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Team 10 Thread

Sat this morning and had a huge hog at 115yds. 200-250 pounds rough estimate. Im not super confident at that range so I waited to see it it would walk over closer and I didn't really get a shot. A buck showed up maybe 20 minutes later. Bucks were off the table when I saw him but a member of the lease offered me their buck tag....total stranger...so grateful. We weren't able to hunt this afternoon but I'm heading back tomorrow....
 
I sure had fun keeping up with everyone’s season
Hope everyone has a great off season


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It's not over yet! I'm on a buck that would bump us up another spot in the rankings. I had him with a group of 3 other bucks in bow range last night. A small 7 point was first in line. Right behind him was another buck with a normal 4 point side on his right and a 12 inch spike on his left. The next buck was a really nice wide heavy racked 6 point. I had passed him back in September and posted pics in the live from the saddle thread, but with 3 days of season left I was going to try to shoot him. That was until I saw the buck behind him in the thick cover, a big main frame 8 point with deep forked g2's. He stood there like a statue, using the other bucks as pawns and watching their every movement for several minutes before stepping out of the sea of greenbriar. The 2 smaller bucks had worked their way past me and were dangerously close to getting downwind. The big 6 point was standing at 15 yards watching the 2 smaller bucks. I knew I was running out of time until one of them busted me, but I just needed the big one to take a few more steps. Unfortunately before he did that one of the smaller bucks got a whiff of me and started trotting off, taking the other bucks with him. I drew the bow and stayed on the big one hoping he would stop and give me a shot but he didn't. The big 6 did stop right next to a tree I had pre-ranged at 33 yards, quartering away. I swung the bow towards him, settled my 30 yard pin mid body, and had pressure on my release as he started walking again. 30 yards is about my max range right now so that was a wrap.

I don't think either of the bigger bucks saw or smelled me, so I'm gonna make a slight adjustment and hunt the same area tonight. It's the coldest day of the season so far, and we have about 6 inches and counting of fresh snow on the ground, so hopefully they'll be on their feet again!
 
OspreyZB said:
It's not over yet! I'm on a buck that would bump us up another spot in the rankings. I had him with a group of 3 other bucks in bow range last night. A small 7 point was first in line. Right behind him was another buck with a normal 4 point side on his right and a 12 inch spike on his left. The next buck was a really nice wide heavy racked 6 point. I had passed him back in September and posted pics in the live from the saddle thread, but with 3 days of season left I was going to try to shoot him. That was until I saw the buck behind him in the thick cover, a big main frame 8 point with deep forked g2's. He stood there like a statue, using the other bucks as pawns and watching their every movement for several minutes before stepping out of the sea of greenbriar. The 2 smaller bucks had worked their way past me and were dangerously close to getting downwind. The big 6 point was standing at 15 yards watching the 2 smaller bucks. I knew I was running out of time until one of them busted me, but I just needed the big one to take a few more steps. Unfortunately before he did that one of the smaller bucks got a whiff of me and started trotting off, taking the other bucks with him. I drew the bow and stayed on the big one hoping he would stop and give me a shot but he didn't. The big 6 did stop right next to a tree I had pre-ranged at 33 yards, quartering away. I swung the bow towards him, settled my 30 yard pin mid body, and had pressure on my release as he started walking again. 30 yards is about my max range right now so that was a wrap.

I don't think either of the bigger bucks saw or smelled me, so I'm gonna make a slight adjustment and hunt the same area tonight. It's the coldest day of the season so far, and we have about 6 inches and counting of fresh snow on the ground, so hopefully they'll be on their feet again!
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Good Luck! BTW, I'm super envious that you're still hunting. :tearsofjoy:
 
boyne bowhunter said:
Good Luck! BTW, I'm super envious that you're still hunting. :tearsofjoy:
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Thanks! We have one of the longest bow season's in the country here in NJ. If I don't connect in the next few days here I'll be heading to the extended zones where we can hunt until Feb. 19th this year, to try to get on a good one before his antlers fall off!
 
Sorry for the delay... I was beat last night after the drag and getting my truck stuck in the snow a few times on the way out of there. Just got home from work and getting ready to start butchering.

We got about a foot of snow Friday night into Saturday afternoon. Before the snow stopped I was in a tree about 30 yards from where I had seen the bucks the previous night. Had a big group of does and fawns come by running around playing in the snow early in the afternoon, then 2 spikes followed by the 5 point from the night before. Can't hunt the state forests on Sundays, so Monday was gonna be my last shot. I went in around 10 a.m. and did a big loop to come in from the west instead of the way I have been from the east. Walking along the edge of a big grove of holly trees I noticed the snow under them was only about half as deep as the rest of the woods, all the snow was still hanging up in the leaves. There were a good amount of tracks in there and I could see deer beds under the hollys with my binos. I came across a few huge beech trees with the snow under them all pawed up. It looked like there had been bucks there that morning. I hung my platform from the ground in the crotch of a big split trunked tree where I could shoot to the beech trees and into a few little pockets in the hollys. Before noon a 4 point buck and a spike popped out and started nosing around in the snow. I turned my attention back toward the hollys and saw a fairly wide racked buck at 25 yards coming my way as his antlers bumped a snow covered holly branch, covering him in snow. I had the bow drawn back when he stepped into an opening at 15 yards broadside. He stopped to shook off like a dog, and as soon as he was standing still again I shot him. I thought it was a good shot but he took a few bounds, then just turned and walked away back the way he came. I stayed in the tree for as long as I could stand, probably 3 hours before I got down to check the arrow/blood. I never found the arrow in the snow and almost no blood on the ground but he was laying dead in sight. I hit a few inches farther back than I was aiming and the arrow deflected a little but it still hit the back of the lungs and liver. Great end to a tough season.

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OspreyZB said:
Sorry for the delay... I was beat last night after the drag and getting my truck stuck in the snow a few times on the way out of there. Just got home from work and getting ready to start butchering.

We got about a foot of snow Friday night into Saturday afternoon. Before the snow stopped I was in a tree about 30 yards from where I had seen the bucks the previous night. Had a big group of does and fawns come by running around playing in the snow early in the afternoon, then 2 spikes followed by the 5 point from the night before. Can't hunt the state forests on Sundays, so Monday was gonna be my last shot. I went in around 10 a.m. and did a big loop to come in from the west instead of the way I have been from the east. Walking along the edge of a big grove of holly trees I noticed the snow under them was only about half as deep as the rest of the woods, all the snow was still hanging up in the leaves. There were a good amount of tracks in there and I could see deer beds under the hollys with my binos. I came across a few huge beech trees with the snow under them all pawed up. It looked like there had been bucks there that morning. I hung my platform from the ground in the crotch of a big split trunked tree where I could shoot to the beech trees and into a few little pockets in the hollys. Before noon a 4 point buck and a spike popped out and started nosing around in the snow. I turned my attention back toward the hollys and saw a fairly wide racked buck at 25 yards coming my way as his antlers bumped a snow covered holly branch, covering him in snow. I had the bow drawn back when he stepped into an opening at 15 yards broadside. He stopped to shook off like a dog, and as soon as he was standing still again I shot him. I thought it was a good shot but he took a few bounds, then just turned and walked away back the way he came. I stayed in the tree for as long as I could stand, probably 3 hours before I got down to check the arrow/blood. I never found the arrow in the snow and almost no blood on the ground but he was laying dead in sight. I hit a few inches farther back than I was aiming and the arrow deflected a little but it still hit the back of the lungs and liver. Great end to a tough season.

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Amazing! Love the last minute stuff like this. Congrats man.
 
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