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Went out once last week and set up a new stand and rattled in the same buck 3 times! A little 8 point that would have scored about 60 inches but had a really small body so I decided to let him walk til next year. It was funny because there was a hill behind me and the buck stood underneath my stand and looked up the hill trying to figure out where the rattling was coming from. Ill be in the woods wed-fri. The other place I hunt with my uncle and he has seen 8 different bucks, and he missed a 9 point that he has on camera that would score between 130 and 140. Im anxious to get in the woods again!!

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I just got some new permission on a neighboring farm. Has two fields, 1 of thems already turned and the other still has standing beans. Seperating the 2 fields is some evergreens and overgrown thickets and that. I decided to sit the beans as its the only food source on the 2 farms I hunt. I brought out a buck decoy to see if I could draw one in. Well got out there around 1230 found a tree to sit against, so I started rakin the leaves out around the base and pullin back some branches and that. Heard a branch break and looked over to my left, all I see is the white from a deers neck follow it up to see its a small 6. It was about 35 yards away, I crouched down fumblin to get my bow and an arrow, looked back up and he had moved over 10yards more onto the trail. He was bobbin around seein if I was another buck rubbin an scraping. He jumped back again, I had no shot at all was to thick and he finally bounded away. Im assuming he winded me. Never even had the decoy out or anything yet. About 6:10, I look across a treeline splittin the bean field. I seen a monster bodied buck cruisin in, I didnt have my binos. His rack wasent that wide but he had long tines.. my guess would be an 8pt but cant say for sure. Anyways, he got to the treeline, and I let out a few grunts. He seen my decoy and wasent happy at all. He started thrashing the trees and shrubs for a good minute then jumped through. My heart startin pumpn, I was thinkn sweet, hes gonna come right in and tear my decoy up. He kept cruisin straigh across, stoppin grazin, lookin at my decoy. He made it the the field edge/pines about 100yrds away from me, was hopin he was gonna head straight down to get behind my decoy but he slowly dissapeared into the pines and thickets. ahhhhhhhhh....... Oh well not bad for my first hunt on the property, next time im thinkn about setting up with the decoy in the overgrown field if I can find somewhere to setup with visability/shooting lanes. Its to much to try and carry the decoy and climbin stand all in one shot. Bout a 30min walk alone. Tomorrow morning I gotta go to my other huntin property, landowner asked me to rake up some leaves... and hes got a lot of property and trees :(... hopefully I will be done in time to hunt a nice creek bottom on the back of his land... got some pics of a few diff tens late summer.
Sorry for the long post, I have only been out 4-5times and this is my week off work. First day ive finally seen some action. Hopefully by sunday I will have some meat in the freezer and some points on the board.

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I think I may get some time to go out tonight. I'll let you all know how the night turns out!

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I think the wind picked up 10 mph after i posted that..haha. Not headed out tonight..hoping for morning!

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Ya, i checked the weather channel before I went out. Was suppose to be only light 10-15km winds... seemed like soon as I got out there they picked up to around 30 [:@]. Only seen a coyote and a porcupine tonight. Sat the same spot as I did lastnight.

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Went out this morning and tonight and saw the same 2 deer both times..a small doe and a forked horn. coulda shot a bobcat but the doe bedded about 50 yards in front of me and I didnt want to spook her in hopes that a buck would find her..

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My backs been out since I helped a landowner rake his lawn/yard/field... lol. I had a gut feeling about this morning so I made sure I got up. Went out to the bean field again, this time using a renzo buck decoy. COuldnt carry the other one cause my backs killn me. Anyways, 6am I lift the binos, first thing I see is a nice 10pt directly diagnaly across the field from me. He starts heading down the same tree line the other buck I see was at. Half way down I let out some aggresive grunts wich got his attention. He started heading straight across towards my setup. He got about 60yds and turned into the tree/fenceline that im hidden in. Though he was gonna keep crusin to get downwind of my decoy, but he just dissapeared.... arghhh.. so close yet so far away again. I walked up the treeline there crusin along and theres some good trees to sitin with, also where I first spotted the buck this morning I quickly made up a ground blind. Its basically a t intersection of trees/fenceline, only downfall is its on a hill and you cant see that far. Any suggestions?? I also found 9 solid rubs in a 10-10' area at the top corner just before it hits the pines.. They seem to be bedding to the East and travelling out to the West in the evenings.

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cool picture exocet! looks like you have a great place to hunt. I'm making an offer on 40 acres tomorrow. it's been a long time coming!

I haven't been out hunting since sunday night. From here on out I can't hunt the spot where I've shot the two does this year. It's being taken over by a bunch of yahoo's for the gun season.

my bow season is already winding down. If I get a buck gun hunting then I'm done for the year!! that's exactly what happened to me 2 of the last 3 years. we'll see.

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Well guys, I got a small buck. He only scores 30 inches even, but it was my first bowkill. In all reality, otherwise I would have passed on him. There was a little "ground shrinkage" but not too much. He was with another buck and he was the bigger of the two. He gave me a broadside shot at about 20 yards even, and I dispatched him with a double-lung shot and he was dead withing 10 minutes I believe. It wasnt a pass through as it hit the opposite shoulder. I am proud of the little fella either way....now I know that it IS possible for me to kill a deer with a bow and an arrow. Here is a couple pics and I will submit him tonight.

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Well guys I am sorry I haven't been posting but I am having the worst season I have ever had :( I just got sent home last night from a 2 week ICU stay. I got a sore throat and it just kept getting worse and I tried to ignore it and payed the price for it big time. Had trouble breathing at work a week ago wensday and they sent me to the hospital. while sitting in the waiting room I passed out from lack of oxygen and I don't know really what happen for the next 4 days but I was told I came close to cashing it in 3 times in the period. They had to do surgery and my throat was so swelled they had to try and get a vent tube in me 3 times. Well almost 2 weeks later I am back home sore as hell. They removed my tonsals and drained a large absess in my throat. I am going to try and work on my bow today and see what I can draw but I doubt I will be able to even get it to full draw for the next couple weeks :( Girlfriend finds out I am even thinking about hunting she is going to have me stuffed so I got to take it slow but I hopeing to be back to full strength for at least a week before gun season.

Good luck to everyone else and I will be back in the program very soon.

Congrats Vogt_51 thats a awsome buck for your first deer. Lots of good eatin and good memories and thats what this is all about.

Trytan