RE: Official Team "The Shafts" (11) Thread
Guy's!
Today I went hunting after I dropped the kids off at school,I got into the bush at 10.00am.I just got to my stand and you'll never guess what happened ,I'm not sure he's the buck that I have been hunting the last 2 season's but I do know that he was a good buck ,all I could see was him jumping over a downed tree and I could see the antler tip's .He blew at me twice and took off again using his all too famous exit route .This deer had good body size and I'm sure he had a good set of antler's .I never got to my stand when this happened but I was only step's away.After I left I was walking along the edge of the cornfield and again I moved deer but this time I never seen it ,I could only hear it running and bounding through the bush,this was not the same deer because the buck went in another direction. This was not bad for only hunting for a couple of hour's this morning . I figured that in the past I've come across this buck during mid day and that I would be on stand for the noon appearance that i've been so used to seeing this buck,I guess I should have got in there and sat till 1.00pm but I figured this buck never show's till after 11.00am and thought that I would be on stand in time for him to show,but I was wrong.
I'll be on stand Friday at 6.00am and I'll be there waiting for him this time hopefully he show's again .This area is pretty thick and in the past he's had it all scraped up ,so he obviously feel's safe there.I've been getting closer and closer to this buck in the last 2 year's hopefully this time I'll get him. I know that he's probably at least a 10 pointer this season since we found his shed's this spring and he was a 9 with a broken tine so he might even be a 12 this year ,I'm guessing he's probably at least a 140 class this year. I'm gonna start given it hard so that we can add some serious inch's to our score and get these other team's attention about the underdog's Team #11.
John Edwards
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