They started cutting crops early here because of the dry weather we had this year. Some of the crops are still up though. I saw soybeans that were still as green as they could be... about 2 days ago. I havent seen ANY bucks at all. Very few does. Its a great year for nuts... Acorns and all so Im thinking that the deer are staying in the woods.

A farmer over here said that it was because of the heavy rain we got back in September. It flooded the Mississippi and the barge traffic carrying the corn shut down. Its getting going fast now from what he said.

well guys just checking in now sorry for being late i have four great 150" deer on a few different properties this year i have already taken four does for the freezer and now i am buck huntin when i get home tonight i will post some pictures of what i got running around well good luck guys lets go

get one! I hunt on property that everyone I know WANTS to hunt. We got 170 class deer running around down there. The biggest Ive shot was 127". 2 years ago I found a dead 10 pointer that had squirrel damaged antlers, but I still scored it right at 160". I also found an absolute gorgeous 155" 10 pointer once. It had been dead about 2 weeks. I think it may have lost a fight.... Maybe this will be the year I get a real big one.

oh yeah.. I sold the 155 for a semi auto 22 rifle and $100. Not a bad deal :P

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This is not a deer I shot but last thurs fri an sat was a three day muzz season an my buddy shot this deer on the lease we have figured you guys would like to see him we have not scored him yet but he did field dress 211 pounds. He shot the deer sat night.

well boys sorry i have not been able to get on here to much but i am going to post some of my sucess this season

these are my meat for the freezer deer
first one of the season here

and here is the second itchy trigger finger :)

now i was holding out for some more mature does

and i took my lady freind slash girlfriend for her first deer it was awesome i think i was more excited than her

and now my fourth doe

leaving for my 2 week deer hunt in OH and KS on Monday other than that I have not been out much at all. good luck all

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We may not have a team name yet, but we do have a buck. He's not a toad, but I'm happy after being shutout the last 2 seasons. Took him yesterday morning 8 AM returning to his bed a tad late. He had bedded within 100 yards of me the day before, so I expected him to return. He did, within 23 yards. :)

I still have to measure him. Forgot and just took him to processer.

congrats! Hes a good lookin one too!

2 days ago a button buck walked up 10 feet behind me. I didnt move a muscle for a half hour. It just stayed there eating and looking at me. Finally the not moving started hurtin my muscles lol. I had to move. The deer just looked at me. Then ran 20 feet and started rubbing its forehead on a tree. And then walked off. and YESTERDAY I had a nice 8 pointer walk about 50 yards in front of me. Too small to shoot though. Probably scored around 110. Im still lookin for the big one I saw 3 days ago. He walked out of a big thicket and walked straight down a rub/scrape line thats about 200 yards long. I was sitting in the middle of it. 10-12 pointer, 140 class. He was walking right to me! At 20 yards a squirrel started running in the dry leaves and that buck looked up and snorted and ran the other way. UGH MFING SQUIRREL. I had a bush in the way or else I woulda let an arrow fly. Oh well. The past 3 trips have brought me 3 bucks and a doe. So Ill be seeing more I hope. Im taking a camcorder with me today.

Well I decided to scout the land I'm on a little bit more and I brought my bow with me. I saw a doe and a spike eating in a corn field and I tried to stalk up on them. I got within 50 yards and they saw me.

Shot me my first deer today!

Good job Centauri. Isn't the rut up there about peaking by now? I'm hunting down by Springfield where the 5 magic days are Nov. 13-17.

Yes the rut is just starting to peak. I noticed 3 rubs that were made last night so there are more bucks than the one I shot in there.

Congrats man. Im still trying for my first bow kill. Rut is going well here. Theyre chasing. Thats one of my favorite times to hunt. Im going out this afternoon. Hopefully Ill bag one.

Hey man, you got it scored? Id love to see it on the score board :)

As for a team name, Team Thunder Grunt. lol

It was frozen and in storage at the processor until my trip is complete. I'd feel stupid going in there and asking to measure it. :)

Here's another angle. He's got a sticker on one side. I expect he'll score about 130".

back from my trip I downed a 110" 8pt 185lbs that was all that I nocked down pic comming soon. good luck all.

Looks like I'm hanging the bow up for the year. Its been a decent season.

slow team lol. Im gun hunting right now. Getting back to Bow in a week or 2

I picked up my buck Sunday and finally measured it at 127". Entered on the scoring thread.

I still have one buck tag left for our Illinois 2nd gun season opening in a week.

Fellow contestant pointed it out to me I failed to count my H4 measurements in my buck score so we got a little boost. He is actually 133".

I wonder when they will update our score. Scorecard has not been updated since 11/19, that's 10 days.

I'm going back out tomorrow morning. Snowing and windy here in Illinois. I saw lots of deer out feeding at 3 PM today while driving around. Should be good.

nice score Zim, good luck with your hunting

Dang, just missed an even bigger one yesterday morning. I have a special gun permit Thurs-Sun so I came down a day early to set up camp and bowhunt. Really nice 10+ pointer was cautiously following a 6 mo. old doe & button buck coming right to me but the little ones got a slight scent and paused. The big boy locked up for 15 minutes before boogying. He could not have scented me, he just did not like the other's behavior. Dam he was at 50 yards I could have taken him if it had been Thurs morning! Was about 145" maybe 150". :cry:

Temps dropping and snow Friday night. I'm hoping deer will come out early to feed.

Thanks, I've never taken a P&Y buck that was only a basic 8 pointer, but I think he will qualify. The sticker is kind of unusual, coming from the G3 base. It is an accurate score though.

How are the other team members doing give us an update......

Anybody still bowhunting? I'm out to take 2 does for friends, and still have a buck tag. Will get out a couple days this week and next.

Finally retired my battle scarred insulated coveralls after 8 years due to trashed zipper. They have real nice ones on sale 30% off at Gander Mtn. Were only $75 with tax so I got some.

Season here in NY ended on Tuesday the 21st, good luck to all that are still hunting