heading out tomorrow afternoon to sit till dark in the area i found the rubs here at school like 6 weeks ago....for where i believe he is bedding, the west wind is perfect...its really going to work well most of the season because it will work well with anything but a South or East wind....i could actually probably make any wind work...but tomorrow i aughta beable to sit right over the trail i think and hope he is using...it was screaming good buck when i was in there....actually may even take a shot at a doe given the opprotunity...hard part might be getting the deer close enough...might take a couple observation sits...last year i was in there in bad weather and seen a small buck and another deer that looked like a good buck by body size and body language but i could never see the head...

keep with it....we will be on the board before long!!

All gorgeous photos bud, that's truly a beautiful place but man, talk about looking down on your neighbors! I'd hope I had hot, sexy ones especially some of those pools..LOL

well yall season is opening monday sorry i havent been around been coonhunting and football were 2nd in central mass 3 been good coon hunting seeing deer and what not have a nice 8pnt i hope to drop monday or a doe just to get the first bow kill out the way ill get pics if i nail one and will give updates of the hunts as they go hope we get some bone on the ground soon!

Came closer to sealing the deal on a doe tonight. Just ran out of shooting light. Setup on the edge of a pasture at a small bottleneck. I hung the climber back off the edge of the pasture expecting the deer to enter through the bottleneck, but didn't they come in from the bottom edge of the field up into the woods (kind of a reverse move for evening huh?). The lead doe made it to about 40yds with legal time left, but never came closer. Three total. Back at it tomorrow.

And why are we not cutting her up?[8D]

Lol, I know I know.

That's out of my comfort zone. I told myself 30 and under this year and I'm sticking to it. I'm not the quite the shot you are yet bud How did you guys fair? Gorgeous night again, huh?

Ya, we had doe action late....real late. Wouldn't have mattered. I took Rob to a stand that I have deemed "buck only." It's new this year. The landowner is alittle unsteady about does/fawns. I am happy to tread lighty for a year or two and establish a good relationship. Its nice land. Rob should be uploading soon I expect. I am gonna hunt it again tomorrow. There is a buck in the area that I would like to get. I like a bit of a west wind for this stand and it looks like we may get that. My other spots don't fit with a west type, so this works out. I will have my alternate cameraman tomorrow. Rob is hunting his plot spot and then heading to Matt Miller's camp. We will likely continue the video hunts Monday....we will play it by ear. If kills don't come after that week, then we are probably gonna start hunting hard separate as to not cut stand time in half. Good luck bud.

got in pretty early this afternoon....snuck in and took my time and was still settled in right around 3pm...

spotted a few new rubs just glassing...beautiful evening...slightly breezy, but i had my hopes high of atleast seeing a deer...just looks so promising....but nothing spotted...had an owl hooting way down the ridge..got closer and closer and closer and was eventually about 50yds away..couldnt see it, but it was neat to have it so close...


buddy texted me about 630...he gutshot a decint buck. talking him out of tracking it was dang near impossible...he doesnt understand that its going to take hours for it to die...his text said it trotted off and didnt look hurt then stopped...i knew right away it was likely gutshot because it kept walking...2 other buddies got there while he was waiting in the dark and found the arrow...covered in green gut or stomach matter...they immediately told him lets go home we'll find him in the morning...took us a while but we talked him out of it....he should find him tomorrow im sure..if not i'll be there after class...not a real big woodlot it shouldnt be far...

shot one in the hip last year(never found it..pushed it but i think it survived...i think he smacked the bone and didnt get any penetration)....this one was mayyyybe 10yds he said....he gets way too nervous...ive seen him kill with a rifle and the 2 i seen him kill were gut hits center of the body but he spined both of them...could be worse...he could be out there chasing it right now....atleast he listened this time!!


weather saturday looks WARM....i'll still hunt...probably hunt morning and evening on the honey hole hill...i wont get to again at home for like 2-3 weeks...will be halloween when i get to hunt again at home...got trainings the next 2 weekends...glad they are then not any later...gives me the last 3 weekends to hunt, which all 3 aughta be good

well, buddies buck was lost....im pretty surprised...but they didnt put the effort in where it needed to be put...

i got outta class and showed up about 4pm...had him walk me through it....10yd shot...wide open shooting..broadside....arrow was covered in what looked to me like intestine matter, not stomach...deer trotted 20yds or so and stopped...thats the only blood it left...and small small fist sized puddle...nasty lookin blood but i smelled it and it wasnt strong smelling...(shot almost 24hrs prior) 4 other different guys throughout the day helped the buddy...i asked where they searched...walked the corn field, and spent most of their efforts to the LEFT of the stand....the buck came from the left and was shot and went right...was last see going right....i about lost it on them...they looked a little bit to the right but didnt pick up blood so searched most of the time to the left...makes absolutely NO sense to me...i couldnt pick up blood(didnt really expect much from the shot anyway...and 5 guys trampled through all day) so i said were searching to the right...thats ALL we have to go by was he was heading that way and was shot and spooked left so hes unlikely to head back that direction...

right away i was finding areas that SHOULD been first things to search...THICK field edge that was pretty wet and some big puddles etc..NASTY...nothing...found a POND noone searched...i searched the whole edge..nothing...the only blood was in a small "ditch" it led right to an area 150yds away or so that was logged about 2 years ago...tree tops, jagurs and saplings thicker than thick. i told him that his buck was in there...we started walking towards the area and something jumped up and ran and did some major crashing...didnt sound like a healthy deer...healthy deer dont usually crash into logs the size this animal was busting...i dont know if it was his buck or not...but i still believe it is or was in there....22-23hrs after the shot...i dont know if it would been alive..or able to jump up and run...i was the only one that got into the "heart" of the stuff...im still bleeding lol...but the others took open paths and the edges....its like 100yds wide and i could only see a few feet most of the time...im still betting it is or was in there...i just didnt stumbled into it or a bed...i tried to find the "crashing" but no luck....

when i called the buddy at noon inbetween classes i told him when he is in the field keep an eye on the sky for vultures and crows...it was getting warm....it wasnt till we were DONE he said he did see a vulture circling the logged area....

i just kinda wanna sack punch/kick/drop kick the kid....[:@] [:'(] i put in more effort and in more likely areas in 2 hours than the other 5 did all day (started about 11)....im pretty disappointed...i did more than my part...buddy feels bad enough about it that he left his hunting gear at school and wont be hunting tomorrow so maybe he will learn a lesson...bad hits happen..but a hip and a gut shot 2 years running...he gotta start doing something different....hes just simply not making the shot....




im heading out to the honey hole hill in the morning...and evening. going to lock the climber to the tree and sneak out for lunch and a nap and i'll be back in stand for the evening....gunna be warm, but ive seen bucks in there when its been REAL warm....


good luck this weekend guys!

That's too bad about the buck, Mauser. Unfortunately there's plenty of people who just don't have the drive and determination many of the people on here do. It's not always just about the determination before the shot as much as it is after the shot that truly sets hunters apart. Sounds like you did all you could, and hopefully he learns.

Had a GREAT morning today. I'm definitely in an area I want to be in pre-rut/rut. I had doe EVERYWHERE and all morning. About 10 total, and I passed on a basket rack 6 point. I let him get to about 10 yds in front of me broadside, and I drew back to see what he would do. He just jumped, and trotted 5-10yds and went back to feeding, lol. He never even looked back.

Anyways, it was great morning. I passed on the doe, too, because of the temps we are having this afternoon.

Last night was also great. I passed on several doe (saw 5 total), and had one come right underneath the tree, look up at me, and just walk away. ASAT is impressive. Also saw a grey gox come barrelling into the food plot last night ahead of the deer. Finally, I watched the same flock of turkeys from Tuesday night feed in the plot for almost an hour (about 30 some again). Lots of action here guys, but no shooter bucks yet.