Is everyone okay with the team name Team Racks and Straps?

i like GRUNT&HUNT has a good ring to it just seen 3 bucks by a new stand i put in and 3 does in feild by it so im excited pulled camera today 114 pics in 6 days good around here all were deer besides 10 yote pics nothing to big few smAll bucks i got some good ones around though

I like racks and straps. No really I do!

It's a good team name too. If no one has any objections Ill go ahead and change my avatar, if I don't Ill forget like I did last year lol

Bad pic but this is 'Pig" monster 10 he is about 4.5yrs around me thats a good matrue old deer its brown its down where i live, i have him on camera 4 diffrent times and i know where alot of his scraped and rubs lines are from last year and i have his bedding area and trails figured so hopfuly he will be down he is a MA deer



This is "Hero" and "Bull" hero is on the right i he is a wide 8pnt i named him it cause he poses for the camera with almost like a hero poses for a pic and the left on is Bull he is a close tall racked 8 he is mean he runs the roost so to say he runs does and smaller bucks off all the time only deer he seems to not mess with in the area is hero these are NH deer

Both of these pics are within 20yrds of my tree stand! thx guys hope to help this year

I like the name as well. If that's what we can agree on, I'm in.

Racks and Straps along with avatar is great. I like it !

Pig looks like he has a great spread...I also like racks and straps

I like both names.... (Like I said, I really don't care.) :)

Hi Everyone checking in. My Name is Ryan i hunt wisconsin. Here are some bucks that i will be hunting nothing huge yet. Just got permission to hunt a some new land. i will be putting a cam out on friday on it. Hasn't been hunted in 4 years,last buck shot on it scored mid 180.

Good looking bucks, Ryan. Hope you get a chance at a big one this fall.
Every one agree on Racks & Straps? If so I'll change the team name and we can change our avatars.
When does everyones season start? Iowa's is Oct. 1st...can't get here soon enough I need to get away from school.

My season starts this Friday!!!!

TN season starts September 22. 17 days from now.

I wish we started that early, youth is before are archery season so all the patterns get messed up

I'd trade our early season for the big Iowa bucks any day though!

Okay I'll take the big bucks last year we had a buck that scored 209 with change on our neighboring property

Hi my names Andrew I'm from Ontario, Canada. Currently a student attending college which takes away from hunting a bit but I live with my cousin who's a killer and has got a few nice bucks under his belt. This will be my 2nd archery season and hopefully my first bowkill, had a chance at some does last year but ended up using my tag in gun season. I also do a lot of waterfowl hunting and shoot any yote that walks by.

Saulthunter we sound a lot alike....Glad to have you.

If there are no objections, then I will change the thread name to Team 12- Racks & Straps and we can change our avatars.

Alright boys we're on the board!!!! More when I drag him out!!!

Heading out today to hang a cam on the new land today. Hope it is as good as it's sounds.

I have a stupid question, haven't changed my avatar in a while so how do I do that? lol

Kreagerm- Can't wait to hear about the hunt and see the pictures.

Ryan- Hope you see some good signs and get pictures to share.

Andrew- If you go to you User CP, you can scroll down and it gives you the option to edit avatar on the side of the page

I don't think they have a score card thread yet, do they?

I'll put it here to make it all compliant with the rules:
The Story:
From first light I was watching a bunch of doe bedding on the hill side. Then around 7am I see movement to my right, Not the side I wanted them to be on. I could only see 3 deer at first 2 doe and 1 little scrub buck. As they get closer about 20 yards, I could tell the big doe was very antsy and she even looked up at me a couple time. Then about 20 yards in front of her this 8 point steps out from behind some trees about 20 yards to my right. As he walked towards me the doe took off running with the other 2 in toe and the 8 stayed behind. As he approached a small hickory tree his vision was blocked from where I was, so I get my bow in hand and get ready. He walks to about 5 yards from my tree and I only had one little window to make a shot in (and I hate straight down shots, I like to double lung my deer) The window was the size of a pie plate right behind his shoulder blades, so i figured the angle of the bolt and let it fly. A nice single lung pass through right though his sternum. He trotted about 30 yards were he leaned against a tree to hold himself up. He went another 30 yards were he dropped right over. I had a nice 50 yard drag to the my brother in laws driveway and off we went home.

Now I need to shoot 2 doe before another buck, so these next deer will all be donated to feeding the hungry program from this point on.

Right MB 16 1/4

G1 5 1/2
G2 7
G3 5 1/4


C1 4
C2 3 4/8
C3 3 4/8
C4 3 1/4

Inside Spread 14 1/4

Left MB 16

G1 4 1/4
G2 7
G3 5 1/2

C1 4 1/4
C2 3 4/8
C3 3 6/8
C4 3 1/2

Gross Score 110 1/4

nice buck kreagerm way to get us started !

That's a nice buck, sounds like an eventful hunt. Congrats and way to get us on the board

Off to a good start guys.

Congrats on the buck.

Hey Thanks guys, now I can't wait to hear all your stories as the season goes on. It was an awesome morning, but what's funny is that the deer changed direction from last year so they kept coming at me from the direction I wasn't expecting them too. I saw a total of 12 doe and 3 bucks in the first hour. This place is littered with deer and my brother in law wants me to come back out tomorrow to kill more, lol

The best part is this isn't the big one I'm after, so with my extra buck stamp it's trophy hunting time.

Hey guys, thought I'd post some more about me and where I will be hunting. As I said I live in Nevada, Iowa. Currently living in Iowa City for college. I am majoring in Biology currently for pre-physical therapy. May be changing my major because my passion for the outdoors has became overwhelming. I own two dogs a black lab and a chesapeake. Both great waterfowl dogs. I have an amazing girlfriend that I plan on proposing to in a year, she is going hunting for her first time ever with me this year hopefully I get her addicted. I got her addicted to fishing. Obvious to me that she is a keeper. This will be my second year bowhunting wish I would have done it sooner, I have waterfowl hunted since before I could walk.

I hunt 4 properties regularly, this year I have a few more but with the time restraints of college I will only be focusing on four. I have great bucks at all the places. Last year I learned alot about bowhunting so hopefully this year works out better.
Two of my stands are within 300 yards of my house. This is where most of my hunting will be done and also where I see the bigger bucks and more deer. These two stands are on a funnel between two large timbers with oats on one side and beans on the other. I have a treestand up here and also a ground blind for when the wind isn't in my favor. Many deer scoring over 200 have been around this property and neighboring properties for years. Last year I missed out on one because he took the wrong trail(moved my stand after that day)..Last year I also counted around 20 deer that would score 150 or more in a 2 mile radius around this property.
Another property I hunt, My blind sits over an alfalfa field and a corn field this year. Two years ago we saw plenty of deer but never had much time to actually hunt with football and high school. This year I believe this property will have great potential.
Third property is a small creek bottom that has corn, beans and crp last year saw a great 10, and has had a history of big deer being spotted but none being shot so there should be some giants if I'm there at the right time.
The forth property is where moose and hulk are from. This property doesn't have much but it seems like the bucks like to hang out here through out the summer and october. Hopefully they stick around for awhile this year. The property is a small piece of land that contains a few trees surrounded by CRP and Corn around the CRP. Hopefully one of these places will give me a chance.
The other properties I haven't hunted yet and never scouted really. My best friend from high school put a stand up this week though and a trailcam so I should be hearing from him this weekend. Hope for some good news he said he saw a lot of good signs. Unfortunately his little brother will be hunting youth so he will be having first choice the previous two and this property. Then it will be me and brandyn's turn he early muzzleloads while I bow hunt. So I can start about a week before he can so maybe I'll get an oppurtunity first.

checked the camera today... one was not operating and the other took some good photos





a hog


a fresh fawn

That hog is massive, that's a hog right?
I like the look of the buck farther back in the second pic

Congrats Kreagerm!

Yes, its a massive hog and that back deer in the second pic is the one I want as well...last year we never saw him, only had pictures.... those two stayed together almost all season...

From all of us over at Team Pass Thru, congrats Kreagerm on the first harvest of the contest.

Thanks so much I appreciate it?!!!!

Sounds like you have a good plan. Tough call on your major, it's hard knowing what you want to do at an early age, but one thing is for sure, make sure you major in something that you think you will enjoy and has the potential in making some money. PT isn't bad, you will be helping people and that is a nice feeling (my sister in law has a PHD in PT). But if it's the outdoors you really like maybe focus on more agriculture related majors. I for one am an RN in the OR and I love it, but when I was 18 I chose computer science, and about 5 years in the field I decided to move on and go back to school to be an RN and I'm so glad i did. Now I help people everyday and the pt's really appreciate the help I'm providing for them. Best of luck in what ever you pick, know you can always change your life course in the future if you need to (ok enough of my old man speech, lol)

Thanks for the advice Kreagerm. It's just my mind changes everday between PT and another major for a more wildlife related major

Hey no problem, good luck!!

Here's a better pic of the buck when I first walked up on him. Notice how he had just lost his velvet by the pink antlers and at the base there is still velvet residue.

Kreagerm: Great buck. Congrats ! Thanks for posting and gettin us off to a great start ! Our season here in Tn doesn't open till the 22nd. Can't wait to get in that tree! Congrats again!

I didn't notice there was another TN hunter on this team. Good luck!

Thats an awesome picture Kreagerm. I have never gotten a shot at one so fresh out of velvet. I helped a friend track one one time that still had the shredded velvet on it....boy it stunk!

Hey Bluetickhunter, I'm in the southeastern part of the state about 10 minutes outside of Providence, R.I. Rural deer hunting around here and it can be difficult. That's why I get away to Maine and Kansas.