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Post by HighCotton on Nov 4, 2009 18:28:12 GMT -5
Today was my 8th hunt since October 1st. Until now I had only seen 1 basket rack. He walked right under my stand a few weeks ago. In the last 7 or 8 yrs I would have seen 50-100 deer by now. It's just been that kind of a crazy year. Thank God my untin' buddies (whitetail1 and his son whitetailchaser22) have had more success. Wchsr22 even smoked his first doe with a bow as posted here. Don't get me wrong. I was starting to get a bit discouraged. But that's where my buddies encouragement helps. We new the deer were there. They were seeing a bunch. I wasn't seeing anything. I even rewashed my clothes twice, drug em through the dirt and packed em in leaves. Well, today the woods exploded with activity. Coyotes were howling first thing in the morning. I got to watch a barred hoot owl for 10 minutes or so, 23 yards from my stand. Then a forky chased this doe around the woods and eventually within 21 yards. That's when the brown met "muzzytown". She weighed 120 lbs. at the processor. Also thought it was a bit cool how she had a white patch under left eye as seen in the photo. (Sorry about the photo quality - took a quick pic with my phone while she was strapped to the hitchpacker). I got to watch another massive buck chase another doe far from my stand. What an awesome morning!
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Post by Decatur on Nov 4, 2009 19:16:56 GMT -5
Cool!
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Post by whitetaildave24 on Nov 4, 2009 19:43:25 GMT -5
Glad things turned around for you.
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Post by vectrix on Nov 4, 2009 20:09:19 GMT -5
Good job bud, sometimes it takes a slickhead to get the mojo back.
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Post by whitetail1 on Nov 4, 2009 21:21:11 GMT -5
Congrats partner! You definitely earned this deer. What a cool looking deer and I could tell you were excited when we spoke. Now go fire up the grill and get 'er ready for the backstraps!
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Post by Sasquatch on Nov 5, 2009 8:55:13 GMT -5
Gotta love the hitch-haul. Cool birthmark and an even better shot.
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Post by ridgerunner on Nov 5, 2009 22:11:50 GMT -5
Good job...Any deer with a bow is a trophy...WTG!
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Post by turkeyscout on Nov 6, 2009 7:45:31 GMT -5
......another happy hunter!!! thanks for sharing....turkey scout
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Post by scrub-buster on Nov 7, 2009 18:09:24 GMT -5
Looks like she spilled the bleach while doing her laundry
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