Native Hunter
5 year old buck +
Son and I are in blind for gun opener. We are taking a pounding from the hurricane. Should pass by us in 2 more hours.
Howboutthemdawgs
5 year old buck +
Been worth it. Snuck in their yesterday afternoon and hung a climber near upwind it a bedroom area. Seen 6 bucks. 5 8 or better. Had a low 140’s 8 at 20 but passed. Also had my target 8 at 80…with a gun it was season over. Hope all this passing pays off next year!
BuckSutherland
5 year old buck +
Two days of rifle season left and it is over.
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I have not seen my land since Sept 4th. Haven't even taken my hunting clothes out. Not sure where all my stuff is. Finally gonna get a chance to leave for hunting in northern MN tomorrow morning.
Yes - my place is around 40km NW of the city. Fairly close to the north-end of their range already (soft line.... maybe 20-30 km further north away from the lake where you can drive logging roads all day and pretty much never see a deer track) but has historically held decent numbers.
fishin coyote
5 year old buck +
Still bow season here in PA. Sitting at the top of a small ravine the edge of mixed hardwoods to my south and a MFR infested select cut bedding area to the north. Hoping to catch one cruising along the edge. So far only a 3pt bedded about 80yds away in the hardwoods
sandbur
5 year old buck +
Good luck. The SW corner of your hunting zone has been slow. I saw nothing while bow hunting up there.
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Howboutthemdawgs
5 year old buck +
Pulled an impromptu all dayer. High of a wet cold 34 with no breakfast and one nature valley bar all day made life miserable. Hot hands were one degree above freezing by 2:00. Dropped my binos out of the stand at noon! Saw 13-14 different bucks. Had my target come back around 10 locked on to a doe. Had him at 25 and drew back twice but couldn’t find any ethical opening to force a shot. I was heartbroken watching him walk off. Caught a video after he left
Angus 1895
5 year old buck +
Dat B a TOAD!
Well a quick afternoon hunt today. Got to sneak into a box blind stand over looking a food plot. Young bucks just started chasing some this week so with the cold front pushing through I was thinking it might be a good hunt. Saw a few does and 1 small buck then a doe came running out of the beaver swamp so I thought now I’m in business but turned out to be a hog chasing the deer out of the plot. This sow has been trap shy for several months so I took the shot when it gave me a good broadside look.
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bueller
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Saw a doe with two fawns late yesterday afternoon. She had me pegged after I made a noise. Thought a buck would be hot on their track but nope. After a 10 minute staring contest and against her better instinct the doe finally came out of cover. Hit her a little high and further back which gave me with a less than ideal blood trail and recovery. Field dressed 125 lbs, I slept in this morning.
Merle Hawggard
5 year old buck +
I had several does, but not a buck to be seen yesterday. Chuck took an 8pt right at dark.
Very chilly by Ark standards again. Beautiful day to be in the woods.
Good luck all.
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Very chilly by Ark standards again. Beautiful day to be in the woods.
Good luck all.
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Hoytvectrix
5 year old buck +
Was in Missouri for the firearm opener this weekend. We have fewer mature bucks on camera this year so my expectations were low. I was trying to put my nephew on a buck we call Left Side for his first buck. Several of us saw him and passed him and eventually my nephew ended up getting a decent 10 pointer. I believe this buck is 5.5 or older. He originally only had a left side of his rack when we got him 3 years ago on camera as a 2.5 year old. Last year he finally produced a single spike on the right side and this year he actually produced a brow tine on that side. I might consider taking him with the bow in late season but I am also a little intrigued with what he might turn into.
This is a video I put together of two encounters I had with him on two stands on Sunday:
This is a video I put together of two encounters I had with him on two stands on Sunday:
BuckSutherland
5 year old buck +
I had my best sit in a few years tonight on my property. I took the long way around to get on the back side of my land. I saw doe and 4pt buck that came out of center of my property at 3 pm. Then at 430 I saw a deer moving through at the end of my shooting lane. 450 2 does and two fawns come out and I had perfect wind as they slipped through. They snuck into my core area and 10 mins later had a hot little buck come through sniffing on their trail. I heard some additional branches break in the clear cut to my south and stayed about 30 mins past legal shooting. Nothing came and I slipped out undetected in the dark. I could have easily killed all 8 and none knew I was there. Had several additional bonus grouse and a beautiful 25 degrees and about 6” of snow.
