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Well I will be out hunting on tuesday. Cold front should be here by than. Anyone know how to make our avatar smaller? I tried putting it up and got the its too large message. Good luck getting the bucks that are making those rubs guys.

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Hey guys... I just got back from vacation. Is anyone hunting yet?

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Ohh Baby....this weekend was amazing! I spent 24 hours at our cabin getting it ready for the season. It is almost completely finished....we just need to hook the woodburner up to the chimney and get a few counters in...then its GO TIME!

As for the hunting aspect....EXCELLENT!! My bow is shooting broadheads like darts. I took two shots at 35 yds last night for the heck of it.....wiggled on the first shot and hit about 3" left...not too bad...the second shot centered the bullseye!!! Plus all the stands are set and prepped....just need to wash my clothes and pack my pack!! LESS THAN TWO WEEKS!!!

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Well guys, the season has started here in Nebraska, but it was pretty warm this weekend so I decided not to go out. That didn't stop a couple of my buddies, though, so after helping me move some furniture into my house, I let them hunt up back of my place. My one friend used the tree where I got the big buck of mine last year (see page2 of this thread), but because it was nearly 85 degrees, I never thought they would see anything. Well, about 4:00 in the afternoon, I hear a knock at the door and there he stands, shaking and all excited. I thought thatmy other buddy had fallen out of the tree, but Ed (the guy in the picture) tells me he just shot the biggest buck of his lifetime. I still thought he was kidding, but after a few minutes I realize he isn't so I get my field clothes on (I was in shorts and sandals at the time), and we go out looking for it. He hit itwell, though, getting both lungs, so we didn't have to look far. 40 some odd yards later, there he lay.

That's three bucks of roughly the same size that that tree has produced over the same number of years. I'm not too worried about not getting a nice one though. The big boys usually come out in force during the rut, and nobody but myself will be hunting out of that tree from mid October on.

I found myself being very happy for my buddy on Saturday, and not the list bit jealous, which is a big step for me. I think I was just as happy, and maybe more so, that I had played a small role in helping him get his best buck to date, than if I had shot it myself. I was hoping to take that step in maturing as a hunter this year, and perhaps I have made it. I guess I'll know for sure if I don't see another buck that size the rest of the year and end up not filling my tag. If I still feel happy for my buddy, I'll consider this MY best hunting year.

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Dang thats a pig, congrats goes out to your buddy, thats a beauty!

Well, I'll give a little update while I'm here... the bow is dead on with b-heads and just itching to get out there. As far as the bucks go, I havn't been getting them on my cameras as of late, heck, I havn't been seeing them period but they are absolutely tearing up the area where I set-up a new stand this year. I have rubs everywhere circling my treestand and thats what I am really concerned with. My scouting is done and I am just trying to keep it as low key when I go in the woods as I possibly can. I know that I will be saving this new stand site for those "perfect" days that we as hunters all dream about, the last thing I need is to screw this set-up.

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I just set up the one ladder stand I have on Sunday. and it is in the middle of 3 acron producing white oaks!!!! My other stand is a climber so I just need to clear out the shooting lanes on the other trees I climb. Season starts Oct 7th.

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NE: Tell your buddy congrats...that is one nice buck!!! Then, once you've done that.....get off the computer, go sit in that stand, and shoot his brother!!! Good luck!

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Thanks, PA Bow. He was really excited. Must have thanked me and my wife about a dozen times that day and another dozen at church the next day. That's what has given me the greatest satisfaction, not the thanks, but the fact that he was so excited and I was able to play a small part by simply owning the land and letting him hunt on it. He still had to make the shot, and he made a good one.

I guess, if you read between the lines of my post, I wasn't as kind as it seems. I really, really did not thinkthey would see anything except perhaps astray doe. My property is more of a transitory piece of land than it is a bedding or feeding area, and it has no water, so I never would have bet even a dime that they would see a big buck like that before the rut. If we were in the rut, I don't think I would have let him hunt there. I'll be there from mid October on.

During the rut, the does and bucks criss-cross my property all day long at nearly half hour intervals. It's a site to behold. That's how I got those other two (on page two of this thread) in one day. I shot the one on the left in the morning, and got the bigger one on the right later that afternoon. And all I have to do is pay taxes on the property :-) No food plots or farming. I can't believe I got so lucky.

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Well arn't we all a active bunch. lol. Season opens here saturday i can't wait. Going to shoot my bow some tonight and im headed to hunting camp tomorrow night to do a little more scouting. Hope everyone is doing well and ready to rock n roll.

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Hey guys, it has been a while since I have checked in but I have been busy shooting and scouting to get ready for the seasons that are coming up fast.

Slayer, I guess we are just going to be the team that speaks softly and carries deadly bows. Glad to see everyone is doing well.

Well I will be heading to PA to hit the opener this weekend in hopes of at least harvesting a doe in the early season. I will be hunting some new property early as I am saving the better properties for closer to rut. The property that I am hunting this weekend is showing some promise though. Quite a few acorns on the ground as there is also a good deal of deer sign visible. I will see how it goes. Good luck to all and hopefully we can crack into the scoring column over the next couple weeks.