Tominator Posted November 19, 2004 Report Share Posted November 19, 2004 if you read my story "phone call" yesterday, here's the continuation of the story: so i go home last night, kind of curious to see how and where this hot doe is hanging out (is there anything more exciting than the rut?). it's late because i had an inservice meeting. so aboooot 4:30 i crawl up on the roof of my house and start glassing my field (can you say redneck?) 10 minutes into glassing i hear this commotion behind me and across the road (which is about 80 yards away), i hear horns rattling and deer running. well, i figured the horns rattling is this guy that lives on the next road over tresspassing (the owner of the land lives in Egypt, and he doesn't allow hunting), but the commotion of branches breaking and such has got to be deer. so i scramble off the roof and head to the north side of my lot. i have a line of pine trees that goes almost to the road. i got to the end of the tree line, about 20 yards from the thicket and i'm looking for the deer. i could hear them, but not see them. all of a sudden, to my left i hear a serious grunt, and i thought to myself "that's a real grunt, that's not a hunter" and i look over to my left to see that hot doe dash across the street and walk right up my driveway! guess who's right on her butt? yep the "monster" actually, he wasn't a monster, but a decent deer. it was getting dark, but i'd say he's a 130 class 8pt. as he's walking up my driveway (where my daughter was playing, not 10 minutes previous). i snuck out of my pines and started paralleling him. well after about 30 yards of that, he saw me, put up the flag and took off after the doe. i snuck out around into my field, but those two deer took off somewhere. LMAO--what a trip. hopefully she's still hanging around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted November 19, 2004 Report Share Posted November 19, 2004 Re: Phone Call *Update* Sounds like you might need to setup that ground blind Chris. That spot you showed me looked to have a lot of potential. I am assuming there is corn stubble in the field next to your house now? Bet they are using that side of your house next to that field quite a bit where your pines run. btw, what is wrong with hunting from your roof? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muggs Posted November 19, 2004 Report Share Posted November 19, 2004 Re: Phone Call *Update* Nothing wrong with a 130 class 8 . I like the ground blind idea, get on him while you can, good luck man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntinsonovagun Posted November 19, 2004 Report Share Posted November 19, 2004 Re: Phone Call *Update* [ QUOTE ] btw, what is wrong with hunting from your roof? [/ QUOTE ] Really....I thought everyone did that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted November 19, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2004 Re: Phone Call *Update* [ QUOTE ] I am assuming there is corn stubble in the field next to your house now? [/ QUOTE ] yep, it's all stubble now William. you should see the trails back there. they're really hitting the food plot, beans and sorghum pretty good. back where i showed you where i put my blind, 2 of those pine trees are rubbed. both trees are probably 8" in diameter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horst Posted November 19, 2004 Report Share Posted November 19, 2004 Re: Phone Call *Update* roftop huntings perfectly acceptable, I was roofing my in laws house a couple years ago and the geeese were coming over way low{from my postion on the roof anyway. } so I brought the shotgun up with me.Ive also hunted deer off the roofs of abandoned farm buildings, with permisson of course. Good luck on the deer Chris, sounds like a nice one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruttinbuc Posted November 19, 2004 Report Share Posted November 19, 2004 Re: Phone Call *Update* THINK about the wind and hunt! The groundblind does sound like a good idea as well as the roof stand,lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted November 19, 2004 Report Share Posted November 19, 2004 Re: Phone Call *Update* Hey Chris, the thought crossed my mind earlier that maybe your son saw a differet deer than you saw. From your description sounds like all the comotion going on maybe there is a bigger buck hanging back in those woods, the one he saw(bigger than Bruno). Kids sometimes exagerate, but if he is pretty sure he saw one bigger than your 150 class deer on the wall and the one you saw was a 130 class 8 pointer, is there a chance it might have been a different deer? Maybe the big boy he saw was in the woods with a group of does and he pushed off this other. You said you heard rattling. Dont know how many does you have hanging around or exaclty how big those woods are, but seems pretty possible to me. Any way you look at it I think I would have that ground blind setup somewhere near the spot you showed me. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted November 22, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2004 Re: Phone Call *Update* well, i hopped up on the roof again friday after school and glassed a bit. didn't see anything so i went to get down. as i got to the gutter, i saw him in my neighbor's field. . he was still tending that doe, and he was probably only 150 yards away. he watched me get off the roof, so i ducked down on the deck until he moved off. i nocked a broadhead, waited for him and the doe to turn again, and off i went. i kept a pine tree between him and me and ran down to my field. i got down on all fours, opened the gate and did the all fours crawl about 100 yards to the east. i had the wind in my favor, so i poked my head up. he had walked east too, so now i was about 70 yards away. so i dropped down again and headed east again. as i popped my head up, our eyes met. he was only 50 yards away, i had a mess of brambles and no cover between him and i so i waited him out, grunting and doing some light rattling. i poked my head up one more time and he was still watching me as light faded. i went hunting with Tom on saturday, so i didn't see him the rest of the weekend. i'd bet he's still hanging around though, just not as conspicuous now that that doe is probably out of estrous. William--yeah, it's possible. i'd bet a paychecheck he's not the big boy of the neighborhood, but he was a nice deer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted November 22, 2004 Report Share Posted November 22, 2004 Re: Phone Call *Update* Have you considered cutting a narrow path up the middle of your overgrown field Chris? Just maybe 2 bushhog widths like 12 feet or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted November 22, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2004 Re: Phone Call *Update* well, that wouldn't help William. the buck was in my neighbor's field. i'm going to ask him if i can put a clover plot over there next year, if i can get ahold of him. he works 3rd shift and he's rarely around. i don't know if he'll be ok with that, he's a bit of a weird one. i'm sure that buck will bed up in my field during gun season. him or another deer. they always do once the pressure hits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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