NY_Bowhunter14 Posted November 23, 2006 Report Share Posted November 23, 2006 what was your shortest hunt ever??? me personally it was a short 15 minutes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogdoc Posted November 23, 2006 Report Share Posted November 23, 2006 Re: how long was your shortest hunt? my shortest "legal time" hunt was about 1 second. I arrived in my tower with about 30 minutes until legal shooting time. There was just enough light to see a couple deer feeding on my food plot. With about 5 minutes to go until legal shooting time two bucks started sparring on the plot. I raised my gun and started scoping the two bucks picking out the biggest one. That 5 minutes seemed like forever but as soon as my watch turned like 6:42am i fired. By 6:42 and 5 seconds the deer was on the ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted November 23, 2006 Report Share Posted November 23, 2006 Re: how long was your shortest hunt? It was a bowhunt, but it was 8 minutes. Climbed my tree and saw a doe and 2 fawns heading towards me. I pulled my bow up, nocked an arrow and by that time she was broadside at about 15 yards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAstringking Posted November 23, 2006 Report Share Posted November 23, 2006 Re: how long was your shortest hunt? 15 min was my shortest. drove all the way to camp to hunt that afternoon before the weekend. walked to my latter stand. climbed the tree. nocked an arrow. saw the monster buck walking in from behind me. i turned and he turned and i drew back and let it fly. dropped 50 yards away. love it when its so unexpected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M00N Posted November 23, 2006 Report Share Posted November 23, 2006 Re: how long was your shortest hunt? If you count the walk in to my hunting spot, 30 minutes. If you count how long I was sitting, 10 minutes, and the deer dropped in his tracks. That was last year. I was surrounded by hunters on all sides just out of view except the spot where the deer came from. The deer were thinking they'd just sneak right down the middle between all the other hunters, but didn't realize I was there waiting. The hunters never even knew they were there, but I'm sure soon as I shot they all had their guns ready. I know my father who was hunting a ridge up from my ridge dropped his two-way and couldn't find it because he jumped out his skin just about when I pulled the trigger because he was just starting to sit down in his hunting spot. Couldn't have been a more exciting hunt because the trio that I shot my deer out of went straight up to my father, they could went to any of the other hunters around on either side of me or even back down the middle where they came from, but instead they picked the path right to my father and he managed to harvest the big doe out of the two that were left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NS whitetail Posted November 23, 2006 Report Share Posted November 23, 2006 Re: how long was your shortest hunt? shortest hunt was back in 2003 I climbed in my stand at 3 pm --- at 3:01 pm an eight pointer walked out -- I had to haul my rifle up and load it --- at 3:03 pm the buck was on the ground Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted November 23, 2006 Report Share Posted November 23, 2006 Re: how long was your shortest hunt? My 2x2 this year was my 2nd shortest hunt. I was only in my spot for about 15-20 minutes before the buck walked in. My shortest hunt was approx. 3 minutes, if that, from the time I actually got into my stand until the time I made the shot. I was just pulling my bow up after adjusting my facemask, and out he walked, going to my scent I had just placed before the climb up. I had also bleated a doe call, before I pulled up my bow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IN_hunter Posted November 23, 2006 Report Share Posted November 23, 2006 Re: how long was your shortest hunt? The buck I have mounted was my shortest ever. I got to where my treestand is and there were deer in the field. Called him into range and about 2 minutes after I got up there he was on the ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deer_slayer08 Posted November 23, 2006 Report Share Posted November 23, 2006 Re: how long was your shortest hunt? My shortest hunt was this year on my doe. The hunt was 30 mintues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimPic Posted November 23, 2006 Report Share Posted November 23, 2006 Re: how long was your shortest hunt? 10 minutes.I was walking to my stand in the morning and a 5 pt walked right up to me--shot him at 10ft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swamphunter Posted November 23, 2006 Report Share Posted November 23, 2006 Re: how long was your shortest hunt? Less than 15 minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest joey Posted November 23, 2006 Report Share Posted November 23, 2006 Re: how long was your shortest hunt? 4hrs 15 min and ive been hunting for 12years no other hunters by me to push the dear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hoythunterbn Posted November 23, 2006 Report Share Posted November 23, 2006 Re: how long was your shortest hunt? About five minutes. I got in a little late sat down and imediatly heard a doe running my way. Booom she dropped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOMSD5 Posted November 24, 2006 Report Share Posted November 24, 2006 Re: how long was your shortest hunt? back in 1987 went on an evening hunt...got out of my truck loaded my rifle took about 10 steps looked up and a buck was dogging a doe right my way ....they passed within 10 yards ...i put my sighs on him pulled the trigger hit him in the back and down he went...so i'd say maybe 3-5 minutes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest forsythe04 Posted November 24, 2006 Report Share Posted November 24, 2006 Re: how long was your shortest hunt? prob one minute climbed the stand after a nice rain making it nice and quiet. climbed my climber as soon as i pulled the bow up an 11 point walked 15 yards from me and was rubbing a tree.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlriggins Posted November 24, 2006 Report Share Posted November 24, 2006 Re: how long was your shortest hunt? less than 5 min got out of the truck loaded the gun and a beagle chased them right to me they stopped when they saw me 2 slugs 2 deer (not my dogs) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest outdoor_adventurer Posted November 24, 2006 Report Share Posted November 24, 2006 Re: how long was your shortest hunt? my shortest prolly 20-25 minutes. i got out a little late and had an 8 pt walk up behind me. he started scraping and i heard it turned around and boom he was down! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted November 24, 2006 Report Share Posted November 24, 2006 Re: how long was your shortest hunt? Have had a couple that were under 30 minutes. Think the shortest was probably 15 minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dust Posted November 24, 2006 Report Share Posted November 24, 2006 Re: how long was your shortest hunt? Around 2 minutes not including the walk in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horst Posted November 24, 2006 Report Share Posted November 24, 2006 Re: how long was your shortest hunt? I was actually driving out to my spot on public ground.Theres two drieways about 1/4 mile apart and I always parked in the far one.That day I seen a big doe on the other side of the ditch by the first driveway, she was feeding behind a pile of dirt they had pushed up there.I parked on the shoulder, walked across the ditch, crawled up the dirtpile and shot her with y bow.She ran about 60 yrds and fell over.Fro the time I seen her till the time she tipped over couldnt have been more then about 90 seconds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrow32 Posted November 24, 2006 Report Share Posted November 24, 2006 Re: how long was your shortest hunt? Around 30 minutes. It was last year when i had just got up in a new tree with a climber and sat there and here comes this deer. Watched it for a minute then put the smack down on em. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoyt03 Posted November 24, 2006 Report Share Posted November 24, 2006 Re: how long was your shortest hunt? My shortest sit time ever was under 2 minutes. Me and my buddy climbed up into a stand and before he got to the top I was already up about 20 does came by. (This was 3 years ago in PA) We both got a shot off and got a few does. That will be tough to beat for us now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FSU_Seminole Posted November 24, 2006 Report Share Posted November 24, 2006 Re: how long was your shortest hunt? My shortest hunt ever was exactly 1 minute. About 7 years ago I overslept for a November rut hunt I had been looking forward to all week. It was 8:30 in the morning when I woke up, I was so disgusted with myself I didn't even take a shower, I just packed my stuff real quick & drove to my land. I got there, parked & sorta moped to my stand. It was exactly 9:15 a.m. when I climbed into a stand over looking a corn field. THE MOMENT by butt hit the chair a big 9 point crashed out of the woods with his nose straight up in the air like he was smelling for does. He was 50 yards from me & I took the shot with my Rem 7400 .06. He ran in a 20 yard circle & fell dead exactly where I shot him. I looked at my watch it was 9:16 a.m. As crazy as it sounds that's the shortest hunt I've ever been on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest outdoorgirl Posted November 24, 2006 Report Share Posted November 24, 2006 Re: how long was your shortest hunt? about 2 hours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTbowman Posted November 24, 2006 Report Share Posted November 24, 2006 Re: how long was your shortest hunt? 1st hunt on my father-in-laws property (currently mine now) and I knew of 3 others who had his permission to hunt it as well. I go in WAY before legal light to get in my ladder stand so things would settle down before game time. From my perch on the side of the ridge I could see the gate threw the tress and saw them arrive right before legal. I am not very happy since I knew it would put them coming past me a few minutes before legal light thus most likely spooking everything for 1/2 mile. I knew the path they took up into the woods and waited for them to get by and be quiet. I was surprized they were not that loud and I still had a few minute of peace before it hit. Legal light approaching fast and I hear "another hunter" crashing up the ridge behind me. I stand up, turn around, and saying out loud being discused with his timing. "How many freakin hunters are there up here?!?" I mean loud enough so this guy can hear me from where I was. I then cringe when I notice its a nice little 6 pointer about 50 yards behind me. I check the watch and its 1 minute past legal. Bang-dead. The thing that sucked about that is I arranged for 2 weeks of vacation many many months in advance, packed an all day lunch, I was there for the long haul. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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