I believe it's only going to be one doe..Fieldmouse still hasn't said the final answer

Congrats to him! Pics?:s4:

Checked cams. 0 on one, 299 on one and 71 on he other

here is the biggest buck from this week.

Great looking deer..I bet he has your heart pumping

A little bit but I doubt Ill be after him on opening morning. Would like to see my buddy or dad get him though.

This one has had me tore up for two years now. Didn't get to bowhunt him last year and let a friend hunt him during rifle
but he never saw him.

That is also a great looking buck I hope you get one of those guys on the ground


Here is the deer Bryce got this morning..

Good looking buck. I bet he's still excited!

Yeah he is pumped, it was his first buck so he is ahead of me and brandyn we still have yet to shoot a buck but we also really picky about who we shoot.

Maybe you'll get one of them 200" Iowa bucks as your first! :)

I would have last year if I would have stayed in stand :hit: My dad made me leave the woods because I was home sick from school.. I watched the property from the window of my house when I see the giant walking down the property line chasing off a small buck..I sprint and grab my bow and walk to the trail i think they were going to take. They took the opposite trail.. and walked 10 yards from my stand.. This year I'm sitting all day when ever I'm out so I don't miss an oppurtunity again.

Nothing for me Sat. Saw a bunch but they were just out of range or they were still in spots. I'm off the next 3 days so I should be in the trees at least one of those day. Huge congrats to your buddy, that's a very nice first buck. I know we're all trophy hunting but sometimes you have to shoot the nice bucks before you'll have an opportunity to shoot the monsters (could take wasted years to get a chance). And when that time comes how are you gonna handle facing a monster when you've never been in that situation. We all would like to think it's all gonna go smooth, like shooting at a target, but the buck fever will happen, it's just the nature of the adrenaline we all search for. I know I've missed my share of monsters when I was just starting out, and with big boys like that, it's a one shot deal, you miss, and you'll probably never see him again. So I wouldn't place your bar to high, until you have a bunch of decent ones under your belt. I know I sound like an old guy but I've been bow hunting for 23 years now, and I still have my Jennings Unistar to prove it, lol. Either way just have fun and enjoy your time in the woods.

Kreagerm, I know what you mean for my first buck I want a mature deer that will be score at least 130 not a really high bar for around here but I just have to but a lot of time in. Last year I had a few decent bucks in range so I'd always practice drawing and staying calm and settling my pins.. I never get really excited over the shooting of the animal more when I get to put it iin my hands. I'm sure I'll get buck fever eventually though

UPDATE: Does will count as 25 points. You may only enter one for score, it will also be an addition onto your buck score if you harvest a buck also..So hopefully this will help us get some more points on the board.

130 may be realistic in Iowa but take any mature deer that walks by you. I'm not gonna argue with your mentality as I can kinda relate-the only deer I will shoot is the 11 point I posted earlier(or anything bigger). Really would like to have a P&Y as my first bow buck.

How many buck tags do you get?

First sit tonight went good. i sat at a friends house for some does. ending up seeing 14 bucks and 4 fawns. I told next time put in a stand where he sees bucks and maybe see some does.LOL

well seen three does opening morning no shots then had a buck grunting just outs sight behind me i let out a few grunts and he shut up and i never seen him or heard him again fusterating to say the least.

Those Iowa bucks are pretty awesome, a 130" around my way is a hell of a deer.

Glad to hear about the extra doe points, hopefully we can all add those easy points.

Fantastic reading about everyones sightings in the woods.

Glad to hear every one is seeing deer, I will have trail camera pictures to post up Saturday.

Just got a text from the girlfriend saying "When are we going hunting? I'm tired of waiting." I think I have another future deer hunter on my hands and if not I have some one to control the camera :woot:
18 more days until I'm in stand


Any one have new news?

newest deer camera pics

Arjuna- nice deer. What model camera is that?

Not much new here. Watched my neighbors fields and seen 11. In one there was a 7 point with 2 doe and 3 fawns. It's kinda strange he hangs with them but he has the last two days. 2 other doe and 3 nice bucks that I couldn't tell what were (too dark). One wa mature and I think the other two were the you bucks I posted on my WGI cam.

Season starts in four days here. Low of 45 tomorrow and 47 Sat. Wind prediction is good for my #1 setup and I think it may be a new moon as well.

Moultrie m80x I think...

Takes great pictures, might be my next investment

Whose going out this weekend?
Been a little slow on here lately. What's everyone shooting?

will be sittin in my stand in about an hour good luck to everyone this weekend, so im checking my camera in MA and jumped four goign to my stand an hour ago then i get to camera and a 6 pnt sitting 30yrds away watchign me for 10min ahhh poopy now i need one in NH to do that

Good luck, bluetickhunter...atleast they are out moving.

I'll be hunting this weekend.

Gonna be shooting my Martin Jaguar Magnum. Arrows are Easton axis with 100gr Muzzy MX-3s.

I'll be in that tree, God willing, Saturday morning ! Hunting a brand new farm this weekend for the very first time. Needless to say, I am extremely excited ! Have several good pics of some great deer. One very mature buck we have nicknamed " The Bull ". Not a huge racked buck, but obviously a mature deer. Hoping to be able to take him with my bow. Weather is shaping up very nice for West Tenn. Should be a great sit.

I'll be heading out in the morning. I'm sure I'll see a bunch of Doe, so if any are within range I'll take a shot at one.

Good Luck to everyone heading out!!!

Your new member:

Khop35

No luck this morning. Wind shifted and got winded. Heading back this evening.

Sorry about the wind master chief...
Khop35 has been assigned to our team to replace SkoalGuy. Hopefully we hear from him/her soon.
I'm headed out at 2 to check trail cams they've been out for three weeks so hoping something good shows or a pattern shows itself.

Good news and bad news..
Bad news: one camera got knocked my a squirrel and was angled sideways and only had 75 pics if deer...the other camera only had 175 pics so very slow 3 weeks that I thought were going to be good. Also a lot of news about bucks chasing does here already.

Good news: moose came back and gave a really good view, also two new bucks showed up on the other property that are now on the hitlist. I will post pics ASAP.

I hope everyone is having a great weekend and enjoying time in their stands. Stay safe

Saw a bunch of doe, everything out of range. I leave for vacation this Friday so It will be few weeks before I'm back in the woods. Good Luck to everyone!!!!!

Nothing this evening except a nice copperhead who didn't bite when I stepped on him!

Gonna head back in the mornin :)


I know how you feel IAyote. I cant get the coons to leave my cams alone
http://www.tndeer.com/tndeertalk/ubb...=1#Post2949212

Hunted all day. Not much moving, saw several does early all with fawns. All still in spots. Nothing moving at all this afternoon. Went by local checking station, nothing on the board but a few does, small buck. Wind screwy today bad.

Only two bucks posted on tndeer so far. Hope TN produces better tomorrow!

well yall are gunna hate me thursday night i shot one wasntquite what i thought it was, i was sitting on a active scrape line and right before dark had a deer coming in. This was my 2nd sit and my only one for alil while. he came in under a hemlock tree and was just rubbign one 15yrds away i had no clear look at he came up to 5 yrds i saw antler threw the hemlock whick looked realy good i thought they were G2's he was acting real spooky and i had an opening right behind his shoulder so i let it rip. Ended out being a 3 pointer with 14 and 15in spikes sorry guys for not helping out more but im happy as a pig in ****. Where i live guys go by if its brown its down and i have gone whole bowseasons seeing maybe one deer and hes only my 4th bowkill in two years o anyways hope yall aint to mad pics soon

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only pic i have of him was way to hotlike i said i wanted bigger guys but gotta take what i can get with the deer around here. now hopfuly ill add a doe tonight

ended up being 41.5 inches so helped alil more than a doe lol