ORIGINAL: 12point_Sooner
I have spent many years deer hunting, and I have seen alot of cool things.
However, on November 16th, between 1pm and 2pm was my most exciting day. Over the years, I have killed some nice deer and seen some rutting behavior, but this took the cake.
I get to my stand at 1pm. At 1:15, two small bucks were chasing does. Grunting and going crazy. I thought to myself, "This will be a good day." 5 minutes later, I hear the loudest, deepest grunt ever. It sounded like a cow with bad constipation. I look towards the grunting and see a doe. Behind her is a 10 pt monster. He would score in the high 150's easy. He was chasing her for awhile and 55 yards in front of me, she just stopped. Walked a semi-circle and stopped again. Then the monster buck mounted her! Of all my years, I have never seen this before. She walked another semi-circle, stopped and he mounted again. This went on for a few more minutes. She walked away and he obviousily followed. I tried grunting, but NO way a buck would leave a hot doe.
10 minutes later, I hear another grunt. From the same area, another Doe was being chased by another big buck. This one was a nice 9 pointer. Again, he mounted her! Talk about the peak of the rut! Felt like I was at the Playboy mansion or something. A few minutes later, I saw a smaller Buck chasing a doe...and behind the smaller buck was another giant buck.
I have never seen rutting action like this before. What a wonderful day in the deer woods.
This was the best day in the woods without killing a deer.
p.s. Gun Season opened 2 days later in Oklahoma. Needless to say, everythinggot screwed up bigtime. I spent 8 days hunting hard for those 3 big deer and none showed. However, I took a respectable8 pointer. After the gun season, I talked to some landowners and they mentioned that 2 of those big boys are still out there.
I still have2weeks of bowhunting and seen some monster tracks in my neck of the woods. Hopefully,I will get ONE more shot at one of those bucks.
Merry Christmas.
don't you just love gun season.