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I went out tonight, saw some bucks chasing Does. Nothing big enoughthat I wanted to shoot. I took this pic today of this 8 pt I was messing with with my grunt call, was good fun. I drove the poor guy crazy because he could not figure out where that buck grunting was lol.

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Looks good Diesel, glad you are having a good time out in the woods. These 12-16 hr work days are killing me, I am ready to get back out there. That piebald is cool, I have never seen one in the wild myself. I think if I ever had the oppurtunity to shoot a good piebald or albino buck, I would probably get a full body mount.

Man Gr8, sounds like you have also had a good time on stand. Just stay after it, your time will come. Lets keep after em guys, prime time is here, lets not let it get away from us!!!

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Congrats D! He's a beauty!:)The action is picking up. I'vehadsomeclose calls.Sorry I'mnot on here muchits been crazy around the house between hunts and when I get to the pc its onlyto check the wind before hitting the woods.

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Yeah it's gonna be not much to report from me..on weekdays with time change. I get in an hour or so in the evening. More often than not I'll not see much!

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You never know GR8, things can happen in seconds. I cant recall how many times Ive loweed my bow and had to pull it back. I'd rather take 30 minutes in a stand the next 3 weeks than not at all if that was my only option.

Tonight was probably one of the dumbest and most dangerous decisions to stay in my stand Ive ever made. We had some real strong winds here today, branches were coming down, a few trees went down and the tree I was in was rockin and rollin. I did see some does and a big turkey. Ive hunted in windy conditions but today was pretty hairy, I kept thinking its going to settle down any minute.

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waayyy to dang windy to hunt today, lol....20 to 30 mph winds gusting and changing directions....i decided not to disturb my area and just take the girlfriend out for dinner instead.[&:] hopefully itll pay off by not speadin my scent in there..

rifle season opens saturday which is when ALL chaos breaks loose, full rut and bullets flying everywhere. Rifle huntin is a big tradition in my family around here, but since the leaves still havent really fallin yet, ill probably have a bow in hand instead on saturday am. why not when i can only see bow shooting distance through the woods anyway.

hopefully i can get one or two more afternoon hunts in before rifle season opens.

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OH I'm with ya Diesel..I'll be out every night! I opted for the ground hunt yesterday as we were battling the same winds 25 mphsustained, with higher gusts! Deer were moving saw 4 on my way to hunting from work. But didn't see anything in the bush. I did see a nice smaller 8pt this morning on the way to work.

Question for you guys. I generally can get to my local spots, by 4PM so by the time I get dressed and in the woods. (depending on the spot I hunt on local farm) It's 4:15-4:20 ish. Should I take the extra 5-10 minutes to use my climber or just ground hunt. Sunset is 5:15 depending on skies I can stretch that to 5:40 on a clear day.

The 2 places I have ladder stands are basically bust now..Cuz that farm he's taken down all the crops and the fields are plowed under!
The other farm (my best chance) still hasacres and acresof standing corn!

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By the way Diesel....ummm didn't you just ask me late last week if we were still doing "the" picture.

Even Jim reminded you on the day of your recovery to make sure you had "everything" needed for the team pic.

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This is a must read!! Especially after Diesels Post from Monday!!

http://www.huntingnet.com/forum/tm.aspx?m=2435533

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I just got done reading your post on the main board, what an INCREDIBLE encounter, I probably would have been shaking life a leaf out of excitement. How many teams have had 2 encounters in 2 days with piebalds?? We should get bonus points hehe. Man, Im going to say a prayer for you tonight, I really hope you get a shot at him. I need you to email me your address, I have a present for you BTW.

I know, I blew it with the Germ Warfare pic. I'll take it with my next buck, I just forgot, especially after having a rough night worrying if I would find the deer or not, when I did find him I was so excited I just forgot, shame on me.