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here's a little of what I'm shooting for, one of many pics of nice bucks where I'll be hunting

dang, this is always the longest week of the year, my season opens this sat!

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Bow4bo, those are some great deer you got there, i hope you get a shot at the bruiser on the right side of the picture. If you need any help going after him, just let me know. Have bow, will travel.

Just to keep you guys all updated, went out last night to a 50 acre piece of property we own. Have seen some great bucks on it and its the property my buddy saw a 140 inch 8 point on. Anyhow, at the top of the hill there are a TON of oaks dropping acorns. My buddy has been up there but hasnt been in the best spot, but he didnt want to go back up in that area for some reason last night so i took my climber up and got in the zone. I was hunting by 4:15 and figured i had about an hour till they moved, i was wrong. I sut my eyes and a minute later i heard a twig crack. Was a doe with a fawn. They never came in range, but 15 minutes later a lone doe came in and she found out the hard way what a NAP Spitfire will do to both of her lungs real quick. She ended up running about 80 yards and fell over and died. Ended up seeing 4 does, 4 fawns, a small 8 point and i forgot to mention it on the main forum, but also saw a spike. Had to drag her about 300 yards to the field and when i got there there were a mess of bucks out in the field with 2 of them being BRUISERS. it was getting dark so i couldnt tell exactly what they were, but i know the 2 were wider than their ears and they were tall too. Maybe next time. Great night to be out in the woods. Ended up butchering the deer with my brother and were done and cleaned up by 10. Looks like backstraps are on the menu real soon.

I went out thismorning to one of my money spots cause the conditions were perfect, but saw only a spike. I dont know why they werent moving, but i know i saw a bunch on thedrive to the spot. They must have been moving all night with no moon.

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gj on the doe kill.. gl on the bruisers.. one week till my season starts.. i have counted 11 different bucks scoring over 110 inches on 2 different locations i hunt

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Great Job on the doe! I'm hoping to put some backstraps on the menu after this weekend too, whether it be one of my 2 doe tags or my buck tag!

I fully expect after this weekend that team 9 will be off the shnide.

Good Luck to everyone this weekend.

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Sorry that i havent been on for a while but im starting to hunt this weekend and hopefully i'll see some deer well bye

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Quick update, hunted 4 times since my last post, saw a small 6 point, some does and fawns, but that was about it. Should have taken 2 more does, but it just never worked out. Not much buck movement where im hunting but they are certainly out there. Good news is the land owner on the one place i hunt said there is a nice 10 pointer running around, but i havent seen him. Lets hope he makes a mistake and comes within 25 yards of my tree.

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Well fellas, I screwed up!

I had a shot at a darn nice 5pt (10 pt in most of your lingos) and shot too high. I won't be able to hunt fora couple of weeks now but I'll be putting in a lot of time after this next month.

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Alright, it sounds impressive. I start this weekend and will be at it hard for the next two months with nothing in my way. I am pumped and ready. Lets getter done. ;)

Bobby

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set up a few more stands.. and i counted 18 rubs.. already season hasnt even started

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How is everyone making out? Nothing much has been happening here in NJ, the full moon has them all hidden somewhere. I did see a doe, fawn and a spike last night, doe was within 8 yards, but never had a clear
shot[:@], but it was still fun to see them atleast. Ill be out tomorrow morning to see whats going on, hopefully the clouds will keep them from moving around all night. Only time will tell. Hope you all have a great weekend.

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Deer hunting has been slow since I shot high on my 5 pt (10pt). This weekend is strictly Elk hunting for me though so I'll get back on track late this month or early Nov.

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keep ur head up.. good luck on the elk hunting hope u can get another shot at that 10..

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well good luck to all this weekend tomorrow the 14th is my opening day hunt safe and hard.

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pjarrows, good luck this weekend, i hope you have a great first outing. Lets get some horn on the ground!

Things around here has been extremely slow. Cameras are saying the deer are there, but im not seeing them anymore, and thefew i do see are all fawns. Talk about Frustration[:@]. Anyhow, was out this morning and didnt see anything. Going out this afternoon on my hottest property, so hopefully its alittle better than this morning. Im going to Florida to go sailfishing on the boat tomorrow for a week. Be back after the whitetails when i get back. Good luck to all you guys.

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I too will be taking the following week hunting for elk. The last two weeks of nov. is primo for big buck activity. I'm just not seeing any quality of deer. I have a doe tag but still hav'ent used it, I'm not that crazy about shooting a doe and blowing a buck coming in. I think maybe I'm just lazy and don't feel like dealing with it. ;) I've got the next 6 weeks off to do nothing but hunt, I'll cheque in when I can and good luck folks and lets start slingin some arrows. ;)

Bobby

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Sorry guysI havent been talking I have been to busy hunting on opening day 3 weeks ago I saw 1 doe but since thenI havent seen anything but squirrels, chipmunks, and rats well I'll see ifI can get something this weekend well see ya

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Well last night we drew frist blood, I watched a doe for about 5 min before I decied to take the shot 25yds broadside, Deer ran about 40 yds. One for the land owner.

Now for the kicker when I get home the wife tells me my sister called (she owns exclent hunting land 150 acre with lots of deer and nice bucks) whe tells me that she seen 9 does with 3 bucks with them a 4pt, 8pt and the other one was big (is all I got) so guess where I an going this weekend. well good luck to all.

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good luck.. i have been seeing some action i have been passing on some 90-100 inch deer because i know of some big 130-140 class. but this weeeknd i have 4 days to hunt so i might take one

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well last night #2 for the season is down 20yd shot deer ran 30yds towards the car again, this time I needed to drag her 30yds. I am on vacation for the next week I will check back than good luck all.

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Great work, pjarrows! Lets hope that new property pans out for you.

An update to what ive been up to, since i took the doe, its been down hill. Have been putting in the time but havent been seeing much. Went fishing last weekend so i was out of the woods. I got back midday on saturday and went straight out in the woods. My buddy shot a 110 inch 8 point 2 fridays ago on this property, and we have seen alot more deer there, so its the hot place right now. Saw a 4 point but that was about it. Yesterday morning i went to another property that i hunt every so often. It has been more of a doe spot in the past, but the landowner sees really nice bucks every year there once the rut gets under way. He used to be a big hunter but got out of it so he knows what he is talking about. Well i walked around and saw 3 scrapes, a ton of rubs and some serious trails. I went to a part of the property that i have never hunted and found a funnel full of rubs with 2 scrapes in it, so i found a perfect tree and am itching to get back in there. Its one of those spots that you know if you put the time in i will get one, so thats what im going to do. Lets keep the fingers crossed and get some antlers on the ground!

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Hi guys, I have not been on here in awhile. Killed 2 does on video and been passing on some small bucks. I dont know how much longer the small ones will be safe.

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He will come bullmoose, it will all come together in the next couple of weeks.

As for me, its been slow, lots of small bucks are starting to show themselves, but no big boys yet.

On a bad note, yesterday was a bad day. Just found out that 2 bucks i was hunting were dead. Got a call yesterday that the main frame 10 point with drop tines on both sides, so a 12 point with a few smaller kickers was hit by a car and is dead. Im trying to figure out if anyone has the rack so i can look at it and try to get a picture or 2 of it. Supposedly it will score in the 140s. Deer of a life time in my area. The second deer is a deer that i had been hunting on a different property and i scouted this summer. He is about a 100-110 inch deer, a respectable deer in my area.He is a 8 point with his one brow tine that is about 5 inches and bends outwards, so it is easily recognizable. Found him tracking a buddies doe and he was completely eaten up. Since my one fall bow ends today, i used my tag on him and have the rack. Once its all cleaned up i will post a picture of him. Sad day, but there are other bucks around. Its sad though, i know that odds were against me, but that drop tine buck was my dream buck, might never even see another drop tine buck in my life again, let alone a double drop tine.

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Hey guys havent been on in awhile this weekend i'll be hunting sat and the whole next week and weekend and guess what thats rut. So hopefully I'll have a shot at a nice deer well my brother just got a pieball he sent his to the score card it was a 6 pointer and scored 71 welll see ya

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Hows everyone making out? I for one am getting very frustrated. Im hunting great properties, but just not seeing any bucks. Im seeing some does, but the bucks are nowhere to be found. Ill keep after it. We need to start making our move to win this thing, we have given the other teams enough of a head start. Lets get some bone on the ground.

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im also getting very frustrated.. great property nothing big enough for me to shoot im almost ready to lower my standards

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missed a 125inch 10 pointer last nite... sorry guys

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That sucks Jberry. I know the feeling as I missed a nice 5x when it was 15 degrees f. Damn string hit the inside of my arm with the added clothing and I knew that would happen too. 8 inches of snow came and turned to rain and now we have a major melt down. I been useing a set of chains geting around in the muck and sludge. I had 8 deer with in 20 yards of me last night and most all does and yearlings and a one horned spike and another deer that I'm not sure of. I saw mostly does today and a herd of mulies with a small 3x. I'm starting to see a real increase in activeity since conditions have been dramatically changing from 15 degrees to 55 degrees in 5 days and the weather will be the same this week. The worse the weather gets, the better hunting gets.
Good luck team 9 and keep it safe.

Bobby

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well the pre rut is on for sure.. i saw 7 different bucks saturday and sunday out of my same stand.. 3 shooters as i missed one :\.. but ill be out again this week.. good luck team

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Well guys, sat all day on sat. Saw a spike and a nice 8 point. Only problem was the 8 point came in behind me and although he came within 10 yards of my tree, never offered a shot. Neat to see him, but frustrating that i couldnt get it done. Im starting to think that it might not happen for me this year, but there is plenty of time left. Hows everyone making out?

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missed a decent 10.. and i have seen some real nice mature ones but no shot

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Hey team, whats new and exciting? I havent been out as much as i would have like to, but the weather here is miserable. The good news is i had a nice deer come under my stand last sat, thought it was an 8 point, but it turned out he was a really wide 6 pt. Saw the same deer on wednesday night. Great looking deer, i thought he was an 8 point cause he has no brow tines. Anyhow, it seems like he has moved into this one thicket to bed, so hopefully this weekend i will have a crack at him. Other than that i havent been seeing any other bucks. We will see, going to give it a shot this afternoon and then hunt all day tomorrow. Maybe today is the day. How are you all making out? Any one got any good encounters?

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well Team we got a start not a very big start but it is a start. only 20 3/8 like the rules say you must enter your first buck so this is what we got.

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congrats on the kill... its gun season now so ill be doing that for 2 more weeks then back to archery for a month

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Great work on the kill. Love that picture too.

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Hey team, hows everyone making out? I personally havent been hunting all that much lately, but i will be starting up again. Going to a friends farm in Maryland tomorrow to hunt through the weekend. He has been seeing a number of deer, so im keeping my fingers crossed.

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Good going PJ, at least we didn't get skunked.
I did manage to get a small 5x5 the last week of hunting season, but I had to use the rifle.[:o] I did have two shots that I did blow.It was a rough season dealing with snow and ice. Cold weather wasn't too bad but I did freeze my arse off many a time. Rolled my truck off a crevise and landed upside down and had to hiked about six miles down the mountain. I came out of that with a jambed right shoulder and busted ribs.
It was a busy season as the elk hunting would get in the way with my deer hunting and deer hunting gets in the way of my elk hunting and firewood chores would get in the way of both as would plowing the drive too.
I guess everyone esles season sucked too or this wouldn'tbe such of a sleeper thread. It would be nice too hear from everyone to at least let us know how your season went orat least let us know if you jumped ship or if a bear et you.
Just wait till next year.;)

Bobby

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Hi all, Happy new years! Hope everyone had a happy holiday season and a great new years. I havent been hunting much, just got back from florida sailfishing for 10 days, had a blast. Im off to Texas this Thursday. Ill be hunting 3 days with the bow, so hopefully i will have a story and some pictures to show when i return. My trip to maryland was rather uneventful. Did see some does and a nice 6 point which will be a bruiser if he makes it another year, but that was about it. Other than Texas, my buddy just got access to the property where he has been working the last few months. No one works there and he sees bucks every single day. He hunted it once before the holidays and saw 12 different bucks, so come the end of next week, the 2 of us will be in there. Me very uneventful season isnt over yet, hopefully i can put some bone on the ground still. The season ends here in the beginning of February.

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Hell, I thought everyone was awol, its good we got a survivor nj. My season is over but I;m still planning. Good luck and keep us posted, I guess everyone esle got et up by a dang ole bare.

Bobby

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Well guys, season is over for me, ended up not getting the buck that i was after, but had some good hunts and some not so good hunts but there is always next year.