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Team 10

Last night I walked about 4 miles in the last couple hours of light looking for hot sign, and not finding much until I came up to a harvested corn field at sunset. It had 27 does and a small 6pt in it and the adjacent field had another 8 does! Our rut isn't until Jan 1ish so while it was nice to see all the does it really isn't the magnet right now.
Had a good frost this morning but didn't see much movement, so spent the middle of the day scouting and found a likely spot for Wed morning. This afternoon I went back to an old faithful and saw a lot of fresh sign, including a few scrapes and new rubs, but only saw 2 does tonight.
Tomorrow is forecasted to be a rainy, thunderstormy day and I may go see my daughter whose at FSU about 40 miles away if I wake up to a busy radar.
 
Tuesday was a rainout in the morning and a good visit with my daughter in the afternoon/evening. This morning I had a great set-up I thought and deer were moving good on cell cams. It was in the mid 50s and misty overcast, with good 8-10mph winds pulling my scent out over water about 10 feet behind me. About 45 min after sunrise, I heard something right behind me and it was a scraggly 8pt at about 15 feet! We saw each other at the same time and he had much faster reflex's and left with a spike I also hadn't seen. They had approached along the waterline and one small oak gave them just enough cover for me not to see them until it was too late. When I got down this morning, I bent and twisted a couple limbs to reduces that blind spot!

This evening, it was quiet until about 15 minutes after sunset when a nice doe approached my stand in very thick cover. She eventually saw me as I was only about 10 feet up and blew then charged my tree! She made it 3yds from my tree then went out in the open 20yds and stood broadside to slightly quartering away....so I shot her! Shot felt, looked and sounded good but when I retrieved the arrow it had bright red blood with no bubbles, and some meat and fat. I didn't have a great light but I followed her trail about 20 yards but found no blood. After the shot, she ran off about 10yds and then went to a quick walk. At about 40yrds, I thought she was going to fall over but she managed to make it out of sight. I feel like I may have hit a little high and it might take a bit to fill up internally before coming out. With no blood right away and not seeing her go down, I backed out since it will be in the high 30s tonight and will be in first thing in the morning to continue the track job......to be continued!
 
I did an 8 1/2 hour sit way back over some hot red oaks. Nothing showed but some squirrels, but I had a decent buck on camera in there yesterday afternoon. It's been a long day. I'm loving the 2TC. For me, it is so much better than sticks.
 

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Pyronole said:
Tuesday was a rainout in the morning and a good visit with my daughter in the afternoon/evening. This morning I had a great set-up I thought and deer were moving good on cell cams. It was in the mid 50s and misty overcast, with good 8-10mph winds pulling my scent out over water about 10 feet behind me. About 45 min after sunrise, I heard something right behind me and it was a scraggly 8pt at about 15 feet! We saw each other at the same time and he had much faster reflex's and left with a spike I also hadn't seen. They had approached along the waterline and one small oak gave them just enough cover for me not to see them until it was too late. When I got down this morning, I bent and twisted a couple limbs to reduces that blind spot!

This evening, it was quiet until about 15 minutes after sunset when a nice doe approached my stand in very thick cover. She eventually saw me as I was only about 10 feet up and blew then charged my tree! She made it 3yds from my tree then went out in the open 20yds and stood broadside to slightly quartering away....so I shot her! Shot felt, looked and sounded good but when I retrieved the arrow it had bright red blood with no bubbles, and some meat and fat. I didn't have a great light but I followed her trail about 20 yards but found no blood. After the shot, she ran off about 10yds and then went to a quick walk. At about 40yrds, I thought she was going to fall over but she managed to make it out of sight. I feel like I may have hit a little high and it might take a bit to fill up internally before coming out. With no blood right away and not seeing her go down, I backed out since it will be in the high 30s tonight and will be in first thing in the morning to continue the track job......to be continued!
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Any luck?
 
Went out this morning. Finally a cold morning. Had a great setup and had 3 bucks within range as legal light crept up but they were all little guys. Saw 2 more small bucks, a doe, and a fawn the rest of the morning. No redemption today. However, I did talk to one of the park maintenance guys who claims he saw what sounded like the buck I shot Saturday bedded down with a doe this week. He said 130-140”. I’m going to be out again Monday morning to try and find out. 18 degrees!


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redsquirrel said:
Any luck?
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Yes and no! I didn't find any blood until where the doe appeared to stumble, which was 48yds from the hit site. And it was very little blood, and I didn't find any more after that either. But most of the area was knee to thigh high wiregrass, so I started walking transects about 30' apart. On about the 5th or 6th one as I approached a large pond, the doe jumped up 5yds away and bounded off in a stiff/sore but otherwise healthy pace. There was some dried blood higher on the exit side shoulder, so I am assuming the ducked more than I realized and the arrow hit just above the spine at the shoulder. I fully expect her to do well as long as it doesn't get an infection. The bed was about 150yds from the hit site and there was no blood in it either.

This will likely be my last bowhunt for the year so it will have the prime place in my brain until next season..............
 
Still sitting on 86 points UNLESS I missed something!

GO get em guys!

Team 10
--------------------Doe------------2nd Deer/Buck-----Totals
________________________________________________________________
DroptineKrazy---------------------Buck 5+8=13------Total=13
Ouachitamtnman
Pyronole----------Doe 5-------------------------------Total=5
NMSbowhunter
Hossmiller
Redsquirrel--------Doe 5----------Buck 5+8=13-----Total=18---added 2nd UPGRADE BUCK!
hokiehunter373---Doe 5----------Buck 5+7=12-----Total=17---added freezer DOE!
Kevin2-------------Doe 5----------Doe 5-------------Total=10
Marmuzz
Chehaw50
Tapeworm--------------------------Buck 5+7=12-----Total=12
sokraski
Chad8489--------------------------Buck 5+6=11??---Total=12?? correct me on the points, hard to see on your photo Chad!!
sureshotscott
-------------------------------------------------Grand Total=86 or so!
 
I hope to get out early next week. If I do go out this weekend it will be to the small block of private permission property I have. I'm staying off public since pumpkin season opened today and the orange army will likely be out in force. Give them a few days to let the new wear off where they can say they went out and it will be pretty much back to normal. The good news on the permission piece is my standards are very low so a doe may take a ride soon.

I have only seen one scrape opened up so far and it had been rained on. It was way back in thick stuff so I don't think anyone will see it anyway. Conditions just haven't gotten good here yet. It's been a strange season.
 
So here in Central FL temps were down near 40

Got a spot that we knew had does bedding in it

I set up to cover the downwind edge

This buck came down the same edge a doe had used as she went by me and out into the bedding area

He’s 4.5yr old, not big rack but good mass & really cool curves and twists

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Tapeworm said:
So here in Central FL temps were down near 40

Got a spot that we knew had does bedding in it

I set up to cover the downwind edge

This buck came down the same edge a doe had used as she went by me and out into the bedding area

He’s 4.5yr old, not big rack but good mass & really cool curves and twists

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That is a cool buck, congrats man!
 
20 tomorrow morning, a light breeze, high pressure and full sun. Gonna go in blind to a new spot. We’ll see how it goes


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Deer Camp here at the lake 2018! Last full Deer camp. Last year it was just my daughter and I hunting, this year perhaps just me. She is coming in town tomorrow for Thanksgiving, maybe a sit in the treestand on my property, we'll shoot bows if nothing else. Hunting today, saw 3 Does AND was very tempted to pull the trigger on one to fill the freezer a bit more. There was dozens of fresh deer tracks in the area, several very large tracks from bigger deer, so I'll set up there in a tree soon!

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