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Well guys i broke the ice, its your turn to follow suit. I killed a small 2.5 yr old 8pnt tonight. Nothing huge by any means but should be good for around 70inches or so. Ill put up pics and a story tommorrow, Im whooped and goin to bed.

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Congrates on the buck. Way to get us started.

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Alright Pa u da Man

Way'da go Jerry ,were on da board,now if only I can follow suit in the morning. I need to get my hands bloody. Sleep good Jerry, you deserve it. Nite all.
Rocky

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Guys,

Here is a pic of the buck i killed last night, I posted the story in the main bowhunting forum if you want to give it a read. I should get to scoring him this weekend. Good luck to all you guys still at it.


-Jerry

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Right on Jerry

Well I can't say much for my morning as I got lost looking for my stand and thought it was felled by the wind as I sat in another 80 yards away. You'd think ,that after 14 years of hunting the same place I would know where my stands are.About9ish I glassed the bushline and vola! ,their's my stand wow!That's the one I intended to sit in,LMAO. That made my day,cause I hate like heck to lose a stand to intruders. Never saw a soul and also got my seat out from my other stand as it broke off from the weld. Now I'll have to get it back in before the rut starts.Hope you guys hunting today have better luck than I did.
Rocky

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Got Out Last

Took a seat that had broke and got it back on for my favorite spot for the rut. I'll leave that for a few weeks yet,had sw wind tonight and barely any at that.Perfect for hunting the 4 corners as I put it,it's where 4seperate properties join and 30 yards in is whereI have had3 encounters with a buck I've been trying to get for the last 3 years.Last years shed swent 217 and the year before went 189, and the year before he was 159. I'm hoping this will be the year.
I rattled at 5:30, 6,and 6:30 and then at6:40 I saw movement out of the corner of my eye. I saw some white and it was his tail as he went behind atree and some bush as he edged closer to where the fight he thought was happening.I drew and held for 30 seconds as he stepped out perfect broadside. I looked him over and guessed him at 130 and a 4x4.He had slim body so I let of,I 'm in need of a meat buck and he wouldn't do. He must have hung around walking almost completely around my ;location to see where the deer were that made the noise.
Gotta love that sent-loc. He was actually down wind of me for a few minutes and still never scented me. Was a quiet nite ,but dang those stupid mice and grouse sure sound like deer walking though the dry leaves right now.Only saw the one deer and my partner saw nothing.Back atit tomorrowat another location that I haven't been to yet this season. Need to see what the deer look like their,their was only the 155 ish that I shot over his back last year early in the season. Maybe he's gotten bigger this year and will be trophy status size.Best of luck today guys that are hunting.God Bless
Rocky

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I am gun hunting until i kill a good buck, so i wont be here alot. I couldve taken a nice buck today but let him go.

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i went out today and only saw four or 5 does and passed them up. i am looking for the buck now maybe a few more meat deer. congrats everybody

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Hey Guys
Got into another honey hole tonight early at 4. I needed to get a platform in cause my seat is still not arrived form Arizona yet. First time I ever stood for 4 hours on stand,gotta admitt, it's tough trying to stay still, I guess I did okay cause I turned after 2 hours of looking where I thought the deer would come from and low and behold there are 3 does eating 40 yards away[:'(].
I was amazed as the wind was blowing to them and I wasn't very slow at turning around,LMAO. Good thing they were grazing facing the other way:D. I ranged them out and the closest one was 47 yards and the furthest was 73. I watched them for 20 minutes hoping a buck would come out and harrass them a bit. Instead as I drew to take the38 yard shot at a doe, out of the bushnot 3 feet away from her, comes a yellow cat.
I almost had to laugh at what just happened ,the 3 does converged on this dang cat and started jumping around ,then chasing it through the bush.I felt like I was at the movies,LMAO. This went on for about another 5 minutes till the does figured it was time to get out to the fields to eat.This was totaly bizzare ,only while on stand would this happen.People ask me do I ever see stange things while a loft in my stand , LMAO.This one will be tough to beat.
Guys hunting Sunday ,good luck and shoot straight, oh yeah I never saw a buck tonight,but I reopened the one great scrape that has been their for the last 4 years. Hopefully I can get back in there later this week and see what will show up. God Bless guys & be safe.
PS PA get the buck up on the boards
Rocky

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Here's a pic of the guy I'm after this weekend. This is him last year during the summer. I didn't get any pics of him this year but hopefully he's still running around. Should be a good deer with lots of character now.