I just got back from 3 days of Bowhunting in Brown County Illinois. Unfortunately the weather was a bit warm but we still had a great time.
Mary and myself were able to rattle in 3 different bucks, the bucks were really responding to the rattle antlers. Unfortunatly the bucks that came in close enough for me were not shooters they didnt score over 130 which I was hoping for a 140 class or better. I had a big racked buck in the edge of the CRP Field at just under 120 yards that never came close enough for a shot I would have rough scored him at 158 to 162.
I did get a shot on a doe only to hit noman's land on her [:@]( just below the spine and above the lungs) when the limb on my bow cracked during the shot, so she is going to live but I had to order new limbs, bushings and axles for my bow yesterday. Thankgoodness I had taken a backup bow on the trip with me.
I had a 2yr old6 pointer chaseing doe's all over the place . He chased in3 does with 4 fawn's, one doe stood with her fawn under my tree , while the doe with triplets stood at 23 yards but was looking at me head on so I never got a shot at her, she never busted me she never rocked her head, stopped or blewatme but was looking at me with curiosity.The buck would lower his head and strech out his neck and tip up his chin to the does rear end and he would follow the doe's rearend as he chased them off again. the Doe's were running flat out with fawn's in toe they wanted nothing to do with the 6 pointer. And before I new it they were backrunning by again with the young buck chaseing them again.
Now if Raccons and possum's were in season I could of arrowed 6 coon's and a possum[8D]On the evening of the 17th the deer were moving at 4:00pm with the moon full and the weather was warm, I hadnt been in the stand 10 minutes when I started seeing deer Go figure?