Team 10

[Hossmiller]

On my way to the woods and it’s a balmy 81 degrees here in Arkansas, with a strong S wind, not ideal hunting conditions. However, in late October you go when you can.

 

[Kevin2]

I agree. Hope you get some action.

On my way to the woods and it’s a balmy 81 degrees here in Arkansas, with a strong S wind, not ideal hunting conditions. However, in late October you go when you can.

 

[Hossmiller]

On my way to the woods and it’s a balmy 81 degrees here in Arkansas, with a strong S wind, not ideal hunting conditions. However, in late October you go when you can.

Well, tonight was a bust. I saw a few squirrels and an armadillo without a tail. I’ve seen deer in this spot every time I’ve been there. Maybe the wind had them inactive, it was about as windy of an evening as I can remember sitting.

 

[hokiehunter373]

We've lost our lead gents and are sitting in 2nd now. I'll start getting after it harder starting this weekend.

 

[Hossmiller]

We've lost our lead gents and are sitting in 2nd now. I'll start getting after it harder starting this weekend.

I just noticed that as well. Hopefully we can regain our lead. I’ve usually at least put a doe down by now, not my best season for sure.

 

[NMSbowhunter]

I'm getting back after them soon...fingers crossed.

 

[Tapeworm]

I have a couple week break since getting my buck and my next quota hunt starts Saturday 29th

Trying to get off work for the whole hunt but Halloween with daughter will throw a monkey wrench in there also

So fingers crossed that I’ll get in the woods enough to get another buck


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[Kevin2]

Team 10
--------------------Doe------------2nd Deer/Buck-----Totals
________________________________________________________________
DroptineKrazy---------------------Buck 5+8=13------Total=13
Ouachitamtnman
Pyronole
NMSbowhunter
Hossmiller
Redsquirrel--------Doe 5----------Buck 5+6=11-----Total=16
hokiehunter373---Doe 5----------Buck 5+7=12-----Total=17
Kevin2-------------Doe 5----------Doe 5-------------Total=10
Marmuzz
Chehaw50
Tapeworm--------------------------Buck 5+7=12-----Total=12
sokraski
Chad8489
sureshotscott
-------------------------------------------------Grand Total=68

 

[DroptineKrazy]

Oh don't worry boys. I'll be adding at least another doe to our score and hopefully a bigger buck. I have a couple of spots where I am almost guaranteed a doe.

 

[Ouachitamtnman]

I'm off this coming sat-sun, I'll definitely be out there. Plan is to hang some cameras after work this week around the nf by the house to try and pattern a specific deer but I have some spots that surely I can wrangle out a doe I hope.

 

[Chad8489]

I told the farmer I hunt on, the next time I come out I’d reroute his waterline for the cattle. I just haven’t had time, so I’ve been on public land. The opportunities have been good but it’s a loooong haul out. I’ll pull my weight soon

 

[redsquirrel]

I have another buck tag in my pocket starting Saturday. Looks like I'll be on daddy duty all day but I'll be back in a tree starting Sunday. I'll be off until 11/9.

 

[NMSbowhunter]

I went out and tried it again today. I scouted all morning and set up for the evening on a tight cluster of red oaks near a creek that were dropping acorns and had deer poop under them. From a technical aspect it was a good hunt, but no deer showed. I did scout some new ground and found a very good creek crossing that was filled with fresh tracks. May hunt that soon.

 

[Pyronole]

Thought I was shooting a doe but ended with a button buck this morning. Been a rough couple days of hunts, but will give more details later... bottom line is +5 points... lol

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[Kevin2]

Congrats on the kill. They all eat great, either way.

Thought I was shooting a doe but ended with a button buck this morning. Been a rough couple days of hunts, but will give more details later... bottom line is +5 points... lol

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[DroptineKrazy]

Mmmmm! Tender vittles

 

[Hossmiller]

Thought I was shooting a doe but ended with a button buck this morning. Been a rough couple days of hunts, but will give more details later... bottom line is +5 points... lol

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Congratulations!!! Don’t get much better eating than that, you’ll prolly be able to cut those back straps with the side of your fork.

 

[Tapeworm]

Congrats


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[Pyronole]

I have hunted this public for 6 years now, but this year I have made the choice to hunt more in the interior of the property instead of the outside edges. There are more does and small bucks along the perimeter but the bulk of the older deer are in the interior, but there is also more pressure there. The last few years I would see many deer on every hunt, but just not what I really want to be chasing. Of course, there is always that 1 deer there that you think you can get but never seems to work out. So Saturday and Sunday I didn't even see a deer from the stand, and it started to drive me a bit batty. Finally Monday I found some deer and had a couple does and fawns inside 30 plus a legal buck at 60ish. Sometime over the weekend I lost my rangefinder so I was all in on my EZV.

This morning in gray light, I had a deer come in to about 30ish and fed under a white oak that is dropping and I watched the deer for about 5 minutes. One minute the deer looked like a full grown doe and the next a yearling. I haven't seen any trail pics or heard any of my buddies saying that they had seen young deer being pushed off by their moms yet, as our rut here isn't until early January. After a bit I was confident it was a lone doe without a fawn so I prepared to shoot. Just as I shot, the deer seemed to hop forward and then ran off about 10 yards and then just walked flagging its tail from side to side. About an hour later I got down and my arrow was embedded into the sand and had blood and not really much smell to it either. There was very little hair that appeared white on the arrow. There was no blood at the hit site, or down the trail the deer went after the shot. I grid searched the area for about an hour and was near some thicker cover when I heard some commotion another 30 yards inside. I tried to find a better way in and I heard it a second time and then quiet. When I finally got to the area I found the button buck, and the broadhead had clipped the blood vessels that run along the spine near the tenderloin. I never would have found it had I not heard that last gasp, as the blood only collected in the abdominal cavity while the deer was upright. It was a morning I'll not forget that's for sure. I will hunt the morning and then I am headed home. I will be back for at least another 5 days of hunting here during archery and then more during gun season.

Thanks for all the well wishes! I harvested this deer and will gladly use the meat, but I wish in a way that my shot was a bit off so that he was still out there....but what's done is done and I'll learn from it as I continue to grow as a archer.

 

[DroptineKrazy]

I have hunted this public for 6 years now, but this year I have made the choice to hunt more in the interior of the property instead of the outside edges. There are more does and small bucks along the perimeter but the bulk of the older deer are in the interior, but there is also more pressure there. The last few years I would see many deer on every hunt, but just not what I really want to be chasing. Of course, there is always that 1 deer there that you think you can get but never seems to work out. So Saturday and Sunday I didn't even see a deer from the stand, and it started to drive me a bit batty. Finally Monday I found some deer and had a couple does and fawns inside 30 plus a legal buck at 60ish. Sometime over the weekend I lost my rangefinder so I was all in on my EZV.

This morning in gray light, I had a deer come in to about 30ish and fed under a white oak that is dropping and I watched the deer for about 5 minutes. One minute the deer looked like a full grown doe and the next a yearling. I haven't seen any trail pics or heard any of my buddies saying that they had seen young deer being pushed off by their moms yet, as our rut here isn't until early January. After a bit I was confident it was a lone doe without a fawn so I prepared to shoot. Just as I shot, the deer seemed to hop forward and then ran off about 10 yards and then just walked flagging its tail from side to side. About an hour later I got down and my arrow was embedded into the sand and had blood and not really much smell to it either. There was very little hair that appeared white on the arrow. There was no blood at the hit site, or down the trail the deer went after the shot. I grid searched the area for about an hour and was near some thicker cover when I heard some commotion another 30 yards inside. I tried to find a better way in and I heard it a second time and then quiet. When I finally got to the area I found the button buck, and the broadhead had clipped the blood vessels that run along the spine near the tenderloin. I never would have found it had I not heard that last gasp, as the blood only collected in the abdominal cavity while the deer was upright. It was a morning I'll not forget that's for sure. I will hunt the morning and then I am headed home. I will be back for at least another 5 days of hunting here during archery and then more during gun season.

Thanks for all the well wishes! I harvested this deer and will gladly use the meat, but I wish in a way that my shot was a bit off so that he was still out there....but what's done is done and I'll learn from it as I continue to grow as a archer.

There's nothing wrong with shooing a yearling. I prefer to take a little deer, either buck or doe, for "camp meat" as we used to call it. Best eatin critter in the woods. Better for you to kill it for food for you and your family than a coyote or a Ford.