Sorry guys, I know I haven't been in here as much as I want to but season opened today. All but 3 hours on stand. Seen a few but too hot and no horns. Mid 80's light winds. Supposed to cool off this week. Going to plant food plots tomorrow.
Nice deer pics.

The avatar looks great to me.

I like the second lettering the best, but I have to say that looks awesome, GREAT WORK!!! But I agree firmly with 4evrhtn, I think that the guy who did the work should decide which one he likes best!!

It doesnt matter to me which one we use, i like both of them about the same so I say we just pick one so we can start using them

say eeny meeny miney moe and pick one so I can change my avatar. They both look good.

Alright I picked one randomly and I think it looks great as the avatar. I keep getting more and more pumped for the season to get here!

Now all we need is to pick a team captain.

I nominate TeeJay or nctaxi because of the amount of posts and the length of time they have been a member. Are either of you interested

Id say nctaxi, seems that hes been running the team so far anyways. And hey I get to go back home tonight and gonna try to arrow a doe early tomorrow morning. WV has the special early doe seson this year. So ill post a pic if I get one.

nctaxi seems like a good fit to me. Also anyone who is out there hunting already post up how your days in the field are going, I need something to keep me occupied until i can get out there myself. 14 days!!

That's 3 for nctaxi.

Make that 4 for nctaxi. Hey guys I did not get out hunting last weekend, but I am going to go tomorrow. Tonite I got permission to hunt some land that I've been seeing a couple real nice bucks on. (One is pushing 150") Needless to say Im pretty excited about it. I think I will be able to get away with a South east wind and that is in the forecast for tomorrow.
I also want to scout some more public land. I had planned on hunting public land this weekend, but now that I have permission on the private land and seeing nice bucks, I think it is a no brainer to hunt there. My brother says he will probably come with me to videotape. That would be awesome.
Good luck to those getting out this weekend.

Quit slacking and get out there! We need your butt in a stand so you can get us our first monster buck.

Way to hot for the opener. 85 here for a high today. Next week it will cool, that's when I will go after my feeder doe. Good luck everyone

Here in Pa it is getting down in the 40's at night. The Pa season doesn't open till the 3rd of Oct., Ohio is this upcoming Saturday. I have the itch bad and decided to go to sit in the stand where I shot my buck last year. At 6:45 I saw a fawn followed by a big doe-(150 lbs plus) they fed for a few minutes and two more adult doe joined them from the same place. They fed for 15 minutes on the clover and chicory and then walked back the way they came. At 7:30 I saw the biggest buck on the property step out and walk from the lower woods and then proceed along where the soybean/clover field's meet. A couple seconds later a smaller buck appeared and followed the first's path. They fed for about 10 mins when they were joined by another buck that came from the direction of the ground blind. the three of them fed in the clover and then moved into the beans where the larger two buck began sparring until it was too dark for me to see anything other than their dark bodies but I could hear their racks clashing together. They then moved up past my blind and back down into the woods.
The pic will help explain. I am glad I went down and sat there. Now I know to sit in the blind the first night and wait for them to hopefully travel that way again. They passed within 5 yards of my ground blind. Here are pic's of the buck I was watching. I'd say the larger one is around 125" What do you guys think?

Sorry guys. There isn't any way that I can be team captain. I am currently moving and until I can get situated... I don't really even have internet right now. I am at work leaving posts. I wish I could but I can't do the team justice with the way I am living right now. It might be a month before I can be situated. Sorry, I really wish I could. Although I am still hunting hard, internet is the problem.

Who has been in this contest before and knows how everything works? Who wants to be the captain?

If you guys can bear with me some while I transition, I will be as good as a captain as I can. But being a captain is not hard. Check in with the "captains" post and let them know that all members are accounted for, if anyone drops, ask for alternatives, etc. Just basic stuff.

If you can do it and are willing, you have my vote. It's up to you, if you are able to.

I saw (6) bucks and (4) does Saturday nite, but none were close enough. Hopefully this Saturday they will be closer.

If everyone will be OK with it, I will do the best I can. Just got in from helping buddies skin and quarter 2 does this evening. They sat in my stands over the food plots, wackin nannies. Goin Wednesday to some other plots, and it's my turn.

You still got my vote nctaxi

Right now, it's 4:30 Am friday Sept. 25th. I am getting ready to go to Ohio for the first week of archery. I ask that when you read this post you say the following out loud-
(Bless Zack with a good hunt).
I pray each of you have a safe and successful hunt as well. Good Luck, I'll be in touch in a week.

I sure hope you get us on the board! Good luck

Good luck Zack. Knock one down for us.

I went out tonite for the second time this season and watched a nice 9pointer play around with 1of 5 does. They were about 75 yards out so I didn't get a shot. I did get a few seconds of video of the buck though.
I pulled my card out of the trail cam while I was out there and found that I had a nice 10pointer licking a branch above a big scrape. I also had two smaller bucks and a couple bears. I'll post pics later.

Here's a few of the newest pics.
 

Here are some of the bucks coming by the scrape. I think I might start doctoring it up with a little "Wallhanger" scent from James Valley. Has anyone else ever tried this scent?
I also put some other pics of bear and turkeys on the trail cam page if you want to check them out.
Has anybody been out hunting lately or still waiting on the opener? The team has been pretty quiet lately that's why I ask.

WI hopefully you get a shot at one of those bucks! im still waitin on the opener but 5 days from today I will hopefully have a big buck on the ground if everything goes well. Our team has been quiet lately. Anyone other than WI been out yet? I need to hear some more stories to get me through this last week!

I have been averaging (sp?) 3 days a week on stand. Food plots are growing great!!!! Have a complete toad on game cam (12:22am) and a few others that given the chance...... I have been holding off on doe management until the weather breaks. It has cooled off considerably this week. Baiting is legal here so we have been putting corn out until the plots are ready. First week with corn on camera 287 pics, other location 256.

lets see some pics!

Man I was soooo close to getting a shot at a nice 9 or 10pt. tonite. He had to take three more steps and look away and I would have taken my shot. He was about 15yds. out. Eventually he did take those three steps, only problem was while he was taking them steps his eyes were glued right on me. He did a quick half circle around me and fled. It was probably good I didn't get a shot because it's been raining since 5:30 tonite and he didn't come out until 10 minutes before dark. That was the closest I have came to getting a shot at a mature buck in a long time. Now that was exciting.
I also saw a doe with a pair of fawns, a fork buck, a buck with 4 on one side and 1 on the other, and a 2.5yr.old 8pt.
The worst part about the nite was the fact that I got busted three times tonite. Once by the fawns, once by the fork, and once by the ten. I have been doing so good too. I guess sitting up against a birch tree is not a good idea. Problem is I don't have many options around this field. Trees are far and few between and they are all small.

Damn that sounds like an exciting night. Keep at it! we could use a buck like that for the team!! As far as being busted how was the wind? was it swirling or blowing in the direction those deer busted you from? My guess would be either that or movement in your tree. Good luck, only a day till im sleeping getting ready to get up and hunt finally!!

Well, I am back from Ohio, this week sucked! I got sick on sunday and i am still sick today. I hunted almost every day some days with a 102 degree temp and cold sweats. Good news= 15 different buck spotted between the stand and the fields leading to and from our camp in one day. Bad news= not one was a shooter, they are all young bucks. I shot a doe on thursday so I didn't come home empty handed, now I am going out tonight to try to get that large 8 pointer. The wife is going along to film the hunt from inside the blind. I hope today is better than what I had for the last 6 days. I will post some pics when I put him down. Thanks for the wishes for success, maybe tonight is my night. Maybe not....

Well i went out yesterday for opening day and saw 6 does in the morning which all stayed a little too far out and only saw one in my night sit. My dad saw a big 6 pointer and had him at 25 yards but couldnt get a shot. I guess it was a 6 because it didnt have any brows and it had 10 inch g2s and g3s- this is a buck we havent seen before. And the bad part is he came from right where i was going to sit but I decided to try a new spot. Just my luck. Hopefully this week will bring some better outcomes for everyone

got us on the board yesterday. Posted the story in the General area. I will need to do a little more accurate scoring in the next few days, but what I measured last night with a string and tape measure came out to just over 130" gross.

Awesome!! Great buck and way to get us on the board. I read the story in the bow hunting section but didnt even realize you were on our team. makes it even better! Congrats

WTG. Nice deer. Sorry I haven't been on here much but still trying to get my house organized around hunting. The deer are HAMMERING our food plots and corn! I have some great pics that I will post as soon as I can but don't even have cable/ internet until Tuesday. Heck I don't even have a frig til later today but the living room is looking cool. Mulie sheds around the fireplace, deer and raccoons on the wall, coyotes on the floor. Now all I have to do is mount my bear and aoudad and javelina and ducks and........
Good luck to everyone. Hunt hard and hunt safe.

WOW Nice deer

That is a great buck, congrats and way to get us on the board!

Nice Buck Congrats

We are on the board :woot: :woot: :woot: :woot: :woot: :woot:

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