mauser06

today i was bored and sick of being in the house after school and im 15 so i cant hunt alone or id be chasing turkeys or tree rats...so i put on my camos and went down the road to a pretty decint sized patch of woods...least a few square miles...i see deer and turkey tehre all the time...my friend is 16 and can hunt alone so i guided him on some tree rats one day and found a little bucks rub line...so i went and was going to sit and watch it knowing that the ruts in about full swing...i took my camera along just to use the film up so i can see my fish i caught over the summer and capture a deer or turkeys too...i found a nice spot i could have perfect pics when they walk down their rub line but decided to go 20 yards farther..then 30...then 40...i found a good tree and was walking to it when i hear deer take out...one got up and stopped after a few feet...i seen a rack! looked to be a 4 point....he started walking so i kinda bleated with my mouth because i forgot my call....he stopped and another got up! it looked like a spike....maybe a doe...i dont think 2 bucks would bed together this time of year..but im almost posative he had about 4 inch spikes on him..and was smaller than the other buck beside him....that definently got the blood rushing! made me wish them almost 3 weeks before rifle season was a day...i dont hunt the area though..next year i might bow hunt it...on the way out i seen a GIANT scrape..had to be about 4ft by 4ft! i was like NO WAY!...looked close at the middle and i could see stick marks someone made trying to imitate a hoof mark..looked up on the hill to see a guy i seen last time i was back there...must be trying to mock a scrape...maybe he should see the size of a real one!...kinda feel bad for him besides the fact i ruined 2 of his hunts now he obviously doesnt have a tree stand and is trying to use a cliff above a creek as his stand...only the bucks rubline is behind him and the wind blows to them! poor guy...o well hes not a junior hunter he cant take the 2 bucks i seen due to ARs....just had to tell someone about a decint day and seeing "urban" bucks lol...they were within 150 yds of a truck place with moving trucks! jsut watching the guys work i guess...and houses are fairly close too....i know where i will be after school next year before i get my drivers liscense!



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Edited by - mauser06 on 11/12/2002 20:10:17

timbercruiser

Mauser I have seen a few actual scrapes that were four feet across or more before. They are not very common, but it is possible. I figured that they were being used by more than one buck.

FirstBow

Just give me directions again I'll be there before somebody else gets to him first, say Saturday 'bout 5 am? I'll try and help you out<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>
I'm 41 think I'm covered.

mauser06

i guess your right some get pretty big..one deer hit daily and yearly got tp be pretty big as the season went on...but i know he made it...went back today and seen the stick marks in it again....and if your 41 you definently cant take either bucks because of the ARs...4 pts or more on a side to be legal...i being a junior can take either of them...and a senior can...and that guy looked to be 25 or so and i know he cant...less the 4pt was bigger lol...the rack was pretty big but i dont think it would made 4pts on a side...maybe a 6pt at best...today i didnt see anything...2 kids came busting through while i was waiting for the deer...not a speck of orange on...its fall turkey small game and archery season and 2 kids are walking in the woods with no orange...no gun or bow but still should have orange on...even though im not hunting i wear an orange hat...

tschaef

You're doing the right thing Mauser, just because you can't carry a gun doesn't mean you can't enjoy yourself and learn stuff in the bush. Up here we can't hunt sundays so I will often go out with the camera, on sundays I never bring home meat but I like to think all hunts are successful because I enjoy the time in the bush so much.

&quot;guns aren't for killing people, guns are for killing dangerous and delicious animals&quot;
- Homer Simpson