ohiobuckhunter Posted October 31, 2008 Report Share Posted October 31, 2008 congrats. nice buck hopefully i'll put on down tonight with headgear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTBowMan Posted November 6, 2008 Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 Next week....the bucks should be cruisin next week....I'm taking the whole week off, to hopefully fill a couple more tags...hope eveyone is doing well, and we are doing pretty good, hope we all can put some more down! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohiobuckhunter Posted November 6, 2008 Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 i think this should be the weekend for me we are supposed to get temps. in the 30's with a chance of a flurry or 2 and the bucks are chasing good luck everyone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tedicast Posted November 8, 2008 Report Share Posted November 8, 2008 Congrats on everyones deer. I'm still deerless this year, though I passed up a chip shot on a forkhorn at 8 yards this morning. With the rut starting to wind up here, I wasn't about to waste a buck tag, plus I just hate shooting small bucks. Been there, done that. We have one more week of archery, then 3 weeks of gun, a couple weeks of muzzleloader, that a week and a half of archery. I'm still confident I'll at least score a doe for our team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swamphunter Posted November 8, 2008 Report Share Posted November 8, 2008 I have passed on several smaller bucks in hopes of the big one... but it is a gamble in NYS. Hope I don't regret it. I am going to take my doe next chance I get.. have passed on a couple of smaller does, looking for the older one I had on my trail cam. Got one quick glimpse of her with her yearling two weeks ago, but I didn't shoot her due to the yearling being with her still. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly Posted November 9, 2008 Report Share Posted November 9, 2008 Doe 2She may not count as an upgrade for the contest, but she is for me. A nice big mature doe compared to the young 1.5 year old from a couple weeks ago. I saw several smaller bucks, but no shooters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohiobuckhunter Posted November 10, 2008 Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 nice doe congrats i also put my second doe for this year down. i did see one big buck that would have scored good for this contest but not for the books he should have been a main frame 12 his right side has 6 big points but the left side he had his brow tine and then it all clustered together with a bunch of small points i ended up counting 14 points on him but he had to many deductions for me to shot yet. but they are chasing really heavy right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTBowMan Posted November 12, 2008 Report Share Posted November 12, 2008 Good job Flyer, Congrats!! I'm still hitting it hard this week, I've seen quite a few but none within bow range..last week I missed a booner that if I had to do all over again, I'd of waited just a few seconds longer, God taught me a lesson that day...patience! Keep at em'! Good Luck all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohiobuckhunter Posted November 15, 2008 Report Share Posted November 15, 2008 were getting some snow today and were supposed to get some more sun. and mon. so hopefully i'll get one in range then anyone else having any luck? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly Posted November 16, 2008 Report Share Posted November 16, 2008 were getting some snow today and were supposed to get some more sun. and mon. so hopefully i'll get one in range then anyone else having any luck? I went out last night at 3:30pm. At 4pm I saw a spike at 125 yards. I grunted a few times, he turned and closed to within 60 yards. I grunted again and he came in to within 15 yards giving me every opportunity. Too bad he wasn't a mature buck. Seems to my going story for this season. I'm headed to Southern IL for shotgun season Friday-Sunday. I'll be hunting hard. Hopefully I'll finally catch up to a mature buck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohiobuckhunter Posted November 16, 2008 Report Share Posted November 16, 2008 good luck fly have a safe trip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
struttinhoyt Posted November 17, 2008 Report Share Posted November 17, 2008 Sorry bout not get on here no more than I do... Been tied up with school and work... I have been huntin when I get the chance no horns to speak of yet... but I have got a few pics of a decent buck I been after... This is one of him when he was in velvet still.... one to the far right... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCH Posted November 17, 2008 Report Share Posted November 17, 2008 Now where was that taken again???? I forgot where you told me last time. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly Posted November 19, 2008 Report Share Posted November 19, 2008 9-pointer Well Monday night I found an extra hour and decided to give the bow another chance before the shotgun opener Friday. I called in that darn 9-pointer from October. I wasn't sure at first so I had my Bear TRX pulled and my pin right on the viatls. As I waited for him to stop, which of course he did presenting me a 40 yard broadside shot, I realized he was the same 2.5 year old 9-pointer (at least I'm 90% sure). I had a tough decision. Trying to think of why I should take the shot. For example: he'll got shot next weekend during the opener. I'll never see him next season and so on... Well, I let the string down and watched him stand there broadside for 1-2 more minutes before leaving. As he left I asked him on a date (same place, same time - next year). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohiobuckhunter Posted November 20, 2008 Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 lol fly.i'm still trying to get my buck before gun season but we'll see i have been passing alot of bucks so hopefully it will pay off. my wife did get a funky looking 5 point the other day he needed to be taken out he was a 3 1/2 yr. old with wierd geneticsso i'm glad he's gone but i wasn't going to use my buck tag on him.i'll post some pics later. good luck this weekend everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly Posted November 25, 2008 Report Share Posted November 25, 2008 Big Buck Down in ILWell boys the good Lord smiled on me last weekend on opening day of the IL shotgun season! I took the largest deer I've ever seen on public ground (Shawnee National Forest) after 20 years of hunting. I'll post the story later in the deer hunting forum for anyone interested. He's only an 8-pointer, but mature and heavy! He field dressed at 205 lbs. I shot him at 0715 and it took me all day (4pm) until I finally got him into deer camp. No one was at camp until Friday night so I had to do it myself.I am so sore! Was it worth it? Heck yea it was! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTBowMan Posted November 25, 2008 Report Share Posted November 25, 2008 AWESOME!! Very Nice Deer!! Congrats!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
struttinhoyt Posted December 1, 2008 Report Share Posted December 1, 2008 Good buck... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swamphunter Posted December 2, 2008 Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 Down to the final two weeks here in NY.... hoping to tag something for the team. Family life has put a real damper on my hunting this year.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTBowMan Posted December 2, 2008 Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 Don't give up until the last second of the last day!! Our Connecticut ML season starts here on the 10th - 23rd, then we have another week of bow the 24th - 31st...I don't have any zone 11 or 12 property to hunt so that will be the end of my year....I'm hoping to put down at least 1 or 2 with the ML, and I think I can eek out at least 1 more with the bow before the end of the month, time will tell, but I'm not quitting I can tell ya that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly Posted December 10, 2008 Report Share Posted December 10, 2008 It's been a week since anyone has posted and our team is nearing the bottom of the post list. Anyone had any luck? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTBowMan Posted December 11, 2008 Report Share Posted December 11, 2008 Our muzzleloader season just began today...I went out this afternoon, didn't see anything...we are having some weird weather, but it's supposed to cool off this weekend...I'm going to head out again probably Friday after work, and maybe Sat afternoon. We need more points!!! Put em' down!! ~Van Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billygoat Posted December 12, 2008 Report Share Posted December 12, 2008 Count on Iowa~ Just a little bit slow in getting this posted, but we returned from Iowa on Monday, and as always, "it was goooood. We went down a week ago, Thursday. We were met with much optimism and rumors of "good" deer. During our day 1 scouting, we encountered 7 yotes, however we didn't bring a rifle with us Day 2 gave us time to catch up with family and play some Wii against the kids (only to make my shoulder sore for the next AM hunt:confused:) Opening Day: There was not a lot of shooting, nor was the deer movement too remarkable, however I was able to fill a doe tag around 0800 with a nice mature Iowa doe. A few moments later, my dad filled on a nice 1 1/2 year old buck and doe that I had earlier let walk. Great! By 0900 we had half of our tags filled! I talked with my uncle who had seen very few deer~ so we proceeded to a midday hunts in filling the 3 remaining party tags. I moved over to one of my favorite stands, the plumb thicket. After a short series of rattles, I caught movement of a large bodied deer with hardware, coming through the creek bed. As he walked into the opening, he looked greatly disproportionate (in that his body was grossly large compared to his head) Based on his size, I new he was a mature deer, so I shouldered and placed a good shot on him. He went about 70 yards and expired in the field. As I approached him, he continued to strike me as "odd". As I looked at his rack, it appeared to have "good" mass, but wasn't very big. Then it hit me... he was in full velvet! After a little surveying, I lifted his leg and began to field dress him, where the real suprise was. He had no testes~ everything else... just no kibbles and bits. When we skinned him, we found over an inch of fat acrossed his back, and his meat was bright red... looked like a real steer. I guess that is about what he was. Sunday brought no deer, but cold~ windy weather. Monday: Dad closed on two mature does... ending our Iowa season 2 days early! I will put pics of the license and deer on Sunday... he is a 7 point with a solid 1 inch kicker (8 points) giving us another 12/13 points for our team! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly Posted December 13, 2008 Report Share Posted December 13, 2008 Glad to hear of your success Billygoat! Looking foward to seeing the pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTBowMan Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 Very nice!! Congrats, enjoyed the story as well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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