Hunt or be Hunted Posted October 5, 2013 Report Share Posted October 5, 2013 Team 3 Way to go buddy! I got rained out this morning. More rain is in forecast for this evening. We will see how that goes. I'll be out there tomorrow though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCH Posted October 6, 2013 Report Share Posted October 6, 2013 Passed up on a young five point last night. Just got through watching my buddy miss twice. He's set up 150 yards from me and he's missed a nice eight and a doe. I saw the deer but they wouldn't come close enough to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCH Posted October 7, 2013 Report Share Posted October 7, 2013 Was 10 yards from putting some points on the board. Four doe crossed a skidder lane about 50 yards from me. They were headed at an angle so I was hoping to get about a 35/40 yard shot just behind me. But they hit the trail that I walked in on and started following it back towards my buddy who was 150 yards away. Suddenly my buddy shot. I could still see all four doe so I wasn't sure what he was shooting at. I looked up just in time to see a decent buck jump into the thicket out in front of my friend. After the shot, I was certain that the doe would be heading my way, but noooooo. The sorry suckers wanted to investigate the noise. They made it within 30 yards just so my buddy could add another miss to his record! Then, instead of bolting back my way, they slowly made off directly behind me. The only good thing that I took from this hunt is that my scent didn't spook them. The wind was blowing pretty hard right at them. Could be my being 30 feet up the tree or could be my scent regiment. Either way, it was a fun hunt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunt or be Hunted Posted October 9, 2013 Report Share Posted October 9, 2013 Team 3 They have stuck me on another week of midnights so I'm pretty much screwed for going hunting for right now. I can hopefully get in the woods next week (if they are nice enough to get me off of these freaking midnights. ) glad to see some points on the board though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCH Posted October 9, 2013 Report Share Posted October 9, 2013 Planning on taking a vacation day tomorrow to install my wife's new refridgerator. Of course that will be done AFTER my morning hunt. Tonight's the last night in the 50's for over a week, so I plan on being in the stand before daylight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhunter91 Posted October 10, 2013 Report Share Posted October 10, 2013 Well...... Count me in for 5 points! I smoked a big swamp doe this evening. 14 yards quartering away. Rage Hypodermic got r done. The blood trail was far from great but she went down quick. Gonna turn my attention to some duck and pheasant hunting for a little while then once the pre rut gets going I'll start buck hunting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clrj3514 Posted October 10, 2013 Report Share Posted October 10, 2013 Well...... Count me in for 5 points! I smoked a big swamp doe this evening. 14 yards quartering away. Rage Hypodermic got r done. The blood trail was far from great but she went down quick. Gonna turn my attention to some duck and pheasant hunting for a little while then once the pre rut gets going I'll start buck hunting. Good deal, congrats Joe! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PotashRLS Posted October 10, 2013 Report Share Posted October 10, 2013 Very nice. Some more vittles on the ground. Nice to hear most are getting out. I plan on getting out Sunday afternoon. My wife has us booked up Saturday but hopefully after this weekend, all the interuptions are done and I can get down to business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunt or be Hunted Posted October 14, 2013 Report Share Posted October 14, 2013 Team 3 I give up. I got stuck on another week of freakin overnights. Hopefully I'm off of them before the rut... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PotashRLS Posted October 15, 2013 Report Share Posted October 15, 2013 What kind of job do you have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCH Posted October 15, 2013 Report Share Posted October 15, 2013 Hunted hard Saturday, Sunday and Monday but only have a small buck sighting to show for it. The nighttime temps were in the mid 60's and daytime temps were close to 80. Add to that a East wind that kept swirling and it wasn't a good day to be in the woods. Taking my son, Chase, this weekend for youth gun season. Hopefully, he'll get one Saturday and then I can bowhunt Sunday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunt or be Hunted Posted October 16, 2013 Report Share Posted October 16, 2013 I work at good ol Gander Mountain. We are doing a huge remodel and I have been on overnights since it started. I keep thinking we are almost done but then they want more done.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunt or be Hunted Posted October 17, 2013 Report Share Posted October 17, 2013 Team 3 Got some good news when I went into work last night. We are done on our part of the remodel. Last night was my final overnight shift. Thank god I'm back to days! Now it's on for hunting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhunter91 Posted October 17, 2013 Report Share Posted October 17, 2013 Hey all. I'll be back in a tree tomorrow afternoon and all day Sunday. The weather is finally starting to come around here and they're calling for lows in the 30's next week! I can't wait to see the pre rut crank up. At this one spot I hunt there's a 3 year old 7 point that has made himself highly visible during daylight. He'll go about 120" but there's also a split brow 9 point on the same land that will push 140". Every time that 7 steps out he makes it difficult not to shoot him. Duck hunted with a friend of mine yesterday at a swamp no one else hunts. It's a private piece of land that encompasses an old rail road bed and an apple orchard on either side of the swamp. The land owner is a traditional bow hunter my dad and I have become good friends with over the past few years. He has given me permission to do whatever I want on his land whenever I want. What a guy. Anyway, me and a buddy of mine went in there yesterday morning and we each shot our limit of wood ducks. Awesome fast paced action. We were limited out for woodies at 7:00am. We sat til 10 hoping some mallards would come over but nope. Not one mallard. Just a bunch more flocks of woodies. Will get my doe entered in a few minutes. Good luck to those of you making it out this weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhunter91 Posted October 17, 2013 Report Share Posted October 17, 2013 And I'm about as frustrated as it gets with this new photobucket and my computer. Trying to figure out how to edit the photo to block out info on my tag. Paint program. Check. Photobucket won't import a picture from Paint. Argh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkneck Posted October 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2013 Joe I started playing with one called paint.net the other day for editing images. Free and powerful and fairly easy to learn. Just a thought if you get too frustrated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clrj3514 Posted October 18, 2013 Report Share Posted October 18, 2013 And I'm about as frustrated as it gets with this new photobucket and my computer. Trying to figure out how to edit the photo to block out info on my tag. Paint program. Check. Photobucket won't import a picture from Paint. Argh. Joe, I've just started using the the 'insert image' tool & uploading straight from my computer. It's a lot less aggravating than Photobucket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCH Posted October 19, 2013 Report Share Posted October 19, 2013 Shot a 9 point this morning. Main frame 8 with a kicker off the back. It looks like its over an inch but I'll put a tape to it tomorrow. I judged him at about 120 inches but I'm not sure if he'll push that or not. A great bowkill for me either way. Will try to upload some pics later tonight and enter him in the contest tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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PotashRLS Posted October 19, 2013 Report Share Posted October 19, 2013 Nice buck. Cool with the darker antlers. Our deer up here are like they are in an extended early season. Minimal rubbing and scraping with bucks not even nudging does out in the food sources. Seems like everything is late this year, including the deer activity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clrj3514 Posted October 19, 2013 Report Share Posted October 19, 2013 Awesome buck regardless of score! Congrats buddy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PotashRLS Posted October 20, 2013 Report Share Posted October 20, 2013 Put a doe on the ground yesterday afternoon. Smoked her with the trusty ole Grim Reaper. She went 60 yards and piled up. Dressed 110lbs and her teeth looked as though she was probably 5 1/2 years old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elkoholic Posted October 21, 2013 Report Share Posted October 21, 2013 Congratulations to the successful hunters! Closed out archery season here today, and never saw anything all season that I wanted to put a tag on. Although I never launched an arrow it was an enjoyable six weeks of hunting. Next Saturday (Oct. 26th) the general rifle season starts and runs until Dec. 1st. Hopefully, as the rut gets rolling the bigger bucks will show themselves. I need to find a little more time to check in here also. A lot of good hunting yet to do. Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhunter91 Posted October 21, 2013 Report Share Posted October 21, 2013 Congrats for whacking and stacking fellas! I have some good news from my corner as well. I hammered a big 8 point yesterday morning. Definitely my biggest buck yet. We green scored him at 117" even last night. And he only had 2" worth of deductions. A very symmetrical deer. I'm on my phone at work now so I'll post a pic later but he was a true brute. He came in to the rattle while bumping a doe. He was facing me stomping his hoof scanning the woods for the bucks he just heard fighting. He turned and put his head down in sneak position and let out a grunt while lunging for his doe. I bleated and stopped him broadside at 21 yards in the only window i had to shoot. Thwack! He took off uphill and only made it about 80 yards. Rage Hypodermic put a whooping on his lungs. Tagged out til rifle season unless I get a doe tag transferred to me. Which shouldn't be a big deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhunter91 Posted October 21, 2013 Report Share Posted October 21, 2013 Let's see if this works.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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