Trevor Posted December 5, 2013 Report Share Posted December 5, 2013 Those are some nice deer. Can't wait till Sunday to hunt again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly Posted December 7, 2013 Report Share Posted December 7, 2013 (edited) Love hunting in the cold weather (teens)! Had a great hunt even though this buck isn't the monster I had been holding out for. I had passed a couple deer this size and even bigger in November but with the 2013 season in the final quarter I decided to take what the good Lord was making available. In addition in IL we can take 2 bucks a year so I'll still be looking, but with work getting busy I will not have near the time I had in November. Nothing like the uncertainty that comes after black powder - finding blood with your binoculars at the impact area, waiting in the stand for an hour hoping the shot was true and then following a blood trail to a big bodied whitetail. This 8-point field dressed at 160 and I'm pretty sure he's a 2.5 year old. Edited December 7, 2013 by fly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybear Posted December 7, 2013 Report Share Posted December 7, 2013 Congrats Fly, that's a great looking buck and a nice score this late in the season! Great job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhine16 Posted December 8, 2013 Report Share Posted December 8, 2013 Nice Fly! I basically hunted all day today with only 5 sightings. Does and spikes. Pre rut should be getting cranked up here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor Posted December 8, 2013 Report Share Posted December 8, 2013 Nice buck Fly. My season starts up again tomorrow so will be in the wood Sunday afternoon. Temps are really getting cold so I hope to see movement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly Posted December 8, 2013 Report Share Posted December 8, 2013 Thanks everyone - I just noticed our score is in need of an update: Rhine... you haven't been upgraded from your doe to your 8-point and it's been a good while now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowhunter97 Posted December 8, 2013 Report Share Posted December 8, 2013 I haven't been upgraded at all due to not having a shot at deer. Im just waiting for December 27th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowhunter97 Posted December 8, 2013 Report Share Posted December 8, 2013 these will just be some of the deer I will be hunting. The pictures tell you if its in Florida or Ohio. Im doing the Florida hunt. Also this is mostly bucks, I can shoot 2 does while im up there too. http://www.southernarrowheadoutfitters.com/trailcamera.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor Posted December 9, 2013 Report Share Posted December 9, 2013 Sat from 1-5 tonight with not a lot of movement early on. Them around 4 deer started to come out onto the cut corn field. I counted 17 deer , one was a nice buck but they stayed quite far away. I'm going to try and hunt through the week if I get time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly Posted December 9, 2013 Report Share Posted December 9, 2013 Crossbow season starts today! Love the new law allowing IL hunters to mix it up a little. Looks like we are in second place - once Rhine enters his 8-point. It was placed here, but not in the official entry thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhine16 Posted December 11, 2013 Report Share Posted December 11, 2013 It's up fly. I feel like my season is just now about to start. The boys should be starting to get on their feet. While I've got my photobucket up, here's a few recent trail cam pics on scrapes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoosierhunter Posted December 11, 2013 Report Share Posted December 11, 2013 Well another one hit the ground. This time it was goalpost. He's a 4.5 year old. I passed him the week before gun opened. He scored 138 4/8ths and dressed at 166. He was traveling hardcore. In 24 hrs he showed up on 3 cameras covering over 3 miles! I really wanted him to make it, but it didn't pan out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhine16 Posted December 12, 2013 Report Share Posted December 12, 2013 Dang Hoosier, I hate it for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoosierhunter Posted December 12, 2013 Report Share Posted December 12, 2013 Yeah it's been a rough year around me. I lost my top 4 deer for the first time ever. I hunted tonight on a different farm and did see one of my shooters at 150 yards. Lucky for him I'm still bowhunting as opposed to ML which is in right now. It's very cold here and the deer are getting in their feet now. This weekend should be great for hunting over food! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor Posted December 13, 2013 Report Share Posted December 13, 2013 Wow that really sucks Hoosier. Hope you get another chance at a shoot buck. Haven't got out through the week so hunt this weekend. Temps here a bitter cold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoosierhunter Posted December 14, 2013 Report Share Posted December 14, 2013 No luck tonight. 3 does and 1 small buck. The snow starts tonight and the more the better!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muff Posted December 14, 2013 Report Share Posted December 14, 2013 Well I was going to head out tonight but I just woke up to -22c or -1f plus wind chill and snow on its way.....thinking this nice warm house is the place I will be this afternoon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoosierhunter Posted December 14, 2013 Report Share Posted December 14, 2013 We got about 6 inches right now and no end in sight! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor Posted December 14, 2013 Report Share Posted December 14, 2013 Mother Nature is not playing fair here either. -22 here with the wind chill and about 6 inches on the ground and still snowing. I guess I just have to wait and see if the weather lets up in the afternoon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowhunter97 Posted December 14, 2013 Report Share Posted December 14, 2013 Its 82 down here haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muff Posted December 16, 2013 Report Share Posted December 16, 2013 pushed the old Honda 300 out though the snow this afternoon to feed.....lots of deer running around and the corn should keep them coming around....hope to hunt wed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoosierhunter Posted December 16, 2013 Report Share Posted December 16, 2013 Not much happening here so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muff Posted December 17, 2013 Report Share Posted December 17, 2013 A buddy at work and I are going out Thursday afternoon.......he is hunting meat and I am lookin for another wall hanger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor Posted December 18, 2013 Report Share Posted December 18, 2013 Nothing new to report here. Work has been crazy busy so I haven't been able to get out through the week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muff Posted December 19, 2013 Report Share Posted December 19, 2013 WOW went out today to feed....deer everywhere....can not wait till tomorrow afternoons sit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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