Ethan Givan Posted September 19, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2009 I'd love to hear what you say when that fletching dissappears behind the shoulder of a deer this year man...Your going to go ballistic...LOL You have no idea. I have bowhunted for 5 years now with no blood. If I shoot a nice buck, which I have come close to doing the last two years, I will probably come close to crying. That might sound stupid to some...but when you put 100% of yourself into something and it is what you live and breathe 365 days a year, it means something when it finally happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhine16 Posted September 19, 2009 Report Share Posted September 19, 2009 You have no idea. I have bowhunted for 5 years now with no blood. If I shoot a nice buck, which I have come close to doing the last two years, I will probably come close to crying. That might sound stupid to some...but when you put 100% of yourself into something and it is what you live and breathe 365 days a year, it means something when it finally happens. Took me 9 seasons and 28 days to kill a buck with a bow bud. The last three of those were bow only. When I got to my first buck last year I just sat down and cried.... I can't lie. It's sweet when it happens. Just give it time and keep working hard. Patience and persistence will always pay off! Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
layin on the smackdown Posted September 19, 2009 Report Share Posted September 19, 2009 Yeah your probably right. I know its early. Its just that i got alot of buddies that hunt and they are seeing deer, and Im not, and thats hard to swallow for me. Mostly because I work so hard at it and they dont. Plus I live for deer season from the time its over in January until September. I keep telling myself I wont go anymore if I dont see anything next time, but I probably will, just because I cant resist the desire to be in a tree. lol HAHAHHAAHA!!! We all know very well what that means....absolutely nothing...LOL...we've all been there. You have obviously put alot of time and effor into this, and i'm willing to bet, like GW said, youre going to go ape poop when it happens...So what if everyone else is seeing things, you know what you have on camera...who knows, you could be right outside big boys bedroom which is why no one else is showing up....you never know...keep at it... in the mean time, we'll all just be here waiting for pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted September 19, 2009 Report Share Posted September 19, 2009 Ethan, I dont know if you can do this where you hunt or not but try it. I know that after the first couple of hours sitting in the stand and not seeing anything my father taught me to "Leap Frog". Sneak around and find a good spot where you have visibility...sit down. Stay there 45mins to 1hr and move again if your not seeing anything...but move like your about to see a deer just around that next tree or brush and your tring to sneak up and touch it's tail;) I like Gary's idea. I've done that many times and it has paid off. Before tree-stands and groundblinds were invented, that's what hunting was all about. Stealth and patience is what it's all about. You can plant all the food plots you want, and have all the best tree-stands set up, but if you can't sit still in your stand, have patience to sit for 3 or 4 hours at a time, or move ever so slowly and stealthfully through the woods while still hunting, then chances are, you aren't going to see much at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kid Posted September 19, 2009 Report Share Posted September 19, 2009 after a while those beans get hard and the deer dont eat them as often as they did,, maybe try a new location Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawgitall Posted September 20, 2009 Report Share Posted September 20, 2009 Leap frogging like GW said is a great idea. I remember when I was in school many years ago. I was hunting an awesome acorn ridge loaded with sign. The first weeks of bow season I did not see anything. Well, I was hunting till about 9:30 in the morning. Well, I finally got to go on a Saturday (did not have to work) and planned on sitting on my stand til noon. No one else on the club would sit that long. All the deer were coming in after 10 AM. I killed 4 deer from that one stand with my bow during the last leek of Bow Season. Each kill happened between 10 and 1... Timing is everthing. Don't give up! Keep the hope! Someone already said it but being there is the most important thing. Hang time! Good Luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prairiepredator Posted September 20, 2009 Report Share Posted September 20, 2009 I know how you feel, that has happened to me before too. A lot of people tell me it depends on the the location of your setup. So I guess it doesn't hurt to try moving to where the deer bed or one of their trails, I know I might have to do that this year too. Just don't give up yet and good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hungry hunter Posted September 22, 2009 Report Share Posted September 22, 2009 Stay positive, remember its called HUNTING not I am gonna kill a deer. Good Luck and enjoy the woods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobwhite Posted September 22, 2009 Report Share Posted September 22, 2009 Don't give up it will happen if you saw a deer everytime it's not hunting. If I don't see any I just keep at it the day will come when a deer will walk right into your sights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion_70 Posted September 22, 2009 Report Share Posted September 22, 2009 It's called hunting for a reason If the deer on the cameras are showing up before and after shooting hours, you have to move deeper in the woods toward the bedding area. It may pay to scout by still hunting and see if you can pin point them. My season opens this weekend, I have yet to get a deer on camera during daylight on 3 of my stands, so I have to re evaluate my game plan at the 11th hour... it sucks, but that's what it's going to take, because as it was said before, you can't kill what isn't there.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sskybnd Posted September 23, 2009 Report Share Posted September 23, 2009 gw said it best, move the camrea around till you start to get daylight pics, and what buckee said also move around ever so lightly and slow and you just might be able to catch one moving around. but if the not in the bean field in the day light hours more than likely there hitting them after dark. keep after it and you just might find a honey hole that will produce year after year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ODH Posted September 23, 2009 Report Share Posted September 23, 2009 hang in there bud you'll see deer. This hot weather doesn't help. some of my best times in the stand are not necessarly seeing deer, but just being in the outdoors and enjoying it, thats all part of hunting;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bghunter777 Posted September 23, 2009 Report Share Posted September 23, 2009 Well, if you do decide to pack it in. Ill come out and keep your stands company in November! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted September 23, 2009 Report Share Posted September 23, 2009 it takes years of hunting and lots of knowledge to learn where to set up. it sounds like you have done a lot of work, but are not seeing results. i have to admitt, if i set a stand and hunted it 5 or 6 times and didnt see a deer, i would be getting impatient as well. you have camera sightings, and food plots, try and locate on a map of your hunting area where the deer are in daytime bedded and where they end up at night. sometimes a overview look from a place like Google earth of your hunting area reveils a pinch point or bottle neck. these are the places i love to hunt along with edges. but an edge doesnt have to be a field edge. edges in the woods like where a hardwoods meets a cedar thicket or fence lines in a woods that meet. the main reason my one spot is so good and produces deer ever year is that its a T fence edge meets a hardwoods and cedar thicket. this funnels the deer to my position. it takes alot of years to find places like this or even recognize them. sometimes its best to just put up a stand where you can see a long ways and hunt it, to just get an idea where the deer travel. hope some of this helps you out. Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyperflow Posted September 23, 2009 Report Share Posted September 23, 2009 Im just glad theres lots of deer where i hunt, Its pretty rare u wont see a deer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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