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[PlayTheWindMike]

First day Sat am I hunted Ross County just south of Chillicothe and my stand placement was one end of 20 acre plot of acorns...everywhere. I placed stand at edge of this going into an acre or two of pines...like a funnel. approximate times here but deer come in eating acorns at 8, 9, 9:30 and 10 to 10:15. I left at 10:30. About 200 yards into the woods my brother on stand saw 2 bucks and 5 doe all going through acorn eating. There are deer all over this farm and did not see one scrape or fresh rub......it's coming though.

Afternoon hunt was in Fairfield County and saw a few doe come into hay field and eat for 15 minutes and left...they were taking corn off a couple of fields over and that is where they headed closer to dark. no scrapes or any signs at this spot.....saw several beds though.

[mrbb]

OK 10/05/12 sat from about 4 pm till dark, saw a bunch of doe's and some small bucks, and two nice 3.5+ yr old 8's
was very very warm, 70+ going out and still 65 at dark

10/06/12
being a saturday, I know I get trespassers, so I went and parked where I know many park to sneak in
caught the first guy at 3:30
second guy at 4 pm and last guy at 4;45
this last guy was from Arizona, said he has been hunting here for last 3 yrs, and thoght my posted signs were for liability reasons, and not to keep people out!
got to love that crap

so all 3 guys got the warning, second time I then can arrest with a class A charge to it , meaning they then legally cannot own a firearm again
a much better hit if I catch them then just trespassing here in PA, hell here in PA it ends up costing me more to arrest them then they pay in a fine, crappy state set up on trespassing here for sure

any how, got on stand at 5;15
seen first deer at 5;45 a small spike, then had deer filter in to the food plots till dark, several small bucks made some agressive(for there size) rubs and scrapes about the field edge, then proceeded to chase doe like it was late Nov.
crazy rut like action from the littler bucks, the bigger one's out didn't do anything but feed and ignore what was going on about them
in all counted 26 deer, but as it got dark had more come out but got mixed up so don't know how many in all
was 58 going in at 5 pm and 41 coming out at dark

and calling for fluries here tomorrow, cool
no hunting on Sundays here!

[strutndoe]

10-6-12 AM Hunt: My hopes were high this morning, as I headed into the woods. I figured with the rain just coming to an end and the low temp, I should see quite a few deer. Nope..nothing...not even a glimpse of one.

PM Hunt: Got caught up in chores and didn't make it out until around 4:30. Watched 2 doe about 100 yards away but they didn't come my way. At 6:45ish I had a 4 pt and a button buck come in and hang out about 15 yds away from me. I also noticed 2 doe in my back field headed toward the wood line I was in. Then I heard a voice.

The stand I was in tonight is about 20 yds in from my property line. My neighbor came walking into the woods and saw the two young bucks standing there watching him and he yelled at them to run away. He yelled "Yaaaa" Yaaaa" several times. Well, they listened to him and so did the doe that were coming straight towards me. All 4 deer took off running, and snorting, with white tails showing!

The words that I bit my tongue to avoid yelling were things a lady should not say. Suffice to say, I did not get a deer tonight...

[blackbeard]

10/06/12 (Sat)- PM. Hunted in a ladderstand in a huge maple that sits right in the middle of my overgrown field. Two does came by at 5:25 on their way to a big oak tree to eat acorns. Didn't see any more deer, squirrels were going nuts all evening. Beautiful evening though. I could get used to not seeing one mosquito on an evening hunt on October 6 every year! Back at it tomorrow morning and/or evening.

[zach-the-deer-slayer]

I'm hunting in knee deep acorns. Seen 10 deer and missed a doe due to deflection. There was a decent 8 point with her but I'm waiting on the big boy. This colder weather has em up and moving

[CityBoyzOutdoors]

hunted a few sits this weekend.

Friday night the 5th,

cold front was moving in, sitting over top a outfitters blend when it started to sprinkle around 5:15 had a yearling and the momma doe come in. That was all for that night.

Saturday Morning the 6th.

Sitting over top acorns and had a lone doe come in, my was pulled back for 2 minutes until she finally decided something was going on and wanted to leave, he finally got a shot and shot her in the "paunch" where we had no blood at all. She is still running around somewhere

Sunday morning the 7th

Sitting same set that we had the encounter with the lone doe, again around 8:30 we had a young doe come in by herself. She was right under us at one point and finally worked into the shooting lane, smoked her at 15 yards and only ran another 20. Got one on the board for the team, bucks seem to be nockturnal, havent seen a buck all season but the little ones.

[blackbeard]

10/07/12 (Sun)- PM. Hunted in the corner of my property that is nothing but oak trees. At 5:45 I saw a deer running in my overgrown field, not sure what it was doing. At 6:45 I looked up and a big fat doe was at 25 yards and walking perfectly apast me to the side. She didn't even stop, just steadily walked straight apast me and finally stopped at 45 yards behind some brush. I have a cold/sore throat so didn't feel like dragging one out last night so I let her walk. I am still a little amazed why she didn't stop to eat acorns. Shortly after that a coyote let out a howl in the back of my property, then another howl, then a the whole pack started in. They were probably 150 yards from me but it still made the hair on my arms stand up. I hate yotes. What an October for hunting so far, never saw weather in early season like this.

[mrbb]

10/08/12 evening sit
didn't get on stand till 5;30, had deer already in a few of my plots, so decided to hunt the edge of a big just cut saturday field of clover
was cool for this early, just 44 degree's, in the 40's all day too
almost zero wind too
well most deer don't show up here till just about dark, so knew I could get in without bustng any
at 6;30 first deer showed up, at 10 yrds, a small spiker, he feed on clover till 5 dope came and litterly ran him off, two old does were realy bitchy with this poor little guy
then at just about dark,had a nice buck show up across the creek from my stand, about 30 yrds,
he was one of my better bucks, but due to being under some hemlocks, and it being so late, couldn't tell which one,
he stood on that side of the creek for a solid 15+ minutes never moving an inch, staring at this doe group, wind was blowing right at him, the little that there was, and I was smack dab between him and these doe's
he finnaly decided I guess all was good, wadded right into the creek, about 3+ ft deep too, and was just about to step into the field, where even with the low light I was hoping to ID him at least, when just before in the opening he dropped his head, grunted and took off chasing these doe's like the rut was on, grunting like mad
he chased these doe's for a solid 10 minutes before they just hauled ass across the field, outrunning him, and he gave up and feed at about 125 yards, BUT between me and my truck, I ended up sitting in the tree a soild 40+ minutes before he took off again after the doe's way out in the food plots

over all I ended up seeing like 14 deer, 2 bucks
cold front is here for next few days low 30's, but rain tomorrow, but I sure like these temps for early oct!, and all the rut like action, hope it means a real rut this yr!

[deerguy10]

was able to hunt for a few hours saturday morning 10/6 and had 2 does pass through at 7:30 a.m. as they were feeding on acorns... they were just out of range or I would have le tone have it...

Tonight 10/9 I saw a bunch of deer out and feeding around 6:30 p.m. as I drove home from work... I drive down 303 through the cuyahoga valley national park to and from work so it gives me a decent chance to see when the deer seem to be getting more active... Tonight there was more deer out than I have sighted so far this season.. even saw a few small bucks... seems like they are out a bit earlier as well... The moon is getting a bit better and this cool weather seems to be getting them up and moving...