Matt, hang in there, the best hunting is yet to come. Your on deer so it's just a matter of time.

I'm headed to lower PA with Ben to hunt with twildasin and Matt/ PA. I'm anticipating a doe but Tim has seen a really big buck from "my" stand so one never knows.

I'm also off next Thur, Fri and then the 30th and 31st plus the next two weeks, the second of course will be in IL. I'll still be hunting every eve.

Fanstastic wolf ks. That's very cool.

rybo, no skipping class for me....especially THESE classes...some of our REAL training started last afternoon/evening with a physical fitness test...i need to shave some time off my run, but other than that i did well...today, and the next 3 days i got training...and next week wed, friday sat and sunday i got more....could be worse....could been later in the season...i would really cried!!!!


got out tuesday...buddy said we would goto his spot where he gut shot the buck and try to take a doe...he was 100yds away in a different stand...i was in his spot...seen 4+ in the field on the way out just 150yds down the field edge from us.....last night he went back out and seen a somewhat nice buck(different from the one he gutshot) and an illegal buck...said they both had to walk right under the tree i climbed...then went past his stand just outta range....i wouldnt shoot a buck from his spot anyways...


will likely get out monday afternoon tues morn and or afternoon and thurs morning and/or afternoon....

Rob, part of me really thinks I'm seeing the results of better hunting this year (more work on the plots, more attention to scent, stand rotation, etc) as I'm seeing deer more every year, but who knows. Maybe I'm too much of a pesimist Good luck to you guys this weekend. I have a feeling you guys will have a great time no matter what happens. I'm looking forward to seeing some good footage as well.

Tonight, with the NNW wind we were having, I don't have many good sets for this, so I tried something new. I hiked my climber into a small hollow below my driveway where there are a few decently producing apple trees as well as a small spring. All of this is surrounded by thick briars and autumn olive. I was hoping to catch a buck back here (as my dad shot a nice 9 point in 1999 with the smokepole), but I ended up seeing the SAME flock of dang turkeys again, lol. I now think I know their entire patterned route across our property in the evening. I was a good 400 yards from the plot I've been seeing them in, but they were making their way over in that direction. Around 6:00 I had a doe and two yearlings come up behind me. Could have had either of the yearlings, but I can't shoot them (just can't bring myself to). Mom held back behind me because she caught a glimpse of something she didn't like (me). She never blew or spooked, she just stomped a bit, and went around to the east of me. The yearlings followed. Good night on the stand, though.

Matt, i think your work will pay off...you are putting alot of stand time in....your on deer....hang in there!! every day will get better and better...its early, but the big ole moon is gunna start shrinking and shrinking...i have a feeling Halloween weekend and the following week is gunna be HOT in terms of deer activity...new moon is Halloween or the day after....i cant wait! just hope the weather keeps cool.....

talked to my buddy this evening and he said he might goto camp next week for a day hunt....that is where i killed my buck last season.....the buddy i was with last year, is heading up this weekend to hunt(they are cousins its their family camp...im practically family...i can go up ANYtime i want...) so i might head up with my buddy next week, depending on whats going on...

or, i may head home monday afternoon to hunt at home Tuesday...or just hunt here at school...we'll see...i need spots closer to school, but in 3 years i failed to find anything close that i felt was worth my time...found a TON of deer last week spotting on a bunch of different farms(never spotted down this way) but that does me no good...wish i found them a year or 2 or 3 ago...my spot i hunt here is a half hour away...and a half hour hike....so its either setup all day or choose between morning and evening....

i gotta hunt a spot dad and i used to see numerous wall hangers cruising...every year in fall turkey we setup in an area and seen about 4 on average GOOD shooters every morning we hunted it every year(before i bowhunted) the last few years the canopy closed and its nothing but thick, high ferns....just didnt look like "deer" woods...but winter, i found a TON of tracks in there...the thicket matured some too, which turned me off as well...but its worth a shot...its directly below my oak ridge i hunt now...which i still say is gunna be a hot spot..right time, right tree...i know they use it hard...


good luck guys....keep at it....i got 3 more days of pretty physical training...i gotta hit the bed....i wish the general public could see the training LEOs go through...."those fat donut eaters" go through some serious training....i'll say that much...this is just the beginning of it, and i truly am enjoying it and really think im on the right track for myself...

Finally the weather was nice and cool this evening sit. I tried a new spot again tonight with the climber. It's perfect with the NNE wind we had. I had a yearling come out of a pine thicket at around 4:30 as I was climbing the tree. It's the earliest sighting of the season. It never saw me. Later in the evening a nice doe and yearling came out, but about 60 yds above me. No luck yet, but still seeing deer.

I did love the cool weather this evening. The forecasted (ideal) NNE wind was a WNW-NW which was eh, so-so. I saw a nice 2.5 yr old, probably about 105-110. Decent mass for a younger buck. Almost bleated in a doe. And speaking of, have any of you ever heard a deer screech? I'm not on drugs, I didn't fall out of my tree on my head. But I swear to you, this doe was walking around the woods screeching. Her 2 lost fawnsstarted screeching back and they eventually found each other.

Yes they screeched. It wasn't a bleat, it wasn't a grunt, it was half bleat half whining alleycat. Over 20 some years in the deer woods, I have NEVER heard this type of vocalization. [&:]NO idea?

uht oh.....rybo, you do know you can make millions now right?? better patent that sound ASAP!! thats very interesting though....only time i remember hearing bleats was either lost fawns and does or just bawl/bleats from a pack of yotes....talk about hearing mother nature at work....the yotes were yippin and howlin and the deer were bleating and bawling...i'll never forget it...it was middle of summer i believe...most likely after fawns...


you guys are on deer pretty hard....i got faith in you all!!! good luck this weekend!!!


time to go get ready for day 3 of training......i was in bed by 10 and sleeping by 11 last night...today is gunna be the hardest day of the training i think...physical wise atleast...i just hope i dont gotta run anymore today! lol...we full out sprinted about 1000 yards yesterday in the matter of maybe a half hour...100yds or so, 30 second break and 100yds or so back...5 times...

this weather got me itchin BAD...cant think of any better weather for mid october....just gotta hope it continues to stay cool....

howd my team fair over the weekend?? havent seen or heard much except from Rob's post...friday? dont think they posted anything saturday evening?



i survived training....made it out with no injuries...


im ready to get in the stand tomorrow!! looks like a cold front moves in sometime tomorrow night...im planning to be in stand tomorrow evening and tuesday evening after the front breaks....couldnt ask for a much better time to be able to get in the stand!!

I been out & seeing deer, just nothing of shooter status in range. No more "screechers"[8D] since friday.This morning I scooted over to OH, but didn't hunt, just scouted more. I fell better seeing some better sign and actual deer. Had a small 6 with does on his mind around 11 am, ignore me standing wide open on a big trail 30 yds away.

Captn,

Didn't see a deer Saturday morn or even. I now have 3 weeks to put down a PA buck, then 1 week in IL. I'm very optimistic. I did see a 6 pt out in front of my house while hunting Friday morn. I'll be in a tree most likely alone every day the next 3 weeks. (excluding Sundays), I'm off this Thur, Friday and then I'm off the following Thur through the second week of Nov. I have time.