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Had a nice 10 point 25 yards Sunday, but I was Shaking like a leaf.Didn't even shot.

I grunted off of his rub.

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seen a bunch near a couple of my stands cant wait till fri

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seems the deer in my area have went nocturnal. Only saw 2 small bucks and 3 does last couple of days. hope ruts not waning already.

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I watched 3 buck chase a doe Saturday afternoon. I decided to try and stalk up behind them. Well I finally got behind them but they were bedded down in the middle of a corn field. They stayed there the entire afternoon. Then a small 4 pt came out of the timber on the trail of doe and saw the big 12 pt. bedded next to her, so he took off back into the woods. Then another small 8 did the same thing. The closest I got to the 12 pt. was 60 yards. I was sneeking around in a waterway that was lower than the field. He would never get further than 30 yards from the doe.

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Going this weekend shotgun hope the rain holds off!

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things havent been too good where i have been bowhunting lately. havent seen many deer. i have been out dang near every evening the last 2 weeks and only seen one deer in bow range. i shotgun hunt at a completely different place so hopefully the deer are moving there. huntIL im hoping the rain will hold off too. never have done worth a schit in the rain.[&:]

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Dad missed a deer this morning.

I'm going tomarrow, went bowhunting last night saw 13 deer.

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I'm not in Illinois, but from what I have seen, the rut is yet to come... I went out last weekend and saw 60 deer, a whopping 3 bucks out of all that, and that was opening morning, one of which I took home with me. The funny thing was, we saw 57 does, 3 bucks and the bucks were on their own on Saturday morning (opening day), not a doe in sight Saturday morning, then, after that not a buck in sight, they aren't in the rut, as everyone else has said, temps have been too warm for the rut.

We have had plently of scrapes and rubs though. We here in Indiana get your weather "leftovers" from Illinois, so could you please send some colder temps and maybe some SNOW our way?

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from what i have seen here in illinois, the rut is at its peak and seems to be starting to slow down now. im guessing maybe 3 more days maybe 4 at the most.

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I just got home tonight from southern IL (Pope county) I shot a really nice 9 pointer this morning with my Muzzleloader. This will actually be my first wallmount.
We saw several bucks chasing doe's Friday and Saturday.....And I am worn out and going to bed. :)