Heading out this afternoon to hunt this evening and tomorrow. I'll check in Sunday night.
Good Luck

wear

Goodluck on your hunt. I am heading out pretty quick also. Looking forward to hearing how you did when you get back.

Twisted Arrow

Congrats on your doe!! You must have posted it when I was typing my post the other night and I missed it. Sorry about that. Glad someone is getting it done the right way.


mammasboy

Goodluck on your season.



Tim

Had a great first day of the season. Beautiful weather and had a doe and fawn come by, along with a nine point (about 120). It's still early and am hoping for something a little bigger.

What a great evening hunt. Tyler tagged along and I hoped I would get another crack at the buck I botched up on. Well I got to see him again but he had to come by Tyler first. Tyler hiding at the base of a tree. He did very good at keeping still as the buck feed in front of him for 15 minutes and got between 15 - 20 yards of Tyler. I was sitting 30 yards away watching the whole thing unfold. I had to laugh knowing what Tyler was going through. The buck finally fed down my way. He gave me a beautiful 25 yard broad side shot. I passed. He got as close as 15 yards and offered another broadside shot. I passed again. Then he wandered off. Quite the experience to say the least.

If you wondering if I lost my mind by passing, I didn't. He is a great buck but is not the one we have sheds to. Very similar but definitely not him.

When I blew the stalk on him the other night, he was still in velvet and the rush of the stalk made him much bigger then he was. His similar rack to the buck we have sheds to didn't help. Tonight I glassed and watched him for around a half hour. He lost all his velvet since the other night and I had a lot of time to study the rack and age of the buck. He is a very nice buck but doubt he would gross much over 135 -140. Very good considering his is in the 3.5 year old range. Definite shooter next year. I hope he survives this hunting season. The buck I have the sheds to went mid 150s last year.

On the way home tonight, I asked Tyler if he regretting shooting his buck after having tonight's experience. He smiled and said " Nope, I am happy with my buck. I was shaking pretty bad on this buck though!! " I had to laugh by the way he said it and knowing exactly how he felt from my first stalk of this buck. Great, great night. Hope tomorrow is just as good.

Got a couple good spots in mind for tomorrow morning and evening. Will let you know how we do. Tyler will be tagging along. Kid is turning out to be a very good, lucky charm for me. Come on big bucks!!

Tim

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...t/bc0557b4.jpg

here is the picture of the doe I got , just click and look !

Sweet! I didn't get to go after all this weekend because of work obligations. Looks like it will be the first of October before I'll get out.[:@] I'm dying here!![&:]
P.S. Are those the leafy bug suit pants from Wal-mart? I have that suit but haven't used it yet.

Saw a couple small eights, doe and fawns, and a spiker tonight. Keep on keepin on!

Nice Doe, Twisted. That thing's a horse. Looks like a great shot too. I also love your set-up. The Hoyt and the Axis arrows. Very nice.

Well team, I blew our chance to get on the board with a really nice buck. I wrote a little about it in a post about my viper tree stand on the main board, but the basics are that he was a big 10 point, looked very semetrical, with incredible mass to his antlers. I have seen wider racks, and taller tines, but what distinguished this guy was his mass. His tines were as thick as a lot of the main beams I have seen around here, and his main beams were very thick, not to mention the bases. If any of you have seen the November issue of Deer and Deer Hunting, he looked every bit as big and massive as the deer that split up the hunting buddies in Minnesota (or one of those lake states). I'm estimating 140"-150", with a good 40"-50" in the mass measurements.

Anyway, I missed him because I tried pulling my bow back while still sitting in my Viper tree stand and my string hit the bar and knocked it out of my release before I ever had a chance to get my anchor set, much less aim. The arrow flew off harmlessly through the woods.

He's the one I'm after this season and I'll be back in my stand this Saturday night waiting for him, this time standing up.

Hi fellas.

Well I passed on two doe and saw 5 turkey. Had fun with my son though.

Will try to get back out there as they are starting to take some of the corn out.

See ya Todd