pendog Posted September 24, 2008 Report Share Posted September 24, 2008 Not started yet, looking forward to bloody arrows to come:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lil hunter Posted September 26, 2008 Report Share Posted September 26, 2008 I don't get to start hunting until Oct. 1st. I just found out last weekend that a huge branch from a tree fell on my permanent stand and is still laying across it. It apperently fell off the tree during our windstorm we got from the hurricane a couple weeks back. Me and dad are taking a chainsaw out there saturday to clean it up, and fix the stand. If I have time I'll hang up a ladder stand too for bowseason. I don't think I'll be able to get out hunting until Oct 10th, which is a day off school for me. I need to get my work schedule changed so I can hunt some on the weekends too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dosse Posted September 26, 2008 Report Share Posted September 26, 2008 we open up here october first, im gonna probably go opening morning for a quick hunt before work then it will probably be saturday before i get a chance to go again, if i catch the right wind i will have a doe down by sunday evening i hope. I have several bucks popping up on camera including one giant that i hope to get. Im ready to rock em team Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhunter91 Posted September 26, 2008 Report Share Posted September 26, 2008 I'm patiently waiting here in NY with 22 days and a wake up until the season.. I really can't wait. I saw a couple nice bucks last night around my hunting area so I'm hoping they stick around. Got a pic of a decent rub too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldksnarc Posted September 26, 2008 Report Share Posted September 26, 2008 I had hoped to hunt both the early muzzleloader season and the regular firearms season here in Kansas. Work is keeping me from hunting the muzzleloader which is on now thru Oct 5. So, I am limited now to regular firearms Dec 3 - 14.... but, I was able to get some scouting in the week before muzzleloader season opened last Monday ago and saw HIM silhouetted against the sky line about 400 yards from my blind. At first I thought it was a tree. This is the third year I've hunted HIM. This will be the year I Put'mdown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg Posted September 26, 2008 Report Share Posted September 26, 2008 Well things have changed for me, I will be able to go this weekend over in TX, bow season opens there TOMORROW, and the wife, son and I are headed back this evening to our house in Brookeland, TX for the weekend....................I'm pumped now!!!!!!!!!:D:D:D:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg Posted September 29, 2008 Report Share Posted September 29, 2008 Well.........................it didn't go as planned, the hunt that is. I guess I was pumped up too much because I did alot of "rookie" mistakes on Saturday:o. First off, when I was driving up at the lease, I realized that I had forgotten my boots. All I had were the tennis shoes on my feet, which were WHITE. There was no turning back because it was a 30 minute drive back to the house, so I continued on my way to the tree I was going to climb. When I realize that I don't have any scent killer spray!!!! I get my climbing stand on the tree, go to climb and notice that there is a limb that had grown over from the tree next to me and it was blocking me from going up to where I have my bow hanger and backback hook. So here I am frustrated sitting only about 10 ft off the ground, fuming mad at myself for making these stupid mistakes. After sitting there a few minutes sweating like a stuck pig, I here them........bzzzz........bzzzzz.......bzzzzz, stinkin' sqeeters are everywhere, and guess what...........I have no bug spray! So I sit there for about 45 minutes and can't take it anymore these dang sqeeters are about to carry me out of my stand. So I tell myself that the hunt was ruined any ways, I had scent all over the woods from walking in, I was sweating and the wind was blowing in the direction that the deer would probably be coming from, I was only 10 ft off the ground when I usually get about 20 ft off. So I pack it up and leave. Call it first hunt jitters or whatever, I call it foolish.:rolleyes: Maybe next time......................I'LL PLAN A LITTLE BETTER!!!!:D:D:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pendog Posted September 29, 2008 Report Share Posted September 29, 2008 Dont give up!! I cant wait till first time out for the year!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oo_buck Posted September 29, 2008 Report Share Posted September 29, 2008 Whew, I"M BAAAAAACK. Sorry I missed out on the first 3 pages to the thread. I'm here. 1st off. Messed up my shoulder, dr's orders not to touch my bow til Oct. 3rd. No practice either.... I'll be out in the woods as soon as possible. Lil'..... I also have a small tree across my permanent stand. Chaisaw falls into bad shoulder category. It's getting fixed SOON. I ain't making any guarantees on shooting any deer, not to mention a big one. I did get drawn for a muzzleloader hunt at Muscatatuck Reserve near Seymour in DEC. I have the potential to harvest 2 bucks this yr. Although if left completely up to me, I'll foul it up somehow. Glad to be here, lookin forward to following along with everyone here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhunter91 Posted September 30, 2008 Report Share Posted September 30, 2008 17 days and a wake up for me! I'm so ready. I'm drilling a 3" circle out to 50 yards with broadheads. I'm ready to go. Going out for Fall Turkey this weekend so that should help kill time before the 18th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dosse Posted October 5, 2008 Report Share Posted October 5, 2008 Well its not a deer, but got a hog yesterday. Thought i would share. My first hog with a bow. He came in and spooked off the doe i was fixin to shoot so he paid the piper haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhunter91 Posted October 6, 2008 Report Share Posted October 6, 2008 Nice hog! Way to bring home the bacon. We're at 11 days and a wakeup here in NY. The DXT and I are ready to go and deflate some lungs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg Posted October 6, 2008 Report Share Posted October 6, 2008 Nice hog dosse! It's gonna be awhile before I can get back over to the lease in TX and hunt. I knew that I was gonna regret this part of moving to MS. I could buy a temporary license or whatever their called here but it's almost $200:eek: and that's for only 7 days I think. I should be back in TX by the end of the month. Hopefully things go the right way and I can help put some points on the board for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pendog Posted October 6, 2008 Report Share Posted October 6, 2008 Nice Bacon!!!!! I would love to shoot one of those sometime in the future. Good job!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dosse Posted October 6, 2008 Report Share Posted October 6, 2008 well we are on the board now, i killed a doe yesterday afternoon. i will go on and enter her when i get the pics until i can upgrade with a buck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pendog Posted October 6, 2008 Report Share Posted October 6, 2008 well we are on the board now, i killed a doe yesterday afternoon. i will go on and enter her when i get the pics until i can upgrade with a buck YES!!!!!!! we have points!!! Congrats dosse, enjoy the backstraps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhunter91 Posted October 7, 2008 Report Share Posted October 7, 2008 Cool beans!! Congrats dosse!!! Oh just 10 days and a wakeup now.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oo_buck Posted October 7, 2008 Report Share Posted October 7, 2008 Congrats Dosse..... Hopefully, I'll get in the woods this weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg Posted October 7, 2008 Report Share Posted October 7, 2008 Congrats dosse on the doe kill. Man I'm itchin to get back out to my lease in TX, sitting here lookin at all of the success everyone has had on the forums is makin me crazy! Oh well, the time will come again.....probably the weekend of the 25th. Good luck everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldksnarc Posted October 9, 2008 Report Share Posted October 9, 2008 Congrats on the doe. I got out last weekend and put some trail cameras out. Lots of prints. Found several large scrapes and rubs. It would appear we're going to have a cold winter and an early rut. Can't wait to get back in a couple weeks and see what's doing it all. Will share if anything good - and if I can figure out how to load pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhunter91 Posted October 11, 2008 Report Share Posted October 11, 2008 1 week from today I hope to have atleast a doe down. I hope the weather turns cold, hopefully atleast the nights so the morning hunts will be good with moving deer. But who knows.. Seems to me that summer is back with the way the weather is around here.. Also.. there really isn't a good acorn crop in my neck of the woods this year.. how this will effect the deer, we'll see. I think it might be a year to set up close to bedding areas if they are not going to be on the oak flats like they usually are. Anyone have any input on what to do with the lack of acorns? Baiting is not an option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg Posted October 13, 2008 Report Share Posted October 13, 2008 What other forage is there that the deer feed on in your area? I wouldn't be too worried about the acorn crop. Just find whay they are feeding on and go from there. I would be careful when hunting close to the bedding areas. Get too close and you'll ruin the hunt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhunter91 Posted October 13, 2008 Report Share Posted October 13, 2008 The deer around here rely greatly on the acorn crop each year. There were persimmons last month, but they're all gone now and the raspberries and blackberries are all gone too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg Posted October 13, 2008 Report Share Posted October 13, 2008 Don't worry, I'm sure the deer will find some kind of forage there to survive on. My suggestion is to keep doing the same routine, I believe it will pay off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldksnarc Posted October 14, 2008 Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 Checked the trail cams we put out last Sunday. Here's one of the smaller 10-points feeding. The others we've seen haven't shown up on camera yet - must be camera shy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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