Jorden Posted November 13, 2010 Report Share Posted November 13, 2010 My dad and brother have been seeing bucks everywhere except in the stand the last few days...including one laying in the backyard this morning. Ill be heading home wednesday to get a day of bowhunting in before rifle season starts next weekend. This week should be good!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
struttinhoyt Posted November 15, 2010 Report Share Posted November 15, 2010 Welp guys I took off work all week to hunt in the mountians down here, It been hot, cold, good, bad and crazy.... I ended up finding a spot right next to camp, We had seen a good buck in there and I was willing to give it a look.. I found a few good trails that were on the edge of a creek where there was a hardwood bottom on the side of a tall pine plantation... I hunted it one evening and seen a big bodied deer in there and deicided to hunt it the next morning I slept in and slip into the stand around 8:30, I sat there for what seemed like ever and didnt see anything until 3:29 I heard something trotting up around me.... I stood up to see a good buck right behind my tree... I got my bow ready to looked him over and studied the shot, The buck was standing quartering to me a touch at 26 yds, I drew my bow back and took my shot, I hit the buck just a smiggen back, but still a solid liver shot... The buck kicked up and trotted 5 yds and started walking, blood pouring from both sides, I gathered another arrow and got ready again.... He walks right out in front of me broadside 22 yds... I drew back and stopped him and absolutely smoked him right behind the shoulder... The buck kicked up and ran 65 yds and stopped, Blood still pouring from both sides, waiting for the buck to tip over he then walked off... I heard the buck crash out.... then get back up and crash out again... then back up and crashed out again.... This went on for 40 mins.... Puzzled and questioning my shots I backed out and went to my in-laws and came back with my wife and father in-law and 2 dogs... found puddles and puddles of blood both arrows soaked.... we followed the blood for 150 yds til it went to nothing.... we decieded to back out and come back the next morning.... We came back to the spot around 8 the next morning and followed blood for another 100 yds til it completely stopped.... My wife and I then zig-zagged the whole area until 3 that evening and gave up.... The day after that I was at my camp shooting my bow getting ready for a midday hunt, I noticed a buzzard flying solo real low circling an area that we didnt look... I then gave it one last shot I zig-zagged that area for 2 hrs... I gave up all hope completely and was headed back to the truck threw the woods.... I blew up about 15 buzzards off the ground, I began running and jumping over the briars and thick stuff.... I jumped one last time to see the bucks main beam sticking up.... In total confusion the buck ended up making it 3/4 of a mile from where I shot him.... He is a main frame 10 pt, with a split G2... He scores 132 6/8".... The coyotes and buzzards had got the best of him but I still was able to salvage the head.... Both shots were exactly where I had remembered them to be.... These are the pics of the buck and where the arrows came out of him..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PotashRLS Posted November 16, 2010 Report Share Posted November 16, 2010 Boy that is a dandy buck. Too bad it worked out that way. Your 2nd shot should have anchored him. That is VERY odd he went that far. I have had the unfortunate experience in tracking deer that have been shot where your 1st arrow hit. They almost always are alive till the next morning. Congrats on a quality hunt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
layin on the smackdown Posted November 17, 2010 Report Share Posted November 17, 2010 well team, it looks as though things are starting to heat up...congrats to all on the deer harvested!!! Well done team! Since my last update, i whacked another mature doe (which i posted a video of in the bowhunting room about 2 1/2 weeks ago) and i dusted my first coyote with a bow on Nov 2nd...I have been hunting hard and passing on a lot of deer - one of which was a 3 1/2 year old 11 pointer (typical 5 x 5 with a split G3)...I got great footage of him, saturating his tarsals, raking the crap out of a tree bigger than a 2 liter bottle at 14 yds etc. but am in the process of marketing it to a few producers so i won't you tube it yet....Im confident i will strike, its just a matter of where and when! Good luck team and keep up the good work! Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdvantageTimberLou Posted November 22, 2010 Report Share Posted November 22, 2010 What a great buck struttinhoyt! Congratulations! I got back from gun hunting over the weekend, nothing yet. Deer movement was slow and when it did pick up, all I seen was small spikes chasing does that showed no interest. Its almost like the rut never peaked here. No headgear to shoot at and this was on 80 acres of private land with 2 other guys who didn't see anything. Going to try another spot this weekend with my gun before bow season starts back up. Good luck team and congrats to those that have had success already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jorden Posted November 29, 2010 Report Share Posted November 29, 2010 Gun season ended with a few sightings but no deer down. Never really say much rut activity up here either. Still have late bow season to try and get a doe...maybe a buck but im not holding my breath Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PotashRLS Posted November 30, 2010 Report Share Posted November 30, 2010 Sorry to hear season was slow Jorden. Gun season in Wisconsin is usually hit or miss anyway unless you have a ton of acreage locked up. I shot a 2 1/2, 8pt. on Tuesday of season with my muzzleloader east of Green Bay in the shotgun only metro unit. I left work early and had had him by 3:15. Blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while. Don't forget to post your deer if you killed one so we can see if we have a chance this year or not. There is a lot of hunting left so good luck to everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
layin on the smackdown Posted December 1, 2010 Report Share Posted December 1, 2010 Well team, i'll sum up the last 2 weeks of my season...I smoked another mature doe on the 17th (2 days before the firearm opener here in IL)...I finally started seeing some good rutting activity on sunday 11/14/10...until then, it was slow, so i knew i needed to get in the woods...which is what i did all week, again...so i smoked this big doe which came in with 5 other does in a pretty hurried way, so i thought for sure a big guy was behind them........................nope........nothing...Went out the first morning of firearm season in IL, and i was in Coles county....I had my first encounter with a mature buck all year, at 75-80 yds...A true giant illinois 10 pointer....i threw everything i could at him, but there was a large deep ravine between us....finally i said the heck with it, im shooting my CVA optima with 100 grains of powder and a 223 grain powerbelt - he's well within range....pulled up, clear broadside shot, squeezed the trigger........and the smoked cleared.........and he was still standing in the same spot looking right at me as if he knew i didn't have another shot....he stood there long enough for me to know that he knew that i knew that was game, set, match, and off he went; out of my life forever...my heart dropped like ive never felt before...So on goes my season....Fast forward to sunday 11/28/10...I discovered a giant thicket/bedding area that i knew would be hot at some point, and it was raining that day so i knew i didn't blow it...The only way i could even think about hunting this area is with a NE, E or SE wind...low and behold the next day we had a SE wind, so i went and sat on the west side of this thicket/bedding area in an old box blind (which i learned was pretty much not meant for archer equipment). About 4:25 i hear a loud crunch, like a big limb hitting the ground, and sure enough, i see a borderline shooter coming right at me....I still can't tell you if he was a 3.5 or 4.5, but he had a nice set of antlers, and a body to back em up...needless to say, he got within 35 yds, and i never could get a shot even if i wanted to, and away he went for the rest of my life....The 2nd gun season opens thursday 12/2/10, so i'll be out with the ML'r and we'll see what, if any, connections i may have.... good luck to you all, hunt safe, and keep us posted. Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcwa Posted December 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2010 Well guys so far I have put in 20 days in the deer stand in November with no luck at getting a good buck. I've seen lots of deer just nothing I wanted to take. I still have a month and a half of deer season left, so a good one may still show him self. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdvantageTimberLou Posted December 6, 2010 Report Share Posted December 6, 2010 Same luck here, not seeing anyting worth shooting at and bucks are moving at night per my trail camera photos. Cooler weather is finally here though. Find the food sources and I should be good. Going to ground blind hunt probably instead of in the trees. Got till Jan. 1st. Best of luck guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdvantageTimberLou Posted December 6, 2010 Report Share Posted December 6, 2010 Man, Dan, your seeing and experiencing some fun hunts. Best of luck on getting a nice buck, seems like your playing chess with them now and they are winning. Hope your the one saying check mate though soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PotashRLS Posted December 17, 2010 Report Share Posted December 17, 2010 How is it going team? It has been a little quiet in here. Anyone hitting it hard this late season? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdvantageTimberLou Posted December 24, 2010 Report Share Posted December 24, 2010 I have some time off work now so after Christmas I am doing some late archery hunting. Should be fun, we got snow and its cold and the deer should be moving better than they did in November. Good luck to those still trying to fill their 2010 tags. Merry Christmas team! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
layin on the smackdown Posted December 26, 2010 Report Share Posted December 26, 2010 Merry Christmas Everyone!!! I am still in the chase. I got an absolute giant on my camera about 2 weeks ago, the bad thing is, all the bucks we are getting on camera are all nocternal...This time of year is great, if you have a good food source, which is what i am missing...However, the guys on the north border of the ground i hunt still have a big food plot of standing corn and standing beans (which is about 50 yds north of our north property line). i am going to pull a fast one on these deer, since the property i hunt has a ton of bedding areas and CRP...I am going out tomorrow and putting my climber on the north end of the property between the CRP and my neighbors to the norths' food plot...Its the only standing crops left in the county, and if i know anything, its that these deer are definitely utilizing their food plots and most likely coming from our bedding areas...I still have 2 either sex archery tags, and 3 antlerless firearm tags...something is going to eat dirt, its just gonna take a little more effort and thought on my end. Ive still been at it hard, just unlucky i guess... Good luck team! Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
struttinhoyt Posted December 30, 2010 Report Share Posted December 30, 2010 Took out a nice doe with my archery equipment this past week... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
layin on the smackdown Posted January 15, 2011 Report Share Posted January 15, 2011 alright team...its the IL late season antlerless only gun season, but you can bowhunt as long as you have the required blaze orange on...so i took to the woods with my stick and string as well as my firearm in case a big dude gave me an opportunity to drill him with my bow..well he didnt, and i proceded to miss a big fat doe with my brother in laws H & R 20 gauge....so it was me there with one deer left that didn't hit the high road and my bow hangin on the hook i had put on the tree next to me - mind you i was sitting on a downed log, not a tree stand or a blind...so every move i made i was pegged, as i was trying to pry the bow from the hook on the tree...and every time this sucker turned its head, i moved like a rabbit to try and get set up for a shot...i had the gun reloaded but i clearly cant hit a deer with a firearm to save my life, and i figured if i could pull this off, its goin in the books....the deer turns and looks the other way, i finish my movement and draw as it happens to turn and look at me mid draw....the mental calculator goes off - fourtyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy nine...no, gotta be fourtyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy four....screw it, i put my 50 yd pin just under its chest and let her fly....80 yds later, we got one on the ground! i'll post the pics later...it ended up being a button buck, and that bothers me, but this late in the year, its hard to tell whats what, especially after a whole herd came through. 5 points!!! dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PotashRLS Posted February 2, 2011 Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 Congrats on late vension guys. I think we are missing a few kills but regardless, hope everyone had a great 2010 season. Won't be long and we'll be doing it all over again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jorden Posted February 2, 2011 Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 Congrats all of you who scored this year!!!! Big fat goose egg for me this year. Oh well, there is always next year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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