Ohio Buck
#1
Spike
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Join Date: Nov 2014
Posts: 36
Ohio Buck
I am a hunter who has been archery hunting in eastern ohio for the past 3 years. Last year i encountered a monster that was wheezing and stomping at my little brother and i. I never could get a shot off and it was dark. Just yesterday as a tried to get a doe to leave my area before i left my stand i simply hit my grunt so it would leave the area. A minute or so after that, i heard the deepest grunt in my life. I have a mature grunt call and this made mine look like nothing. It was the same buck and was running around me and i only caught a glimpse. He seems to only come out at night. I also have pictures on my trail cam and they are all taken in the middle of the night. How should i hunt him? My dad has also seen him while leaving the woods ad he just seems impossible to get!
#3
Spike
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Join Date: Nov 2014
Posts: 36
I'm going to try using some buck Bomb tomorrow afternoon when I head in to see if that will pull him out any earlier than dark. But I'll take any advice at this point.
#5
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Southeast Missouri
Posts: 2,178
Do a drag line with some Doe in Estrous Scent on it,walk it in several yards before Your stand,then past it and circle around Your stand and hang it out in front about 20-25 yards within Bow Range!Rattle and grunt early in hopes he will show up before darkness?
#8
Spike
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Join Date: Nov 2014
Posts: 36
my dad was in my stand last night, and as it got dark 8 doe came out of the brush and he followed them out made a U about 60 yards away and walked right back in after checking out the doe. About 4 in browtine and its tines are easily 12" off its head with a 25"+ spread. He said it was bigger than his 12 pt he shot back in the day.
#9
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 2,445
If stand hunting won't get him, you could team up with another hunter. One guy gets upwind of the area you suspect he's holed up in and makes a few swings through the area while the other hunter or hunters wait downwind on likely escape routes. The guy doing the walking needs to go slow. You want the buck to get up and walk out as opposed to jumping and running.