JackedUpZ71 Posted September 15, 2009 Report Share Posted September 15, 2009 Tomorrow is opening day for the upstate in SC. I'm taking a friend with me in the morning to try and get his first bowkill. We set our climbers up this afternoon in a big oak stand about five feet apart. I worked out a deal with him that he can smack a big doe if it walks out, but if one of the deer on my hitlist comes out then he's all mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCH Posted September 15, 2009 Report Share Posted September 15, 2009 Good luck Jacked Up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTBowMan Posted September 16, 2009 Report Share Posted September 16, 2009 Went out this evening, Came to full draw, and had 2 does come in just like I drew it up, with the exception of getting busted!!! I'll be back at it later in the week, but it was a good hunt none-the-less! Best of luck to everyone! ~ Van Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunter109 Posted September 17, 2009 Report Share Posted September 17, 2009 well guys i will be in here with some deer the first two weeks of oct thats when i get back to work after getting hurt there. sorry i have not been on i had no net someone hit a pole and took it all out on my road Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coles Posted September 18, 2009 Report Share Posted September 18, 2009 man i keep forgetting to check this thread. It might take me a little while to get in the groove of checking this along with all the other rooms i check routinely. But i still havent gotten out hunting yet. Just havent had the time. Ive had friends text me and ask if i was ok since they havent heard from me for a while. Ive been that crazy busy with school. When im not doin homework, im either catchin up on sleep or at work. i cant wait until Thanksgiving break for some R&R and huntin the rut if i havent already tagged out by then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCH Posted September 19, 2009 Report Share Posted September 19, 2009 School's more important than a hunting contest bud. You'll get time to be in the woods later in the season. Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCH Posted September 20, 2009 Report Share Posted September 20, 2009 Spent most of the day scouting on my lease at Honobia(1 hour away). Normally try not to scout this late in the season, but I just recently purchased a 4 wheeeler which allows me to hunt areas I haven't been able to access before. Ended up seeing about 13 deer. No big bucks. I did find 3 stand sights that I think should be pretty good. Actually found a few trees with acorns. Also I pulled my game camera that I had out for about a month. Battery was dead so I brought it home. Ended up with 62 pics.....all does. Oh well, at least I know where I need to be during the rut.:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirkV Posted September 21, 2009 Report Share Posted September 21, 2009 Put one stand up in a new farm and had good trails around it. The camera will stay up about a week and we shall see what we have there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coles Posted September 21, 2009 Report Share Posted September 21, 2009 awesome! sounds like you have a plan coming together. Still havent gotten my bow sighted in. Dont know if it will happen now or not. Still need to get my girlfriends rifle sighted in and make sure all the other rifles are still good to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackedUpZ71 Posted September 22, 2009 Report Share Posted September 22, 2009 The frustration has set in already. Been out four times since last tuesday and have seen nothing. I think I have isolated the problems though. The problem with my problems is that I can't do anything about them. I hunt primarily on family land. Right behind my house there is about 300-400 acres and we have and apple orchard down the road that is about 40. My uncle owns the land behind the house, and lets pretty much anybody do whatever on it. I had a guy walk right past me at dusk Sunday evening. Then my cousins use the land like its there own private motorcross course day and night at least three times a week. My aunt lives beside our apple orchard down the road. They like to go on a stroll through the orchard every evening around sunset. I'm just praying for some cold weather to keep everyone inside. Sorry for the rant btw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coles Posted September 23, 2009 Report Share Posted September 23, 2009 man thats no good. I had to deal with the same kind of problem with the neighbors kids right across the river. They would ride their horses up and downt he fence 40 yards from me, scream and yell playin down by the water, and their dogs would come across to my side of the fence and sit there and bark at me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCH Posted September 23, 2009 Report Share Posted September 23, 2009 I know how you feel. My family has 160 acres. I've shot some good bucks off of it, but my uncle hunts it as well. He walks the property almost daily. Makes it almost impossible for the deer to pattern across our property. Anyway, that's why I pay over 700 a year for leases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackedUpZ71 Posted September 23, 2009 Report Share Posted September 23, 2009 Yeah thats pretty much the same situation I'm in. I'm hoping maybe the guy that walked past me got a little eerie feeling when he walked past my truck knowing that he had been watched. Maybe he'll find a new walking trail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCH Posted September 24, 2009 Report Share Posted September 24, 2009 It's official...I'm taking off next Thursday for to hunt opening day. I sure hope a BILF walks by.:D(Backstraps I'd Like to Fry):D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coles Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 Good luck!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JKAPP01 Posted September 27, 2009 Report Share Posted September 27, 2009 do paddlefish count in this contest? hahaha jk. opening weekend in SD this weekend. dad and uncle saw some good bucks and good trail cam photos. headed back on wed night. spending thurs morning tryin to get my paddlefish.....and thurs night will be spent bow hunting....then we head out Friday am at 5 for our antelope trip....my season will really pick up at end of october.....good luck all. lets make some blood trails! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCH Posted September 29, 2009 Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 BUMP Think I've changed plans. Weather doesn't look too good for Thursday, so I'm re-scheduling for Friday. Cooler, lighter wind and most importantly...no rain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCH Posted October 2, 2009 Report Share Posted October 2, 2009 Well, I couldn't bring myself to work on opening day. Left the house around 5 o'clock. Climbed up in my stand at around 6:30. Got busted by a doe at 8:30. Climbed down from my stand at 11. Ate lunch and watched hunting videos with a friend and his son until around 1. Climbed back up in my stand at 2:00. Passed on a spike at 3:30. Climbed down at 4:30 due to lightening and barely made it out the gate before the storm hit. Pulled up to the house at 6:30. Good day all in all. Saw over 10 deer on the roads in the evening. So I'm guessing they're moving more in the evenings. Have to work tomorrow, but will be back at it on Saturday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coles Posted October 2, 2009 Report Share Posted October 2, 2009 Sounds like a good day to me. I would give just about anything to get out in a tree stand right now. Might get out this saturday and blast a few ducks though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad dryden Posted October 5, 2009 Report Share Posted October 5, 2009 How did everyone's weekend go? I went but not much luck seen three does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTBowMan Posted October 6, 2009 Report Share Posted October 6, 2009 It's been frustrating this year so far in Connecticut....a ton of acorns on the ground, the deer don't have to move much for their food...looks like until we get a hard frost, and the rut hits that it will be pure luck to put one down...I'm still giving it my all, as much as I can around my work, and home schedule, still a lot of time, but it is frustrating. ~ Van Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCH Posted October 6, 2009 Report Share Posted October 6, 2009 Not much luck here either. Haven't been but a couple of times but haven't seen anything worth shooting yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coles Posted October 6, 2009 Report Share Posted October 6, 2009 not any help but a guy i work with killed a 160" whitetail buck with his bow last saturday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirkV Posted October 7, 2009 Report Share Posted October 7, 2009 I have a nice one on trail cam that will make the 150's and I hope I can find him before the end of the season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCH Posted October 7, 2009 Report Share Posted October 7, 2009 Good luck Kirk! I'm headed up to my hunting lease Saturday. Hoping to camp until Monday afternoon. If so, I really like my odds of harvesting at least a doe. Last weekend, there were seven hunters in camp and 4 harvested a deer. 3 does and a nice 8 point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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