First-light

Never surprised one on my property. One year during opening day a sow and cubs hung around my brothers stand till dark. He called me and I came over around 4:30, still light and was able to walk up to his stand. The sow and cubs were 30 yards away content on eating corn. One of the cubs walked within 20 yards of me and Momma didn't care. They moved on after loud yelling and a gun shot.

I had a doe and fawn by my stand as I climbed into it saturday morning. They were 20 yards away and didn't know what I was. I fumbled around settling in. After 10 minutes Momma had enough and blew 3-4 times and off they went. Not more than 20 minutes here comes a big spike horn and after him another small buck. 3 hours later two huge bucks cross 50 yards above me. These critters are tough to figure out. You would of thought my hunt was over when she snorted, nope it was just beginning!

50 yard shot at dusk, they hang hunters around here for less. lol

This is from my stand in a field on my property. This field has woods around all 4 sides. deer feel real comfortable crossing at any time during the day. The two big bucks I saw were at the top end of the field skirting thick pines.This is a first year clover plot. We will double the size next year.

Same here. Bear took the camera off the tree and I found it 20 yards away.

Congratulations to all who participated and made it a big success.

Nice Sam!

Good luck!

Way to go!

I put a cam out when we left yesterday. I hope they show up again but as we know in two weeks things can heat up quickly. We shall see.

WoW!

looks it, any vegetation in it? They eat grass, I always find that in the bear scat around my place.

The deer were moving on Sunday and I had an encounter with two older bucks. There is nothing like seeing a 2.5-4.5 year old buck in the wild. These two were big and grey and the racks were white. The big buck had 10 points and was huge. Hope to see them again this year! BTW they were never caught on my cams.

Good luck Grow, feel better!

Motion sickness, my brother said the same thing, it was pretty gusty! Get'em next time Eddie!

Thanks Eddie and the wood stove is great!!!

Great story thanks for sharing! This is what its all about, great job.

Hey Zemm! Good to hear from you, any good stories yet??

We had hell of a weekend. Bucks were still in bachelor groups. We saw a total of 6 does and get this 9 bucks. My brother took the only shot and missed a 6pt Saturday morning. I did not see a deer all day Saturday. My brother saw a few doe and two bucks in the morning and saw a button buck and another buck in the evening. Sunday morning was awesome. I had deer by my stand from first light. A couple of does and two small bucks. Could of shot any of them but will wait for Mr. big (he comes later). When I left the cabin and looked back at my clover field and on the skyline was a nice buck just looking at me. I knew it would be a good morning. 7:30 and I get a text that my brother is watching 4 bucks cross the same field. They are headed my way and he says the last one is real big. I never see these deer but I do hear them off to my left coming through the woods. At one point two of the bucks start sparring with each other and I can hear the horns rattling. I never do see them. It was about 10:00 and across the field from where I am set up I hear a branch break. This area is real thick with blowdowns, the deer love it. Well I know something is over there and I wait. Out comes a buck very grey looking with a decent rack, it was very tall. Behind him was the deer we all look for. It was another very grey big looking deer. He was a 10 point with sweeping beams and long tine length. He was perfect on both sides. They are about 50-60 yards from me, heading towards me but a bit high up the hill to shoot. The lead buck turns towards me and starts heading my way and stops. He decides to go into my pines and cross just below another stand I have up. I was going to get in that stand but decided at the last minute to move further down the hill, go figure. I watched as they moved off into the bedding area on my property. I did not catch either of these two bucks on my cam. He is huge, big body and if I had to guess a 150 class buck. I put a cam out when we left today to see if this is a normal routine. I kind of like this early season opener!!! I hope to have another encounter with him soon!!!

Nice congrats!

Over in 8P, didn't hear one shot.

Grow, I'm not on BP meds. Have a slow heart rate but its normal for me(I run a lot). Well last Sunday I headed over to my brothers house and while driving down his road my BP started to crash. I got out and asked him to get me a couple gatoraides. I slammed those down but it took a good half hour to feel ok. I dehydrated myself. Was out late the night before, ran in the morning and took my calcium/Magnesium supplement on an empty stomach. scary stuff right there, I know how you felt. This is the second time in the last 2 years this has happened. First time was a med mix-up that caused it. Good post.

Ask the processor. If it was a sick deer I'm sure he would not of cut it up. See what his thoughts are. I shot a deer years ago that had a hole in its hoof, totally screwed up the bottom part of his leg. He was limping badly so I put him down. Upon inspection of the deer his hoof was infected and one eye was glazed over. Took him to the processor and asked if the deer was ok to eat. He said it was fine. I'm here to tell the tale, so be it.

Nice deer!

Good luck John, aim true!