2Excited2Draw Posted November 26, 2008 Report Share Posted November 26, 2008 Been hunting hard for 3 full days. Saw a lot of does, some still with fawns, on Sunday and as the weather has gotten warmer, I've seen less deer, but more bucks. The landowner where I hunt said he saw a buck with a doe chasing off smaller bucks last Friday. Today I saw a nice 4 1/2 year old 10 pointer dogging a group of 5 does, but the ladies weren't ready for him. It was his lucky day though, because the closest he got to me was 80 yards. Only hunted that stand this afternoon, but my dad has seen nice bucks there the last 3 mornings. Will be back at it bright and early tomorrow. Where I'm hunting, in North/Central Kansas, the deer are staying away from the wooded area they usually frequent and are staying in the pasture/hedge/sticker bush just south of the woods. So, if you're not seeing them where you normally do go where you would see them when it is warmer. Good luck to you all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasDeerHunter Posted November 26, 2008 Report Share Posted November 26, 2008 What town you close to in Kansas, we hunt in that area. My brother in law got a 140 inch deer two weeks ago. The bucks were definately in full rut , my buddies saw alot of mature deer. This is the first time in eight years I missed hunting up there, but I am ready for next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Excited2Draw Posted November 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2008 Close to Belleville. I hunted my normal stands for two days and only saw a few young bucks. My dad rode with me and stayed and he truck to see what he could for the upcoming rifle season. He's the one who saw the bucks in the area I moved to. He saw 6-7 shooter bucks the last three mornings, one was a "monster" as he would say. I still have tomorrow and Friday. Supposed to be 54 tomorrow, but drop to mid 40's on Friday. Either way, I think I'll now be in the right spot and it definantly is the right time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Excited2Draw Posted November 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 Well, the 4 1/2 year old is really a 5 1/2 year old PIG!!! Saw him at 70 yards today with a 3 1/2 yr. old and his body was twice as big. Had a lot of bucks come in this morning with the grunt call. Had 8 different bucks, all 3 1/2 yr olds come within 30 yards in a two hour span. If I didn't have bad luck, then I wouldn't have any luck. Finally got the big boy headed my way with the grunt, but when he got to the edge of the trees to have a peak he saw two other bucks doing the same thing and 4 does heading their way. Needless to say, after he ran the other two off, he headed back into the trees with his new girlfriends. One real weird thing though, all buck movement stopped after 10 a.m., like it is still too hot for them. Anybody else seeing the same thing?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lab_Cab Posted November 28, 2008 Report Share Posted November 28, 2008 Keep the updates coming. We're heading out to Great Bend, KS for rifle season next week. Sounds like the rut will be over by the time we get there, but that's why KS has big deer. Good luck to you. AO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Excited2Draw Posted November 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2008 The rut started later this year and I think the first few days of rifle season will be the winding down of the rut. I did not hunt today, but I did go and move my stand this afternoon about 60 yards where I have seen the big deer the last two days. It is also where I have seen most of the deer come out into the area where I am. I was a little disappointed today when talking to the landowner. He told me he went down by the old farm, about 200 yards from me, and found a fresh gut pile this morning. Someone snuck onto his land from the adjoining land, went thru his gate in the middle of the section, got one, and got out without anyone knowing. I just hope they weren't walking all over down pushing the deer and messed up my hunt for tomorrow. Especially since tomorrow is my last day to hunt before I have to head back home. I do know that the high tomorrow is supposed to be 46, about 10 degrees cooler than it has been while I've been here, and there is supposed to be 3-6 mile/hr winds in my favor. Again, good luck to all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Excited2Draw Posted November 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2008 Well, my hunting is done and no bucks down. The gut pile that was found yesterday was done by the 3 guys we found on the property today. One got left on the north end, one on the south end, and the driver went to the middle of the property and waited to see what got pushed to him. They thought no one was there, we moved our truck, and the man in the middle ended up less than 50 yards from me. I don't think they will be back for a while. They didn't show up until the middle of the afternoon, so I was able to get some hunting done. Weather was light snow/freezing rain from 9 a.m. to the end of the hunt and I think that slowed the movement quite a bit. The two decent bucks I did see were with does and when I grunted at them they headed in the opposite direction with their does. Since they weren't too big, I bet they were afraid to run into one of the big boys. All and all the hunt was a success for me. Saw the biggest deer I had ever seen there, learned a lot about their travel patterns (found a new pinch point), and, most importantly, I got to spend quality time with my dad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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