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Post by greghopper on Nov 4, 2023 6:51:20 GMT -5
My 82 year old Dad at Big Oaks. Very impressive still using a climber!! exactly…. Especially on a crooked tree! Look like decent weather for the hunt.
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Post by sculver7 on Nov 4, 2023 6:54:01 GMT -5
Amateur hour here in NW Indiana. 😂 Had a decision to make this morning: access thru the CRP or thru the woods. Yesterday, I accessed thru the CRP and no deer out there. Either way, no wind so going to be loud. Decided CRP. Well, there were a handful of deer in the CRP. They blew about 6 times. Got to my stand. Quietly getting set up. Drop my arrow. 🤦🏻♂️ Good thing is, I can still hear deer around me.
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Post by huntnandplumbn on Nov 4, 2023 6:56:10 GMT -5
All set since a good bit before daybreak. Had some all around me chasing in the dark.
Also got out of work yesterday at noon and was able to hunt my urban spot close to the house. Walked into a young doe on the way to the stand. Needed to earn a buck so by some miracle was able to pull it off. 35 yard shot and she ran about 50 yards. Took her straight to the processor. Never even sat in the stand.
Off through the 19th. Let’s go!!
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Post by deadeer on Nov 4, 2023 7:05:26 GMT -5
Covered up in deer right away. Had a decent buck at 15yd, but couldnt make out the rack enough in the low light.
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Post by michaelc on Nov 4, 2023 7:05:27 GMT -5
Later than what I wanted to, but I'm in. Either the deer aren't here, or they haven't moved my way yet. It was a noisy, crunchy walk in this morning, dadgum I made enough noise on the leaves to wake the dead and the living lol
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Post by ukwil on Nov 4, 2023 7:10:13 GMT -5
Hunting the same spot as last night. Get almost to the blow down and bust a deer out of the thicket on the finger ridge. Truck was reading 53 degrees on the way here, but seen several bucks on their feet cruising.
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Post by deadeer on Nov 4, 2023 7:26:49 GMT -5
First sit of the year. I'm in the worst tree known to man -- crooked, too close to where I anticipate the shot, facing the wrong way, etc. I'm sweating. My advice uo everyone -- plan ahead, don't try to find a tree for your climber in the dark on the morning you plan to hunt. And did I mention that this crossbow weighs a ton? I don't know how you guys pack them around! Probably kill that monster with all that going on!!!
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Post by deadeer on Nov 4, 2023 7:29:36 GMT -5
Hunting the same spot as last night. Get almost to the blow down and bust a deer out of the thicket on the finger ridge. Truck was reading 53 degrees on the way here, but seen several bucks on their feet cruising. Super comfy temps! I love it.
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Post by mstr2175 on Nov 4, 2023 7:32:24 GMT -5
Those 4 turkeys I seen last night heading roost have been gobbling all morning. Still no deer, good luck everyone
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Post by scrub-buster on Nov 4, 2023 7:35:58 GMT -5
My legs are feeling better. I got dropped off at my most comfortable stand. Nothing but bambi yet. My stepson has seen 5 already. Feels good to be in the woods
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 4, 2023 7:39:49 GMT -5
Saw a nice buck walking the treeline across the field edge from me at 8:15 AM. He then veered into the woods over there heading for the neighboring cattle pasture which, by the way, is filled with mooing cows right now. 15 minutes later he started angling through the woods in front of me. I glassed him with my laser rangefinder and he looked like a very nice 8, but nothing I'm interested in. Just over 50 yards when he smelled his way past.
EDIT: Farm truck just drove back in the pasture. Must be why the cows are so vocal. Cattle stampede now!
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Post by mstr2175 on Nov 4, 2023 7:43:23 GMT -5
Just had a really nice 9 point come by in a thicket. Went up a hill and started chasing does back and forth then off they went
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Post by ukwil on Nov 4, 2023 7:47:58 GMT -5
I hate squirrels and chipmunks. That is all...
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 4, 2023 7:55:35 GMT -5
Wife just texted and said a 4-pointer was chasing a doe around our yard. She said the doe jumped the woven wire farm fence into the neighbor's pasture, but the buck wasn't a proficient high jumper and bounced off it. Lol!
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Post by Mack Apiary Bees on Nov 4, 2023 7:59:12 GMT -5
Yesterday neither my brother or I saw a deer. So far this morning nothing. Not sure what's going on. I'm back in my prime stand that I haven't hunted since last Monday.
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Post by scrub-buster on Nov 4, 2023 7:59:42 GMT -5
2 small 8's so far
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Post by deadeer on Nov 4, 2023 7:59:50 GMT -5
I hate squirrels and chipmunks. That is all... Loaded with skurries here. I mean loaded!
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Post by budd on Nov 4, 2023 8:04:33 GMT -5
Nothing yet. I haven’t hear a rifle shot yet, but the duck hunters sound like they are doing well.
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Post by chasingtails on Nov 4, 2023 8:07:50 GMT -5
3 doe in grass next to the property I'm hunting and a racoon so far.
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Post by Huntnfreak on Nov 4, 2023 8:09:09 GMT -5
A small 6 on the ridge behind me showing a sapling who’s boss.
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