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[ckrich]

I am definitely entering next year. Time to start looking for that recurve. It sucks that you struck out on this go round, but at least you have that experience to remember, and have scouted it out for me.

[arrow32]

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Sounds like you had a great time!

Wish you would have gotten one but it sounds like one heck of a learning experience and a fun time

[Lance_M]

Thanks for the update Jeramie. I've been planning on hunting the oaks on the top side of hominy. I'm prefer to hunt in that somewhat dense timber and am ok seeing only a deer or two close enough to shoot rather than sitting on a the edge of a field and having everything I see be over 100 yards away.

I've hunted Big Mac twice before but didn't have any luck either time, so hopefully that'll change this year. I'll let y'all know how it goes. Thanks again for the info.

[Jeramie]

I am definitely entering next year. Time to start looking for that recurve. It sucks that you struck out on this go round, but at least you have that experience to remember, and have scouted it out for me.

You seriously enter next year and let me know.... we can put in as a group. I think you can enter up to 5...

[Jeramie]

Thanks for the update Jeramie. I've been planning on hunting the oaks on the top side of hominy. I'm prefer to hunt in that somewhat dense timber and am ok seeing only a deer or two close enough to shoot rather than sitting on a the edge of a field and having everything I see be over 100 yards away.

I've hunted Big Mac twice before but didn't have any luck either time, so hopefully that'll change this year. I'll let y'all know how it goes. Thanks again for the info.

They were starting to rut (early, I know). They were even coming to estrus. Be sure to take the can and or some estrus to increase your odds. Good luck and kill a monster!

[Lance_M]

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Well quick update on my hunt down here at McAlester. Ending up sitting in a bottom with oak trees everywhere, in the middle of it there's a small 80 x 50 yd field running along hominy creek. I'm set up right on the edge of it sitting over two fresh scrapes.

This morning sat til 11, saw a coyote and that's all. Went and got lunch at the pickup, returned to the stand at 1 to find that a deer had been there when I was gone (prints in the acorn rage I put out). Didn't see anything until 5:30, when I saw legs coming from behind a tree on the other side of the field. Turns out its a wide 10 point, came out broadside but he was 45 yds away, and I'm not comfortable shooting that with my recurve. He then quartered to me at a steep angle up until 20 yards. It was angle where I had no clean shot. Then he turned behind a cedar tree and never presented a shot after that. Saw another coyote after that.

Heading back out in the morning hoping to see the 10 again, he was probably a 130 maybe 140 class deer. I'll let y'all know how it goes.

[Lance_M]

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Shot a quality pass this morning, passed on a small 8 before she came out. Got back to my stand around noon and sat until dark, only saw one more doe this afternoon. Needless to say I let her walk, saving that last tag for a big buck.

[Jeramie]

It was a good weekend.. COLD and the deer were moving. Hopefully you got a nice one. Regardless, the Quality pass is a good thing... nice weekend to go back! Congratulations...

Let us know how you ended up doing.

[Lance_M]

Well I didn't see anything Sunday morning, from what we saw on the way out there were a lot of deer bedded down and didn't seem to be moving. I think the full-ish moon that night hurt a little bit as all of the acorn rage I put out was cleaned up overnight. As of Sunday morning before the hunt, there had been 35 deer taken, 4 of which were P&Y.

Overall it was a good weekend, saw a real nice buck but never got a shot and I got my pass for next year Nov 1-3, so I was pleased. Some of the bucks were chasing, but not all. Peak rut looks like it's only a week or two away. Now it's time to get back to hunting with the compound. Heading out tomorrow morning to see how the bucks are acting further north.

[Jeramie]

Sounds like you did ok regardless. Better weekend than I had. Congratulations on the pass. It should be a good weekend next year too....