Hey sportsfan that's one heck of a deer. Congrats to you!! I have hunted my tail off with the bow and just haven't been able to close the deal. I have had a few really good bucks just outside of my range but I still have till the end of December to try to make it happen. I feel good about my chances as I have been seeing more deer activity lately.

I did have some luck this morning with the rifle. Here are a couple of pics. He was chasing a doe at 8am.

Very nice buck. Congrats. I may take the bow out the first day of rifle season here in Pa. ???

Well, just got back from a week of babysitting the woods. From reading some of the posts, looks like y'all are experiencing the same things. The only bucks I saw were doing mach 1 with their nose up a doe's....well, you know. I managed to bag a couple does. 2 with bow and 2 with ML. When the week started I hardly saw any buck sign, but later I was seeing fresh scrapes all over and if the fat content is an indicator of the severity of winter. it's gonna be a bad one.

Everyone hunting commented on how few deer they were seeing. The mast crop was really bad and most of the creeks were dry. Still have plenty of time to score.

Nice buck John Deer.

Things have definitely slowed down in my neck of the woods. Maybe I will connect this week.

Very nice buck JD, nice and heavy. Getting ready to go back to OH.

That's a beauty JD.....I'm still giving it hell here in Illinois. I was out yesterday morning with no deer seen. It's been about my toughest year so far. Going out again Sunday....going to gamble in the thick stuff.

Sorry guys i have not posted in a while.

JD- Thats one awesome buck big congrats!

Sportsfan your buck is awesome as well congrats.

Well team seems like everything is starting to slow down but i was wondering? Who is still hunting?
I`m going to try to take a couple more need to be does out before our season is over here.We are going totry to get it on film that should be kinda fun. good luck to everyone.

I took the bow out yesterday. Saw nothing in the am. In the evening I had a doe with her fawn moving by at a pretty good pace, then two spikes were trailing her about 20 seconds behind. Twenty minutes later a nice 6 pt was nose to the ground on the trail. All passed at 45 yards. Guess that means there are still some does in estrous around here! I only have one day per week to hunt and plan on bowhunting the same spot next week.

I'm still hunting. Had 3 does come in Sunday evening but no bucks....that's been the story of my season so far. The orange army is out this weekend. I have until the middle of Jan. to bowhunt. How about anybody else?

Just got back from Ohio, some small 7 and 8 pts but nothing i wanted to take.

Was hunting next to an old house from the 1800,s when a button buck came in. Then the darn bb walked into the house, he was in there for a few minutes. I could hear him walking on the wood floors.LOL. If I was in a ground blind I would have scared the hell out of him. Would have shut the door....

Well only a few bow hunts left, will be gun hunting for the rest of the season. Have a big dog drive coming up on my birthday Dec. 8th at the bomb plant in Aiken SC. should be interesting.

Good Luck, and I am sorry for messing up with the picture. My BAD!!!!!