did I miss something because I don't remember the team picking a name yet these are the names that the members have came up with so far let pick that and a captain

Backstrap Inc
Complete Pass Thru.....CPT for short
Team Morning Woods
The Deflators
Mass Monsters
Bucks Beware
Red Mist

Iowa has my vote for team captain

and Mass Monsters as a team name

I sent out a PM to our missing guy, if I dont hear back from him before September 24th I will ask for an alternate.

A little update from Iowa, the deer have really slowed their movement this week, it got up to 90 yesterday after a great week of high 60's and low 70's. We have a cold front moving in today and throught the rest of the week with a freeze warning tomorrow night more a touch of the Northern part of the state.

I've got 4 bucks I am keeping close tabs on this year, all will go above 140's with a 4.5 that would bust 160. I am hoping I can have the patience to not shoot the 160 and let him go 1 more year, I have been watching this buck since he was a fawn.

This will be the wife's second year in the woods with me, this year she will be putting the camera down and hopefully taking another big buck herself.

I check in everyday multiple times, so if anyone ever has any questions or needs advice; as long as it fits within my scope of knowledge I am more than willing to help! I can be reached at [email protected], if for some reason you need fast advice.

Happy hunting and good luck to Team 4!

If Iowa wants to be Captain that is fine and dandy with me, Hail to the Captain...Team RED MIST also sound good to be. The avatar shows team 3 on the arrow...Also sorry I have not been on in a few days, but we just moved into a new building at work and things have been real insane here...

[quote=BUCKMARK;3847054]The avatar shows team 3 on the arrow...quote]


That was just mine... I didnt realize HB put up a refined version... Which I am now proudly sporting until we officially decide on a name...

Iowa as our team captain is fine with me.

As far as a team name, I am open to anything.

Temp has turned more fall like here. Deer are up moving heavily! I have been shooting about everyday. I shot out of my treestand the other night. Could not have been happier with the results! I am ready besides washing my clothes and packing my gear, oh wait,, I have another two weeks!!!!!

Good luck to all you guys.

if i havnt said it, iowa fer capn is good to me. as well as redmist ..obviously lol

Kinda quiet around here...everybody must be busy getting ready to do some hunting...

I am in an out for the most part. I'm on call this weekend. Will be down at the camp this coming weekend to check cameras an to decide where I will sit the first morning.

So is our team name Red Mist? If it is, where do I get the avatar at?

Has been quite on here but I am doing the same thing getting ready for the season to start and trying finish all my summer projects.

the avatars on post #25 er #29.....
iowa, ya need ta take the bull by the horns and get us set up...if everything is cool..pj needs to go to the op and change the title to our team name.
iowa needs to let zink know he is capn and tell him our team name.

Apologies, I was at a wedding for an old military buddy this weekend. It seems official that I will be the Team Captain and Red Mist is the team name I am sending a message to Zink right away :)

Title has been changed

so who has been/ will be in the woods this month in here....seen anything?

no hunting for me until Oct 15th

No deer hunting for me until the 1st of October, but the bow has been part of the early season Tree Stand Pest Eradication Program, and the squirrels have been dropping like the acorn crop.

Next week opens Canada Geese season, so the ole Flu Flu's will be flying for sure! Ill get some video footage of the Bow/Geese hunts up hopefully next week for ya'll.

That sounds like a blast sending some Flu Flu's through the air! Good luck, that is something that I would like to try!

Oct 1st is my 1st day. I have been shooting every chance I get. Very comfortable out to 40yards, can shoot 50 very good but I will stay at 40. Never had to take a shot that far though. Most of the areas that I hunt is very thick, 30 yard shots are rare. In 17 years of archery hunting the longest kill I have is 32 yards! Most are 18 to 25 yards. I like those "chip" shots! I have missed my fair share of those "chip" shots though! But that is why I love it so much. The nice bucks I have taken will always be burnt in mind but those misses haunt me forever (the one that got away)!

sounds like a blast my days have been filled with work, lots of firewood (onl 17 cord to do in 3 weeks) and taxidermy not much time for anything else.

9 more days... Can't wait to slam that first doe!

Went out on sunday in the rain. 5 bucks, 3 does, and 3 fawns/yearlings. Bucks were dinks. Had a doe at 36 yards but let her go for it was close to shooting time and did not want to mess with tracking and gutting in the dark and rain. Going out this weekend hopefully to arrow a doe.

Our season starts on October 1st. We are heading out this weekend to pull the card on the game cam and any last minute set ups...

Finally got some good news today! I have been drawn to be able to hunt a army base that is near my house. It is an absolute awesome place to arrow a hog.
This will make the wait to the 1st day all the worse!

Thats awesome, congrats!

Just giving a quick update to bump our thread back to the top :biggrin:

Canada Goose season opens tomorrow morning, so I will be hitting the ponds with my trusty bow in hand ready to slay the first unlucky bird I see.

good luck....

I am checking in tonight. Seems like the weather is going to work with us some what this weekend. Not bad for the first weekend 50's for lows an 70's for the highs. I spent the morning Saturday walking an checking cameras an glassing acorn trees an looking for acorns on the ground. Walked about 5 miles checking my favorite trees. Had some decent bucks on camera with a couple I would like to load on the ATV.
Good luck guys.

wow...i tried not to think of opening day comin up to save me the pain of waiting, and what do ya know, season is a few days away...wooo hooo..i highly recomend this lol

To each his own! I just take my bow out for every season that opens before bow... Squirrel, rabbit, dove, and now goose! 4 days to go!!!

We went to the property last weekend, not alot on the cam, so we moved it down where there is a lot of trails cutting through the tall grass along the edge of a corn feild. Corn is close to being ready to cut. Saw a ton of fresh tracks and sign down by the stand I will hunt on this coming Saturday...

Well guys it is almost here. Got to take care of my one superstition tomorrow. Have to get the mounts on the wall wiped down an cleaned. If I have a superstition that is one.

Well! Had a great opening morning here in Iowa... We weren't expecting to see too many deer in the terms of numbers with most of the crops still being in. However, we were pleasantly surprised when 6 does moved in on us in the late morning. On the other side of the farm, two other team members were busy with a slew of deer, one of them being a nice 10 pointer; at which an arrow was inconveniently thrown over his back.

We were able to throw down some awesome video, hopefully tomorrow mornings hunt will treat us just as good!

How was everybody else's opening day?

Went out this evening and saw 2 dink bucks and 3 does. Zipped one doe at 20 yds from my ground blind. The shot was a little high but managed to get a lung. She went 60 yds and dropped. Felt good to let an arrow fly.

Congrats, Spidermonk

Well may 1st day turned out to be great with a bad ending. As I posted on here before, I was hunting in a army base.
I seen 9 bucks! Three were really good bucks. I had a real nice 8 point come in right at noon. I misjudged the distance and shot under him! He was an 8pt with an 18" spread. I was asd still am just sick with my self! I know that it happens to everyone but it doesn't make it any better.
Great day in the woods though. Hope the rest of you guys have better luck than me. I seen the deer but could not close the deal!

My first day out was nothing to write home about, only saw three deer, all small bucks, 1 offered me a picture perfect 20 yard standing still broadside shot, But seeing it was opening day, I decided to let him walk...

went out last night, the deer were out, but never made it to me before dark. it was hard to see the 100 yards away, so i don know if any were bucks or doe's, but just seeing them in the short time i was there is promising.

Hello all, just checking in. I was added to your team as a replacement I guess. I participated last season and tagged small but decent buck for the contest. I hope to better that deer this season. I'm from Massachusetts but I also hunt Maine and I'm headed to Kansas for a week this year. I hope to add to the team total.

welcome luckyshot when are you heading to KS, I am heading to north central KS in early Nov this year.

I fly out Oct. 29th. and will be hunting just outside of Hays.

wow, already a disqualification for a buck....plz people, sign off on here saying you have read the rules for the pic!!! you, your first antlered deer, and your bow!!!! say it with me class....me, my bow and the deer....(chorus)...all in a pic, if haf keeps singin this it'll make me sick, then ill kick him in his...

well Good luck I will be hunting about 60 miles north of you Oct 26 - Nov 9 in Kirwin

Bump....

Update: I probably already said this, but had a great opening weekend here, saw 7 or 8 does all under 15 yards on Saturday. I have youth hunters out this weekend with us, so its a bit of a challenge for us guys taking them out. One youngin settled his pins on a nice 10pt, but shot right over his back, this would have been his first bow kill; so I bet his nerves got the better of him!

I will be getting back out in the stand this weekend (worked all week), this time with my brother in law, this is also his first year with a bow as well, so hopefully we can do some doe management and put a couple on the ground. We got decent video footage and put together a cheesy "traditional TV" hunting video, but wait until the next one comes out! It will be radically different from the traditional type stuff you see all the time...

If you're interested... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xL4pnNSkH1M