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I was STALKED tonight
You guys are not going to believe the Hunt I had tonight. I got to the woods around 3:45. Today for the first time I used a scent lure called whitetail maniac!. I put some on a rag and dragged it behind me until I got close to my tree, then I left it lay there about 20 yards infront of where I would be.
Well, I was surrounded by deer within the 1st hour several doe were within 20 to 25 yards, then a small 4 point buck. I told Myself I will not take a buck unless it is much larger than the one already on my wall... it is a nice PA 8 pointer... so I was pretty set on a big bruiser. After a while 2, six pointers showed up, both healthy young bucks very close... either one would have been an easy shot.... not big enough... then these 2 six pointers began to spar.... locking horns and pushing each other around... and I thought.... man this great.... a big guy will hear this.... and come to investigate. Well sure as sh!t.... here he comes... a big buck... huge body... and coming through the thick stuff with a purpose.... he ran off the 2 six pointers and began looking around.... he was about 20 yards away from the tree I was in.... I was about 15 to 18 feet off the ground. The bottle of "Mainiac" was in my shirt pocket. I put my binoculars on him, and saw his rack was almost identical to the one I have on the wall... it was a wider rack... but missing 1 point, making him a seven pointer. It was really hard to do this... but I decided to let him walk.... and wait it out for a really big monster buck. So I just sat in my tree watching him.... then he lifted his head high.... and sniffed the air... and he caught wind of the Doe in heat scent.... he began walking directly at me.... he did not stop until his nose was up against my tree... he was looking right up at me.... me looking right down on him. He even put his nose against my pull up rope. His upper lip was curling up like Billy idol, and he kept sticking his tongue way out kind of like licking the air. I was kind of laughing to myself..... holding perfectly still so not to spook him. He circled my tree 3 times.... grunting and looking up.... then he smelled the scent rag on the ground 20 yards away.... he went running over to it.... digging up the dirt with his hooves and throwing the rag around with his rack.... then attacking a small tree with his antlers making a rub... then made several more scrapes... for about 35 minutes he acted like a nut right in front of me... the shot was there for the taking.... but I held fast for a bigger one. He finally worked his way out of sight, following the scent trail away from me. And it was now dark.... and time to climb down out of the tree... pack up my gear... and walk out. Well as I finished climbing down out of the tree... I turned around to jump onto the ground... and there HE was!! Standing there about 7 yards away staring at me... this same big buck... huge body and decent rack... and he either wanted to fight or... well you know... he wanted to make me his love slave. My bow was on the ground... out of reach... so I figured I will scare him away by jumping onto the ground and making some noise... I jumped down... crunched some twigs...and he took a step closer with head lowered... I backed up... reached down for my bow... put an arrow on my string and got ready ... I banged my tree stand... made a bunch more noise... and stamped my feet now.... sure he would turn and run... he took another step closer... now he is about 5 yards away and it is really getting dark... so now I still have to unhook my tree stand from the tree, wrap everything up.... put my stand on my back.... and walk out. Hard to unhook and pack up while holding the bow... I have to put down my bow to wrap everything up.... which I really did not want to do... now this buck starts to circle me.... walking 5 yards away from me.... and in a continuous circle around me.... I am also walking in a circle around the tree... keeping the tree between me and the buck. Finally I got my gear all packed up.... and began walking out to the road... and this damned buck followed me all the way out. I could not believe this night! I have never had an encounter like this before... man that stuff works!! If any of you are interested in this super scent product ... it is by Ray Raglin products... Whitetail mainiac 100% doe in heat with interdigital gland... I got it at walmart. |
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It's almost scary in these situations ,you just never know what these buck's will do when they like what they smell,it drives them so nut's and makes them unpredictable.Buck's will react on what they smell and not on what they see.
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A mere seven posts, one tall tale......I didn't just read a commercial did I?
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i woulda had to take him down , not only to keep myself safe , but that memory of that encounter would look good on the wall!
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Roger, come out, come out wherever you are!:eek:
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now this buck starts to circle me.... walking 5 yards away from me.... and in a continuous circle around me.... I am also walking in a circle around the tree... keeping the tree between me and the buck |
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hmmm... Crazy....
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Something like that happened to me. I was walking in, it was still somewhat dark. It was during the rut. I hear this sound coming full bore at me. It was an 8 point running at me with his head down and he was grunting. He gets within 10 yards of me and stops. He was behind a cherry tree with his neck and head sticking out. I released and the arrow nicked the rough bark of the tree and went BETWEEN the bucks horns. He jumped straight up and now he is 8 yards and in the wide open. He is just standing there staring at me so I reach for another arrow. When I went to draw he leaps backwards a few bounds and walks away, looking back at me, without giving me another shot. GREAT EXPERIENCE!
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That is the craziest story I have ever heard...but I dont doubt it. I have had bucks follow me when dragging a trail, but never had one want to get freaky on me... Crazy Crazy Story
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That's a tough story to believe. I wish it would happen to me though.
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If you took the time to write all that down it must be true. Im gonna try that stuff.
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I think I would be slipping in my own, if that were to happen to me..but it probably woulnd't have happened to me because it sounds like he was a pretty big one, and I probably would have taken him ;)
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If you took the time to write all that down it must be true. Im gonna try that stuff crazy story though |
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hmm ill have to get some to see if it works
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I choose to believe. I've heard enough crazy stuff about rut behavior that it really doesn't seem that outrageous. Your lucky he didn't stick you though.
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One of my first times archery hunting I used some stuff on me boots. I was sitting on a fence line between about 200acres of cattails and a food plot, the deer start coming out of the cattails but at the other end of the fence, dern gonna have to crawl. I get about 150 yards down and i hear something behind, its a little basket and hes ready for some action. Now i was in a rather precarious position on my hands and knees with this buck coming up behind me grunting and snorting, luckily the guy i was hunting with had the same idea about moving down but he was about 5 rows into the corn he was nice enough to laugh so hard that he spooked the little guy away. we didnt kill anything but it makes for a nice story.
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My dream,That buck would of got stuck
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He even put his nose against my pull up rope. His upper lip was curling up like Billy idol, and he kept sticking his tongue way out kind of like licking the air.LOL:D
ORIGINAL: NJ/PAbwhunter You guys are not going to believe the Hunt I had tonight. I got to the woods around 3:45. Today for the first time I used a scent lure called whitetail maniac!. I put some on a rag and dragged it behind me until I got close to my tree, then I left it lay there about 20 yards infront of where I would be. Well, I was surrounded by deer within the 1st hour several doe were within 20 to 25 yards, then a small 4 point buck. I told Myself I will not take a buck unless it is much larger than the one already on my wall... it is a nice PA 8 pointer... so I was pretty set on a big bruiser. After a while 2, six pointers showed up, both healthy young bucks very close... either one would have been an easy shot.... not big enough... then these 2 six pointers began to spar.... locking horns and pushing each other around... and I thought.... man this great.... a big guy will hear this.... and come to investigate. Well sure as sh!t.... here he comes... a big buck... huge body... and coming through the thick stuff with a purpose.... he ran off the 2 six pointers and began looking around.... he was about 20 yards away from the tree I was in.... I was about 15 to 18 feet off the ground. The bottle of "Mainiac" was in my shirt pocket. I put my binoculars on him, and saw his rack was almost identical to the one I have on the wall... it was a wider rack... but missing 1 point, making him a seven pointer. It was really hard to do this... but I decided to let him walk.... and wait it out for a really big monster buck. So I just sat in my tree watching him.... then he lifted his head high.... and sniffed the air... and he caught wind of the Doe in heat scent.... he began walking directly at me.... he did not stop until his nose was up against my tree... he was looking right up at me.... me looking right down on him. He even put his nose against my pull up rope. His upper lip was curling up like Billy idol, and he kept sticking his tongue way out kind of like licking the air. I was kind of laughing to myself..... holding perfectly still so not to spook him. He circled my tree 3 times.... grunting and looking up.... then he smelled the scent rag on the ground 20 yards away.... he went running over to it.... digging up the dirt with his hooves and throwing the rag around with his rack.... then attacking a small tree with his antlers making a rub... then made several more scrapes... for about 35 minutes he acted like a nut right in front of me... the shot was there for the taking.... but I held fast for a bigger one. He finally worked his way out of sight, following the scent trail away from me. And it was now dark.... and time to climb down out of the tree... pack up my gear... and walk out. Well as I finished climbing down out of the tree... I turned around to jump onto the ground... and there HE was!! Standing there about 7 yards away staring at me... this same big buck... huge body and decent rack... and he either wanted to fight or... well you know... he wanted to make me his love slave. My bow was on the ground... out of reach... so I figured I will scare him away by jumping onto the ground and making some noise... I jumped down... crunched some twigs...and he took a step closer with head lowered... I backed up... reached down for my bow... put an arrow on my string and got ready ... I banged my tree stand... made a bunch more noise... and stamped my feet now.... sure he would turn and run... he took another step closer... now he is about 5 yards away and it is really getting dark... so now I still have to unhook my tree stand from the tree, wrap everything up.... put my stand on my back.... and walk out. Hard to unhook and pack up while holding the bow... I have to put down my bow to wrap everything up.... which I really did not want to do... now this buck starts to circle me.... walking 5 yards away from me.... and in a continuous circle around me.... I am also walking in a circle around the tree... keeping the tree between me and the buck. Finally I got my gear all packed up.... and began walking out to the road... and this damned buck followed me all the way out. I could not believe this night! I have never had an encounter like this before... man that stuff works!! If any of you are interested in this super scent product ... it is by Ray Raglin products... Whitetail mainiac 100% doe in heat with interdigital gland... I got it at walmart. |
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I believe it.I hav e seen deer do9 this and have had many close encounters like that myself.You are lucky that that buck didn't kick your arse though,I shot a doe from my stand a few years ago and had a smallish buck right below my stand that was with this doe.That guy would not let me get down from my tree,Finally affter i9t got dark I started making olots of racket and shinning my flash lightg and he left.Also almost got ran over a few times,bucks and does.
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Sounds like he wanted you to be his date. I would be a little careful with that stuff you may end up like that guy on that When Animals go Bad show.
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mrfritz44, this is no commercial I assure you. I admitt I only have a few post on here and that may lead a person to wonder... but I can tell you this really happened. I am a retired Correction officer and now run a small business here in NJ with my wife... and no the business has nothing to do with hunting.
I just wanted to share my freaky encounter with others. And truth be known, I have never used a scent product before, so when I was shopping for one, I actually bought several different brands to try out, the one mentioned just happened to be the first one I used. Good luck to you all. |
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In that case.....I may have to pick some up. I'm a sucker for deer urine.
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It sounds like that stuff really works. I can honestly say I want nothing to do with a horney buck unless my arrow is in him. I'm glad you made it out of the woods to make this post;).
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I didn't just read a commercial did I? |
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quote]A mere seven posts, one tall tale......I didn't just read a commercial did I? [/quote]
I was thinking the SAME thing. So is there a number where we can order this stuff, it sounds like it works REAL swell!:eek: |
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In the midnight hour,,,she cried mo mo mo mo...I would have stuck that horny 7 with an aluminum shaft:D Gonna make me go to Walmart now on my lunch hour...
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Awesome Story!!!
Guess I'll have to pick some up as well ;) I was gored by a big buck when I was a kid so I can see why you were nerveous - although I still don't understand why you didn't take him. Hopefully you won't be regretting that come last day of season;) Best of luck to you! |
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Once I came upon a disgusting scene in the woods where there were seven bucks doing a circle jerk. Apparently the buck to doe ratio was way out of whack in that there were 10 bucks to one doe in this area so all of the horny bucks became homosexual and began servicing one another. [&:] Yep, I believe this guy's story especially after what I've seen in the woods;) Let's be careful out there.[8D]
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I'm headed to Wal-mart!!!
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Hey wolfen... Is that when you got the idea for "Still Steamin Buck Semen"?:D
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Wow what a crackfomercial!!!!!!!!!
You guys are nuts if you believe this ring a round the rosie with a buck.Its not even rut yet what the heck are you thinking.:eek: No way no how way to far fetched and if you all think there is some miracle scent to hunting there is its called sweat from scouting.[8D] This guy found the hunter with the cowmoflouge and danced around a tree with him.;) Besides, if it was good why would you tell the whole world???????? Why don't you tell the whole world where you hunt and how the herd is?????? Because hunting is private!!!!!!! BS Story...[:@] |
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Newshooter evidently you haven't spent much time in the woods.No offense.The rut doesn't start the same every where.And it didn;'t nessesarly have anything to do with the rut.
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Wow, New shooter... if hunting is so private, why are so many guys/ gals on here sharing stories, advise and problem solving?
I am not offended in any way that some people may doubt this crazy encounter I had, or even like mrfritz have the first thought that this is a commercial. But man, your statement is kind of a strange post on a place where so many people have a positive and up beat frame of mind. To quote drstalker the rut does begin at different times in different areas, but I am not sure if this was the start of rut or not. Although there were 2 six pointers locking it up in the first place that seemed to draw the larger 7 out in the open. Any way... to those who kept it positive on here... best of luck to you all and thanks. |
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i have had several close encounters with bucks so i believe this story.boy oh boy do i know what these horney bucks are willing and able to do lol.great story!
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I had a somewhat similar situation to livbucks'. My very first encounter with a big mature buck and I still remember it like it was yesterday. I had only been hunting alittle while and didn't yet have a stand. I was just setting on a stump staring at a well worn deer trial. Like many beginners, I got bored after about 4 hours and didnt really know what I was doing at the time so i decided to walk down the deer trial and see if i could scope out a buck. Before getting up I squirted some Keller's Hot Doe Gel on my boots, I only took a few (very noisy) steps down the trial when I heard the famaliar sound of a deer running away. I hurried that way only to see it wasnt running away.....it was running striaght at me!!! We got in a staring contest at about 10 yards for what felt like forever, then when I decided to try and draw he bolted. I spent the rest of the season after that wide racked 8- point buck but never saw him again. I will NEVER forget that buck!! I have much more knowledge now, and many more encounters with big bucks.....but that is probably one of my most favorite memories!!
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Once I came upon a disgusting scene in the woods where there were seven bucks doing a circle jerk. Apparently the buck to doe ratio was way out of whack in that there were 10 bucks to one doe in this area so all of the horny bucks became homosexual and began servicing one another.  |
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Interesting story. I might pick up a bottle of that scent to see how well it works. Thanks for the story.
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A buddy of mine had a similar encounter about 10 years ago. He had doe urine on his jumpsuit. Interestingly the deer that stalked him was a 7pt also. It wouldn't leave no matter what he did. He got so nervous....he ended up sticking him, even though he didn't want to. Similar situation, but it was mid Nov.
quote: Once I came upon a disgusting scene in the woods where there were seven bucks doing a circle jerk. Apparently the buck to doe ratio was way out of whack in that there were 10 bucks to one doe in this area so all of the horny bucks became homosexual and began servicing one another. Only in Kansas! |
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I think you are as animated as Roger Raglin
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Sounds like that deer has a deathwish! I'm going to look for that lure at Wallyworld though!
That's one of those hunting experiences that keeps ya hooked! |
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