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Live from the tree 2017 version

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Thanks guys. This deer is special because I got to share the experience with my son. It is a memory that I will definitely cherish. We were watching over a cutover. We had passed a spike earlier and a saw a couple does that were to far away. My 5 year old son was getting kinda bored and thought maybe we were hunting the wrong spot. Then 100 yards below I caught a glimpse of a rack. I knew right away he was decent but didn't realize how nice. Thought he was just a decent 8 point. He was just standing there. What I did not realize was that he had a doe with him. Not sure if they were bedded there the whole time or if they had come in through the thick brush. I quick whispered "big buck". I had to shoot a little high to clear the brush he was in. Upon the shot he disappeared and it was then I saw the doe. She jumped up and ran about 10 yards. For the next 5 minutes she stared back to where the buck had been. I waited holding my breath hoping he wouldn't reappear. After several minutes we packed up and headed down. I was pretty confident he had died right there because of how the doe was acting. Sure enough he had dropped in his tracks. He was a larger deer than I had realized. Interesting thing is I passed up a decent 8 point in the same cut over last year that looked similar. I actually took a pic through my scope last year of the deer. I am wondering if it might be the same deer. Either way I am pretty stoked right now!

Now here is the question @redsquirrel. I was using an old permanent stand as my platform but was using my saddle tethered to the tree. Does that still count for points for my team?
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pilgrimhunter said:
Thanks guys. This deer is special because I got to share the experience with my son. It is a memory that I will definitely cherish. We were watching over a cutover. We had passed a spike earlier and a saw a couple does that were to far away. My 5 year old son was getting kinda bored and thought maybe we were hunting the wrong spot. Then 100 yards below I caught a glimpse of a rack. I knew right away he was decent but didn't realize how nice. Thought he was just a decent 8 point. He was just standing there. What I did not realize was that he had a doe with him. Not sure if they were bedded there the whole time or if they had come in through the thick brush. I quick whispered "big buck". I had to shoot a little high to clear the brush he was in. Upon the shot he disappeared and it was then I saw the doe. She jumped up and ran about 10 yards. For the next 5 minutes she stared back to where the buck had been. I waited holding my breath hoping he wouldn't reappear. After several minutes we packed up and headed down. I was pretty confident he had died right there because of how the doe was acting. Sure enough he had dropped in his tracks. He was a larger deer than I had realized. Interesting thing is I passed up a decent 8 point in the same cut over last year that looked similar. I actually took a pic through my scope last year of the deer. I am wondering if it might be the same deer. Either way I am pretty stoked right now!

Now here is the question @redsquirrel. I was using an old permanent stand as my platform but was using my saddle tethered to the tree. Does that still count for points for my team?
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Great post. Congrats!!!

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That’s great that you got to do that with your kid. Definitely a hunt you will remember.
 
Happy thanksgiving!

I left the saddle at home so I still hunt some state land and ended up setting up about 60 yards from the most ridiculous amount of buck sign I’ve ever seen. I counted over 2 dozen rubs adjacent to this rub cluster. I’ve never seen that much signposting in my life.

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Yes every part of that tree is rubbed and it even has branches snapped off. With a scrape underneath it no less!

Nothing ever came to visit it but I did see a large bodied deer about 200-250 yards out but it moved to quickly and was getting too dark for me to see what it was.

Still a great sit on state land. If I get a good wind I’ll be back to this spot.




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Happy thanksgiving everyone!

Saw 3 does last night and 2 this morning. I was lucky enough to get sick right in time for my week off. I have only been hunting a little and I haven't been more than a couple hundred yards from my truck since Sunday. I probably shouldn't even be going out but well, I have problems.
 
I was hopeful this morning. And of course thankful to be hanging 25 feet up ... handful of does and a 4 pt hung around for quite a while.


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