Deer sightings
 

Well I like to read what others are seeing, so here is what I saw tonight, I posted this in my team thread also.

7 deer around me, 3 does 4 bucks.

Bucks were 1.5 6
1.5 8
1.5 8
2.5(I think) 9 120'' was my guess. He is not wider than his ears yet. I put him at 220 lbs on the hoof.

3 does were out for about an hour. The big 9 pushedone a bit(which is why I suspect 2.5). Two little 8's spared for a bit also.

Back at it in the morning;)

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I saw a doe at 150 yards... and three others at 20.

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Sounds like a great night on stand...;).. My first set will be in the morning..

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I'm pretty sure I called in a 6pt with theCan tonight, as he showed up at 5:50PM, about 5-10 mins after I turned the Can a couple of timesjust to see what would happen. I had no plans on killing this deer, so I tried to get a pic of him. He just stood there looking for the "doe", for like 5 mins. Totally still. He just turned and headed back into the thicket. No pic![:@]
Then agroup of 4 doe came at 6:20PM, after the buck. This is part of why I believe this buck was reacting to the Can.Anyway, so much for the Oct lull!:DThe rut is just around the corner, can't wait.;)

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I was out from 5:15am and came in from the woods at 7:05 and I saw 30 does, 1 buck at 327yrds, 3 coyotes, 1 red fox and 2 groundhogs. All in al i think it was a good day...Just glad to be back in the woods/field...All the does were with-in 13 yrds...

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Fowl buck 30:1 rato:D That is one happy buck;)

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The morning hunt I saw 2 mature does, 3 yealings, and a 1.5 year old six point harassing one of the does. Young, dumb, and you the know the rest. This evening I reluctantly hunted a stand my brother in law took a doe out of this morning. Did see anything until I was going to put my bow down and saw four does one or two looked to be yearlings, couldnt really tell. For some reason I am seeing deer every time out which is a change from years past!

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hey why did you come in so early im just wonderig Fowlbuck did you get one?

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six does this morning

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I saw what I think was a nice buck just before shooting ,ight this morning. Looked to have a really big bodythru the binocs.

Then this afternoon I had 3 bucks come thru. Two yearlings a 6 point and an 8 point and a 2.5 year old 8 point, maybe 120". For now I am holding out for something a little bigger in IL.

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I was only out from around 3:30 to 7:00 and had a big doe and a button come by me at 5:20.The button was almost as big as mom and she was a beauty. I let them walk. Didn't want to shoot a deer the first day out. I will probably regret that decision, but oh well!

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i saw squat. there's a two day anterless rifle season going on this weekend- i'll blame it on that.

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I don't want to talk about it..... Shut out again tonight... 5 hunts, 5 different stands, over 20 hours in the woods, and ZERO deer sightings this year.

I did see 4 other hunters on the 80 acres that I hunt. I also had 3 teenagers with fishing poles walk 20 yards from my stand 30 minutes before dark. And I found a permanent wooden stand built right over the only bedding area on the property. I talked to two of the hunters and found out that there are at least 8 known people who are hunting this spot, plusseveral tresspassers (one of which took a nice doe with a rifle this weekend [:@][:@]).

We have literally every possible entrance and exit from this cornfield covered between the 8 of us LOL! I'm going to have to find another place to hunt. This farm has been good to me (3 deer in 2 years) but I think it's time to move on.

Things are really going well this year!! [:@] I can't wait to see a deer. Is it possible to hunt all of October and not see ONE DEER? The months half over. This might be a record.

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morning-
I jumped a monster on my way to my stand opening morning (40 yards from my stand) [:@][:@][:@][:'(]. Couple different 1.5 year old 6 pointers in bowrange. 2 does out of bowrange.

afternoon-
A spike (@ 5 yards [8D]). 2 does @20 yards. 2 does out of bowrange.

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I cant get back out till Mon. eve and Tues. am and pm.
The opening week of our season i was seeing noting when it was but stinkin hot. The cold spell came and it was like someone turned on a light switch, the deer movement was great. Im seeing plenty of Doe's button bucks and fawns. Have seen only one buck but it was when i was checking out an area that i had found some sheds. jumped him out of his bed ten yards from where i found the sheds (possibly his) He was not spooked and did not see me, but was wondering what had made the noise and ended up just walking off. I will try and hunt him Tues. The buck sign is the slowest i have ever seen around here (rubs) but finally found some Thursday before going to work and is a pretty good one.