Off to Kansas...6 days of heaven. I'll be back on the 4th and hopefully posting a buck for us. Weather is looking great and I've heard deer are moving good.

Wish me luck.

Kelly

good luck with the hunt Kelly, i hope you get to put your mark on a nice buck as well.

the weather looks awesome for illinios this weekend.. 20 degree drop in temps.. should get teh deer moving... i have to try out my new arrows, picked me up some more goldtips, hunters... hopefully they fly just like my other gold tips. anyway...

good luck team 4 go get em.... and remember the time change sunday [:@]

And to think this wesley guy made it to life member by quoting everyone.I think he became a lifer by quoting everyones "TEST" posts.

KC couldn't get it done at home so he is paying to get it done in KS Typical of you Kentuckyins

so far we havent scored on a single deer , we need to get some horns on the ground fast , we r supposed to be the dream team , so lets killsome deer guys lol! Here in PA the rut is just starting to show itself with the young bucks starting to chase the does around a bit , but it is too warm out for the deer to be moving right, i say next week witht eh weather in the low 50s , i should start seeing more deer!

I wish you luck Kelly because I plan on taking a big one next week.

I could not have sead it any better[8D]

Well guys, I keep getting closer and closer! Yesterday evening I had a nice 6 point come in at 4:30 but he ran away when my granfather drove his truck down the dirt road just 80 yards from me (he was going squirrel hunting even though I told him that I was there and not to go in there). Well, at 6:00 I looked up and there was a really nice 8 point (probablly in the mid to upper 110" range) standing by the road. Well guess what, my grandfather decided it was time to leave and drove past, which scared the buck away. At 6:30 I decided to get down as it was past shooting light and I was confident that I wouldn't bump any deer. Well, I look up and that 8 point is comming back towards me, so I sat there. He sloooowly worked his way in to 15 yards, then milled around a bit before finally walking off. I didn't get out of my stand till almost 7:30 [:-]

This morning I was in the same stand and didn't see a thing, but I went back this afternoon and saw a nice 7 point cruising a rub-line. I grunted at him but he just kept going!

I will be back in this stand tommorow afternoon (gonna try to bag the gobbler that keeps comming into my field tommorow morning), and I have high expectations! This is the stand that I was in last Thursday when my buddy got his nice 8 point, and I saw his buck along with 2 others that night!

In the last 4 trips to that stand, I have seen 8 bucks, 3 button bucks, and 0 doe [:-][8D]

Well fellas, tonight was the closest call to date.

I thought I would try my hand at rattling. Never had any success, but hey if you never try then you never know. Long story short, I rattled a 140-150 class deer into about 40 yards. The problem was I never seen him come in. He came in while I was rattling and was in some thick stuff. I hung my antlers up and did search of the area to see him hopping up the hillside.

Lesson learned....next time, look around prior to hanging up the antlers. Maybe I would have got a shot then!!

Sorry guys. I am trying

Hey IL,

Hang in there man. I have been rattling here in PA for years and when it works, it works. You have to be ready though! I have had a couple bucks come charging in so fast that they were gone before I could even grab my bow, while my best-friends buck that I rattled in was more cautious. He went down wind and circled my stand just making rubs and scrapes!