Duckmastor2

Well, here we are. The 1st week of Nov and we get hit with above average Temps. Not suppose to get back cooler weather until Friday. Looks like I will not be taking any time off this week for deer hunting. I' ll save it until next week do a couple all day hunts before Shotgun Season.

I went out Saturday in the morning. But, the duck hunters at the farm next store were back. I was already in the woods when they arrived and boy did they make alot of noise. The guys yelling at his dog, his kid, dropping sh@t all over. I knew I was doomed. Pulled out around 9am and went to the other side of the farm and built a couple ground blinds. This way, I have a couple more options next saturday.

Well, keep the reports coming. Only 11 more days until the pumpkin bragade starts pounding the deer, so get em before then. After that, it really gets hard.

lemond33

yeah..i am going to hunt wed...only because of the reports that i am getting from friends...the bucks are seeking does and running with them. every year we start strong on this board and everyone dies off...come on!!! what has been shot in delaware this year of some SIZE??? what are u hearing??

what are the red berries that these deer are eating???? they grow in long rows...tart tasting??? someone please answer

lemond33

u r guys are no fun anymore...i am heading out in a few minutes...good luck to all

lemond33

i am an ex BIKE racer..tour de france type. it takes alot to extend myself(if u will). after setting up this afternoon, i found myself sweating it was a little warm for this time of the year and my rattling and calling was not working. found some HUGE tracks...a few rubby B dub dubs, but no scrapes?? iw ill be at again thurs and fri

Duckmastor2

It was warm today. I rescheduled my Vacation to hunt next Monday and Wed. Planning to hunt all day, everyday I can before Shotgun season. Obsessed, probably. But even if I dont get a deer, its all good.... [:-]

lemond33

where are u hunting and have u seen bucks chasing does?? do u think i should hunt the interior or edges of the swamps now???

Duckmastor2

I have not seen any rutting activity yet but Im sure that will change after this weekend when the temps fall. As for hunting the marshes and meadows, I hunt right along the edges. That the primary bedding areas where I hunt. I try and cut them off on the way back from the fields in the morning and Im right there at night waiting for them to come out. Saturday, I' ll try some rattling and grunting if I dont see anything by 10am. Maybe I can get one curious enough to come out and take a look, we' ll have to see.

In the afternoon, my dad and I are heading to the leased place. I' ll FINALLY have a Northerly wind so I can hunt my stand. I built ground blinds last week in an area that hasnt been hunted yet. Putting the old man in one of those. Hopefully i can get him a shot before the guns start blasting 11/14.

Good Luck Saturday for everyone heading out. Should be a good day! [:-]

lemond33

thanks for the reply..these guys are " BORING" or are they hunting?? i hunted, if u want to call it that, in a hit and miss fashion...like bass fishing. i got to a spot...rattled and grunted...nothing all over the place. had one op at a buck in the corn...rack was not what i was looking for. i will be out there fri and sat...fri i am hunting out of my t2 by double bull.


got some mrs doe piss in the mail...they sent it overnight on ice...wow. i had to try it

Bow-4-It

Heading out this afternoon to a spot that I scouted last week. Found 5 scrapes on the edge of the woods that borders a bean field (beans are still standing) and some rubs inside of the woods. Public land near Blackiston that NEVER gets bowhunted. This NW wind and cold front is just what i' ve been waiting for I' ll have my grunt call, doe bleat can and tinks with me. Hunting hard till Thursday before the army invades the woods

lemond33

a good night, but no backstraps. i played around with my son and then decided to hunt far away on a tract here. i wasnt 150yds from the parking area when i took notice to a cut-through in some corn. people werent using it, deer were. i walked through and set up with 2 trails out in front of me and more to the side. at 4:55 the plump-est doe i have ever seen came through....she turned the corner with her nose on the scent trail i had laid...MRS DOE PISS she looked around and then took a few steps forward...she saw the T2(ground blind by double bull)....if i didnt have, " there is a buck trailing' on my mnd i would have toasted her at 35-40yds. she was looking right at me...i thought she saw me in it....that would have been a first. she turned and then came to my left into the corn....not really scared, just a little worried. she never ran or stomped....well...the buck never came, but i thought he was. mayb monday night on the way out, there were deer everywhere. jumping across me and such. this area is hot for the rut. i rattled and grunted....nothiinng....that should change by tuesday.


good luck