Official Team 9 Thread
10-12-2011, 05:04 PM
#111
Typical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Maryland
Posts: 624
Thanks J.
Well guys, change of plans, I'll be hunting the new property on Sat morning. My buddy is letting me in before muzzleloader season. Went there yesterday after work just so I could get a good lay out of the property and we saw tons of scraps along the corn field. Where I'll be is a finger next to the standing corn fields. Hopefully that buck wants to clean some scraps while I'm there. Good luck to everyone this weekend.
Well guys, change of plans, I'll be hunting the new property on Sat morning. My buddy is letting me in before muzzleloader season. Went there yesterday after work just so I could get a good lay out of the property and we saw tons of scraps along the corn field. Where I'll be is a finger next to the standing corn fields. Hopefully that buck wants to clean some scraps while I'm there. Good luck to everyone this weekend.
10-13-2011, 06:39 PM
#112
Typical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Norwalk, CT
Posts: 599
Took a doe yesterday about 5:30.
I have a blind set up about 20 yards from the stand I took the buck from. I skipped out of work early, it was rainy & misrable anyway & drove to that property. I forgot a chair so I brought a bucket & my I-pad to the blind to watch. After a half hour or so there was a doe & a fawn about 15 yards away. I'm on the edge of a field, against a stone wall. My side is field & that side is woods, the deer wander back & forth on that side all the time. Anyway I watched them for awhile, they winded me right off but couldn't figure it out. No mesh or anything & they couldn't see me from 30 feet away. They looked around the blind but not in it. I been useing this blind for 7 years now & am still always amazed they cant see me. Anyway the doe stomped & blew and ran off twice but the fawn wouldn't follow her.
After she ran off the second time I decided I'd take her if she came back. And she did. Stomping & blowing all the way back in to 15 yards she stopped broadside looking to my left towards where the trail enters the woods. I drew my bow & she flipped in the blink of an eye and stopped looking to my right quartering towards me a little. I held tight behind her shoulder & watched the arrow dissapear thru her. Ran about 50 yards & dropped.
I need to start keeping a camera in the truck. Second deer so far & I didn't have a camera in the field either time. Pictures ended up bloody.
In,
and out,
I have a blind set up about 20 yards from the stand I took the buck from. I skipped out of work early, it was rainy & misrable anyway & drove to that property. I forgot a chair so I brought a bucket & my I-pad to the blind to watch. After a half hour or so there was a doe & a fawn about 15 yards away. I'm on the edge of a field, against a stone wall. My side is field & that side is woods, the deer wander back & forth on that side all the time. Anyway I watched them for awhile, they winded me right off but couldn't figure it out. No mesh or anything & they couldn't see me from 30 feet away. They looked around the blind but not in it. I been useing this blind for 7 years now & am still always amazed they cant see me. Anyway the doe stomped & blew and ran off twice but the fawn wouldn't follow her.
After she ran off the second time I decided I'd take her if she came back. And she did. Stomping & blowing all the way back in to 15 yards she stopped broadside looking to my left towards where the trail enters the woods. I drew my bow & she flipped in the blink of an eye and stopped looking to my right quartering towards me a little. I held tight behind her shoulder & watched the arrow dissapear thru her. Ran about 50 yards & dropped.
I need to start keeping a camera in the truck. Second deer so far & I didn't have a camera in the field either time. Pictures ended up bloody.
In,
and out,
10-14-2011, 03:56 AM
#113
Typical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Hubbard Lake, Michigan
Posts: 914
Nice work Leverdude! She will be tastey i'm sure!
Things went good downstate with my Mom, she's out of the hospital and doing very well, so i came back home last night. My only prob now is the weather!!! Rain and wind right thru Sunday! I have the day off today but also have my 4 yr old so won't be able to get out till Sat morn, but gonna try to get out there today and check the cams and get a treestand up(Should be interesting with the boy in tow!!) Ready to get back up in a tree but if it's gonna be as nasty as they say think i'll stick to the popup blinds. The deer been hangin around the one blind pretty good so hopefully i can at least get a doe to come by. Hate to shoot one in the rain, but if i can get one close enough and give up a good shot think i'd be ok. If i have any good pics on the cams i'll post up this afternoon.
Good luck guys and Congrats Leverdude!!!!
Things went good downstate with my Mom, she's out of the hospital and doing very well, so i came back home last night. My only prob now is the weather!!! Rain and wind right thru Sunday! I have the day off today but also have my 4 yr old so won't be able to get out till Sat morn, but gonna try to get out there today and check the cams and get a treestand up(Should be interesting with the boy in tow!!) Ready to get back up in a tree but if it's gonna be as nasty as they say think i'll stick to the popup blinds. The deer been hangin around the one blind pretty good so hopefully i can at least get a doe to come by. Hate to shoot one in the rain, but if i can get one close enough and give up a good shot think i'd be ok. If i have any good pics on the cams i'll post up this afternoon.
Good luck guys and Congrats Leverdude!!!!
10-14-2011, 04:53 AM
#114
Fork Horn
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Midwest
Posts: 248
good to hear your mom is doing well j, not good but glad things are looking well. hopefully the weather takes a turn for you soon.
matt good luck with the new property! hopefully it turns out well from the start!
congrats lever! layin' em down for our team, way to go! nice story too, thanks for sharing.
i won't be out this weekend, was out last weekend and had a decent buck come by but elected not to let one fly. it was related to a buck that was shot a few years ago - 9pt, kinda goofy rack, not spectacular at all but the deer was dumb as hell (would bed down next to my dad's stand after spotting him in it). this guy came in on the same path i took to my stand, looked up right at me and stomped a few times, then continued right on the trail past my stand. maybe should have taken him, but who knows?
good luck to everyone going out!
matt good luck with the new property! hopefully it turns out well from the start!
congrats lever! layin' em down for our team, way to go! nice story too, thanks for sharing.
i won't be out this weekend, was out last weekend and had a decent buck come by but elected not to let one fly. it was related to a buck that was shot a few years ago - 9pt, kinda goofy rack, not spectacular at all but the deer was dumb as hell (would bed down next to my dad's stand after spotting him in it). this guy came in on the same path i took to my stand, looked up right at me and stomped a few times, then continued right on the trail past my stand. maybe should have taken him, but who knows?
good luck to everyone going out!
10-14-2011, 06:07 AM
#115
Typical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Maryland
Posts: 624
Great Doe Leverdude, Congrats. If a doe gives me a chance tomorrow, I'll be taking it.
Gonna be pretty windy around my way tomorrow so I'll be hunting from a large blind and not the portable. Should be pretty exciting hunting a new spot.
Thanks Matt and J, I hope I can deliver for the team tomorrow.
Gonna be pretty windy around my way tomorrow so I'll be hunting from a large blind and not the portable. Should be pretty exciting hunting a new spot.
Thanks Matt and J, I hope I can deliver for the team tomorrow.
10-14-2011, 10:29 AM
#116
Fork Horn
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Central Virginia
Posts: 267
glad to hear your mom is doing better j.
I killed another doe on Monday evening and haven't been out since. I'll be out tonight after work and tomorrow morning and evening. I'll probably take does for another week and then concentrate on bucks.
Good luck everyone.
I killed another doe on Monday evening and haven't been out since. I'll be out tonight after work and tomorrow morning and evening. I'll probably take does for another week and then concentrate on bucks.
Good luck everyone.
10-15-2011, 09:20 AM
#117
Typical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Hubbard Lake, Michigan
Posts: 914
Congrats on the doe Cory!
Wow is it windy!! Had 6 or 8 does come in this morn, but the wind was crankin and swirlin and they just wouldn't settle down enough to work on into range. Got another tree stand put up yesterday and really lookin forward to hunting it. To get to where i could see good and be able to shoot out of it i wound up having to put it about 30ft up. Since 30 ft. high+30 mph winds= my butt stayin on the ground, not sure when i'll be able to try it out. Hope it dies down at least a little befor this evening or it's pry not gonna be too eventful.
Wow is it windy!! Had 6 or 8 does come in this morn, but the wind was crankin and swirlin and they just wouldn't settle down enough to work on into range. Got another tree stand put up yesterday and really lookin forward to hunting it. To get to where i could see good and be able to shoot out of it i wound up having to put it about 30ft up. Since 30 ft. high+30 mph winds= my butt stayin on the ground, not sure when i'll be able to try it out. Hope it dies down at least a little befor this evening or it's pry not gonna be too eventful.
10-16-2011, 11:08 AM
#118
Fork Horn
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Central Virginia
Posts: 267
I got a small 9 pt yesterday, I think it was one of the two bucks that busted me on the first day of our season. He was again with another similar sized buck and both looked to be 8 pts when I shot.
Entered into scoring thread.
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10-17-2011, 05:39 AM
#119
Typical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Hubbard Lake, Michigan
Posts: 914
Great job Cory!! Congrats! That will really help the team score!
The wind killed me this weekend! Sat in my new stand last night, about got blew out of it! Was a miserable sit with only a couple does spotted way off. Had my quiver stuck in behind me in the stand and a huge gust of wind came up and launched it right out of the tree and busted it when it hit the ground! Gotta check and make sure it didn't bend any arrows. Heading out tonight, no work today, still kinda windy tho but last night they were back in front of my popup again so think i'll give that a try. The new stand i have up is in a creek bottom where i think the bucks might be stayin, put the cam in there and checked it last night. This is the first buck i've got on cam in about 2 weeks, even tho its in the dark it's nice to know they are still around. Now i just gotta figure out how i'm gonna haul my arrows out there with no quiver.
The wind killed me this weekend! Sat in my new stand last night, about got blew out of it! Was a miserable sit with only a couple does spotted way off. Had my quiver stuck in behind me in the stand and a huge gust of wind came up and launched it right out of the tree and busted it when it hit the ground! Gotta check and make sure it didn't bend any arrows. Heading out tonight, no work today, still kinda windy tho but last night they were back in front of my popup again so think i'll give that a try. The new stand i have up is in a creek bottom where i think the bucks might be stayin, put the cam in there and checked it last night. This is the first buck i've got on cam in about 2 weeks, even tho its in the dark it's nice to know they are still around. Now i just gotta figure out how i'm gonna haul my arrows out there with no quiver.
