Live from the stand thread

[bigboreblr]

Another shift at the doe factory. 2 babies and no mom around. Backyard foodplot 30 yards away.

 

[Bill]

I had gotten to my stand late, because I had to work late. It left me about an hour to hunt. I had a decent buck come into the corner of my plot hot on a doe, she ran into the plot, then dashed back out, and the buck was hot on her tail. Thinking I missed my chance, I was bummed. Then the doe came darting across the other corner of my plot with the buck still on her tail, 75 plus yards, through an apple orchard. Then she turned around and darted across the center of my plot, and he was on her, I decided I would make a few grunt noises, and he stopped right in front of my camera for a quick pose before I let an arrow fly. So I got a nice before picture, and an after picture. This guy has been around all fall, but I haven’t seen him while in stand.

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Congrats!

 

[g squared 23]

Saw little ones moving last night and then heard deep, longer tending grunts coming from the bedding without any movement, right at closing time. Big guy was likely getting it on.

Last day of rutcation for me today, back to the coal mines tomorrow.

I sat in this area last year and missed an 8 point. I’m in a different tree as the wind is different. It’s warmer than the last couple days which does not bode well for deer movement.


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[hunts_with_stick]

I have a picture from a week ago of a doe with fawns that still had lots of spots on them!

 

[Howboutthemdawgs]

They didn’t take long. Zero pics of this deer. It’s one I know from last year. May regrets this. I think he’s four. Need him at 5 View attachment 83882

Oops…neighbor who shot this deer had it scored. 155. That was a mistake

 

[Mortenson]

Wonder what his H1 measurements were. That deer was in the bone zone.

 

[Brian662]

Wonder what his H1 measurements were. That deer was in the bone zone.

Love those bumpy bases.

 

[H20fwler]

OK, this is a strange one. Domestic cross maybe?
I don’t see a beard in it but the head is red which seems weird this time of year too.

 

[Turkey Creek]

Very possible. There are some domestic varieties that look real similar to wild ones. We had a partial albino hen running around a number of years back at the height of the turkey population explosion. I wasn't sure if she was part domestic or really part albino.

 

[hunts_with_stick]

Probably last couple of days for me this weekend