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Week #5 - November 2 through November 7 | Goto page 1, 2 Next |
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RuggedHunter I'm a 12 point buck on this forum.
My next goal is to become a Member of the Pabucks.com Monster Buck Club.
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Monday...11/2....very light WNW
Due to health reasons, I haven't been able to get out of the house for a couple weeks. I've been feeling better, aside from a little cabin-fever, and we all know the cure for that! I went out for a couple hours to hunt from the ground. The creatures of the woods were throwing a party....squirrels, birds.....it was loud as heck out there! I didn't see any deer though, until I got up at 5:25....with about 5 minutes left...STUPID! Watched a couple roasts bounding away. It felt great to be back out there though! |
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NBRYAN512 I'm a 10 point buck on this forum.
My next goal is to become a 11 Pointer.
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11-2-2009
went back to the stand that I missed the monster in. Heard a buck grunt about fifteen times as he chased a doe out of sight to my left at about 3:15. never did see the dear. Didn'y see a thing all night. Got to my car after dark and found a note on my windshield from my hunting partners brother stating he does not want me on the property for the rest of the season because he wants the property to himself. I am fuming mad at this point but it is not a winnible arguement. If I go back in and hunt I'll never be allowed to hunt there again. That miss is haunting me even more. Realistically I think he either spotted or seen my buck this week sometime, knows its there now and wants it to himself. Me hunting this property for the last ten years has never been an issue before. |
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NBRYAN512 I'm a 10 point buck on this forum.
My next goal is to become a 11 Pointer.
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11-3-2009
Since I cant hunt the farm property I moved down to the bottom off Rt 8 on the pipe line where I passed the small 8 on the first day. Got set up at about 2:00 and decided it would be a day of rattling, bleating, and grunting about every twenty minutes. After a rattling series at 4:30 I thought I seen tail or ear movement about 70 yards away near the river bottom. I turned the estrus bleat can twice and waited. Within minutes I observed a deer headed towards my stand from the right. I stood up and got turned. Once it was within 50 yards I was able to tell he was a buck, initially thought it was the small 8 I passed. He come out of the brush and I seen that it was a differant buck with approx 17/18 inch spread. Right side had 4 or 5 inch tines but the left side didnt look right as the deer passed at 35 yards. He walked straight out in front of my stand and was walking straight away. Due to the front and right side of my stand being pretty open with just some large trees I waited till he got behind a group and grunted twice. He immediately turned and came back about about ten yards. Now I was able to see that the left also had 4 points but were a bit smaller. I decided that I would take the buck if given the opportinity. He again walked out to the pipeline and began waking up towards the field. I let out another series of grunts and he came in on a rope to my left were its a bit thicker. As he weaved between trees and brush he walked right over the estrous trail I laid down on my way in but did not pick it up . He stayed inside the brush in between 20 and 25 yards. Once entering a small shooting lane I mouth grunted and he stopped. His front shoulder was close to the tree but I still had a window. Set my twenty yard pin on the shoulder and released. Watching my arrow fly sidways over the bucks back after it smacked a branch I did not see. The buck bounded back out to the pipe line and looked my direction wondering what the heck was that. I grabbed another arrow and grunted a few more times but he just walked away down into the swamp. About 5 minutes later had a few yearling does walk up the pipe line . MY WOES CONTINUE......worst /best archery season ever havent figured it out yet. Im in the right spot at the right time this year just cant seal the deal. |
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muss7 I'm a 12 point buck on this forum.
My next goal is to become a Member of the Pabucks.com Monster Buck Club.
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Haven't been on the site in awhile due to work but I started getting the itch a few weeks ago and got back on and started reading the threads again. I've had a pretty good season so far. Let me first say I'm in a management program, however my area is a SMALL piece of township property behind a housing plan that borders a chunk of land that a few guys i've learned hunt smart and hard. I was required to harvest 2 does before I can harvest a buck. I've only been able to get out 5-6 times since the beginning of the season due to work. I have taken my 2 does a couple weeks ago along with another I hit low but never found (which i'm still sick and upset about) I have figured there were roughly 7-9 does running the property that I see consistently, minus the 2 or 3 I have harvested. Today was the first day I was able to get out when it's been colder. Wasn't able to get out this morning had a meeting this morning. Got up into the stand (new location) around 1230 could only hunt til 230. As always i'm walking in and jump a few does, they usually wander around me throughout the time I'm in the stand but they didn't do it this time. It was about 145 and i'm going through my sequence of grunts/rattle/bleats, I sat back down for a minute and finally saw something running down the other side of the hill. As I'm watching/glassing trying to determine if it's the 10000 squirrels running around in the leaves or deer, another group of does comes HAULING down the hill towards me. I continue to look and it's 5 does. Thinking there HAS to be something pushing them, then a small 3 pt comes down as i'm thinking "just my luck" then an alot better buck came down following him. Not sure how many points but definately at least 8, very wide about 3 inches outside each ear, just didn't have great mass. He ran the 3 pt off chased the does around for a few minutes and headed back up the hill. He wouldn't respond to any grunts/rattles/bleats at all. A couple does bedded down for a few minutes before a high narrow 4 pt came down and started chasing them again. Didn't see the bigger buck again, I think there is a bigger buck hanging around but a good couple hours I could make it out. Will be out again tomorrow and saturday morning lookin for them again! |
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NBRYAN512 I'm a 10 point buck on this forum.
My next goal is to become a 11 Pointer.
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11-4-09
set up in an old spot behind what we call the station(first time this year). Discovered when I walked in the woods that it had been harvested this summer. lots of trees left of the ground and tons of blow downs. The tree I usually put my climber in was one of the trees cut, so I found another in the area that was suitable. There is now two logging roads within 20 yards of my set up on each side and I can see about 150 yards to my right. The roads had heavy deer tracks in them. As soon as I was set at about 2:30 I did a rattling sequence and two does popped out in front of me about 70 yards from the pines, but went back in serveral minutes later. About twenty minutes later rattled again and before I finished had a button buck pop up out of a blowdown to my right about 60 yards away, he walked up and hung out for about ten minutes prior to leaving. half hour later rattled again and had another doe pop up infront of me 45 yards away. She came in and browesed till about 4:30, wish she was an adult deer could have taken her several times in the hour she was under my stand After she left had 3 more does walk near my stand but out of bow range. No buck sightings tonight but theres got to be one somewere. These blowdowns and the amount of other cover are holding deer. |
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NBRYAN512 I'm a 10 point buck on this forum.
My next goal is to become a 11 Pointer.
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11-5-2009
My wife had a sonogram at 3:00 at WGH, 7 1/2 lbs they might induce her early due to there being over 4 weeks till our due date. Got out of there at 3:40 and sped to the house changed and headed on top of the hill. Was pouring rain in the city but was snowing on the hill when I got there(what a differance a few hundred feet of elevation will do) Started walking to a stand I put up for emergancies such as this. Its located only about 200 yards from the house of the land owner. Have so trail camera pics of a decent 8 there but nothing during the day. bumped 3 deer in the goldenrod on my way in about 50 yards from the stand. Sat till dark and had one deer come up a cut trail, It was dim light so I was unable to see what it was, grunted a few times and had this deer come into me. even snort weezed and this deer came withing 50 yards. ended up spooking it as I climbed out after dark |
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delcohunter I'm a 10 point buck on this forum.
My next goal is to become a 11 Pointer.
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Rattled in a 7 point yesterday around 07:45 deer was on me very quick, took the only shot i had which was pretty much a spine shot. waited 45 min. jumped the buck 15 ft. from my stand. we backed out and went back in at 14:00 the buck was probably 50 yards from where we jumped him in the am. unfortunatley the shot went through the top of one lung and out thru the gut. did retrive the buck and after a long drag he is at the butcher. all in all we seen a lot of deer that morning. |
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corkscrew33 I'm a 11 point buck on this forum.
My next goal is to become a 12 Pointer.
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Date 11-5,11-6,11-7 Location: Juniata County Winds: Swirling most of the Time
I left work early on thursday got up in time to do a little scouting and hang my climber. Walked out the ridgetop of Ant Hill (our nickname for the ridge), and started seeing scrapes. My buddy Trev said there were at least 20 scrapes going out Ant Hill the previous week. All of these hadn't been worked, there were 3 massive active scrapes, along my walk out. I got the end, where the ridge fades into the valley and noticed a hemlock that looked like it had been through a shredder. This stopped me from further exploring, and I set up about 40 yards off the scrape line next to a patch of thick hemlock. I sat for all but an hour friday, and did not see a single deer, however about 15 minutes till last light, I heard a deep crisp grunt. I bleated but the buck would not come into view. Today I got out on stand just before daybreak, I set up my doe decoy and hung a key wick doused with estrous urine nearby. At around 7:15 my attention was drawn to a series of quick excited grunts as this buck smelled the wick. I bleated twice and he came running in. Although only a 5pt, I got 5 1/2 minutes of video of him before I snort wheezed to scare him off. Later at around 9:30 I heard a deer coming in, I saw bone and knew he was the pig that had been making the large scrapes. The bleated, grunted, and everything else I could do to turn him to no avail. He stayed about 80 yards out and on a mission into the clear cut. Although his rack was not real high or wide at around 16 or 17 inside, he had good mass. The most impressive thing about this deer was his body. The buck I shot on this property last year weighed 220 live weight, and the buck I saw today would have dwarfed him in body size. On another note Trev saw a 6 point working scrapes he didn't shoot, he said he didn't know if his brows were long enough. I said THANK GOODNESS, LET EM GROW!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ![[antlers]](images/smiles/antlers.gif "antlers") |
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brute750 I'm a 6 point buck on this forum.
My next goal is to become a 7 Pointer.
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Friday I was sick with the whitetail flu, and with the only cure consisting of a tree stand, bow and arrow I headed into the woods. I had only been in the tree a short while when I saw a nice buck coming through the trees. I grunted at him and he slowed down but never came close enough, after he passed I rattled but he still continued on his way. His rack looked funny almost as if he was missing a side, the side I saw was at least 3 points and pretty heavy. I think if it was a half rack I would like to see the guy that claimed the other side. Shortly after the deer passed I saw a doe coming in, she paused in an opening broadside at about 30, 35 yds. I decided to pass on the shot. She didn't seem to be in a hurry, she then angled closer to my tree slowly feeding on the acorns, when she got behind my tree I turned around hoping for a quartering away shot. Well she stopped just short of the opening, turned back around and headed back the way she came, but she was closer this time. I readjusted in my stand and when she stepped into the opening at about 12 yds I drew the bow, placed my pin behind her front shoulder and released. I'm not sure what happened with the arrow, but I hit her right behind the back legs. ![[sad3]](images/smiles/sad3.gif "sad3") As I watched her leave I saw blood running down the side of her leg. With some optimism and a lot of disappointment I waited. I shot her at 2:30 so i waited till 3:45 to see if i could find the blood. I found some blood and my arrow. I marked the blood trail and went to the truck. Just before dark I picked up the trail again, determined to find her before the coyotes. I tracked her into the brush where I started seeing a lot of blood. I found her shortly after only about 150 yds. from the impact site. With a sigh of relief and the work just beginning we got her gutted and out of the woods. I am using the Rage 2 bladed broad heads and even with a bad shot on my part they did amazing. |
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muss7 I'm a 12 point buck on this forum.
My next goal is to become a Member of the Pabucks.com Monster Buck Club.
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Got out again Saturday morning. After a rather uneventful morning the woods started coming alive. Had seen 3 bucks previously but this day proved there are many more traveling around my section of woods. First one i saw chasing does small 3 pt but his right side came off the top of his head straight off like a unicorn. Second one came shortly after I saw the 3, it was a small 6pt came right up under my stand took a few pictures and watched his walk away. Spotted a doe feeding down by the creek and further down the creek there are 3 other bucks. First was pretty small maybe a 4 the other 2 were sparring another small 6 (bigger than the first) and one was possibly a shooter, at least an 8, GREAT mass high but just not that wide. Didn't get a good enough look at him to tell if he is a shooter. Still waiting to see the big 10 that I saw a few days ago chasin does.
Hopefully I can get out this week as work is on a TIGHT schedule with not much time. |
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Blessed to Hunt I'm a 7 point buck on this forum.
My next goal is to become a 8 Pointer.
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Still havent seen anything. Can't firgue out what the hell I'm doing wrong. I'm in sitting in a mass of oaks. Sat there on Saturday, however didn't get out till 10 am because my lazy butt slept in. Lots of rubs and fresh scapes. However the adjoining fields to my hollow had hunters all day shooting at pheasants. Thats probably a good reason I didn't see anything. Haven't been able to make it out in the mornings at all. Anyhow, I just picked up a rattle bag the other day and still reading and watching videsos on how to use it. Never tried to rattle before so it will be a new experience. Going to try it out Tuesday morning..Going to be too warm tommorrow here in SW PA after work ![[Crying or Very sad]](images/smiles/icon_cry.gif "Crying or Very sad"){kind=icon} . Going to stay home and get so work done. Good luck everyone and stay safe... |
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NBRYAN512 I'm a 10 point buck on this forum.
My next goal is to become a 11 Pointer.
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11-6-2009
set up on the pipeline again tonight, had one doe come out right near dark. She came into about 40 yards and then walk up into the field. not surprised due to all the firearms going off through out the evening within 100 yards of my stand. |
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NBRYAN512 I'm a 10 point buck on this forum.
My next goal is to become a 11 Pointer.
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11-7-2009
Went to a new spot this evening near the land. Set up in the bottom were its a bit thicker instead of sitting at the top were its hard to figure out were they are going to come out. Tons of turkey scratching all over. Sat all evening without seeing a thing. Started walking up out of the woods and bumped about 10 deer at the top were I was originally going to sit but decided that the bottom would be better. OOPS |
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shnizzelle I'm a 5 point buck on this forum.
My next goal is to become a 6 Pointer.
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Went hunting this morning (11.9.09) for 2 hours. At 7:26 I decided to hit the grunt a few times. 10 seconds later a small 8 pointer with 2 main beams on his right side came right in. I drew when he was 10 yards away, but decided to pass him up. At least it was a little excitement, and it made for a great practice session. Gotta love bow season! |
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