Shawn Posted October 13, 2007 Report Share Posted October 13, 2007 Today was my opening day of bow. Saw 7 doe/fawns total for the day. Could've shot one at 15 yards, but its too early in the season. I Hold out for the bucks for a while. Anyone else have any luck? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted October 14, 2007 Report Share Posted October 14, 2007 was back out this morning, but only say squierrels and chipmunks. oh and cottontails. GOin back out tomorrow after work hoopefully get us some points. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Andrea Posted October 14, 2007 Report Share Posted October 14, 2007 Went out and scouted some more on the newly acquired 80 acres. Saw lots of promising signs. Husband went yesterday morning ( on our private land) and saw 6, all does and spotted fawns. Couldn't tell which one was the mother so he let them all walk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCH Posted October 15, 2007 Report Share Posted October 15, 2007 Well, guys and gals, I wasn't able to recover the buck. Makes me sick. I know he's dead somewhere. But its not within a mile radius unless I walked passed him. Anyway, I've been passing on several deer lately. Saturday morning, I had 3 small bucks walk past 20 yards. One was a nice 8 point but young and the other two were small 6's. I've also passed on a couple of doe, but I'm getting that urge again. I go on vacation tomorrow and will connect on something in the upcoming two weeks. Hopefully, it will have horns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted October 15, 2007 Report Share Posted October 15, 2007 Hey everyone. Headed out this afternoon after work. I was setup at 2:30 but didnt see any deer till 5pm when a doe walked up with 2 fawns. I just gotta keep patient. Sooner or later one of these does i keep seein with drag a buck in behind her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCH Posted October 16, 2007 Report Share Posted October 16, 2007 Well, I'm officially on vacation. Now if the weather would just cooperate I might be able to get us some more points. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilhnter Posted October 16, 2007 Report Share Posted October 16, 2007 Went out this morning, but no luck. Had a small buck come in about 20 yds behind me, but I let him walk. Its too early to shoot a small buck with all the vacation time I'm taking in early november. I saw one other deer off to my left, but i couldn't see its head so I don't know what it was. I may get out tomorrow evening, if not I won't be back in the woods until sunday. Good Luck Everyone!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bownarow Posted October 17, 2007 Report Share Posted October 17, 2007 Finally got my buck entered on the entry page. I couldn't get the one picture to load from home b/c it was too big. So I brought it to work, resized it, then uploaded it. I was on a giant last night but he came a little too late. 10 minutes earlier and I would had another one for the entry. Friday is the next day I can get out so we'll see what happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeramie Posted October 17, 2007 Report Share Posted October 17, 2007 Any deer help! Im not going to get out until Friday and hopefully some Saturday. I havent had much luck yet but Im looking at a different spot and hoping that will change! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCH Posted October 18, 2007 Report Share Posted October 18, 2007 I haven't had a chance to get my pics online from the doe, but unless I get a buck soon, I'll go ahead and post them before I go back to work. Not like its gonna help us or anything, but I harvested another doe tonight. Shot her at 4:50 and had her gutted, checked in and quartered up by 7:15. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeramie Posted October 18, 2007 Report Share Posted October 18, 2007 Dang! Mid day Kevin! Thats good. They are starting to move with this cold air comming in. Im heading out tomorrow. Hopefully ill have some luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCH Posted October 18, 2007 Report Share Posted October 18, 2007 Went hunting this morning but didn't see a deer. Had a hog come by at 20 yards and I just couldn't resist. Anyway, finally got the pics of my doe uploaded as well. Enjoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeramie Posted October 20, 2007 Report Share Posted October 20, 2007 Nice! Im jealous of the hogs. I know they tear a place up but id love ot have them around here to hunt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeramie Posted October 20, 2007 Report Share Posted October 20, 2007 I had a CRAZY AWESOME DAY TODAY! Check this out. http://www.realtree.com/forums/showthread.php?t=64340 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted October 21, 2007 Report Share Posted October 21, 2007 Hey all. I've been out alot in the past week. Seeing NO bucks. I know they are out there. This warm weather here stinks. The deer are not moving at all. In my journal ive talked about all my hunts. I may just shoot a doe soon out of fustration. Hope yall had better luck than me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilhnter Posted October 22, 2007 Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 Went out last night and tonight and saw nothing except for a bobcat and some squirrels. It is supposed to rain tomorrow evening so I probably won't be back in the woods until next weekend. Finally looks like the weather is going to break and cool off here later this week. Hopefully that will boost the deer movement and maybe the bucks will start showing themselves. Good luck everyone!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCH Posted October 22, 2007 Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 I'm headed out this morning again. Had a nice buck within 60 yards Saturday morning at 10 am, but he locked up and wouldn't come in. Last night was probably my best night as far as deer movement. I got on stand at 4 and from 4:30 on I had does all over me. In total, I would say that in 3 1/2 hours on stand, I had deer around me 3 of those hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCH Posted October 22, 2007 Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 Well, my luck can't get any worse. Shot a nice 8 point at eight o'clock this morning. Called my buddy to tell him and he said he'd pick me up at 10. I had a small forked horn walk by me at 9:45 but other than that, nothing else. When he met me at my stand, I walked over to where I had shot the 8 pointer and couldn't find any sign of a hit. I knew I had hit him because he made the high leg kick and ran with his tail between his legs. Well, we finally found the arrow. It was 10 yards away in the middle of the creek where the buck crossed with 4 inches of the end snapped off. My buddy thought maybe I had hit a tree but I figured I had hit the off shoulder and the buck had busted the arrow when he high kicked. Anyway, long story short, as soon as we started looking for a blood trail, the rain hit. And boy did it hit. We looked for about 30 minutes in the pouring rain and I finally hollered at my Jaime and told him to give it up. We were walking out and all of a sudden Jaime hollered, "Wohhh, Woohh". I looked down and we were standing in the what was left of a good blood trail. The rain was steadily washing it away, though. We looked for another hour trying to find the rest of the trail, but finally we had enough of the downpour and headed home. The best I can determine, the buck was quartering away from me when I shot and I beleive I hit both lungs but then centered the far shoulder. The shot was probably a tad high, which would explain the lack of a blood trail for the first 30 yards. It's 4:30 right now and its still raining. I plan on hunting the same stand in the morning and getting down early to hopefully recover the buck. Temps overnight should be in the low 40's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted October 22, 2007 Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 sorry to hear about that mch, good luck trying to find him tomorrow. I hunted tonight saw a doe and 2 fawns while walking out, and watch 4 turkeys for about an hour. It was 78 degrees when i got in the stand this afternoon. This warm weather is not helping at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeramie Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 Dang Kevin! Youre having a great season... Just bad luck at the recovery... I hate to hear that bud! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Andrea Posted October 24, 2007 Report Share Posted October 24, 2007 Did you ever find the buck Kevin? Really sorry to hear that. The temps took a nose dive here today. High of 58. Deer should get moving this afternoon. They've been dealing with warm weather for a while. This oughta get their hormones pumping. My husband is bowhunting and has seen deer everytime, just not in range. That's okay though, it just means I'll slay them when gun season starts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCH Posted October 24, 2007 Report Share Posted October 24, 2007 Haven't found the buck or the buzzards. On a good note, the rut is kicking into gear down here. Sat in my stand last night and had 9 does walk by, all offering 20 yard shots. This morning, I had 16 deer walk by my stand at different yardages. Only 3 bucks, though, but they were all dogging does. Won't be long until Mr. Bigboy makes a mistake. I just hope I can follow through this time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCH Posted October 25, 2007 Report Share Posted October 25, 2007 Saw 6 this morning. Two 8 pointers and 4 doe. One 8 was borderline, but I passed on him at 15 yards. Kicked myself in the butt as I watched him walk off. Hunting public land, I need to lower my expectations a bit. But I know there's some good ones in there, just have to be at the right place at the right time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bownarow Posted October 25, 2007 Report Share Posted October 25, 2007 The big buck posted in the Bowhunting forum under Southern Illinois monster was killed less than a half mile from the property I hunt. I think I'm headed to see it and hopefully put a tape on him tonight. I'll give any updates I get tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilhnter Posted October 27, 2007 Report Share Posted October 27, 2007 Where in southern Illinois was that big buck killed? I hunt in southern Illinois and was just a little curious of what county or area it was killed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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