snowlt14

I'm at a loss with getting to my stands without getting busted every time. I hunt a piece of land about 55 acres but only has one access point which is narrow for the first 200-300 yards. Every time I walk in, either 5am, late morning,middle of the day or early afternoon I jump at least 2-3 deer each time. Most of these deer just walk off not appearing to be really spooked but enough that they head to a neighboring property. The first 200-300 yards is very close to houses so I am unable to really hunt it. I really love this spot and have killed a few decent deer over the years but I have never had this issue in the past. I have a few really nice bucks on camera and have seen 10-15 does a sit on occasion but I'm at a loss accessing my stands. Any suggestions?

I made some pulled venison for opening weekend of northern zone. Threw some venison roasts and a small pork butt into the crock pot with some BBQ sauce and cooked for 8 hours on slow. Came out good and nothing was left to bring home at the end of the weekend.

Hunted from first light till about 10:45am in 4K before I headed out for a family party. First light was slow with two single does passing by feeding but very alert. For the rest of the morning I had a few small groups of does work through for a total of ten does seen. The past four sits on this property I have seen 10+ does every sit and not a single buck. Going to head back out tomorrow hoping a buck finally comes through checking one of these ladies. Congrats to everybody that put down deer today.

Great story and awsome buck

Hunted all day yesterday, seen 17 does pass by in the morning and the 7 more in a different stand in the afternoon. Still no bucks

Great job!

Hit my one and only stand yesterday afternoon. I have been seeing some deer but all does and well out of range. I am hunting a small patch of woods between the interstate and a housing development. I have been getting some really good bucks on camera but was never able to time them right. The owner of the land only wants me hunting after 9 am so I don’t wake her up when I park and get ready, Cant complain she lets me hunt a great spot. My other go to spot now has 10 houses on it. Got in and set right around 12 noon with a stiff breeze right in my face. I put a couple of tinks buck bombs around my stand hoping something would come in. Around 4 pm I catch something moving to my right and see a doe passing about 50 yards away and going out of range. Right up her butt was a spike, I grunted a few times to try and get them to stop but the doe got nervous and ran back the way she came with the spike in tow. Almost last light I was getting ready to call it a night when I see a deer walking straight towards my stand, get up grab the bow just in time to see it’s a good size doe and she is working into 20 yards. While she passes in front of me I heard a branch snap and see a 4 pointer following her. With only a week left before gun season I decided I would take the shot. He was just over 30 yards away broadside, I let the arrow fly and watch the famous jump. Confident of a good shot and darkness closing fast I decided to get down and look for my arrow, easy find with the lighted nock. Pass though with bright red blood. Went out to my truck and warmed up before going back looking. Deer ran 50 yards a most and piled up. While gutting the deer the coyotes were barking and getting closer so we began the drag out. Some may say it’s only a 4 pointer and there are much bigger out there but this is only my second kill with the bow so I’m pretty proud of it. I put in a lot of hard work locating the land, getting permission, scouting and hanging the stand. This spot has a lot of deer but I fear once gun season opens the corn filed 400 yards from the stand may be there death bed. I too will be hunting gun season but only looking for mr big. Sorry for the long post Good luck everybody