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Actually - its a very dried up Beaver Pond at the headwaters of as small spring creek on the property. The muddied section in the picture showed considerable deer sign - as the deer went to drink - so I placed the camera there. So far only one other buck at the sight ( a very little spike) - The 8 point shows up several times over the 2 days - once chasing a deer and coming right back for another picture - I think the Beaver Dam is Home Base for him.

WNY Bowhunter -
Good luck with your prospect - We know how these go sometimes - but we GOT to plan - right?

FH

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farm hunter:

Good luck on your buck too. I'm not really counting on any plans right now. The deer around here have just seemed to vanish in the past few weeks...their feeding habits must have changed or something?Maybe it's the heat too...I don't know? That big7-pt. thatI mentionedhas disappeared....I haven't so much as caught a peek at him in 3 weeks. Prior to that I saw him consistantly since the beginning of June. My uncle saw him on his way in to work the other morning so I know that he's still around.I can't figure it out...none of the other bucks have been coming out to feed in the alfalfa either, although I did see adecent2-yr. old6-pt. that I've never seen before out there this morning. The fields right by the road so maybe it's a good thing that the bucks aren't out there advertising themselves...I sure wouldn't want any unwelcomed guests showing up come October.

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I'm ready to go....is it opening day yet?

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I never really hunted northern teir much but I wanna hunt soo much that I am gonna this year....Sept. 27th better get here quick.

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I finally got outto do a little spotlighting last night. Overall, it was pretty disappointing....I only saw 10 bucks, a bunch of does/fawns and a lot that were too far a way to tell. Usually, you see anywhere from 30-60 bucks on this route. The biggest buck of the night was abeautiful 9-pt with really long G2 and G3's. I'd guess he'llgrossin the mid-130's and woulda went 140 if he had a matching G4 on his right side. I'm pretty sure that I have some video of him from last summer. There was also agreat looking heavy racked 2-yr. old 10-pt. with him. He'll be a slammer if he makes it for a couple more years.

This morning I checked out the alfalfa fieldby the house at first lightagain andfinally managed to get agoodlook at "my" HAWG 7-pt. It 's the first time I've laid eyes on him in a month and he's done some growing since then.Helooksto be agood 18-19 inchesinside with around 10" back tines, good massand really longbeams that curve up at the ends. He looks kinda funny with just a browtine and a huge fork on his left side. There's no way that you'd think he was only a 7-pt. when you first see him...he's without a doubt the largest 7-pt. that I've ever seen. I've got 4 stands in the area...hopefully I'll find myself in the right one at the right timethis fall.There were 3 other bucks feeding out there there this morning too...a couple of the 2 yr.olds and an exceptional little palmated 9-pt. yearling with really long browtines and aforked, common basebacktine on one side. I sure hope that little guy is still around in a couple of years. It won't be too long before they start polishing their racks up...the velvet looks kinda dull and grayish colored now, not dark and shiny like it was a month ago. The bucksseem to begetting a little more annoyed at each other now too. The little 9-pt. went up and sniffed one of the 8-pts. a couple of times and he was giving the "look" and ran off both times. Then the8-pt. proceded to get a little too close to the big 7 when he was feeding and he let out a loud snort and chased the 8-pt. for a few yards before he started feeding again. Both are good signs that fall is on its way. Seeing that bigboy this morning has sure gotten me fired up...like I needed the extra encouragement! :D

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i have not really been out as much as i would like but did manage to see a large group out in a bean field. most of my scouting will start in hot and heavy once i get out in the woods to do some hunting for those lil bushytails:Dnothing like stalking the woods looking for tree rats and seeing a buck or two

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Are you talking bachelor groups?

It's funny, because I usually see them all the time, but this year....every buck I have seen has been solitary.

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the group which i saw had several doe and yearlings in the center with five bucks hanging out along the edge. as far as i could tell all but one buck where fairly young... the largest of the group looked to be a 4 or a five year old with the others being between 2 to 3 years... please understand i am not a biologist and these are just a rough guess at best.

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LOL, nobody will give you a hard time about that.:DSounds like you do indeed havea good bachelor group going. Even looks like it has the typical set up of different age classes. Hopefully they don't disperse too far. Good luck!

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I haven't looked too hard at the camp I belong to. I was up there a month ago to check out the water damage to the roads, and the deerflies were coming in squadrons. We need to do a lot of work on the roads, but we do have a loader and a dump truck . . .