The guy that shot that buck (on the previous page) kills huge deer year in and year out. His family has a bunch of land in southern Michigan...so he usually gets a 120" or higher bucks year in and year out either there or here in Indiana...sometimes both. In '05 he shot a 225#doe in Michigan! I never got to see it...but everyone who has gives the "OMFG" face when they talk about it.
I went out last night trying to get another doe to donate. Got in stand at 230pm....around 4pm some weirdo walks past to my left...who never knew I was there (he was walking through a picked corn field next to our property).He got about ½ way to another woods...when he turned left and walked into a thicket in the middle of his corn field. As he approached it..he pulled some Navy Seal type maneuvers trying to creep up on a deer...bending...sitting..crouching...you name it! I chucked knowing there was no way in hell he would be doing that stuff if he knew I was in my stand. So he sat down against a tree in thicket....did a bunch of weird calling like he thought we have Moose in our area.
45 minutes later....I look over and saw some deer to the east of him a ways acrossed the road. They ran about 100' behind him acrossed open fields...to the tiny thicket he was in...sat there for about 5 minutes...and then ran acrossed more open fields to our property. After they were 100+ yards from him running through picked corn fields away from him...he finally noticed them. At this time it's fairly dark.....but I hear "BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM".....dirt and snow kicking up everywhere. It was classic.
I tried to take a few pics...but the camera didn't have a good enough zoom to get the good stuff. But I'll attempt to post a few....
The tard after he walked past me...
http://i418.photobucket.com/albums/pp270/studpat/DSC01197.jpg
As he approaches part of the thicket (it's only a 3x zoom..bah)
http://i418.photobucket.com/albums/pp270/studpat/DSC01198.jpg
Andenclosed picis sort of an overview of what went down for pure entertainment value. The red blob is where I was. The black blob is where he was sitting in the thicket.The brown stick figure (with a white tail..lol) is where I first saw the deer. They ran right behind him...sat there for a few minutes without him knowing...and then trotted off towards our property.
The white blob in the woods is where I shot my buck and doe, and also where that buck on the previous page was taken. That's "Death Valley."
