Ok, NOW I'm excited!!
07-14-2007 | 08:35 AM
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RE: Ok, NOW I'm excited!!
I learned more just by SEEING that buck this evening than I have in the last 3 years of hard hunting. I've been going about it ALL wrong.....I knew there was a buck using the area, though I didn't know he was that big, but I saw him in an area I hunt, thinking it is an evening feeding area.......WRONG! Bedding area, which compeletly changes the way I will hunt it.
Also, summer feeding bedding patterns are much different than fall hunting season bedding patterns. Don't put all your eggs in that basket until you are certain this truly is a preferred bedding area.
07-14-2007 | 11:08 AM
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Ok, so how does one determine if it's a preferred bedding area, or a seasonal bedding area? After I saw him, it made perfect sense.....It's an excellent area for one, that's for sure.....I don't want to go stumbling around in there anymore though..
Because I actually thought about that.....The field he was next to is corn, which then confused me because I wasn't sure why he wasn't IN it......Anyway, it was a learning experience, that's for sure.
Because I actually thought about that.....The field he was next to is corn, which then confused me because I wasn't sure why he wasn't IN it......Anyway, it was a learning experience, that's for sure.
07-14-2007 | 11:15 AM
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RE: Ok, NOW I'm excited!!
Ok, so how does one determine if it's a preferred bedding area, or a seasonal bedding area? After I saw him, it made perfect sense.....It's an excellent area for one, that's for sure.....I don't want to go stumbling around in there anymore though..
07-14-2007 | 11:16 AM
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RE: Ok, NOW I'm excited!!
Great stuff Mo and Happy for you, Good luck this fall and get him.
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So I headed to the woods this evening to retrieve my camera. I did get 3 pics of bucks which confused me a little....I said to myself, "What's that stuff growing out of those does' heads??"
Anyway, the exciting part.....I bumped a SLAMMER, and I mean SLAMMER buck out of his bed this evening. I walked to within 20 feet of that rascal, and he not gotten up I would never have known he were there. He really didn't know what spooked him though, he just looked around for a minute before trotting off.
Anyway, I guess the bucks still have around 6 weeks to grow, yes? This guy is an 11 pointer, with a very typical 10 point frame. Point 11 is courtesy of a 6" drop off his left G2, and has mass to kill. He's not very wide, maybe 18", but quite tall. His G2's were pushing 11", and while I was recovering from a serious case of the shakes I rough scored him in the upper 130's to low 140's.....With time to grow....
I learned more just by SEEING that buck this evening than I have in the last 3 years of hard hunting. I've been going about it ALL wrong.....I knew there was a buck using the area, though I didn't know he was that big, but I saw him in an area I hunt, thinking it is an evening feeding area.......WRONG! Bedding area, which compeletly changes the way I will hunt it.
Anyway, I gave thanks to God for even allowing me to see that beauty, and had a strange sensation come over me......I've never felt it before, I absolutely KNOW I'm gonna kill that buck. I don't mean that to sound arrogant at all, but have ya'll ever had that about something, anything? Not just about a kill, but anything? You just........KNOW it's gonna happen? Kinda weird I know.........Man, I don't think I'm gonna sleep tonight, I'm all kinds of fired up now! Wish I had a pic of him to show, but he didn't step in front of my camera.
So I headed to the woods this evening to retrieve my camera. I did get 3 pics of bucks which confused me a little....I said to myself, "What's that stuff growing out of those does' heads??"
Anyway, the exciting part.....I bumped a SLAMMER, and I mean SLAMMER buck out of his bed this evening. I walked to within 20 feet of that rascal, and he not gotten up I would never have known he were there. He really didn't know what spooked him though, he just looked around for a minute before trotting off.
Anyway, I guess the bucks still have around 6 weeks to grow, yes? This guy is an 11 pointer, with a very typical 10 point frame. Point 11 is courtesy of a 6" drop off his left G2, and has mass to kill. He's not very wide, maybe 18", but quite tall. His G2's were pushing 11", and while I was recovering from a serious case of the shakes I rough scored him in the upper 130's to low 140's.....With time to grow....
I learned more just by SEEING that buck this evening than I have in the last 3 years of hard hunting. I've been going about it ALL wrong.....I knew there was a buck using the area, though I didn't know he was that big, but I saw him in an area I hunt, thinking it is an evening feeding area.......WRONG! Bedding area, which compeletly changes the way I will hunt it.
Anyway, I gave thanks to God for even allowing me to see that beauty, and had a strange sensation come over me......I've never felt it before, I absolutely KNOW I'm gonna kill that buck. I don't mean that to sound arrogant at all, but have ya'll ever had that about something, anything? Not just about a kill, but anything? You just........KNOW it's gonna happen? Kinda weird I know.........Man, I don't think I'm gonna sleep tonight, I'm all kinds of fired up now! Wish I had a pic of him to show, but he didn't step in front of my camera.
07-14-2007 | 11:16 AM
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RE: Ok, NOW I'm excited!!
[quote]Because I actually thought about that.....The field he was next to is corn, which then confused me because I wasn't sure why he wasn't IN it......Anyway, it was a learning experience, that's for sure.
Remember the corn threads? Refer back for my thoughts
Remember the corn threads? Refer back for my thoughts
07-14-2007 | 11:23 AM
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RE: Ok, NOW I'm excited!!
I have problems with bedding areas too. The whole woods Where I hunt is really thick, it was logged extensively about 12 years ago. So the deer can bed just about anywhere they want to and be in thick cover. I have found beds throughout the entire 125 acres of this woods. One thing I do know, the deer seek out South facing slopes in really cold weather. Other than that the wind direction probably determines where they bed as much as anything else. And possibly where their main food source is at the time. If you have a swampy area, they seem to like thattoo. Usually pretty thick stuff and not a whole lot of disturbances.
If we have an acorn crop this year, they might bed near those when they start dropping.
That is why it isnt easy. Lots of choices and we don't think like deer! Sometimes you wonder why the heck they do some of the things the do.
USE THE FORCE LUKE!
If we have an acorn crop this year, they might bed near those when they start dropping.
That is why it isnt easy. Lots of choices and we don't think like deer! Sometimes you wonder why the heck they do some of the things the do.
USE THE FORCE LUKE!
07-14-2007 | 11:33 AM
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Scott, I can't find the corn threads.....
jm, you are SO right about that. I know he's feeding in the corn, but I also know there's alot of persimmon and white oaks in that area.....I am fairly sure he lives there pretty much year round......But what the hell do I know?? [&:]
jm, you are SO right about that. I know he's feeding in the corn, but I also know there's alot of persimmon and white oaks in that area.....I am fairly sure he lives there pretty much year round......But what the hell do I know?? [&:]