend owns a beautiful 50 acre parcel that normally he hunts but this year is having some personal issues and has offered us the opportunity. Of course we jumped at the opportunity. This area is mostly flat feilds with corn (that is taken down already)to the E and bush to the N. Grass area at edge of bush. My friend has a built blind that is about 8 x 16, insulated, fully enclosed with windows all around it. He baits with apples and squash 20 yds to the E and 20 yds to the N. My hubby took a great doe at one of the bait piles last weekend. My problem is that I keep seeing a very big buck about 100 yds to the N. He runs the fence row to and from the corn. I have seen him chasing does while the corn was still up and now that it is down I see him by himself. Anyway my problem is "Do I stay in the treestand and just get a doe like my hubby" or "Do I get down and sit inthe fence row and try to get him". I use a compound which will cause more movement than just a crossbow. He's big!!! He's Smart!!! I want him!!