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I had 4 bucks walk right up to me with that hat on last year. It was amazing!

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Hey guys! How goes it? Well this last weekend was probably the funnest I've taken part in! Saturday morning I saw 16 deer, 8 bucks. Missed this nice tall 10. He was at40 yards, I bleated, he stopped, looked right at me, I shot and heducked it. Then Saturday evening I shot a doe. Sunday morning I saw 9 deer, 3 bucks and a nubbin. Missed the same buck again from almost the same spot, hit a branch this time. Saw another shooter buck but he was with a doe and wouldn't leave her. It was an exciting weekend to be in the woods! I dont' have classWednesday so I'm going to hustle to get all my homework done so I can get back out there and hopefully sit all day!Forecast says it looks like a good one! Wellhope things are going good guys!

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I saw some small bucks on Saturday and they were showing some pre-rut activity but the big boys haven't poked their heads out of the brush just yet to start chasing. The weather is supposed to be marginal all week but I'm going to keep my eye on it and book out of here the minute it looks decent. I got suckered into chasing after some goats that were accessable Friday night but when I woke up within 1000 yds of where they were at nightfall, ready to get after them on Sat. morning they were on top of the next ridge back. They went right when I was hoping they'd work into the wind to the left. That's the way it goes...

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Hello...o...o...o. It's a ghost town in here, there's even an echo!

Chased bucks all weekend and finally got up on a horse of a buck yesterday after passing on two smaller forks earlier in the morning. He wasn't the P&Y buck I wanted but he was definitely a huge (body size), mature deer even though his rack was only a 3x2. He came in to 10 yards and busted me drawing on him when he was on the other side of an alder. 2 more steps and I would've had him. I should've waited 'til he was in the clear before I drew but I thought the alder would give me enough cover since he was moving. I guess he didn't get that big by being a fool. Thankfully my survival doesn't depend on how foolish I am...[&:]

I'm taking the day off tomorrow to take the percussion rifle out and put some meat in the freezer since it's the last day to hunt deer within driving distance of town (on the "Road System"). I've got until Dec. 31st anywhere else on the island but racks start to drop about Dec. 10th, hopefully the late rut will keep their headgear on an extra week. I may try flying out over the Thanksgiving weekend.

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heading hom for a week of hunting over thanksgiving break. hopefully i can arrow a nice one.

the chatter on here sure has dropped off, how is everyone else doing...i hate to mention it, but we dont have any points yet...

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Believe me, it's not for lack of trying. I may shift priorities for a while here. I spotted my goat herd back on a mountain where I can access them again. (They had been missing for a couple weeks.) I'll probably be chasing after them the next couple weekends. I'll still try and get my friend to fly out after deer as the weather allows since we either have to fly out or take a boat to access open deer hunting areas for the rest of the year.

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definitely not from lack of trying, although the crud I caught from my kid has laid us all low for a week or two. Hopefully this weekend I'll see some action in the woods. Good luck with those goats

Ken

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Where's the love, guys?

Well, I know I've been absent from the thread for a bit, but I've been keeping tabs on whats been going on. I've been busy with work and school, not to mention problems in love, but I'm back now and stoked.

Season opens on Tuesday and I'm fired up. I've got the Double Bull in place and my stand from last year hung in the same tree I shot my buck out of last fall. The weather is getting colder and we're hearing reports of snow in the forecast. I've got school from 8:30-9:30 on Tuesday morning, but you can bet the farm I'll be in my blind by 10:30.

Good luck to you guys still out there, hopefully we'll have some points on the board here shortly.

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so fellas what do I need to do now. I shot a nice buck. now what

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Bighunter, first off congrats on the deer get some pics and measure him up. Here is a link(I hope it works) just plug in the numbers and it should do all the work for you. Remember to measure in eights. 4 3/8, 10 5/8 ect. http://www.luckybuck.org/index8824.htmlCan't wait to see some pics.

Paul

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CONGRATS!!!

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Sweet! We're on the board!!! Let's see some pics![8D]

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I just jumped on here real quick to see what I need to do. I'll get on here soon enough withsome picture I have a new digital camera coming in the mail. It may be a couple of days but ill get them up. I shot one tonight and I am going to look for him in the morning. He is a main frame 7x7 my guess is he will score around 175" hopefully hes dead in the morning. Later fellas

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Whitetail or mule deer?

Remember that the buck, the bow and you all need to be in the picture for official inclusion.

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Okay Big... Now I'm getting nervous. What's up, did you recover him?

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Wow,I heard a big ol' bear ate you kodiak.How's the hunting been this year?

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Nahh... I'm too stringy and tough for a bear to bother with. I've managed to come up empty on every hunt I've been on in '07. Spring bears in POW Island didn't come out due to a late spring. Moose on the AK Peninsula have been run out of the area we were in due to predators (wolves and brown bears). Had a nice mature blacktail buck come in too close and bust me drawing on him on the last day of the season and haven't gotten out for goats yet becasue of the weather; hopefully it's gonna break on Friday. It's been a fruitless year so far but that's the life of a trophy hunter.I've had plenty of good times in any case and that's what it's all about. (At least that's whatI keep telling myself.)How's hunting for you?

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well fellas, I shot a nice 10 pointer....but it was with my muzzle loader, so he isnt going to count for our team. I plan on hunting the rest of the season with bow, so hopefully another buck will come by in range!

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Rob,it's been a rough year here in Ohio.My area has been hit real hard by EHD.Lots of dead deer being found.I spent hundreds of hours in the stand and only seen one shooter.So I must have killed the last one.LOL.I saw lots of deer 100 inches or less.1 120 inch and I shot a 145 7/8 11 point.Also 5 does so far.I've got one more tag to fill before the orange army attacks on Monday.
That AK weather was messing you up last year also.All of those animals and the storms keep'em safe .Hopefully it will give you a break soon.Good luck to ya.

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Congrats on a successful hunt in any case!

I got out for goats yesterday and got in on a small band with a good billy but they moved up out of the cliffs before I could get within bow range. 15 more minutes or 60 yards and I'd have had 'em... Had it all set up to come in on them from a better direction today but the weather boxed me out of the mountains with high winds (15-30 w/ gusts to 50 kts.)and rain again. I leave for a week in NY and Seattle on Tuesday so I'm going to miss next weekend. The weather's guaranteed to be nice then.

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Congrats Bass!

Its been some pretty crazy weather lately down here, Thanksgiving afternoon it was 75 and I sweat my butt off in the stand, then come Sat morning it was down to 20 degrees!! And talk about frusterating, I haven't seen doodley out there... I think I need to reevaluate my tactics...

Ken

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Wepl heres the 10-pointer I shot 2 weeks ago. I didnt find the monster I shot but he is still alive. I dont have my bow in the picture so is it not going to count?

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I scored it on that site and the total was 156" 1/8

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Bighunter excellent deer, congrats.

Paul

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Nice! Congrats!

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Nice buck but yep, no bow in the photo = no points...:(

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might be in luck i took some pictures to get developed and there might be some on there.