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nubo,
Good luck on getting that buck!
The only problem I see is that big bucks seldom make mistakes!!!
Unless of course you can get him during full rut when his nostrils are full of doe and his guard will be down.
Its funny how that split tail can be the demise of males of any species.:D

RE: Official Team "The Shafts" (11) Thread
 

Well, Needless to say the little hunting trip was cut severly short due to the weather and the new property we were supposed to be hunting. We made it up north around noon on Friday. We (my brother in-law and I) were suppose to be hunting 40 acres our friend had set up for us. However, when Dennis (brother in-law) and I go to the property to put up stands, we couldn't help but notice how many stands were already on the property. We knew someone else had to be hunting the same property. So as soon as our friend got home from work at 1pm, we ran over to the property owners house (an elderly couple owns the property). We asked the gentlemen if anyone else was suppose to be hunting the property. He said no but just to make sure he called his wife at work. It turns out his wife gave permission to a couple people she works with - New 40 acres...down the drain. So all we had left to hunt was the 30 acres our friend's dad owns behind his house. This actually is the same area we hunted last year and did fairly well. However, Dan (our friend) told us he's been out there five times this year and hadn't seen anything. He said the people that own the property right behind his dad leased it out this year to a couple of guys. Ever since those guys have been around, Dan and his brother havn't seen any deer.
So, needless to say we hunted there Friday night and Saturday morning. I can't explain how hard it rained Friday night - the entire four hours I was in my stand. The wind was blowing about 20 to 30 mph constantly. Rain, snow, and sleet smacking me in the side of the face. All I saw was a little button buck. Saturday morning same weather but still hunted - saw nothing. Saturday afternoon I looked at Dennis and said lets go home.
I went out Sunday morning at home and didn't see anything. This morning, I watched two little bucks walk right by me. I couldn't help but with them with my grunt and Can. I highly enjoyed watching their confusion.

NUBO - I will put something together for your scrapbook by the end of the week. Sorry it's taking so long...

RE: Official Team "The Shafts" (11) Thread
 

Well guy's another unsuccessful day in the field ,I hunted from 9:00am till 12:00pm but seen nothing ,but I did hear a buck doing some rubbing in the bush's behind me .Today i got my film developed from my Stealth cam that I took this summer ,This buck I've been chasing for 3 season's now he's got a decent rackand he's got large in body weight ,I'll post a pic also of his shed's that we found this spring .Can anyone tell me what they think he'll score?Do you think he's the same buck?I'm also not exactly sure he's the same buck ,but this pic was taken in the summer so his rack might not be fully developed,plus he's in velvet.

nubo



Good luck and let me know what you think.

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It's hard to tell if it's the same buck since the antlers aren't completely developed in the picture. I would say there's a good chance it might be. Second, if it is the same buck as the shed's in the corner, I would say the sheds in the corner would score right around 115 - 120 (especially since the right antler is missing a few points). However, if those points are there this year and it's one year later, he has the potentional of being a 130 to 135 class buck. I don't know when the pic up above was taken but those are my best guesses.

I'm going out tonight - it's time to take a doe. I also talked to the amish guy who hunts next door and he said he saw one of the monster's I've been seeing on Monday evening in the field on my property. What I would do to get a shot at either one of them.

Good luck to everyone else...by the way where is everyone???

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I'm not sure Jeff ,I guess they're all busy .But I'm sure we'll hear from them on the weekend.I'm going out this evening hopefully this guy comes out for a walk and i can get a better look at him .good luck this evening Jeff.

nubo

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This is driving me nut's,I got to work all weekend from 7:30pm till 7:30 am .I also know that the owner's son of the land I hunt will be out chasing my buck while I'm at work . I'm gonna go crazy thinking about this . I guess the good part is as long as he doesn't phone then by Mon and Tues I'll be in there .That good

nubo

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Hey guys
I just got out of a 3 day training class for my new job, so this is the first I've been online since Wed. Unfortunately, I won't be able to make it back out until next Sat :( Maybe someone will score and get us some more points! Nubo, thats a nice buck in that pic...hard to tell if it is the same deer, though it looks somewhat similar. I hope you get him, he's a nice one. Things should start getting good from here on out I would think. Maybe a few big boys will slip up!:D Good luck guys!

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Well guys. Chalk up a second buck for our team. He "ain't" a biggun' but he should add some points to our total. I officially entered him in the scoring/tally thread.

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Way to go Frank. You added up a second buck for your team and the total is added to the official thread. Congratulations to you and a fine picture to boot. I look forward to the story......

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Congratulation's Frank he'll do just fine ,it's nice to add another to the score card . We're catching up with the other's .Please take a moment and right a short story with time and date of harvest and please send that to me .

Thank's Frank for breaking the drought ,hopefully this evening I'll add afew more inch's to our score.

nubo