been out the past couple of days havent seen much something has definitely changed over the past 2 days will be heading out tonight. no day time activities on the cams
been out the past couple of days havent seen much something has definitely changed over the past 2 days will be heading out tonight. no day time activities on the cams
rattled in a decent 8pt yesterday, came in aggressive. rattled him back in an hour later. nothing this morning. been getting skunked in the evenings but mornings are heatin up. i think it needs to drop ten degrees and its on!!!
Went out this morning, about 50 degrees and wind coming out of the south at about 15-20 mph. Saw nothing this morning and on the way out saw 2 does in the corn field edge. A lot of corn still standing and when I checked the end rows there are paths all through the corn. Relocated a tree stand to the edge of the corn field and will wait till this evening to go back out. Checked some other fields of corn around the edge and seems to be a lot of traffic and they are staying in the corn.
11/08/11 morning hunt info
was 33 degree's slight winds 2-3 mph
tried a new makeshift blind i made, got all settled in at about 5:30 am
waited for day break and i tried one of those Tink's scent sticks you burn,
didn't see a deer till it went out, don't think it was the problem, just worked out that way
about 10 minutes after that thing went out, I had a shooter 8 pointer working his way to me nose all up in the air
I guess trying to find what made the scent it put out
he got to withing 40 yrds of where i had it, but was 60 yrds from me!
he stood there for 10+ minutes looking in all directions, never seemed to see me, and I was down wind of him,
he then just walked back towards a swamp to my right, never giving me a shot
10 minutes later I had a another 8ptr walk in right to me, he was less than 5 yards from me, walked past me got down wind and bedded down , stayed there for about an hr, down wind of me at about 40 yrds, we both were on the ground looking indifferent directions, I was using him like a radar!LOL!~
ended the hunt at 10 am, had things to do, and he left at 9:45 so that was good!
was 59 degrees at 10 am
so HOT today!
11/08/11 evening hunt info
was HOT 72 degrees hot!
winds were about 5-8 mph with some heavier gusts, maybe 15 mph!
got on stand at 3 pm
wasn't there long and heard all sorts of noise's
wasn't long and i saw what was making them
I had a 350-400 lb male bear tearing up my small corn food plot,
its about 8 rows about 150 yards long
well he went up and down every row, and either torn the stalks down or layed on them, 80% of the corn there iis long gone from the deer
but he checked every stalk, and picked the rest clean, knocked down about hald the standing stalks, at many times he was laying on them, fun to watch
then at 1/2 hr before sun set, he worked his way right at me, kept think, that was not going to be a good nite for deer movement with him so close, and making all that noise
well, he worked his way right to me, to hit the bigger corn plot, putting him right where I was hoping to have deer
well when he got to 10 yrds or less, i tried to spook him off, I whisled at him , yelled at him, grunted at him, and he would even look at me, or show he even heard me
if I would have had someting to thorw at him i would have hit him!
well he worked his way into my food plot , now 40 yrds from me in the wide open, shucking corm on the edge of the field
getting to crunch time, and there he is
well, no sooner than I think thats it for deer, I catch movement 20 yrds below me
a doe with two yearlyings
working there way right to that bear
they both feed about 20 yrds from each other(seen this actually many times too)
well then i had two more doe come join the party, and then a small 8 pointer,
well the bear didn't like all the crowd, so he walked to a different corn field about 300 yrds away! deer didn't even seem to care!
then , what I was hoping for
the same big 8 from this morning was walking to me, he stopped at 18 yrds just behind a big tree, no shots prior due to cover!
I just needed that one more step, as how he stopped only his nose was in view!
then I was golden I thought!
BUT he dropped his nose took a look at them doe 50yrds from me and took off on a dead run, no time to shoot,plus don't like running shots!! lol~
then he ran that doe past me back and forth 6 different time, or should I say that doe ran past me 6 diffrent times, with him behind her
never closer than 55 yrds!
they did that till dark, and then some, then they finally left for the timber
allowing me to leave!
close call tonight
only have 4 more days of bow season here in PA and I have things to do two mornings and an evening
so its going to be close to tag soup for me in bow season if things don't go better soon!
Its hot in my area now. I havent been out since Saturday. But i got 2 pics of bucks that friends shot last night, and then on my way to work this morning i had a doe jump out of a corn field in front of me so i stopped figuring she was pushed. He barrelled out after. A monster 8 with a mahogany rack. Beautiful buck! Im talking 150's...a huge 8. I wish i could have snapped a quick pic.
Not out this morning, 11-9 as it is raining and windy. Coming out of the south at 20-30 mph and currently 60 degrees, Cold front coming in for the evening and expected high tomorrow of 45. Going out this afternoon after rain goes through. Last night sit on edge of a cornfield and only saw 1 doe and that was around 4pm. Hoping the weather change will get them moving.
11/08/11- AM. Spooked a deer walking in. My entry route is an old ditch so I'm pretty concealed and the deer didn't know what I was. At 6:15 the deer I spooked came down the ditch, probably thinking I was a doe, and it was a decent 8-pt. Had him at 18 yds but just couldn't shoot him because I've saw a bigger buck in this stand. Never saw a thing after that, sat until 10:30.
11/09/11- AM. Saw a small doe feeding on a ridge about 60 yds from me at daylight. Then at 7:30 I saw big antlers through the brush and it was a nice 10-pt I've been hoping to get a shot at. First I thought he was just feeding on briars, but then I saw he was tending/guarding a doe. He chased her a little but you could tell he was just waiting for her to be ready and then he would get down to business. this went on for almost 2 hours. At one time he passed within 45 yds of me but just not going to take that shot on a fairly windy morning. I tried everything to get them closer..grunting, bleeting, snort-wheeze, but he and the doe were not interested. He would look my way but then grunt and get close to the doe. I think they bedded down about 60 yds from me at 9:15 so when the wind picked up I snuck to where I thought he might come if he thought I was another buck. He never showed up after several grunts. Exciting but frustrating morning but that's what happens when you're trying to kill a buck during the breeding phase of rut.
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