JCarver you the captain! My Indiana shotgun hunt will be my first shot at a buck for this contest and my inlaws who own the property have told me they have some big bucks running around this year. I am going to try and get them to email me some of the trail cam pics.
My second shot if Indiana doesn't pan out will be southern IL.

So is anyone hunting yet? Our gun season kicks in next weekend, and runs for 9 days. Until then, I am still out there with the bow. Good Luck to anyone hunting this weekend.

Today was Maine's opening day, saw one doe, and a bunch of coyotes. I've got until November 26 to fill my tag with a rifle, if I don't get anything by then I still got muzzleloader season which goes until December 10.

Our gun season does not open until 12th....I have been out with the bow and seeing a lot of movement but no shooters yet. Still getting a lot of good deer at night on the cameras. Starting to see prerut activity so more deer should start moving during shooting hours. good luck

Our season in PA starts the Monday after Turkey day. I'm heading to SD in a week for a rifle hunt.

The action has been slow here when I have been out in archery. The r]trail cams are silent as well for any nice Buck. Hopefully more corn comes down and the deer move back in the Timber which is all I have to hunt.

Good Luck guys!!!

So did we actually pick a team name and captain? Are we going with "whitetail Mafia" and JCarver81 as the captain? If so then BigDaddy can you please put our team name in the thread title.

well guys, tomorrow is opening day for our gun season, so I put the bow away for a few weeks. Hopefully the deer start showing up soon. have not seen a deer the last 2 times in a tree.

Good luck BigDaddy......hope those bucks come your way! Keep us posted on your progress.

I saw 5 does, a 6 point buck, and a turkey this morning. The deer are all around, just not cooperating. I did call in a nice doe however.

Saturday the 12th is the big day for me. 5 days of hunting in southern Indiana then head back home for a day before I head 2 hours south for the IL gun season. thats 8 days of hunting.
I will not have the internet for most of the trip so I will post an update and hopefully pictures when I get back sunday night the 20th.

Good Luck guys be safe and lets win this thing!

Good luck henson, I didn't go hunting today but on Saturday evening I saw 3 does and the same 6 point buck again, I almost shot but it was getting dark and I'm pretty sure there are bigger deer around.

I'm leaving tomorrow for South Dakota. Hopefully I can catch up with a nice buck out there. Good luck guys, we need a buck to break the seal!!

Well guys, I lost my first buck ever with a Ml'er yesterday. I am just sick. I shot him at 7:00 in the morning, and gave him about a half hour before I started to track him. I ended up bumping him out of a bed after about 150 yards. The only time I had blood, was the first 25 yaards, and his bed. I shot him again when he was standing in his bed just looking at me, he was only about 20 yards away then, but I so much stuff to shoot thru, I dont think I even hit him on the second shot. He was bedded right on the bank of a river, and after the second shot, he ran off along the river. I sat down on a downed tree to catch my barings, and about 5 minutes later, I heard 1 shot across hte river. I figured I would give him some time, (if that wasnt him that got shot on the other side) so I drove over to the landowners place on the other side to see if someone over there shot one with holes in. All I wanted was to see if I should keep looking, or if it was a waste of time. He told me that there wasent anyone hunting over there that morning. Well, someone had to be over there, I heard the shot. Anyways, I went back to look some more, and never found another drop of blood, and never did find him. He's not huge, but he would have been my biggest one with the Ml'er. Here he is, this pic was taken just before I shot him. This camera is about 50 yards behind the blind I was sitting in.

That sucks I hate that feeling. I have lost 2 deer over the years one with gun and one with bow. However don't get down on yourself you did what you could and sometimes you just never find them. Sounds like someone else got him anyway. Keep on hunting brother......we start this saturday. I am hunting saturday morning until mid afternoon and then sunday mid day until evening. Good luck everyone.......

Well, day 5 of our 9 day season was a bust. Sat for 6.5 hours total today, and didnt see a deer! Back at it in the morning.

Well I was hoping to have some good news.....opening morning had one of the big 10 pt on our property come by at 200yrds but he was hot on doe and did not stick around then a small 6 then nothing at all. Went out Sunday night 1 small doe then right at sunset a nice 8pt walked in got within 30yrds but was in high grasses and could not get shot, he then headed to the east qtring away finally at 100yrds hit a clearing and I grunted he did not stop grunted again kept going finally I yelled at him and stopped. I was still guessing 100 yrds shot and nothing, adjusted up about 6" shot again and he jumped and circled then stopped then he ran for about 20 yrds and stopped but I could not see him anymore. Then I made my second mistake, only waited about 10 mins got down as it was getting real dark walked over to where I thought he was and sure enough he was there. He snorted and took off running with tail up. I found some blood where he was standing but could not find anymore. Decided to come back in the morning. Looked for a couple hours this morning, only found a little blood about 15-20 yrds in the direction he ran and nothing else, search about 100 acres with no more blood or anything.

I went back and shot the yardage it was actually 125 yrds I shoot 300grain 44 mags so my adjustment was not enough and I am sure I hit him real low. The way he snorted an ran tells me I did not get lungs and probably no vitals. I feel real bad but hope it was graze and not a fatal wound. Hopefully I will see him again he was nice 130" 8pt and would have been great deer for my season. Anyway I will keep at em and keep you all posted, hopefully with better results.

I connected in South Dakota. It was a cool hunt in that we spotted him a mile off and made a stalk. He was coo-coo for cocoa puffs and was trailing a doe. We got within 200 yards of the doe and could not see the buck. We belly crawled a bit further and the buck appeared at a little over 100 yards. I had my bi-pod ready and shot from one knee and dropped him right there. I did not see his beam was broken off when I shot him. Turns out there were not too many points that weren't chipped or broken. He was a scrapper. It was a lot of fun!! I will get him scored up and listed. My season in PA opens in a couple weeks.

That's awesome! First buck for team 8!

Congrats he's a cool deer for sure all the chips and broken tines give him character! Good job on a great buck! I have been giving my property some time off since I was all over it the other day searching. Will probably hunt tonight behind my work we have about 40 acres back there with a couple of decent bucks.

Great buck! Ny season opens on Saturday. You can bet ill be out all weekend, I had an opportunity to shoot the big 8 during bow season buy hit a limb and didn't connect. My father also had a couple opportunities at him but couldn't get a shot off. 1 more bowhunt for me tomorrow and then its all rifle. Here is a picture of that buck...

Good luck this weekend everyone. I have had a busy week unfortunately but plan on hitting it hard tomorrow morning and this weekend.....let's hope some of those big guys chase some does around on my property!

Nice score White-tail-deer.......that thing probably would have hit 160"s without the broken main! Way to start us off!

Congrats on the nice buck! Still have 13 more days till I can rifle hunt.

Heading out tomorrow mourning for opening day! Wish me luck!

Good Luck! Will be waiting for pictures. I have one more week to wait for our ml'er season. I could go out with the bow, but I think I need to give my hunting spot a rest.

Got a small buck today I'll get the score up later, probably scores about 80 or so. Should put us in 3rd place.

Good job JC, small one is better than none!

Nice Job!!

Were looking pretty good, team 6 has 338", team 2 has 254", and we are in third with 229 6/8". If we could get a buck that scores a little over 100" we will be in great shape! I still have another chance at a bigger deer as I will be hunting New Hampshire next week.

I have a good feeling about tomorrow mourning. Just got the corn cut tonight so there should be alot of activity, maybe ill lay the hammer down on that 140" 8 point... maybe... just maybe...

Well I am back from my hunting trip. I saw some big deer in Indiana the day before the season started. Then the 30mph winds kicked up and the deer bedded down. I did see sa few doe's but I didn't have a doe tag. Plus the full moon didn't help my cause what so ever. So my four days in Indiana were a bust.
For my southern IL hunt I was hoping for better results but The full moon a few days before turned them nocturnal and then the wind started in again! this time 20-30mph winds. so any deer that were out bedded down the majority of the time. the rut also hadn't started yet so maybe I might catch the tail end during the second season.
I have hunted the same spot in wayne county for 17 years and I have never heard so much silence in my area before. Hardly any gun shots so I think I wasn't the only one with a bad season.

Hopfully I can at least tag a doe during the second season to get us some points.

I'm not sure if they are going to count my deer as the gun isn't in the picture so hopefully they do but if not I hope I can get a shot at the big 8 pointer I saw last night.

Yes please remember you deer and gun in the picture. Our conditions around here have sucked, its been so windy the deer are laying low. Hopefully we can get a break in the weather and winds die down.

Got another nice buck on the camera.

Today was our Rifle opener in PA. I shot a nice 8-Point. He scores 124 4/8 so I'll keep my SD Buck as my official score.

Nice buck! I got a 10 pointer on Saturday in NH should score about 140" I'll post pics in a bit, this time I got the gun in the pic so it will count.

Nice JCarver!! Good job!!

Looking good guys! Our season opens tomorrow morning. Been sick for over a week now. Hopefully I'll be feeling decent enough to atleast get out for an afternoon hunt tomorrow.

Got a doe today.

Man, your sure having a great year! Congrtats!

Heres my buck scores 142 6/8" without deductions. My first NH buck.