2Excited2Draw Posted November 18, 2008 Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 I'm still in El Paso, TX and eagerly awaiting this Friday when I'll be heading up to Kansas to hunt. My dad went out yesterday to the area where I will be hunting to look around for me and what he told me is very promising. The most important thing he told me is that because of the weather (real wet in North-Central KS) he said nobody has been hunting the 240 acres I have access to. He told that watter is standing in shallow areas that where he has never seen water before and the creek is very high for this time of year. So, the area is harder to get to, so the other person who has permission as hunted elsewhere. Yippee! Also, in the 4 hours my dad was there he saw a group of 4 does together (no bucks around), a 2 1/2 yr. old buck cruising about 4:30, and a 3 1/2 year old buck checking out a group of 3 does, but not chasing them. He glassed down to one of my ladder stands and he saw a buck and a doe bedded down not 20 yards from a ladder stand that I put up about 7 years ago. Said he was either 2 1/2 or 3 1/2 year old 10 pt. Not real big or tall, but decent. Does this coincide with what other hunters in North or Central Kansas, even Southern Nebraska (since I'm only 20 miles from Nebraska state line) are seeing? I wonder how these new ponds and the high water level in the creek will affect deer movement? 3 more days and I'm on the road!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksbowhntr77 Posted November 18, 2008 Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 I've been hunting in Northeast Kansas, around Nortonville for the past couple of weeks when I get time. I've noticed the bucks cruisen around but haven't myself seen any chasin' does. I am not really convinced that they are rutting HARD yet, I think we're still in the late pre-rut phases. Seen some really nice deer though, bucks are split up and bachn' it around here. Should be real good for you especially if it gets colder in the next few days. Let me know where abouts it is that you're going to be. Anything else, I'd be glad to help you out if I can. KS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Excited2Draw Posted November 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2008 (edited) Thanks for the update. In two days I'll be on the road and in 3 1/2 days I'll be in my stand! Hope it stays in the 40's. Thought about doing a daily log of my hunt. Maybe not though, because I don't want it to read....froze all day, got rained on, saw no deer! Edited November 19, 2008 by 2Excited2Draw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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