Went doe hunting and look who showed up
11-12-2006, 06:49 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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Went doe hunting and look who showed up
Gun season is open in Mo right now so I went over to IL this morning to fill my doe tag. I got a buck opening day so only a doe tag left.I am sitting at the end of a brushy ditch that empties into a swampy area. Right after sunrise I hear a deer snorting to the North. I look over there and a huge bodied buck is chasing a small buck out of the swamp about 80 yds away. He chased him into a picked corn field and returned to the edge of the swamp and stares in. I figure he has a hot doe cornered there. Then another small buck appears and he runs both of them off again. He then pushes the doe out the other side of the swamp and across a field into another woods,the 2 little ones follow at a distance. This buck had a huge bodie but I am not sure about his rack. A shooter for sure but I didn't get a good look thru the brush.
About a half hour later I see a deer coming across a corn field to my South. I put the binocs on him and see it is a nice buck headed for the ditch I am sitting on. He enters the ditch about 150 yds away. I can see him moving around, so I am going to mess with him since I can't shoot him anyway. I grunted and did my version of a buck roar and snort wheeze with my voice. He came out of the ditch and started trotting straight to my tree. He stopped a couple of times and I grunted again and here he came. That is when I got the pics. He came to within 15 yds of my tree before he saw me and took off. How come I can never get them to respond to my calls when I can shoot them with my bow?????????
Then about 15 minutes later I see another buck following the same trail as the last one. I grunted at him too, but he just kept on going. I am pretty sure this one had one side of his rack broken off. Looked like a 2yr old 120 class deer.
I think I am just going DOE HUNTING from now on.What a morning and I never picked up my bow.
About a half hour later I see a deer coming across a corn field to my South. I put the binocs on him and see it is a nice buck headed for the ditch I am sitting on. He enters the ditch about 150 yds away. I can see him moving around, so I am going to mess with him since I can't shoot him anyway. I grunted and did my version of a buck roar and snort wheeze with my voice. He came out of the ditch and started trotting straight to my tree. He stopped a couple of times and I grunted again and here he came. That is when I got the pics. He came to within 15 yds of my tree before he saw me and took off. How come I can never get them to respond to my calls when I can shoot them with my bow?????????
Then about 15 minutes later I see another buck following the same trail as the last one. I grunted at him too, but he just kept on going. I am pretty sure this one had one side of his rack broken off. Looked like a 2yr old 120 class deer.
I think I am just going DOE HUNTING from now on.What a morning and I never picked up my bow.
11-12-2006, 06:59 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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RE: Went doe hunting and look who showed up
Nice buck.....sounds like I needed to be in the stand next to you this morning.
That frost we had down here really made things interesting this morning, but no big bucks in range for me in my part of the county.
That frost we had down here really made things interesting this morning, but no big bucks in range for me in my part of the county.
11-12-2006, 07:46 PM
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Spike
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RE: Went doe hunting and look who showed up
Figures that would happen. I guess that's how it always goes, huh? Question for you... How come you didn't hunt with your bow during rifle season in MO. That's what I do when I am around. The bucks are chasing right now there in central MO. My buddy has had several smaller bucks coming by him, he is just waiting until Mr. Big shows up.
Good luck with the does...
Good luck with the does...
11-12-2006, 08:07 PM
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Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Oct 1998
Location: Hughesville, PA USA
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RE: Went doe hunting and look who showed up
Oh if only I could post some pictures from the video I shot the last week. 3 buck that are absolutley amazing and one in particular an 8 point pushing 170".....WOW.
11-13-2006, 05:05 AM
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RE: Went doe hunting and look who showed up
Dave I bowhunt mostly in my subdivision. Most people don't even know I am there. If I went during gun season I would have to wear orange and would really stand out. Don't want to offend anyone.
