Out to try again this beautiful morning
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TEAM 3 - BARK BUSTERS
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Hunter260
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In a tree over a scrape right in my target bucks core area. I got the whole back half of next week off so hopefully I can catch up to him
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Had a decent knarly something or other come right underneath my ladder stand last night at 6 yards. Haven’t had that buck on any of the cams. He’s narrow but has decent mass and some junk on his left side. Truth be told, I had already put my release away and was getting ready to climb down and wouldn’t you know it a potential shooter comes in. I had to wait another ten minutes to let things cool down before I could climb down. He had a very unique rack I’m hoping I get him on one of the cameras. I guess I’m glad I didn’t get him as I couldn’t have entered him in the contest and there are other wider deer on that private tract. So close!!!
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Nice looking bow @katiesmom, what is it? Who made your strings?
It's a 7 year old Matthew's Avail. They don't make them anymore. My strings are Threadz strings. It's a smooth shooting setup.
Ended up seeing a momma and yearling over along the pines. They never came close enough.
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Hunter260
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Had a good hunt on public last night. Had a mature buck come to 40 yards but he never cleared the brush. I’m off work for the next 5 days and I’ll be hunting all day long
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I'm not hunting again til firearm season opens here on November 18th. This week is busy and all of next week is a plantwide shutdown that I'll have to be available 24/7 for.... its going to be a doozy.
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That's a nice buck... You're going to have to smoke him.
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Spikes are really movin this mornin
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Was able to leave work early. Out right now. Just had an 8 go by grunting about it 45 yards away. He was moving upwind east to west grunting the whole way. My bow was still on the ground. Managed to get set up and grunted a couple of times then bleated. He came back west to east. Not sure where he is right now they’re moving!! Pointing where he came through the second time. He’s was upwind to the north of me.
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Had this little forky under me this afternoon too. At last light a doe came through and that same eight (I think) from earlier was right on her grunting the whole time. No big boys though. They are definitely in the chase phase here right now.
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Sorry I’ve been away team. Getting back out there this weekend but the weather looks crummy. Warm and windy with a rain front coming in at 10. Are deer going to move much before a rain front? I’ve seen them move a bit after. I’m debating on scouting while it’s windy or being set up and sitting through the storm. Good luck to anyone else hunting this morning.
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I've always had good luck before rainstorms. Good luck this weekend.
Warm, wet, and very windy in Illinois today.
Made it out this morning
Didn’t see anything but the wind ran me out of the woods .
Seen more trees fall than acorns lol
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Didn’t see anything but the wind ran me out of the woods .
Seen more trees fall than acorns lol
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Was out Thursday pm. Saw 2 does one at 80 yards the other at 50. I won't get back out til next Thursday.
Yall don't forget to VOTE TUESDAY. Thanks
Yall don't forget to VOTE TUESDAY. Thanks
Made it out for a all day sit today
Good luck everyone
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Was out yesterday all day. Went in on public to let things settle on the private tract I hunt. (My buddy the landowner crossbow hunts a little bit he’s not too serious but I wanted him to have the property to himself a couple of days (he would never tell me no even if he wanted too) plus my little
Voice told me to go on a public tract I had trail cams on all early spring through the early fall. I had some good pics of two decent bucks hitting a scrape I found way back in about a mile. I was all settled in. I went the long way in based in the wind( it is gorgeous country.) Anyway, about 10 or so I started to get antsy. I’ve tried to remove most stuff from my saddle and just put my Doyle’s, tether dump pouch on my pack so my saddle stays light. I didn’t like the position I had the Doyle’s so it seemed like action was slow so I started to move it taking the truck-glides out, I made a little scraping noise by accident pssst!!! There goes a decent buck he was coming in to check that scrape I was downwind from!!! Grrrr! What an amateur mistake!!! Grrrr!! I was so mad at myself. He was at least an 8 but not a 2 1/2 year old probanly a 31/2 year old not 100% sure!! He wasn’t a monster but he was a very respectable buck. So then I also get a picture of this big boy I from the private tract I usually hunt and come to find out my buddy wasn’t even hunting!! He went up to his daughters to see his grandkids for the day!! Oh well. Going back in today after I take my daughters to school for an all day rut sit. I prefer to be there by first light but you have to hunt when you can. I’m hoping the rest of you have better luck than me. You have to zoom in on the buck but he’s pretty decent for my area.
Voice told me to go on a public tract I had trail cams on all early spring through the early fall. I had some good pics of two decent bucks hitting a scrape I found way back in about a mile. I was all settled in. I went the long way in based in the wind( it is gorgeous country.) Anyway, about 10 or so I started to get antsy. I’ve tried to remove most stuff from my saddle and just put my Doyle’s, tether dump pouch on my pack so my saddle stays light. I didn’t like the position I had the Doyle’s so it seemed like action was slow so I started to move it taking the truck-glides out, I made a little scraping noise by accident pssst!!! There goes a decent buck he was coming in to check that scrape I was downwind from!!! Grrrr! What an amateur mistake!!! Grrrr!! I was so mad at myself. He was at least an 8 but not a 2 1/2 year old probanly a 31/2 year old not 100% sure!! He wasn’t a monster but he was a very respectable buck. So then I also get a picture of this big boy I from the private tract I usually hunt and come to find out my buddy wasn’t even hunting!! He went up to his daughters to see his grandkids for the day!! Oh well. Going back in today after I take my daughters to school for an all day rut sit. I prefer to be there by first light but you have to hunt when you can. I’m hoping the rest of you have better luck than me. You have to zoom in on the buck but he’s pretty decent for my area.
