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Official Team 4 Discussion Thread

Well as an update. I have hunted at least 4 sits so far and I am ashamed to say I have taken 2 shots and made clean misses. This weekend is Oklahoma is youth weekend so I will be focused on getting my 3 children with deer down then I can begin hunting personally again. Yall take care!
 
nlrwrangler said:
Well as an update. I have hunted at least 4 sits so far and I am ashamed to say I have taken 2 shots and made clean misses. This weekend is Oklahoma is youth weekend so I will be focused on getting my 3 children with deer down then I can begin hunting personally again. Yall take care!
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Good luck to you and your children. I miss the youth hunts I used to share with my daughter (she's 25 now with a kid of her own) but we still hunt the rifle season together. Good times with family!
 
I got out the other night. Long hike in, took almost a hour. At 4 I had spike come in and mill around for about 30 minutes eating acorns. That was it for the night. The sign in there looked great, just hoping a bigger buck would have came out. The spot will be worth another sit.

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Ok guys, last night I shot a small buck right before dark. I pulled out for over an hour, then got a buddy to help search. I found lots of blood, but couldn't locate the animal last night in the dark - this spot is thick. I am heading back in this afternoon. Wish me luck...
 
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Ok guys, last night I shot a small buck right before dark. I pulled out for over an hour, then got a buddy to help search. I found lots of blood, but couldn't locate the animal last night in the dark - this spot is thick. I am heading back in this afternoon. Wish me luck...
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Good luck, hopefully a quick recovery!

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MJH said:
Ok guys, last night I shot a small buck right before dark. I pulled out for over an hour, then got a buddy to help search. I found lots of blood, but couldn't locate the animal last night in the dark - this spot is thick. I am heading back in this afternoon. Wish me luck...
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Hope it went well. Good luck.
 
Hunt summary:
I got to my stand at 3pm Thurs. That is the best I could do on a work day. As I was prepping to climb, a 6pt buck came along the travel trail, just the way I hoped he would, and appeared 25 yards away. I was on the ground, and not at all ready to take this on. I froze and was downwind of him. He knew something was up, but didn't freak out - and walked away. I debated moving locations, but my nearest was quite a hike so I climbed hoping I wasn't too busted, and that a different deer would show up later on. I sat for 2 hours, and then just after 5pm threw out a light rattle sequence. Shortly after a 6pt rolls in. I believe it was the same deer, but I can't be sure.

He was crossing full broadside at 40 yards. This was my first encounter in a saddle (I am new to this, formerly being an aluminum climber guy). I tracked the deer and froze him in my shooting lane with a mouth bleat - then let fly. I was sure I hit him given his reaction (big bucking kick). He bounced off into a dry patch of swampy high grass & cedars.

I waited 30 min, then climbed down and backed out to my truck. My buddy met me and we hiked back in 90min after I had shot. We couldn't find any sign of blood at the shot sight, nor could we find the bolt (crossbow is legal in Ontario). We followed his last known direction, and found blood, then more. We searched for 3 hours and weren't able to find any more blood, so we pulled out. Cell is pretty weak in that area, so when I got back to my truck we came to find out that the Leafs lost - I should have taken that as an omen...

I left work early today to get back in there during daylight. I had 3 other guys and a search dog. We found more blood easily, including two large pools. At that point I was sure we were going to find it. The blood trail went dry, so we ran a grid search until we ran out of daylight. Bottom line, ~18 man hours of searching, no deer. This is an 800 acre area of largely flooded timber/cedar swamp. It's got great hunting, but retrieval is always hard.

Sorry boys...
 
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Look what I got!
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I will get my pics tomorrow and submit it. Now time for a buck!

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Just messed up again! Had a nice shooter 8 pt come in on a fast walk directly behind me. He stopped at 11 yards in my scent stream. I couldn't get spun around in my saddle quick enough to get a shot. He walked straight away and offered no shot, unless I shot him in the butt! Lol

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Think I sat in the wrong stand....5 does 60 yards away in my other stand. Oh well, thats why it's called hunting. Wish the gun hunters would calm down.....5 shots this morning!!

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Team 4 got some points!! Shot a coyote and 10 minutes later a doe comes in....she was acting spooked and never gave me a shot. 5 minutes later this buck comes running in, I grunted and he stopped at 20 yards broadside. Both lungs and the heart! Another short tracking job for Snoopy and Blu.
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bowhunterchuck said:
Team 4 got some points!! Shot a coyote and 10 minutes later a doe comes in....she was acting spooked and never gave me a shot. 5 minutes later this buck comes running in, I grunted and he stopped at 20 yards broadside. Both lungs and the heart! Another short tracking job for Snoopy and Blu.
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Man Chuck you are killing it! Good job

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I have been out 4 or 5 times... I have seen 3 deer total. Last night I saw two does... at 20 yards but not in my shooting lane. Hopefully I see more soon or the team may be disappointed.
 
Just got back from a weekend scouting / prepping trip in Michigan's UP. Definitely different country than i'm used to hunting. I believe the area we are in is at the southern range of what is the Huron Mountains. The elevation can get as high as 1800 ft. in some places but it's not mountainous in in the sense of the word - more like rolling hill country. Old hardwoods and pine ridges with tamarack and tag alder swamps. Very pretty. The area we will be in averages 200+ inches of snowfall annually :flushed:

We got up Friday morning, did a quick walk on the property. Woke up Saturday to 1" of snow. Then proceeded to dump almost 3" of snow on us in 2 hours. Near whiteout conditions at one point. By the time we got to the property the snow just let up. Was a pretty nice day after that except it was cold - hovering around freezing most of the day.

Setup 6 different spots for hunters and cut trails and hung ribbons and put up a few pop up blinds for when we come back for our firearms season in November. Exhausting but should be quite the experience!

Will be hitting it hard around me over the next couple weeks now that my schedule is clearing up. Putting the first freezer doe I see down or 2.5 or better buck.
 
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d_rek said:
Just got back from a weekend scouting / prepping trip in Michigan's UP. Definitely different country than i'm used to hunting. I believe the area we are in is at the southern range of what is the Huron Mountains. The elevation can get as high as 1800 ft. in some places but it's not mountainous in in the sense of the word - more like rolling hill country. Old hardwoods and pine ridges with tamarack and tag alder swamps. Very pretty. The area we will be in averages 200+ inches of snowfall annually :flushed:

We got up Friday morning, did a quick walk on the property. Woke up Saturday to 1" of snow. Then proceeded to dump almost 3" of snow on us in 2 hours. Near whiteout conditions at one point. By the time we got to the property the snow just let up. Was a pretty nice day after that except it was cold - hovering around freezing most of the day.

Setup 6 different spots for hunters and cut trails and hung ribbons and put up a few pop up blinds for when we come back for our firearms season in November. Exhausting but should be quite the experience!

Will be hitting it hard around me over the next couple weeks now that my schedule is clearing up. Putting the first freezer doe I see down or 2.5 or better buck.
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Spent my college years up there at MTU. Loved the area and the available wilderness. There is definitely the ability to "get off the beaten path". Good luck.

I spent my long weekend at camp here in the Northern Lower Peninsula feeling like a cold, wet wind sock. Alternated between rain and snow all weekend and we had gusts over 35 mph both Friday and Saturday evening. It definitely limited the competition from other hunters but the deer weren't cooperating either. Still nice to be out in the woods regardless.
 
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