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Merle Hawggard
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Part II: 2 1/2 year old, 143# dressed, double lunged but went 250 yards once I found the trail. There was no blood at the site of impact, just hair. I finally found the blood trail 20 yards away, and at first there just a drop or two. After 50 yards the floodgates opened and he left a great blood trail through the brambles, down into the dry creek and up the other side. I have never tracked a deer that made as many turns as this one. Fortunately for MY back he dropped 20' from an access trail I put in last winter :-). Broke the antlers dragging him with the ATV. Glad I have a tractor w/loader to do heavy lifting these days.
This is the deer from a camera picture on the 1st.
This was not a deer I was planning on harvesting, but I am happy with him. I anticipate this is my last sit at the farm, as the rest of the season on our property will be devoted to helping our kids and grandkids enjoy some hunts. That does not mean my season is done...far from it, for deer camp in the Ozark (private bordering public) is coming in one week, then muzzleloading season later. I hope to get one more for the season--either a 4 1/2 or better or another doe for the freezer.
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Howboutthemdawgs
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Man that’s gorgeous. Maybe a topic for another thread but how on earth do you manage to get out of your stand without blowing out deer? I have an impossible time getting out in the evenings hunting food
Brian662
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I have some miscanthus planted two triple rows like a tunnel, it's not tall enough this year (1st year) but it will be next year I think.
Anyways, first time in here this year but I'm going to try my remote coyote call to clear the field after dark. It has worked in the past. I dropped it off about 100 yards away on the walk in.
Howboutthemdawgs
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Lol I had two does move in me about dark Thur night. I had all I could take about 30 past dark and starting coyote calling with me mouth. The damn things started coming closer to investigate and then went back to feeding at 20 yards. I just had to get down and blow them out. Hope you have better luck than me!
S.T.Fanatic
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My son let an arrow fly tonight. Didn’t find any blood or the arrow so we are backing out for an hour or so.
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bueller
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Good luck. I saw a handful of doe but no bucks showed up.
Bill
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Fingers crossed!
. Of course if it was 0 out I’d be crying about that too.
Saw 11 last night including three bucks. One was the wide 8 I’ve seen before. He’s a target for sure. He was following a doe but she dipped into the thick stuff before coming into the plot and took him elsewhere. Saw 5 this morning including a buck with his nose to the ground. One doe already this afternoon.
bigboreblr
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Finally got out this year. Had corona. So was srayong low for 2 weeks. No deer..... thry chipped the corn yesterday. This is thr dmsller parcel. Kinda hard to hunt, but they show up. The other lsrger parcel has more deer, they were chopping today.
