does this ever happen to you
10-06-2008, 07:15 PM
#1
Nontypical Buck
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Hortonville, Wisconsin
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does this ever happen to you
i went goose hunting tonight and saw deer, i went bow hunting yesterday night and saw a bunch of geese i dont get it and i was making noise today... can anyone tell me why this happens lol or is it just me
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10-06-2008, 07:55 PM
#2
Fork Horn
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Central Iowa
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RE: does this ever happen to you
It is some kind of corollary to Murphy's Law. "You will be incorrectly armed for the game that you see or the game that you see will not be in season."
Before it was a park area you could hunt the borrow ponds below Saylorville Dam north of DesMoines. In one fall my buddy and I went duck hunting there and saw pheasants (out of season), went pheasant hunting and saw ducks, went again and saw ducks and deer. We each got within 10 feet of nice bucks. We naturally decided to go deer hunting there when the season opened and the carp were rolling so thick you could shoot all day (if your bow fishing rig was with you). A week later, with bow in hand, we saw ducks and pheasants again. We saw more game in that area that fall (close ranges too) than I've ever seen anywhere but we were never armed correctly or what we saw was out of season.
Bob
Before it was a park area you could hunt the borrow ponds below Saylorville Dam north of DesMoines. In one fall my buddy and I went duck hunting there and saw pheasants (out of season), went pheasant hunting and saw ducks, went again and saw ducks and deer. We each got within 10 feet of nice bucks. We naturally decided to go deer hunting there when the season opened and the carp were rolling so thick you could shoot all day (if your bow fishing rig was with you). A week later, with bow in hand, we saw ducks and pheasants again. We saw more game in that area that fall (close ranges too) than I've ever seen anywhere but we were never armed correctly or what we saw was out of season.
Bob
10-06-2008, 08:24 PM
#3
Nontypical Buck
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Hortonville, Wisconsin
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RE: does this ever happen to you
see that is what i am talking about went out goose hunting today around 3:30 got out to the field, set of the decoys and about a half hour after it was all set up deer were everywhere. yesterday night bow hunting i got out about 3 and sat till about 5:30 (rained hard) and heard and saw geese all night long i just dont get why it happens. and i dont think i will ever know.
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10-06-2008, 11:41 PM
#6
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: central IL
Posts: 258
RE: does this ever happen to you
Yeah, there is a phesant hunting area (public) near where I bowhunt that has a really narrow strip of trees and a creek and one of the biggest bucks I've seen has been there for the last three seasons.......160+"
The first time we saw him, my buddy said "Holy s**@!!, looks like a horse with a tree on his head" We now call that buck "Ol' Treehead" Someday I hope he gets rutty enough to venture about 3 miles down the road during daylight hours.
The first time we saw him, my buddy said "Holy s**@!!, looks like a horse with a tree on his head" We now call that buck "Ol' Treehead" Someday I hope he gets rutty enough to venture about 3 miles down the road during daylight hours.
10-07-2008, 05:01 AM
#7
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Nekoosa Wi USA
Posts: 6,066
RE: does this ever happen to you
Heres what I do this time of the year, I kill two or 3 birds with one stone, If Igo fishing, bring my shotgun and my bow along, that way while im fishing, if a few ducks happen by grab the old shotgun, if i happen to see a deer that comes within range, wacko!
