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Post by M4Madness on Nov 8, 2023 7:05:44 GMT -5
That looked like more of a long jump. I contemplated that myself. Lol!
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 8, 2023 5:45:22 GMT -5
youtu.be/PFbLjzFvziY?si=GmotuZn3lfP-0TL3Have you ever seen anything like it? Lol! 30 years ago I worked with a guy who swore he was driving down Highway 446 one night when a doe leapt off a rock cut and landed in the bed of his truck running 55 MPH and died.
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 7, 2023 13:20:09 GMT -5
Retrieved my climber and saw two deer bust out into the field 100 yards or so to the right. I didn't see any antlers. Chose a spot for tomorrow morning in which I've never put a stand before. I've walked and driven past it a thousand times in the last 17 years, but never considered it a productive spot. I reckon I have nothing to lose but one morning of my vacation if it fails, and technically, it's still a vacation from work either way. Lol!
The spot is at the top of the main logging road where three other logging roads intersect. There are scrapes there every year, but I consider it a night passage. This afternoon, there are probably a half dozen each scrapes and rubs there. The end of the big broomsage field I watch over during firearms season is probably 50 yards away, sort of a double inside corner. I have pretty good visibilty before the really thick stuff (aftermath of timbering 5 years ago) begins. A South wind should work well, and the sun will be behind me.
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 7, 2023 11:37:45 GMT -5
Quite a while here since last action. Thinking of climbing down at noon and driving my Jeep through to the other end of the farm to retrieve my climbing stand I left two days ago. I don't feel like packing it a half mile. Lol! I need to find a place to hang it for tomorrow morning. My other three ladder stands are really more firearm-oriented locations.
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 7, 2023 10:20:46 GMT -5
Another 3.5 year old 8 just went by. Just haven't seen me big yet... Sounds like you may have an abundance of 4.5 year old bucks next season!
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 7, 2023 9:53:12 GMT -5
Small bobcat just slinked down the logging road on the prowl.
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 7, 2023 9:32:14 GMT -5
Small buck walking around down in the thick hollow to my right. Probably 75 yards. Heard him and caught a glimpse when the sunlight hit him.
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 7, 2023 9:20:15 GMT -5
Super calm here. Zero wind, dead silent. One grey squirrel quietly rummaging around. Not really even any bird sounds. If a deer moves within a 150-yard radius, I'll hear it this morning.
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 7, 2023 8:49:29 GMT -5
Dead here at the moment. With 250 acres, it's hit or miss finding deer on a given day.
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 7, 2023 7:53:23 GMT -5
Little forkhorn smelling around on the logging road 20 yards to my left. Everything that walks that road stops and smells where I leave the road to access my stand. They never spook, but they certainly can tell something has been there.
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 7, 2023 7:43:27 GMT -5
Same stand as yesterday morning. About 15 minutes before legal shooting light, I had something crashing in the brush behind me, then silence. A few seconds later, I heard a constant trot coming down the logging road behind me. It got to probably within 30 yards, stopped for about 5 seconds, then trotted back the way it came. I suspect that it was a coyote running deer, and that it cut my wind and retreated. The footfalls just didn't sound like deer to me.
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 7, 2023 5:19:40 GMT -5
Wow…. 61 degrees right now headed for over 70 today. Will deer still move? I took vacation this week, so I have to put in stand time regardless. Lol! I can either sit home alone on the couch or sit alone in a stand surrounded by the colors of Fall.
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 7, 2023 5:18:13 GMT -5
I wasn't hunting but running around yesterday around 11 am. Saw 2 nice shooters about 5 miles apart. Anything near me? Lol!
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 6, 2023 14:08:56 GMT -5
Congratulations! Even though I can't see the photo. Lol! EDIT: If I quote your post and copy and paste the link in my browser, I can see it. Very good buck with mass.
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 6, 2023 13:03:02 GMT -5
I just glanced over at the logging road 20 yards to my left just in time to see a wagging deer tail walking into the brush away from me. No idea if it had been on that logging road and I'd missed seeing it. isn't it amazing how a deer can pop up out of the ground. I have scared a picked field only to scan back across and have a deer standing 60 yds in field. Had to pop out of the ground. Yep. I was focused straight ahead and just happened to look to my left and saw it going into the woods on the other side of the logging road. I'm convinced now that it came down the road, as just past where I saw it there is a side logging road n the right that angles back sharply. That deer simply cut the corner instead of turning at the intersection. EDIT: I called it quits for the day at noon. Came home and worked a very rare station (Yemen) on ham radio 45 minutes later. It's been a very long time (years) since anyone has been on the air in Yemen.
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 6, 2023 10:41:56 GMT -5
...been wondering how the late start of gun season will be as far as buck movement? I'm expecting a "blah" firearms season, as far as mature bucks are concerned.
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 6, 2023 10:07:00 GMT -5
I just glanced over at the logging road 20 yards to my left just in time to see a wagging deer tail walking into the brush away from me. No idea if it had been on that logging road and I'd missed seeing it.
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 6, 2023 9:57:05 GMT -5
Well, at least that sighting helped you correct an error without losing a shot opportunity. I'd call that a plus any day of the week. I'm hoping something more happens here before the wind velocity increases above my comfort zone.
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 6, 2023 9:38:22 GMT -5
Do you think you'd have gotten him had the crossbow been ready? I'm completely new to crossbows, so I just crank on that Wicked Ridge until the safety pops out. I'm sure I've short-stroked a few 870 shotguns in my day. Lol!
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 6, 2023 9:04:25 GMT -5
Looks like my other stand is seeing some action. Lol!
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