thanx guys..trying to keep the faith for the last week...but i dont even know if ill make meat with the flinter on the days we drive. next week looks better. moon should be gone and colder temps look like they may come.
one wierd thing i noticed today is new rubs popping up. 2 spots ive regularly sat on and off all year(and hard this passed week because they are the only spots with deer sign and deer coming from the flintlock drives) but im certain they are new. one i walked by 10 times this week and it was NEW as of today..i was there last evening..went back this evening and it was there. bad thing is im almost posative both are made by 2 diffrent 4pts. both areas the only bucks we know living in them are 4pts. next years crop...so long they dont get hit on the road or poached next year sporting that big ole 2.5yr old racker rack lol. just odd ive never noticed rubs popping up this late.
on a good note...havent made it to the orchard yet as of the late season. i dont know how itll produce..but im going to give it one more morning..
on a sad/wierd feeling note...im pretty sure the buck i hit with my bow is now dead. someone shot a 9pt across the road in the next set of woods this late season...all the detail i got was he was a heavy beamed nice tine leghnth 14 inch wide 9pt. after all the spotting my buddys done we have an invetory of pretty much all the bucks in that area. they all hit the corn fields through the summer and fall. that one REALLY fits the bill of the one i shot. i want to know if he was hit..but dont personally know the guy that got him.
i need a new game plan and new land next year...if im not fighting wildfires over the summer im going to be wearing out my knuckles beating on doors and wearing out boots scouting.
been a longggggg frustrating season...been hunting since sept 30th every chance i get..figure by now i would had more then ONE shot at a legal buck
we will see what next week brings me....cant say i didnt TRY...although frustrated i still love going out and HUNTING. thats what its all about. itll make killing a buck all the more sweeter..