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Post by onebentarrow on Nov 14, 2020 14:41:55 GMT -5
Just settled in the ground blind for the duration. Did not go this morning. Had a rough night. Woke up knees hurtin a n could hardly walk. Afraid to climb stand. Took atv and put up 2 blinds around 11:30. Drove to with in 40 yds tonight and cralled in. Wishing for the best but if nothing happens I am out here enjoying the woods.
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Post by onebentarrow on Nov 14, 2020 14:45:12 GMT -5
If you donot believe in miracles please explain how a 200 lb buck can slip thru the woods and not make a sound and a 2 lb squirrel can make so much noise
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Post by mission5 on Nov 14, 2020 14:51:04 GMT -5
If you donot believe in miracles please explain how a 200 lb buck can slip thru the woods and not make a sound and a 2 lb squirrel can make so much noise lol. Thought the same thing earlier this year. People who don’t hunt do not understand the stealth of these big bucks. It’s unbelievable.
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Post by genesis273 on Nov 14, 2020 15:04:50 GMT -5
Easton's season lasted an agonizing 15 minutes into legal light...135 yard high shoulder shot from his 243 and down he went. I will say it'll be the last deer he kills with that gun....took me forever to find the entrance hole with no blood on the deer or the ground. The fur wasn't even messed up. 350 Legend for next year.... Whoop whoop!!! That's a great deer!
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Post by buckbuster13 on Nov 14, 2020 15:07:29 GMT -5
Should have gotten a nice 8 this morning but just couldn’t get clean shot. Set up in one of my tent blinds now and rain just started
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 14, 2020 15:07:46 GMT -5
In my hayfield stand for the evening. I'm not expecting much, but at least nothing can sneak past me. LOL!
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Post by willy7948 on Nov 14, 2020 15:19:38 GMT -5
Decided to go back to the same tree as last night instead of the blind, since it was barely drizzling when I got here. 10 minutes in, a doe busted out of the woods, crossed the field , and headed into the thicket 150 yards down the creek. I considered turning my climber so I’d have a shot if a buck followed, but decided not to turn my face down wind. 15 minutes later a shooter popped out and followed her scent at a run. By the time I stood , grunted, turned and lifted my gun, he was a couple steps from the trees. Grunt didn’t slow him at all. If I’d plopped my blind up like I’d planned, I would have been in a good position to harvest them both within 30 minutes of being set up. Climber is now turned for a shot in between the patches of woods. I’m hoping he chases her back , or they decide they’re hungry before dark (only standing corn is where I’m at ). I know it’s part of it ... but I’m not currently happy with myself.
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Post by bullseye69 on Nov 14, 2020 15:23:22 GMT -5
Not making it out this evening . To much unscheduled stuff happening.
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Post by bowonlykindofguy1 on Nov 14, 2020 15:44:36 GMT -5
Drizzling rain now but seen a tall forkie at 3 o clock. Everything in bow range has been a small buck when all I need is 1 doe!
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Post by deadeer on Nov 14, 2020 16:02:22 GMT -5
Not making it out this evening . To much unscheduled stuff happening. You should reschedule that stuff for tomorrow when we cant hunt with the wind!!! Hope all is well.
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Post by squirrelgravy on Nov 14, 2020 16:08:45 GMT -5
Small buck and a doe out feeding. First deer in long hours.
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Post by sculver7 on Nov 14, 2020 16:13:24 GMT -5
My brother-in-law went down to Jasper Pulaski this afternoon to hunt the bow only area and he was turned away because they are only allowing 200 people a day to hunt there due to Covid. I am literally going to lose my mind from the stupidity of this country. On an 8500 acre property, you are only letting 200 people hunt who will all be nowhere near each other, yet I can go to Menards right now and be packed in there with 2000 other people and it’s just fine. I have never heard of something so asinine in my entire life. I will be making phone calls Monday morning raising heck about how ridiculous this is.
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Post by willy7948 on Nov 14, 2020 16:18:10 GMT -5
Still ed. Considering climbing down so I can safely kick my own ass.
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Post by bullseye69 on Nov 14, 2020 16:21:46 GMT -5
Not making it out this evening . To much unscheduled stuff happening. You should reschedule that stuff for tomorrow when we cant hunt with the wind!!! Hope all is well. Prolly won't hunt then either lol
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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2020 16:27:31 GMT -5
Still ed. Considering climbing down so I can safely kick my own ass. Let me tell you my story, it may make you feel better about yourself. I wasn`t going to share this: I was sitting in a ground blind this morning at the far edge of a bottom field on a farm I have access to hunt. I can also hunt the upper field and have a couple ladderstands on the field/tree line edge on the top field. At one point after legal shooting time this morning I saw a really big-bodied buck walking the field edge on the top field. As someone south of me fired 3 or 4 times, the buck took off trotting down the field edge and disappeared from sight. 30 minutes later I saw him further west coming off the top field, walking the side of the ridge headed for a known bedding spot. An hour after that, I saw a buck, and unsure if it was the same buck, but a buck was about 225 yards across the bottom field nosing after a few does that had just run up the slope to the upper field. So, I took a risk and abandoned the ground blind and moved up to my ladderstand on top. After I`d been in the stand for about 30 minutes, I see several guys with orange hats on, riding a quad pulling a trailer, on the adjacent property just to the west, where there is a really brushy fencerow, presumably to pick up a deer. As I`m watching them, a buck runs up from the bottom field and is suddenly in the field about 60 yards in front of me. Not the big guy I saw earlier, but I was going to take him. As I stood to lean against the tree for support, he turned and looked at me. He was quartering away hard, in fact, very nearly facing straight away from me, but I had, I believed, an angle into the vitals. I had to shoot quickly because he was about to bolt. So I did shoot, and apparently missed him clean. To add insult to injury, he trotted across the field and directly to the orange cap clad hunters just on the other side of the brushy fencerow. I heard them shoot, so I`m guessing they killed him. This is after my Thursday morning hunt, my first hunt of the season, when I shot my crossbow at a fairly nice buck, and the bolt apparently was deflected by a small finger-thick limb. My detractors here will not only find glee in my misfortune, but they`ll rub my nose in it, that`s why I wasn`t going to share all this. But if it helps you fell a little less harsh about you, then it`s worth it. My time to hunt this season has been extremely limited and will continue to be limited due to work schedule. Add to that, my low confidence after all that`s happened so far this season, and I`m left wondering how much more I`ll even go out. I`m dying to be out all I can, but my confidence in my shooting ability is low, and I`m wondering if I`ll just be wasting my time.
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Post by swilk on Nov 14, 2020 16:35:54 GMT -5
Easton's season lasted an agonizing 15 minutes into legal light...135 yard high shoulder shot from his 243 and down he went. I will say it'll be the last deer he kills with that gun....took me forever to find the entrance hole with no blood on the deer or the ground. The fur wasn't even messed up. 350 Legend for next year.... Nice buck. Congrats to the young hunter. What bullets were you using may I ask?, I have a lot of experience with the .243 all good btw 95 grain Nosler ballistic tip. Don't get me wrong, the deer is stone cold dead but I'd like 2 bigger holes in the future.
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Post by willy7948 on Nov 14, 2020 16:52:18 GMT -5
Still ed. Considering climbing down so I can safely kick my own ass. Let me tell you my story, it may make you feel better about yourself. I wasn`t going to share this: I was sitting in a ground blind this morning at the far edge of a bottom field on a farm I have access to hunt. I can also hunt the upper field and have a couple ladderstands on the field/tree line edge on the top field. At one point after legal shooting time this morning I saw a really big-bodied buck walking the field edge on the top field. As someone south of me fired 3 or 4 times, the buck took off trotting down the field edge and disappeared from sight. 30 minutes later I saw him further west coming off the top field, walking the side of the ridge headed for a known bedding spot. An hour after that, I saw a buck, and unsure if it was the same buck, but a buck was about 225 yards across the bottom field nosing after a few does that had just run up the slope to the upper field. So, I took a risk and abandoned the ground blind and moved up to my ladderstand on top. After I`d been in the stand for about 30 minutes, I see several guys with orange hats on, riding a quad pulling a trailer, on the adjacent property just to the west, where there is a really brushy fencerow, presumably to pick up a deer. As I`m watching them, a buck runs up from the bottom field and is suddenly in the field about 60 yards in front of me. Not the big guy I saw earlier, but I was going to take him. As I stood to lean against the tree for support, he turned and looked at me. He was quartering away hard, in fact, very nearly facing straight away from me, but I had, I believed, an angle into the vitals. I had to shoot quickly because he was about to bolt. So I did shoot, and apparently missed him clean. To add insult to injury, he trotted across the field and directly to the orange cap clad hunters just on the other side of the brushy fencerow. I heard them shoot, so I`m guessing they killed him. This is after my Thursday morning hunt, my first hunt of the season, when I shot my crossbow at a fairly nice buck, and the bolt apparently was deflected by a small finger-thick limb. My detractors here will not only find glee in my misfortune, but they`ll rub my nose in it, that`s why I wasn`t going to share all this. But if it helps you fell a little less harsh about you, then it`s worth it. My time to hunt this season has been extremely limited and will continue to be limited due to work schedule. Add to that, my low confidence after all that`s happened so far this season, and I`m left wondering how much more I`ll even go out. I`m dying to be out all I can, but my confidence in my shooting ability is low, and I`m wondering if I`ll just be wasting my time. That did in fact make me feel better. I’m sorry for your disappointment of an opening weekend (so far). In sure by your age (what are you , like 85 now?), you’re more than a competent shooter. Let’s both calm the hell down and get some brown down, ya?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2020 16:54:39 GMT -5
Let me tell you my story, it may make you feel better about yourself. I wasn`t going to share this: I was sitting in a ground blind this morning at the far edge of a bottom field on a farm I have access to hunt. I can also hunt the upper field and have a couple ladderstands on the field/tree line edge on the top field. At one point after legal shooting time this morning I saw a really big-bodied buck walking the field edge on the top field. As someone south of me fired 3 or 4 times, the buck took off trotting down the field edge and disappeared from sight. 30 minutes later I saw him further west coming off the top field, walking the side of the ridge headed for a known bedding spot. An hour after that, I saw a buck, and unsure if it was the same buck, but a buck was about 225 yards across the bottom field nosing after a few does that had just run up the slope to the upper field. So, I took a risk and abandoned the ground blind and moved up to my ladderstand on top. After I`d been in the stand for about 30 minutes, I see several guys with orange hats on, riding a quad pulling a trailer, on the adjacent property just to the west, where there is a really brushy fencerow, presumably to pick up a deer. As I`m watching them, a buck runs up from the bottom field and is suddenly in the field about 60 yards in front of me. Not the big guy I saw earlier, but I was going to take him. As I stood to lean against the tree for support, he turned and looked at me. He was quartering away hard, in fact, very nearly facing straight away from me, but I had, I believed, an angle into the vitals. I had to shoot quickly because he was about to bolt. So I did shoot, and apparently missed him clean. To add insult to injury, he trotted across the field and directly to the orange cap clad hunters just on the other side of the brushy fencerow. I heard them shoot, so I`m guessing they killed him. This is after my Thursday morning hunt, my first hunt of the season, when I shot my crossbow at a fairly nice buck, and the bolt apparently was deflected by a small finger-thick limb. My detractors here will not only find glee in my misfortune, but they`ll rub my nose in it, that`s why I wasn`t going to share all this. But if it helps you fell a little less harsh about you, then it`s worth it. My time to hunt this season has been extremely limited and will continue to be limited due to work schedule. Add to that, my low confidence after all that`s happened so far this season, and I`m left wondering how much more I`ll even go out. I`m dying to be out all I can, but my confidence in my shooting ability is low, and I`m wondering if I`ll just be wasting my time. That did in fact make me feel better. I’m sorry for your disappointment of an opening weekend (so far). In sure by your age (what are you , like 85 now?), you’re more than a competent shooter. Let’s both calm the hell down and get some brown down, ya? Lol. I`m 63 1/2, but yeah, I know I need to calm down and kind of hit the reset button. I`m hoping to start fresh tomorrow morning. You do the same buddy, and let us see pictures of your deer tomorrow. I`ll do the same if I ever kill anything again. I came home, got out of my hunting camo, and filled the tank on the truck so I can head out again tomorrow, Monday and Tuesday morning before I have to get back to work. I`ll be out there tomorrow.
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Post by coaldust on Nov 14, 2020 17:02:17 GMT -5
Final hour of an all day sit. 6 bucks so far only one mature of course thats the only one I couldnt get a shot at. Helps the all day sit being in a shooting house watching college football.
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Post by buckert on Nov 14, 2020 17:10:26 GMT -5
Been a rough last few days of hunting for me. Action has been very slow and several things just have not gone my way hunting wise. But that’s hunting. I’m out tonight with our new foster son. I haven’t been able to get my other boys in the woods yet but he sure wanted to go
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