Intentional Grounding team 14
11-11-2012, 04:57 PM
#183
Fork Horn
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Upstate New York
Posts: 411
Congrats on the doe. I had one coming at me at 1145am on Saturday, down wind. I saw her at 200 yards, didn't even stand up cause I knew I was busted. About 15 minutes earlier I took a piss off the climber up 20 feet.
As the doe came in the wind was swirling SE to SW. As the wind changed so did the doe, always keeping her head into the wind. Pretty cool to watch as I've seen it before but not to the extent on Saturday. The doe came in to 60 yards an started to throw the nose in the air. Wind changed from SW to SE and she move with it. With a SE wind out 60 yards, she was in the scent stream and sure enough, she turned, snorted and off she went.
Climbed down and moved 400 yards to another location for the evening hunt. Gave a hall pass to at spike right at sunset.
As the doe came in the wind was swirling SE to SW. As the wind changed so did the doe, always keeping her head into the wind. Pretty cool to watch as I've seen it before but not to the extent on Saturday. The doe came in to 60 yards an started to throw the nose in the air. Wind changed from SW to SE and she move with it. With a SE wind out 60 yards, she was in the scent stream and sure enough, she turned, snorted and off she went.
Climbed down and moved 400 yards to another location for the evening hunt. Gave a hall pass to at spike right at sunset.
11-11-2012, 05:34 PM
#184
Fork Horn
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Kent Island, MD
Posts: 121
+1 on the congrats. Have not seen any better bucks then the couple I passed up already (one in the headlights may have been), so I am going to be a little less selective starting tomorrow. I think I had my standards a little high for the area I am hunting. I am sure there are a few better bucks there, but being public property my odds of getting one at this point are diminishing. Not sorry I passed anything, but there are two that I passed that if I get another opportunity it won't happen again at this point. Not shooting anything less though. It just fun being out this time of year. You never know what you may see. Good luck everyone.
11-12-2012, 11:53 AM
#187
Fork Horn
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Sw Michigan
Posts: 158
Congrats on the doe! Can say I've been seeing much but its also hard to see any from work! Tonight is the 1st nite I've even been able to think about hunting in quite awhile this wind is blowing but I'm in a tree i haven't hunted all year so expectations are high I really wanted the 1st sit to be an am hunt but the way work is goin I had to get out when I could
11-12-2012, 09:09 PM
#189
Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Grand Forks BC Canada
Posts: 760
Yeehaw! Great buck there, Mibowhunter91. Looks like he bled out pretty good. 
Isn't it amazing how things can turn around so quickly, from being frustrated at not getting out to having a buck like this come in when you finally do get a chance to go.
P.S. I see you have him in the scoring thread already - good! But I think you need the detailed P&Y score sheet. filled out.
Isn't it amazing how things can turn around so quickly, from being frustrated at not getting out to having a buck like this come in when you finally do get a chance to go.P.S. I see you have him in the scoring thread already - good! But I think you need the detailed P&Y score sheet. filled out.
Last edited by Canuck_2; 11-12-2012 at 09:17 PM.
11-13-2012, 01:05 AM
#190
Fork Horn
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Sw Michigan
Posts: 158
Isn't that the truth!! Well here's the story I got in the stand at about 3 and heard a crash when I got up. I thought I jumped 1 but it didn't sound like it ran away. The wind was blowing pretty good and it was about 34 out with out the wind chill it made my eyes water! Then at 5:30 the wind just stopped! Shortly after that I hear a stick break and here he comes just like he read the script. I draw back he walks into a shooting lane I try a soft grunt to stop him no luck. Next lane I give off a loud grunt a no dice. A small window comes up and I whistle this deer is on a mission and I start thinking about aabout a 7 moving shot then he crosses a tree and stops staring upwind and I let him have it!. About a 70 yard track job and we found him in the swamp! If I have to fill out the sheet I will after work I was getting late when we strung the guy.