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Team 3 Thread

Spent my afternoon scouting my way to a bedding area that I’ve shot a couple small bucks in. First time in there this year and boy was it grown up. Wasn’t seeing any sign that got me excited so kept going deeper. Found a heavy trail and some big rubs a few hundred yards away but they looked a couple weeks old. Decided to give it a sit. Had a small spike come by at 15 yards at 5:30 with his nose to the ground. I was 1.5 miles from the parking lot so he got a pass. I would have shot him on the last day of season so I probably should have shot him tonight but I didn’t think the juice was worth the squeeze being in that deep.
 
Sitting in the corn tonight. Fresh scrapes all down this edge. Found a nice little opening with a cluster of persimmon trees just starting to drop. Huge scrape at 22 yards and a smaller one right in front of me. These last 4 days have been a rollercoaster for me in the whitetail woods... If by chance I arrow a buck tonight it would be the third since Saturday. One of them is in my freezer and the other is still in the woods, alive or dead I don't know. I'll post the stories when I am home and have the time to do them justice.

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My last weekend away was the kind of trip that used to frustrate the heck out of me. I spent 4 days living in a camper in what felt like a constant state of wetness and didn't see a single deer all weekend. These types of trips used to get me all worked up but a few years ago a guy on this forum posted some of the best hunting advice I've ever received.

His advice, "Don't let the things you can't control get you down and ruin your season. You have to remember you're doing the thing that you love and have been waiting for for 9 months. Enjoy every minute of it even when things aren't going exactly the way you want them to." I've taken that advice to heart the last few years and have managed to keep a positive outlook even during weekends like last weekend. In fact, I did one last scouting session on my last day before heading home and found quite a bit of fresh rut sign so I have something to look forward to this coming weekend.

In fact, I plan on hauling the camper down on Thursday morning and it will stay there until somewhere around Nov13th (weather depending) with me only coming home a couple of times for overnights in there to see the wife and sleep in my own bed. It's rut and it's time to hit it hard. Go get them guys!

EDIT: The original post I was referring too.

Enjoy the Season

I know many of us are in the final stages of prep for the 1 Oct openers. I want to take a moment to wish everyone a fun and rewarding season. I also want to pass along some "old man" advice for some of the new saddle hunters if you will allow me: 1) BE SAFE. Guys so many of you have...
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Sitting in the corn tonight. Fresh scrapes all down this edge. Found a nice little opening with a cluster of persimmon trees just starting to drop. Huge scrape at 22 yards and a smaller one right in front of me. These last 4 days have been a rollercoaster for me in the whitetail woods... If by chance I arrow a buck tonight it would be the third since Saturday. One of them is in my freezer and the other is still in the woods, alive or dead I don't know. I'll post the stories when I am home and have the time to do them justice.

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Dude! Is that a field point on your arrow?
 
boyne bowhunter said:
My last weekend away was the kind of trip that used to frustrate the heck out of me. I spent 4 days living in a camper in what felt like a constant state of wetness and didn't see a single deer all weekend. These types of trips used to get me all worked up but a few years ago a guy on this forum posted some of the best hunting advice I've ever received.

His advice, "Don't let the things you can't control get you down and ruin your season. You have to remember you're doing the thing that you love and have been waiting for for 9 months. Enjoy every minute of it even when things aren't going exactly the way you want them to." I've taken that advice to heart the last few years and have managed to keep a positive outlook even during weekends like last weekend. In fact, I did one last scouting session on my last day before heading home and found quite a bit of fresh rut sign so I have something to look forward to this coming weekend.

In fact, I plan on hauling the camper down on Thursday morning and it will stay there until somewhere around Nov13th (weather depending) with me only coming home a couple of times for overnights in there to see the wife and sleep in my own bed. It's rut and it's time to hit it hard. Go get them guys!
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I wish I could "like" this one twice. Great advise, thanks for passing it along!
 
Nice work! Yeah things are kinda slow with this warm up this week. great front coming through Monday, can’t wait!!!
 
Lows in the upper 20s starting midweek. Already seeing some chasing from the smaller bucks, big boys should be getting fired up soon.
 
I’m leaving for KS in the morning! The farmer I know has been send me some pics of some great deer! I’m so excited I doubt I’ll sleep tonight.
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The 1st pic and the last pic is a deer we Nick named Camel Tail after watching Super Bad one night in KS last yr. He’s the one I’m after, I’m not beyond killing any of those bucks though. We have several more shooters that I didn’t post up. It’s ridiculous how many big deer are on this farm.


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shmelton said:
I’m leaving for KS in the morning! The farmer I know has been send me some pics of some great deer! I’m so excited I doubt I’ll sleep tonight.
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The 1st pic and the last pic is a deer we Nick named Camel Tail after watching Super Bad one night in KS last yr. He’s the one I’m after, I’m not beyond killing any of those bucks though. We have several more shooters that I didn’t post up. It’s ridiculous how many big deer are on this farm.


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I'm excited for you, KS is on my bucket list. Sitting on 3 points. Probably going to make it happen next year.
 
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I'm excited for you, KS is on my bucket list. Sitting on 3 points. Probably going to make it happen next year.
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What part of KS are you hunting? I pulled a tag the last 3 yrs in a row with no points.


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