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Cooter that was a dandy buck your neighbor got, but like the saying goes "There's always somebody bigger and badder out there" that will be the one you'll get.
Rammer I know the feeling, I've been eating tag soup for too many years now. Themdeer you have there would do just fine. Good luck with them.
Well I hunted Wed. morning and evening, and then again this morning, nothing. I kicked one up on the way in this morning. I've sat six stands so far and have yet to see a deer. (excuse here) I'm blaming the full moon and heat, I'm seeing plenty of fresh sign, so I know they are around. Come on cooler weather.
Hey just a reminder eveyone be safe out there! A guy I know who lives on the next street over from mine fell out of his stand last week. Broke three vertebres in his neck, he had surgery on Friday. I heard he was able to take some steps today. Very lucky.

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WOW, lucky indeed. I don't get guys who climb trees without a harness. I mean, if falling from the top of the sears tower and falling from 20 feet up can both result in the same thing, why would you think safety on the towerbut not on the tree?

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Red - The main beams do almost touch on that buck. That buck is on my brothers wifes land, and she just got her first deer tag ever this year. She is going to be really upset when I stick it with an arrow before she gets a chance to shoot it with a rifle! haha That is the buck I am focusing on right now, I put a treestand up near his bedding area, and I have a ladder stand on the "deer hightway" coming out of my brothers corn field. I watched him for about a half hour this evening thru my spotting scope.

Here's a photo of a head on view of that buck, its kinda blurry, he musta been moving his head at the time of the pic:

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We can't go 10 for 10 with broken bones while laying in a hospital bed.

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Well team mates, I am back from Idaho and ready to whitetail hunt! I shot a nice 4 point bull! Check out the pics! Could be a great year!

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Congratulations Mulie on the Elk. It's good to see someone is having some success. I have to work tomorrow,Monday and Tuesday then I'll be back after it.
Hoytail have you seen any of them Wisconsin monsters yet? I sure wish the temps. would drop about 20 degrees.
Well good luck to anyone hunting tomorrow, and lets not be afraid of being the one who gets us on the board first.

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Thanks hopefully it's the kick off we all need!

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come on fellas let down one, I been out twice and no horns yet, lots of doe and squirrles.

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If ya'll can wait till Saturday, then I'll see what I can do! :DThen I will be hunting every single day. [8D]

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I haven't but bowhuntingfool(joe b) of hni who also hunts the same area I do says he seen a monster 8. As for me, all I seen were3 does total.One on a sit and the other 2I was enroute to my stand when I saw them at 2:30 eating acorns at 80yds. I stalked to about 50 when they decided they were done. They cut across me at 44 yards but I wasn't going to take a shot that far.

Yep, mid to high 70's all week too. Kinda depressing especially since I didn't get to hunt over the weekend.

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I seen a big 8 in my back yard Sunday morning!

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this one was found at work tonight. DNR will be getting this one.

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Mulie, congrats on the BULL! very cool, long story short here, the elk are going nuts I am back at work today ..wish I wasnt..been trying to get my bud a bull all week, I havent even tried to be the hunter.. Anway its been pure insanity here, we've been in on big herd bulls, missed a shot with a deflection...elk going nuts too too much stuff to try to list and write about.. Rybo is out right now as a Type hunting solo at my place.. it has just been unreal elk action.. for him, he just needs to buy a break! He had a huge 6x6 320-330 herd bull at 10 yards last night.. NO shot!

Whitetails, I passed on a 125 class 4x4 last night off the ground at 10 yards.. too low of light for my camera to pick him up but plenty of shooting light.. I wouldnt have shot him anyway, there are more mature bucks in there..this buck was 3.5

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Guys,
Good luck on your hunting! I'm leaving tomorrow for a moose hunt and will be back in about 2 weeks. The whitetails should be moving a bit better by then.

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Nock 'em dead Greg. And as luck would only have it, now that you're leaving, the weather in WI is gonna take a turn for the better. It's been high 70's and low 80's all week but this week they're calling for daytime highs in the 50's and 60's. Should do a bit of good for whitetail movement!

I hunted pretty hard for a week and a half, sweating in the heat, and all I got out of it was a doe. Thankful for that of course but I only saw a total of 4 deer in 7 sits.

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In case you guys missed it or are interest in a hunting venture of mine, I wrote this in the mainbowhunting forum:

I was out yesterday afternoon and all was good andquiet til about 5pm when I heard the dreaded ringing of theever annoyingdeuce deuce. I thought, oh well, at least it's just one guy and a couple shots. WRONG!!! This idiosus maximus let off at least 40 shots in the next hour. Holy crap, I don't ever remember the bag limit on squirrels being that much.

Worse yet, he kept coming my way. Well, here's where ASAT comes into play. The guy ended up 6 count'em 6 yards from my tree and was standing there looking around. I was already stood up 'cause I heard him coming and thought it might be a deer he kicked up. Yea, so he's 6yds and I'm 15ft up in a tree with nothing in between us. He stood there scanning the forest floor and even looking up into the trees. Twice while scanning he looked right at me for a split second but obviously didn't see me.

I started to get pissed 'cause I thought there was no way he couldn't have noticed me. A whole 2min went by and I finally decide to let him know that he would've been a dead deer. I cleared my throat and it freaked him out! Man it was funny!

Can your camo do this? LOL

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Are you sure your not baiting Hoytail? Cuz you know them kind of idiots will come to anything. lol, I know how you feel. Two years ago when I hunted some public land in Wisconsin I watched a idiot firing a 22 rifle into the woods without giving a hoot what or where he might hit. I thought for sure when I got back to the parking area I would find my truck all shot up, thankfully I didn't. I would have loved to seen the look on the guys face when you cleared your throat, them underwear aren't any good.
Anybody been out this weekend? I've had to work all weekend and I still have tomorrow and Monday to work. I'll be out Tues. A.M.though. The weather is finally starting to cool off, possible frost next week. That should gettem moving.
Well good luck everyone, who's going to step up and get us on the board first, and idiots don't count Hoytail. lol.

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Hey I forgot to mention something. Have any of you seen the video of that monster that was filmed in Buffalo county WI. ? Check out buffalocountyoutfitters.com.
What a deer.

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I missed the opener this morning due to being extremely hungover.....[:'(]The school that my oldhighschool Co-Oped with for sports had their last homecoming last nite. So there was a big party last nite mourning the loss of another small school.

I will be in my stand in the early AM hours though, I'm going to shower an relax tonite. The wind is going to be absolutely perfect, and hopefully something with antlers comes by, if not a doe will get whacked for good measure. :D

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Been there before Rammer! Oct. 1 and I will be out in full force!

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had some big rain right when I was going to head out tonight. Sure would like to see someone one the board soon. good luck fellas

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I didn't get a semi load of soybeans cut tonite before it got too tough to go, so I'll more than likely go sit in the AM an see what wanders by! :D

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Good luck DoD!!!! I will be out this evening! I had to do my physical fitness test this morning at work.

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Well guys I scored, but we're not on the board. I finally seen some Deer yesterday. I had this doe at 15yds and I've been dieing to try my new bow out on something other than a target. This should have been my first on camera kill but I didn't push the record button. Oh well. I still have three more Doe tags and my Buck tag to fill.

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It's a start!

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Congratulations on the Doe Crab!

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Way to go crabclaw! Nothing wrong with whacking a doe to start out the season right!

I just got home from the local Mathews Pro Shop.....Brought home a new DXT tonite.....Can't wait to get 'er dialed in. I am shooting a brand new Hoyt Katera XL this season that has yet to draw blood, will be using that till I get real comfy with the new bow, then I'll hopefully still have a doe tag left to try out the new Mathews.

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Right on Crab, congrats on the doe kill! I'll have to check the pix out at home.. no dice here at work..filters them out..

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Thanks guys , hopefully the next picture will be a Deer with lots of horn. I went over to Wisconsin yesterday and talked to the guy who doesmy mounts,and he had a rack in the shop of a buck a guy got in WI that scored 170. What a monster. I can't wait to get back out on Sun.
Hey Rammer I almost bought the Katera myself this year, I just liked the feel of the X Force better. Good luck getting your new one dialed in. It's a great feeling knocking that first one down with a new bow.
Well good luck eveyone.

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Hey Crab, where is your taxidermist at in WI?

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I actually got the new bow dialed in today, and let me tell ya, I think the Hoyt is going to be for sale.......This Mathews is an absolutely amazing little bow.

I'm leavin in the AM for the weekend for an antelope hunt, goodluck fellas, and hopefully when I get back there will be some racks posted up! :D

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Red 5 I take my stuff to Lee's in prescott.


Good luck Rammer on the antelope hunt.

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Well I drew back on a young 8 pt. tonight.. But I let him walk. I just hope the next guy will do the same!

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I had this nice 8 come in and couldn't resist! My first Whitetail! Go DoD!

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congrats man were finally on the board. i havent got in the woods yet season doesnt start till the 18th. plus im trying to sell my bow to get another one.

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Congrats on the great whitetail Mulie! I just got home from my antelope hunt, so now I can concentrate on pursuing whitetails! :D

Not a whitetail, but my first big game animal of the season: I'm on the left, let my buddy shoot the bigger buck this year, since he let me last time we went. Both bucks were bedded down together.

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Congratulations Mulie! Nice big body on the deer. Let's hear the story.

Congratulations Rammer! Those are some fine looking goats! Again, let's hear the story!

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Congrats on your first Whitetail Mulie!

Nice Antelope Rammer!

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Thanks guys! Rammer sweet goat! They sure are fun to hunt! I met a lady at the Ducks Unlimited Banquet two weeks ago. We started talking. She said her husband is over in Iraq again.. Being a fellow service meber I offered to her my services. I told her is she needs help with anything I would be glad to help her out. Then her and my wife started talking about horses. They have five, we have one. She offered for us to bring our horse to her property because it is so close to my home. about 1/4 mile away. How cool is that! Then to top it off she said I could hunt her 15 acres of hardwoods which is surrounded by corn and a ton of autumn olive. Anyway i walked in and found a trail. Walked it a little ways and found a couple scrapes. Figured it looked good. Climbed the tree and settled in. Not **** 10 minutes latet here he came. Walked right to the tree I was in. I shot him right below my stand. Dropped him in his tracks!

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Thanks fellas.

My other buddy that was along hunting with us shot his goat on Saturday, about a 12" one. He missed a pretty good 14" goat right before that. Then on Sunday we were getting ready to head for home and we spotted these 2 bucks off a mile an half, after taking a few pictures thru my spotting scope we decided they were worth a try. The only problem was it was BIG wide open country between us and the 2 bucks. We end up finding a good drainage and end up 175 yards from the pair. I told my buddy he had the first shot at the bigger one, since he let me shoot the bigger antelope 2 years ago when we drew tags. He dropped his in its tracks, and the other buck and the doe ran over the hill before I could get a shot at the other buck. When we got up to his buck, I decided to walk up the hill and see if the other one was still standing around, and he was only 150 yards away. I didn't have my rifle so I ran down the hill an grabbed my rifle and my pack and got back up to set up on him. He saw me and took off running, at around 350 yards he decided to stop an look back. I got settled in on my backpack and let one ring out, he hunched up at the shot an ran about 30 yards and summer saulted and piled up for good. This was my first animal with my new 270WSM, the 130gr BTs sure did a number on the goat, blew up the lungs (nothing was left over than gel) and wrecked the offside shoulder.