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Post by genesis273 on Nov 10, 2023 6:28:16 GMT -5
All settled in. And now we wait.
Good luck, hunt safe and God bless!!!
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Post by genesis273 on Nov 10, 2023 5:26:50 GMT -5
Congratulations on that! That's definitely exciting stuff!
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Post by genesis273 on Nov 9, 2023 20:14:17 GMT -5
Skunked this afternoon.
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Post by genesis273 on Nov 9, 2023 16:35:11 GMT -5
Slow day in my woods. I had 3 small bucks cruise by this morning. And that was it. Nothing this afternoon so far.
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Post by genesis273 on Nov 9, 2023 16:34:03 GMT -5
I filled one of my military refuge tags today. Nothing was happening, so I rattled at 0900. Within a couple minutes, I could hear a deer coming my way. He circled around downwind and had me pegged at 30 yards, but I had enough of a window to sneak the bolt in there. I hit higher than I wanted. He went about 400 yards - off the ridge, across the holler, and up the next ridge. He died in the first bed he made. I was getting real nervous on the blood trail. Huge wave of relief to look up and see him there, dead. Congratulations!
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Post by genesis273 on Nov 9, 2023 6:34:42 GMT -5
All strapped in. Breezy morning that's for sure.
Good luck and God bless!
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Post by genesis273 on Nov 9, 2023 6:33:32 GMT -5
We'll be headed back up there Sunday. I'll try and talk Daphne into making a stop there
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Post by genesis273 on Nov 8, 2023 14:59:42 GMT -5
Boy these last few days have been rough but late last week with the cooler temperatures the bucks and deer in general were really moving. Saturday morning around 10ish this guy zigged when he should have zagged and came wandering by me at 25 yards. My first shot was an intentional heart shot which I thought I missed .... deer just ran a few yards and stood there looking around like he was trying to figure out what had happened. Second shot was straight through both lugs and 40 yards later he laid dead. Turns out my first shot entered at the point of the near side elbow and exited far side forward. Deer are tougher than Ill ever be. Beautiful deer!
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Post by genesis273 on Nov 8, 2023 9:28:19 GMT -5
I didn't make it out this morning. I got to bed about 9pm and woke up at 11 with fast, hard beating heart. The event, whatever it was, lasted until 12:30 or so. I didn't go to sleep until 2am and was back up at 5:45. I'm going to be resting today and hopefully be back in the woods tomorrow.
Good luck everyone! Hunt safe and God bless.
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Post by genesis273 on Nov 7, 2023 20:01:56 GMT -5
Ended the night without seeing anything else. My buddy and I sat on the tailgates, had a beer and discussed the hunt. We both have permission to hunt there but, I tell him to run that property the way he wants to. It just only permission piece so, I want it to be setup and hunted the way he wants. He has a couple more stands he's wanting to put up but, we'll probably wait until next season. He's learning a lot about the place.
I think I'll be back out in the morning. The stand where I saw the big 10 can only really be hunted on a south wind. So with the forecasted south winds, I think I better be there.
Good night all! Thanks for tagging along with my ramblings throughout the day. Lol
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Post by genesis273 on Nov 7, 2023 17:29:45 GMT -5
The last 35 minutes of legal, thy start picking corn. Lol! I don't blame them but, I wish they'd came earlier. Lo
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Post by genesis273 on Nov 7, 2023 16:53:30 GMT -5
Been pretty quiet here for a few hours. Getting restless in this stand all day. I'm considering sleeping in tomorrow but, we'll see. I hate to miss out of any chances I get to be in the woods this time of year. I have been putting in alot of time since friday evening and have hunted 2 all day sits in there. It is very tough to hang in there when there is not much action. This warm weather still has them mostly moving at night. I think i am going to take a break and go back to work Wed and Thursday. I have off Friday thru Tuesday yet. I also have first 9 days of gun season off. Hopefully by then I will get lucky. I'm thinking more and more about taking a break from the warm weather hunts tomorrow and getting back in on Thursday
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Post by genesis273 on Nov 7, 2023 16:51:45 GMT -5
Been sitting on stand all day…really struggling to stay focused for the rest of the evening!! Same here. However, the temps are dropping and wind picked up slightly. It's given me renewed hope!
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Post by genesis273 on Nov 7, 2023 14:41:46 GMT -5
Been pretty quiet here for a few hours. Getting restless in this stand all day.
I'm considering sleeping in tomorrow but, we'll see. I hate to miss out of any chances I get to be in the woods this time of year.
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Post by genesis273 on Nov 7, 2023 12:49:13 GMT -5
Not much happening now so it's a good time to break out my lunch.
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Post by genesis273 on Nov 7, 2023 11:20:19 GMT -5
Small buck came by to check on my doe decoy. A few minutes later I heard some grunting and a quick chase going on.
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Post by genesis273 on Nov 7, 2023 10:48:06 GMT -5
Doe and small buck cruised past.
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Post by genesis273 on Nov 7, 2023 9:44:40 GMT -5
Wind is picking up here too. Hadn't seen a deer in a while though
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Post by genesis273 on Nov 7, 2023 9:42:13 GMT -5
Nice!!!!! Congratulations!
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Post by genesis273 on Nov 7, 2023 7:47:33 GMT -5
Couple small bucks so far. Feels good out here
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