Well my hunch paid off & shot a nice 8 right where I saw the other deer last night.
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LIVE from the Saddle 2024
- Thread starter Bigterp
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How bout you @sconnieVLP ?!? Hoping you got it done
Back at it, same spot 3 more inches of fresh snow to cover up all the scent from last night. Looking for any legal deer or 2
In episode 3,784 of “Bowhunting is Hard” sconnieVLP fails to connect. Neighbors had the snowmobiles out and blew the first group that came out off the field, then nothing else emerged until it was late and they fed well past the time that I could even see. My strategy yesterday required them to come out, feed, and leave the field before dark (which they had done the last few nights) and walk past me on the exit.
Still a great night though, at one point there were 18 deer and 11 turkeys out in that field. Also had a button buck bed down directly below my stand, so I got to watch him for quite a while.
I’ll say it again - it was just one of those nights that you’re thankful to be able to get out and do this stuff. As frustrating as it can be sometimes (the last four nights), but that’s what makes it worth it. If it was easy, I don’t think I’d be completely obsessed with it.
Pic of the button and a few turkeys (a couple nice toms in there making me look forward to May):
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Nope! Skunked…… I like to keep on the gas when I have 1 in the cooler. Plus this is the time of year to just go for it until I’m out of season…..
Another beautiful late season day in the whitetail woods. Nothing moving yet but plenty of tracks from the last ~18 hours or so here, and I'm hoping for the best.
1 pm edit- nothing over there, so change of scenery for the PM. I'm on a travel corridor to bedding, in thicker cover and on the leeward side of this hill (man it's so much nicer out of the wind!) with a pinch point behind me. I feel like it's a good plan for the PM, let's see if the deer agree. Went back to one sticking for this sit, still feel it's slightly easier for me than 2tc.
1 pm edit- nothing over there, so change of scenery for the PM. I'm on a travel corridor to bedding, in thicker cover and on the leeward side of this hill (man it's so much nicer out of the wind!) with a pinch point behind me. I feel like it's a good plan for the PM, let's see if the deer agree. Went back to one sticking for this sit, still feel it's slightly easier for me than 2tc.
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Live from the deadfall this afternoon. Could have climbed but I was running late and I didn’t want cold fingers. Looking for any buck with 8+ pts or 3YO+. Not quite to the point where I am willing to burn my last tag on a third doe, but that’ll change in about a week if I don’t get a buck lol.
I was going to scout a swamp area but it warmed up today ahead of forecast and is going to pour tomorrow both making for a hard slog. So back in a familiar tree and there are tracks for days in this snow. Here’s to hoping they are evening deer tracks.
tracks for days except for today. I dropped a camera back on the spot I used to have it and we’ll see when they are coming through.
Probably my last weekend in the saddle, potentially my last sit. I hope so, only in the sense that I have one more either-sex tag and Iollygagged about filling it. Thus, bucks are the target but I may just let one rip on a doe; I’m itching in the trigger fingy, I’m down to the wire on season, and I need another carcass to practice butchering.Edit: I realize this sounds a little presumptuous that I’ll see a deer at all. Never wanna take that for granted, and I’m genuinely happy to enjoy the afternoon.
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Last weekend of late archery season here. I found a spot on public with a ton of buck sign but no deer.
Had to leave early due to a severe thunderstorm rolling in.
Had to leave early due to a severe thunderstorm rolling in.
I thought we could keep hunting as long as we had tags left!
You’ve got that new stick bow that gets you three extra days!
Had a big doe come through the one place I could get picked off, as I was climbing down she skylined me & blew..
That’s the backup plan. Need to shoot more this week though……..