Well boys I’m so happy for my old man. This is his first buck over 120” at 69 years young.. unfortunately my dad doesn’t fall into our saddle Hunter community lol. he shot this stud sitting in a deer blind he made from my kids old bus stop shack. Wearing his blue Jean bib overalls and smoking a pipe. Deer was around 30 yards slightly quartering he drove one up through chest into the cavity he ran around 80 yards.
I did see a piebald tonight she’s been at the farm for at least 5 years but must be a dwarf she had two yearlings with her but they didn’t have any white on them.
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Good weekend for us! I got out friday and monday. High winds both days and rain on friday. Got into a leeward bowl to get out of the wind. Had a good 10 point pads me 3 separate times and would not stop. He passed me the second time pushing a doe, I even yelled hey at him and he didnt even move his ear in my direction... saw 5 buck friday 3 being shooters just no shots or out of range. I did shoot a big Male coyote though, came slinking through around 8am.
I went into the same relative area monday, only 500-600 yards away. Setup on a real tight pinch point thinking they be moving through that area to stay out of the high winds... had a descent 8 come in from behind me, I let him pass my tree thinking I could try to grunt him back once I could grab my bow and get positioned. It worked well he came right back to 30 yards, I took the shot only to cut a sapling in half that i didn't notice was there. Clean miss. He boggie outa there and made a big fuss about it.... my arrow was on track to be a great shot... so I pulled out, checked 2 cameras on the way out and well I'm just missing these deer by like a couple hours, or one day things like that....
This is the one I missed...
Coyote!
And some of the big fellas running around in the area on those 2 cams....
And this guy....
I'm thinking I may have screwed the area up, but I dunno I've only been in that relative area twice now. I dont know if its worth making another sit in there or not, the pictures tell me it's worth it but they are of the past so I dont really know what to do.... good luck to all still in it, get after them and hunt safe!
Listening to the wired to hunt podcast they are literally preaching this. October hunts and late season your best sit is the first sit, but during the rut beat it to the ground while it's hot. I havent put that perspective to it. I've, for a couple years now, considered a spot pretty much done after one or two sits, 3 in a perfect situation. I spooked that buck when I shot, so I automatically put it in my head that the spots done. He made a pretty big fuss about it. The amount of bucks I got on camera and the number of does that blew those cameras up, it's a safe bet to say it's hot. Based off what i saw this weekend, I'm gonna get back in there. I just now need to figure out another plan of attack to utilize a different wind then I've hunted there before....Get in there and get after them now is the time they aren’t thinking clearly.. I walked 25-30 yards from 110” 8 point locked on a doe off the side of the road yesterday. Wife didn’t want to shoot him but could have easily.
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Listening to the wired to hunt podcast they are literally preaching this. October hunts and late season your best sit is the first sit, but during the rut beat it to the ground while it's hot. I havent put that perspective to it. I've, for a couple years now, considered a spot pretty much done after one or two sits, 3 in a perfect situation. I spooked that buck when I shot, so I automatically put it in my head that the spots done. He made a pretty big fuss about it. The amount of bucks I got on camera and the number of does that blew those cameras up, it's a safe bet to say it's hot. Based off what i saw this weekend, I'm gonna get back in there. I just now need to figure out another plan of attack to utilize a different wind then I've hunted there before....