G2 Shooter, that's a good point. We should probably wait until at least a little while after that. I just got a little jumpy because some alternates were starting to get placed already. But I'd agree with you on this one!

Also, Rob keeps posting the importance of this rule, so here is a reminder. It is probably the most important one to remember:

.RULE NUMBER 7 STATES>>>>

7. You must have a pictured posted on the contest page within the Official Score Card thread to enter a deer. The bow must be in the picture and the entire deer must be in the picture, no skull pictures, no rack pictures...the buck, the bow, and yourself must be in the picture.....call me skeptical. This rule will be enforced this year, no exceptions with no apologies.

I'm not, Pennsylvania

My bad. Typing too fast. Meant to address that to Trex! But where in PA are you from? I am outside of Willmar, which is in the west central part of MN - farm and lake country versus the northwoods.

We may want to check with RobPA about alternates, I believe he's thinking about creating a team 37. If thats the case we should find out when he's planning on doing this and go from there. Otherwise I'd say wait until the original (9/1) deadline or a day later to let the others check in. Who knows why they haven't checked in yet, but I'd say give them a chance unless we are under the gun to choose alternates.

Alright, we got Kentucky here, Indiana, Maine, New York, Iowa/IL (nice border by the way), Maryland?, Minnesota, PA, is that about it?

Two members to still check in. I'm going to download the cams on Saturday, hope to have a couple of dandy pics to share. Our season opens one week from Saturday and I've got the deer visiting a feeder in the center of the farm and bedding nearby. So, as early season scouting goes, they are about as predictable as I could hope for.

I'll post some pics if we have a big boy on the cam. If all goes well, we'll score early and put the fear into the other teams.

A little about me, I've been on here since I first started hunting in 1999. I moved onto my wife's family farm in 2000. Deer were everywhere, so I thought hunting might be fun to try. Since we had horses on the farm, a bow was a great choice, not to mention a great challenge. I practiced and practiced until I felt comfortable and on the second day of the season downed a 127" perfect little ten point. Since, I've become an addict. I've taken a pope and young deer every year with the exception of the last. Needless to say, I'm in deer paradise with great genetics and not much hunting pressure. I now expand my season to Kansas in oct/nov, which is a huge treat. I love this sport, love to hunt and spend the entire year either scouting, hunting, planning or scoring deer. Somewhere in there I work enough to afford to make it all happen.

Nice to be on the team and looking forward to getting to know each of you.

kel

Harrisburg area. TMI & Gettysburg are in the area. Figure you out of staters might of have heard of either of those.

At Rob's suggestion in a post he made, I also tried to e-mail the two team members who haven't checked in yet. rile1564 didn't have one but ddlyrfl3006 did so I e-mailed him. I'd agree we should wait until at least the Sept. 1 date and then maybe try PMing and e-mailing again. Wouldn't want to leave someone out cause they can't get to the computer as often.

T in PA3, I have heard of all those places. Never been though: )

Sounds like you have some great motivation to hunt Kelly. We don't have nearly the population/genetics around here as yearling bucks usually don't survive gun season. Still, there are some dandy's out there. You just have to keep trying.

I checked my game cam yesterday and I have gotten a few nice bucks on it - all 8 pts or less - this year but nothing too huge yesterday. Some yearling bucks, yearling does, and a few mature does. But no fawns. This surprises me as usually, even the yearling does are with fawns the past few years.

Here is kind of a comical pic. Looks like they are dancing around at a square dance or something.

I live and hunt in central Maryland. Mostly in Howard, Carroll and Anne Arundel Counties. I hunt both public and private land. I was chasing some big deer on public land last year. I would guess between 120-130. Never got close enough for a shot. [&:]

In 03 and 04 I got two nice bucks. Here is a link to that thread.
http://www.huntingnet.com/forum/tm.aspx?m=1631004&mpage=1&key=��

Here are some pics of deer on the private land.
OK, I see I can only add one pic per post so the other one will follow.
Hopefully I will get a chance at one this season.
This one is an 8 pointer.

Here is a 9.

Chuckar,
What type of land is that pic taken? There's absolutly no vegetation on the ground!! Not used to seeing a wooded area like that.