MUDRUNNER Posted November 19, 2018 Report Share Posted November 19, 2018 I finally closed the deal Friday during our Illinois shotgun season. He's no giant but I've been hunting hard ,the freezers low, and he was too god to pass up. I climbed in the treestand with the old Winchester Friday morning about 5:45. Cold temps, decent rut activity, and a few inches of snow had me stoked for the morning sit. Two coyotes came through right away and kind of had me bummin thinking they might have scattered the deer from my area. I saw my first deer around 7:30. A small forky I've passed a few times this year was dogging a hot doe. He was grunting like crazy and chasing here all over the place. They hung around me for about 20 minutes, and I couldn't believe a bigger buck never showed up. The rest of the morning was pretty steady action. Every 30-45 minutes some fawns, does, or small bucks would come cruising by. Things slowed down about 10:00, and I was planning to get down at 11:30 to go get some breakfast. As I was climbing down I look over my shoulder and another deer is coming down the trail. At this point I climb back up & decide I'm just going to sit it out all day since deer are moving so good. At 12:45 this buck pushes a doe out of the bedding area and straight towards me. He is grunting like crazy too, and just dogging the doe hard. I decided to let him have it at about 45 yards. It was just a great morning to be in a tree and I wanted to end it on a high note. All together I seen 14 deer Friday....one of the best days I've had in a tree in quite a few years. Just a solid 3 year old Illinois 8 point. Now I can spend some time trying to get my daughter on a buck with the crossbow. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted November 19, 2018 Report Share Posted November 19, 2018 Nice 8 pointer Tim. Congratulations. I would have whacked the yotes and kept hunting. Good luck with your daughter and the crossbow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted November 19, 2018 Report Share Posted November 19, 2018 Congratulations Tim! Way to hang in there! Hope your daughter bags one too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly Posted November 22, 2018 Report Share Posted November 22, 2018 Awesome! If we took 150 class bucks every year it wouldn't be as big a deal. Congratulations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted November 22, 2018 Report Share Posted November 22, 2018 Congrats Tim, around here this year, that would be a decent buck...pts for Team 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strut10 Posted November 24, 2018 Report Share Posted November 24, 2018 Nice deer !!! CONGRATS !!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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