Sunday, October 27, 2013
Sorry but no longer posting...
While I continue to track my hunts for myself, I am no longer going to post them here. It's for various reasons but mainly due to time and becoming a job in itself. I will always share knowledge gained from them, but the details themselves no longer. Thanks, Ty.
Monday, October 7, 2013
10-7-2013 Evening Hunt
Well I was unable to make it out the first Saturday of the hunting season, the 6th, but Sunday after raining ALL morning and through lunch the God of us all stopped the rain and the stand beckoned me. With a SW wind I knew where I was heading, back to the same oak stand overlooking the trail leading to the food plot and the micro plot at the swamp property. I was banking on deer moving from Northern bedding down to plots then off to the East where the hay was located.
Time In: 4:15pm
Legal light was up right around 7:47pm
I wasn't on stand longer than 2 minutes and I had a flock of turkeys come in right at about 40 yards on a leisurely stroll from the south working to the northwest. I quickly took a quick video of it and got settled in.
About 6:15ish I decided my half hour of sitting, resting from standing otherwise, was over and I stood leaning against a tree and giving my fantasy teams a quick check on the phone. Well I heard something behind me...okay sounded like a deer probably a squirrel. I put phone up and begin the slow motion of turning to look...through the trees I see something go from the east to the west very quickly....I thought deer but wasn't sure, almost thought turkey....not two minutes passed and off behind me where the wood line meets a cut canary grass field the same "thing" comes running in. It was a deer and it was running, not sprinting, right in my entrance trail....up the trail towards my tree....leaping over the down tree directly under me and stopping out in front of me at 11 yards broadside. I can tell at this point it's a fawn doe and she is having a ball...she runs back under me and through the woods and off to the east. I then see momma creeping in the same path I had walked from the canary grass field. I figured she'd bust me with the mixture of my entrance trail and the fact she was directly downwind. Luckily she never acted the wiser and after nibbling maybe a handful of acorns she turned and headed east as well.
I would see nothing else but swear I heard a buck right before legal light was up off to my front (west) through the woods...we shall never know.
No luck but better than being at home watching football!
Time In: 4:15pm
Legal light was up right around 7:47pm
I wasn't on stand longer than 2 minutes and I had a flock of turkeys come in right at about 40 yards on a leisurely stroll from the south working to the northwest. I quickly took a quick video of it and got settled in.
About 6:15ish I decided my half hour of sitting, resting from standing otherwise, was over and I stood leaning against a tree and giving my fantasy teams a quick check on the phone. Well I heard something behind me...okay sounded like a deer probably a squirrel. I put phone up and begin the slow motion of turning to look...through the trees I see something go from the east to the west very quickly....I thought deer but wasn't sure, almost thought turkey....not two minutes passed and off behind me where the wood line meets a cut canary grass field the same "thing" comes running in. It was a deer and it was running, not sprinting, right in my entrance trail....up the trail towards my tree....leaping over the down tree directly under me and stopping out in front of me at 11 yards broadside. I can tell at this point it's a fawn doe and she is having a ball...she runs back under me and through the woods and off to the east. I then see momma creeping in the same path I had walked from the canary grass field. I figured she'd bust me with the mixture of my entrance trail and the fact she was directly downwind. Luckily she never acted the wiser and after nibbling maybe a handful of acorns she turned and headed east as well.
I would see nothing else but swear I heard a buck right before legal light was up off to my front (west) through the woods...we shall never know.
No luck but better than being at home watching football!
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
So It Begins-October 1st 2013
Well with the opener I was found hunting what I assumed would be the least intrusive stand...not necessarily the one I expected the most movement as I realized it is early and nothing needs rushed.
So I hunted the Oak stand that is central on the swamp property just N of the food plot and to the NE of the micro plot just yards up the two track from the larger one. For reference in 2013 this puts the Hay all the way to the East of this stand, the corn E and SE, and the beans already picked to the S. (the corn was picked too).
Wind was SSW, not the best but not the worst either really and I was hoping the pre-dawn wind would suck a deer worth an arrow up into the northern bedding...Temps were mid 50s at light and creeped up to the mid 60s by 11 when I started packing up.
-Had an unconfirmed buck subtly grunting and visibly shaking a branch but never got confirmed visual.
-Around 8:15 had two does come in from behind and get nervous when hitting access trail...no stomping or blowing just slowly leaving.
Had to get a lot of work done for my one business scheduled to have a big day October 2nd so left at 11am. Oh how great it was to be back in the saddle!
So I hunted the Oak stand that is central on the swamp property just N of the food plot and to the NE of the micro plot just yards up the two track from the larger one. For reference in 2013 this puts the Hay all the way to the East of this stand, the corn E and SE, and the beans already picked to the S. (the corn was picked too).
Wind was SSW, not the best but not the worst either really and I was hoping the pre-dawn wind would suck a deer worth an arrow up into the northern bedding...Temps were mid 50s at light and creeped up to the mid 60s by 11 when I started packing up.
-Had an unconfirmed buck subtly grunting and visibly shaking a branch but never got confirmed visual.
-Around 8:15 had two does come in from behind and get nervous when hitting access trail...no stomping or blowing just slowly leaving.
Had to get a lot of work done for my one business scheduled to have a big day October 2nd so left at 11am. Oh how great it was to be back in the saddle!
Friday, December 7, 2012
12-1-2012 The good, the bad and the ugly
Well between being sick after Thanksgiving and not having anymore vacation time for hunting purposes it's been awhile since sitting up a tree. I decided going into this hunt I would finally fill the freezer, meaning the does were targets for the first time in my season.
Specs of the hunt:
Where: Homestead
Stand/Location: Far Northern stand at the base of the northern hillside.
Time in: 7:00am
Time out: 11:30am
Wind: S/SE
Man this day had more in store in it than I ever thought possible. First I got on stand early enough to spread a little S&P (frozen upon harvest) estrous urine out in front of me along the trail 20-25 yards away. I made sure to spray it out over the scrape in hopes that if a buck came moving quickly it may stop him just long enough to get a shot.
Slid back up the stand in the dark, still 30-45 minutes from legal light, and began to get settled. Once I was 100% set and ready I noticed something moving off to my right...small, looked like a fox or coyote. It hung around for 5 minutes or so but worked off about 5 minutes before legal light and never gave me a clear sight line to confirm whether fox or coyote.
Legal light came and went with no sign of deer...hour passed and nothing...then finally deer movement in from the west (to my right). I was finally filling the freezer so I had bow ready upon first sighting and stood waiting to see if I'd get a shot presented to me. It was a group of 5 does, two of which were mature enough to take. The leader of the group wasn't the largest of the two but was easily 3 maybe 4 years old and I decided I'd try to take her if I could. Needless to say they played around and meandered for quite awhile...even had two of the smaller ones bed down...one well check it out:
The above video was shot with my camera...obviously not best quality but wanted to show you how close these deer were...and they were here for a while!
Well the two biggest ones finally decided they wanted to start heading East and did so right in front of me. They were in no big hurry and were nibbling here and there...the whole time I was attempting to get to full draw on one of them, but either one would be looking my direction. Twice I had clear shots at each of the does but couldn't pull back due to all the other eyes. Finally I had a shot on the bigger of the two (not the leader) so I raised my arm to draw and bam one of the yearlings picked me up. I froze and she eventually stopped looking but the doe I was gonna shoot was now moving off to my left and I had no shot. So the lead doe now down and to my left gave me a slight quartering away angled shot down through some tiny branches...picked an opening I was confident it'd be good and drew and let it fly. Till this day I am not sure what happened but I remember thinking immediately it wasn't a good hit and that it had nicked a branch. I regret taking the shot now after in hindsight...but at the time there wasn't a person in the world that could have convinced me the arrow wasn't gonna find it's mark. I would later learn the deflection had caused a gut shot and from where I saw it impact it had hit low...
Not knowing this I decided to set on stand for an hour before getting down and checking the arrow...dreading what it would show. At the 58 minute mark and while standing up to get ready to climb down I catch movement in front of me. 4 does were coming from the food plots on our property and working North right in front of me. I quick grab my bow and get set....lead doe is very big and presented me a 21 yard shot, I settled the 25 yard pin (thinking she was back slightly farther than I found out she was) and squeezed it off. I could tell this deer was hit good, but did notice the arrow hit touch right however she was double lunged and I didn't know it but was pounding blood out as she ran around and down the hill on a death run.
I sat back down texted my father, who now decided with my color blindness and having two hit he'd come home to help. It was 10:30am only and he said shoot another so I sat down and decided I may if given a chance....wouldn't you know it almost happened to. I had more does work in from the West into the thicket to my right. Wish they'd have come by me because it was the big group with the doe that is like a mini beef cattle...I hope to harvest her at some point.
THE RECOVERY...and what followed.
Well let's make this abbreviated as much as possible. We started searching for the first doe, and knew instantly it wasn't a good shot. I knew immediately I wasn't gonna give up but knew in the back of my mind this one could end bad. We honestly would find just specs of blood...at times only my father seemingly could find them. It would take us a half hour just to move 10-20 yards...after a while he decided to stay on the blood and I would start grid searching the 40 acres worth of woods she'd ran into. I seriously grid searched this woods twice in the coming hours...at one point my father now possible 40 yards from where I'd left him at last blood was at a stand still for blood...I just happened to look down where I stood in one of my circles and along the main trail that rain from where my father now stood and saw blood. This progressed us another 50 yards or so...and again the search was ridiculously slow. We did eventually figure out she had ran down into a thick spot where some creeks dumped together along a county road. After searching that thick spot completely we knew she had to have made it across the road (we heard some take off when entering the thicket...now 4 hours into the search and well over 6 hours after the shot). We walked the road and decided to go recover the other doe, which didn't take long at all before dark would hit us and if we had time we'd go walk the property across the road (my dad knew the landowner and actually hunts it). *Quick note we did hear some shots...remember that as I feel it is crucial to where my doe now is.
I won't go deep into the other tracking job...let's just say the Slick Trick Magnum 125gr heads had blown through with ease and she was spraying blood both directions at times 3 feet out each side. We found her piled up heading for our properties bedding area (which is an awesome feeling she was trying to make it there!!!). Here she is:
I'd estimate her to be 3-5 year old range and plenty big...well after that recovery we went and tried to find blood from the first doe now on the neighboring property as one last ditch effort...nothing. However we did notice on a neighbor's property two dead does laying in this guy's yard. We decided to pull into the guys driveway....now this guy is crazy...not nice...and well all around jerk to nearly everyone...but I had to try. The guy claims he was sighting in a gun early (explanation of the shots) and that the deer we saw were roadkill ones. He didn't wanna talk any longer and gave us an ear full about our hunting does and well whatever...guy was crazy. I'll just leave it at this...the shot wasn't good...and this is only the second deer I've never recovered and it has me torn up. Could that deer still be alive...yeah...is it? Sadly probably not...however I really think it may be one of those two "roadkill" deer that didn't looked banged up or road rashed at all from the distance we were standing.
Moral of the story is hindsight is always better...would I take that shot if presented again...maybe...after I clear it out some more, because obviously it wasn't open enough. Some guys would say don't sweat it, it was just a doe...but honestly I can't do that. I'll own up to my mistake and learn from it. That doe deserved me making the shot and I failed...you can count on me planning on making that the last deer I never recover for as long as possible...not a good feeling at all!
To close out this long story....I'll share the fact that it was a fox I saw in the morning. I know this because the little booger came back as I was in stand waiting on my father to arrive. Here's some pics of it:
Specs of the hunt:
Where: Homestead
Stand/Location: Far Northern stand at the base of the northern hillside.
Time in: 7:00am
Time out: 11:30am
Wind: S/SE
(as always click on any image you want to see larger)
Man this day had more in store in it than I ever thought possible. First I got on stand early enough to spread a little S&P (frozen upon harvest) estrous urine out in front of me along the trail 20-25 yards away. I made sure to spray it out over the scrape in hopes that if a buck came moving quickly it may stop him just long enough to get a shot.
Slid back up the stand in the dark, still 30-45 minutes from legal light, and began to get settled. Once I was 100% set and ready I noticed something moving off to my right...small, looked like a fox or coyote. It hung around for 5 minutes or so but worked off about 5 minutes before legal light and never gave me a clear sight line to confirm whether fox or coyote.
Legal light came and went with no sign of deer...hour passed and nothing...then finally deer movement in from the west (to my right). I was finally filling the freezer so I had bow ready upon first sighting and stood waiting to see if I'd get a shot presented to me. It was a group of 5 does, two of which were mature enough to take. The leader of the group wasn't the largest of the two but was easily 3 maybe 4 years old and I decided I'd try to take her if I could. Needless to say they played around and meandered for quite awhile...even had two of the smaller ones bed down...one well check it out:
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| One of the two does bedded down...right beneath me. |
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| Same one zoomed in closer. This deer would lick my tree steps at one point. |
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| The other yearling doe bedded 15 or so yards to my right at the same time. |
Well the two biggest ones finally decided they wanted to start heading East and did so right in front of me. They were in no big hurry and were nibbling here and there...the whole time I was attempting to get to full draw on one of them, but either one would be looking my direction. Twice I had clear shots at each of the does but couldn't pull back due to all the other eyes. Finally I had a shot on the bigger of the two (not the leader) so I raised my arm to draw and bam one of the yearlings picked me up. I froze and she eventually stopped looking but the doe I was gonna shoot was now moving off to my left and I had no shot. So the lead doe now down and to my left gave me a slight quartering away angled shot down through some tiny branches...picked an opening I was confident it'd be good and drew and let it fly. Till this day I am not sure what happened but I remember thinking immediately it wasn't a good hit and that it had nicked a branch. I regret taking the shot now after in hindsight...but at the time there wasn't a person in the world that could have convinced me the arrow wasn't gonna find it's mark. I would later learn the deflection had caused a gut shot and from where I saw it impact it had hit low...
Not knowing this I decided to set on stand for an hour before getting down and checking the arrow...dreading what it would show. At the 58 minute mark and while standing up to get ready to climb down I catch movement in front of me. 4 does were coming from the food plots on our property and working North right in front of me. I quick grab my bow and get set....lead doe is very big and presented me a 21 yard shot, I settled the 25 yard pin (thinking she was back slightly farther than I found out she was) and squeezed it off. I could tell this deer was hit good, but did notice the arrow hit touch right however she was double lunged and I didn't know it but was pounding blood out as she ran around and down the hill on a death run.
I sat back down texted my father, who now decided with my color blindness and having two hit he'd come home to help. It was 10:30am only and he said shoot another so I sat down and decided I may if given a chance....wouldn't you know it almost happened to. I had more does work in from the West into the thicket to my right. Wish they'd have come by me because it was the big group with the doe that is like a mini beef cattle...I hope to harvest her at some point.
THE RECOVERY...and what followed.
Well let's make this abbreviated as much as possible. We started searching for the first doe, and knew instantly it wasn't a good shot. I knew immediately I wasn't gonna give up but knew in the back of my mind this one could end bad. We honestly would find just specs of blood...at times only my father seemingly could find them. It would take us a half hour just to move 10-20 yards...after a while he decided to stay on the blood and I would start grid searching the 40 acres worth of woods she'd ran into. I seriously grid searched this woods twice in the coming hours...at one point my father now possible 40 yards from where I'd left him at last blood was at a stand still for blood...I just happened to look down where I stood in one of my circles and along the main trail that rain from where my father now stood and saw blood. This progressed us another 50 yards or so...and again the search was ridiculously slow. We did eventually figure out she had ran down into a thick spot where some creeks dumped together along a county road. After searching that thick spot completely we knew she had to have made it across the road (we heard some take off when entering the thicket...now 4 hours into the search and well over 6 hours after the shot). We walked the road and decided to go recover the other doe, which didn't take long at all before dark would hit us and if we had time we'd go walk the property across the road (my dad knew the landowner and actually hunts it). *Quick note we did hear some shots...remember that as I feel it is crucial to where my doe now is.
I won't go deep into the other tracking job...let's just say the Slick Trick Magnum 125gr heads had blown through with ease and she was spraying blood both directions at times 3 feet out each side. We found her piled up heading for our properties bedding area (which is an awesome feeling she was trying to make it there!!!). Here she is:
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| No that stand in behind me isn't the one I was in. |
I'd estimate her to be 3-5 year old range and plenty big...well after that recovery we went and tried to find blood from the first doe now on the neighboring property as one last ditch effort...nothing. However we did notice on a neighbor's property two dead does laying in this guy's yard. We decided to pull into the guys driveway....now this guy is crazy...not nice...and well all around jerk to nearly everyone...but I had to try. The guy claims he was sighting in a gun early (explanation of the shots) and that the deer we saw were roadkill ones. He didn't wanna talk any longer and gave us an ear full about our hunting does and well whatever...guy was crazy. I'll just leave it at this...the shot wasn't good...and this is only the second deer I've never recovered and it has me torn up. Could that deer still be alive...yeah...is it? Sadly probably not...however I really think it may be one of those two "roadkill" deer that didn't looked banged up or road rashed at all from the distance we were standing.
Moral of the story is hindsight is always better...would I take that shot if presented again...maybe...after I clear it out some more, because obviously it wasn't open enough. Some guys would say don't sweat it, it was just a doe...but honestly I can't do that. I'll own up to my mistake and learn from it. That doe deserved me making the shot and I failed...you can count on me planning on making that the last deer I never recover for as long as possible...not a good feeling at all!
To close out this long story....I'll share the fact that it was a fox I saw in the morning. I know this because the little booger came back as I was in stand waiting on my father to arrive. Here's some pics of it:
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
11-23-2012 Black Friday
Specs of the hunt:
Where: Homestead
Stand/Location: Trident Stand, stand on the SW bottom of hill by food plot
Time in:6:50am
Time out: 12:00 (noon)
Wind: W/NW
First time wind conditions were right for a day where I would be hunting the homestead property for this stand. My father had hunted quite a few times in bow season and after some stories from him I was pumped to see if the stand would come to life for me.
It was a frigid day, starting just above freezing and dropped nearly a degree or more every single hour till I got down. I had absolutely no movement till roughly mid-morning around 10:00am, when two does came from my North. The crazy thing was the wind was picking up and it seriously started gusting hard right as they walked in....those does honestly stopped dead in their tracks and bedded down when it started howling.
Seeing them do this and feeling the wind ripping into me I decided there was no way a deer would move in this weather so I had my father and nephew (up from Southern Indiana) walk back in the food plot to slip the deer away without busting my position.
End of hunt.
Where: Homestead
Stand/Location: Trident Stand, stand on the SW bottom of hill by food plot
Time in:6:50am
Time out: 12:00 (noon)
Wind: W/NW
First time wind conditions were right for a day where I would be hunting the homestead property for this stand. My father had hunted quite a few times in bow season and after some stories from him I was pumped to see if the stand would come to life for me.
It was a frigid day, starting just above freezing and dropped nearly a degree or more every single hour till I got down. I had absolutely no movement till roughly mid-morning around 10:00am, when two does came from my North. The crazy thing was the wind was picking up and it seriously started gusting hard right as they walked in....those does honestly stopped dead in their tracks and bedded down when it started howling.
Seeing them do this and feeling the wind ripping into me I decided there was no way a deer would move in this weather so I had my father and nephew (up from Southern Indiana) walk back in the food plot to slip the deer away without busting my position.
End of hunt.
Monday, November 19, 2012
11-17-2012 Gun Season Opens: I got my bow
Specs of the hunt:
Where: Homestead
Stand/Location: Same far NE stand
Time in: 6:00am
Time out: 6:15pm down
Wind: S/SE
Well, it was here. The gun season in Indiana officially was starting...I'd put in 169 hours on stand to this point without connecting on a big buck yet for the first time in 4 years prior to gun season. I knew this was the day a ton of the small bucks I'd let walk would meet their maker, but that is nothing out of the ordinary and can't dwell on it.
This day started unusually quiet for opening day of gun season...usually sounds like WW III is commencing. I had does all around me and actually at roughly 9am I would have a group of 10 does come in from my East and walk right under my stand. The neighbor would eventually get them nervous and they turned around...however not before I got to study the lead doe. I kid you not this doe looked like a 55 gallon drum on it's side. She was HUGE! Looking back on it now and knowing how my season is going I should have shot her. She easily was the biggest bodied deer I'd seen at the homestead property (bucks included) on hoof during the season. Hopefully I get another chance when I will feel like filling my freezer later in the season, because I'll be honest she was like a small beef cattle!
My father would be on the other side of the property from me hunting all day as well. He had deer all around him pretty much all day. He sent me a text a mere 1 hour and 56 minutes till legal time was up that the neighboring hunter just now was entering woods. He proceeded to hook up a climber tree stand, then had to go get gun at truck, and then climbed.....oh brother. I silently thought, "You know what he'll probably shoot something knowing this season...probably the little 7 or 8 that we got running around which seem oblivious to anything".
Wouldn't you know it my father would have some does run right under his stand and proceed over to the neighbor...only to be followed by the little 7 (picture below). My father had him under 10 yards away and watched as it headed over to the neighbor....he knew it was as good as dead and sure enough. That's hunting...
My night ended with me actually heading over there to make sure the deer wasn't on a neighbor's property I promised to keep on eye on her property. Knowing his deer appeared to head there I did in fact call her and left a message (no answer) that she should be getting a call to legally recover his deer. Well long story short after actually going over and talking with the hunter while recovering his deer it didn't appear to go on the neighbor's property...however a very heated discussion would take place over their anger about signs being posted for trespassing issues and how we'd hinged cut our Northern border. It was absurd how angry they were when they were the ones who had poached a deer on our property last year...but whatever. It was so bad I actually for the first time all year didn't hunt the next day when I could have....ugh.
Oh well...more on what we're doing to fix our issues with them (not to their liking I'm sure) in future postings this off-season.
To all you out there still chasing a buck or filling the freezer good luck and be safe. Also be considerate to your other hunters.
Where: Homestead
Stand/Location: Same far NE stand
Time in: 6:00am
Time out: 6:15pm down
Wind: S/SE
Well, it was here. The gun season in Indiana officially was starting...I'd put in 169 hours on stand to this point without connecting on a big buck yet for the first time in 4 years prior to gun season. I knew this was the day a ton of the small bucks I'd let walk would meet their maker, but that is nothing out of the ordinary and can't dwell on it.
This day started unusually quiet for opening day of gun season...usually sounds like WW III is commencing. I had does all around me and actually at roughly 9am I would have a group of 10 does come in from my East and walk right under my stand. The neighbor would eventually get them nervous and they turned around...however not before I got to study the lead doe. I kid you not this doe looked like a 55 gallon drum on it's side. She was HUGE! Looking back on it now and knowing how my season is going I should have shot her. She easily was the biggest bodied deer I'd seen at the homestead property (bucks included) on hoof during the season. Hopefully I get another chance when I will feel like filling my freezer later in the season, because I'll be honest she was like a small beef cattle!
My father would be on the other side of the property from me hunting all day as well. He had deer all around him pretty much all day. He sent me a text a mere 1 hour and 56 minutes till legal time was up that the neighboring hunter just now was entering woods. He proceeded to hook up a climber tree stand, then had to go get gun at truck, and then climbed.....oh brother. I silently thought, "You know what he'll probably shoot something knowing this season...probably the little 7 or 8 that we got running around which seem oblivious to anything".
Wouldn't you know it my father would have some does run right under his stand and proceed over to the neighbor...only to be followed by the little 7 (picture below). My father had him under 10 yards away and watched as it headed over to the neighbor....he knew it was as good as dead and sure enough. That's hunting...
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My night ended with me actually heading over there to make sure the deer wasn't on a neighbor's property I promised to keep on eye on her property. Knowing his deer appeared to head there I did in fact call her and left a message (no answer) that she should be getting a call to legally recover his deer. Well long story short after actually going over and talking with the hunter while recovering his deer it didn't appear to go on the neighbor's property...however a very heated discussion would take place over their anger about signs being posted for trespassing issues and how we'd hinged cut our Northern border. It was absurd how angry they were when they were the ones who had poached a deer on our property last year...but whatever. It was so bad I actually for the first time all year didn't hunt the next day when I could have....ugh.
Oh well...more on what we're doing to fix our issues with them (not to their liking I'm sure) in future postings this off-season.
To all you out there still chasing a buck or filling the freezer good luck and be safe. Also be considerate to your other hunters.
11-14-12 All Day Sit
Specs of the hunt:
Where: Homestead
Stand/Location: Very NE one yet again
Time in: 6:00am
Time out: 6:15pm down
Wind: S/SE
With the wind looking good yet again for this stand I just couldn't help but head to it...especially my dog issues and heart break (pre-legal) hunt at the Swamp Property. This hunt would be busy all day long. I would see does every single hour, heading both directions and even bedding beside me at times. The crazy thing is I saw no bucks, not even a scrawny one till very late in the evening when I had a spike come by. Was nuts, starting to seriously wonder if we don't have too many does and not enough bucks.
Where: Homestead
Stand/Location: Very NE one yet again
Time in: 6:00am
Time out: 6:15pm down
Wind: S/SE
With the wind looking good yet again for this stand I just couldn't help but head to it...especially my dog issues and heart break (pre-legal) hunt at the Swamp Property. This hunt would be busy all day long. I would see does every single hour, heading both directions and even bedding beside me at times. The crazy thing is I saw no bucks, not even a scrawny one till very late in the evening when I had a spike come by. Was nuts, starting to seriously wonder if we don't have too many does and not enough bucks.
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