Cabin Fever

Hey, that's great! Congrats!!

My neck hurts.....

Welcome! Nice to have another member from Wayne County for local hunting reports!

He is one healthy looking buck!! He looks like he's ready to kick some ass this fall!

I agree... That buck is no stupid whorney little 1 1/2 year old either! There's definately something brewing there!

WOW! It's early, but when love is in the air.... Great video BTW!!

Kind of what I was thinking too! Thought the story might spark some interest and let people know that it might be a good idea to pull the grunt tubes out now.

Had a really hard time getting out of bed this morning and getting motivated. (Been on 9 hunts in the past 8 days and spent 32hrs on the stand already) I check accuweather.com every morning before leaving to get a current wind direction. When I got to the cabin, I checked the wind, and it was blowing in almost the complete opposite direction as it was suppose to be! I was pissed and scrapped my plan and decided to hunt a stand along a thicket near a cornfield, hoping to catch the deer heading back to bed. I just wasn't feeling it and was regretting going this morning. Then, to top it off, right about daylight, the wind kept shifting to where it was expected to be blowing from today, directly across in between the thicket and the cornfield! S#@&!! I pulled out the grunt call and gave a few grunts to kill some time. A few minutes later (7:30), I saw a nice buck walking directly at me!!! I recognized him as a nice 8pt that I've gotten several pics of all over! He kept closing the distance and started angling slightly to a mock scrape that I made ~15 yards from the stand. I thought this was going to be too easy!! He stopped ~15 yards from the scrape and kept sniffing. He scent checked the scrape from downwind! (I have never seen this before in 30 years of bowhunting, only read and heard about it, and honestly never believed it!!) I think if I would have freshened it this morning before getting into the stand, he would have come right in! Plus the wind screwed me! If it didn't shift, just minutes before, he would have had to walk into the open to check it! He turned and started walking up into the thicket. Panic sets in! He stopped at 29.5 yards (25 is my self imposed limit!!)! He stood there for what seemed like 5 minutes, completely broadside, in the wide open browsing on leaves!! The devil on my shoulder was screaming "SHOOT"!!!! Then, he extended the facing leg, really opening up the vitals and increasing temptation! I let him get ~40 yards and gave him a grunt. He looked up, then looked away. I gave him another grunt. He turned 180 degrees and started angling back to me! The path he was on would take him to 15 yards, broadside, in the wide open! I was ready!! Then, "IT" happened... the wind shifted, so he was coming in from directly downwind of me!!! He stopped at 30 yards, and double-timed it back to where he came from!!! DAMN!!!! SOOOOO Close!!! He didn't snort and crash out of there of anything, but he smelled me and knew there was a human in the area anyway! That sure perked me up though!! LOL First responce I've gotten to grunts yet this year! It won't be long.........................

What a shame!! That's gotta make you sick...

Congrats!

Great video! I kept staring at her when she stopped, expecting blood to be gushing out of her! What's up with that? Was that a Rage??

Congrats Sam! That's the kind of tracking job I like!! It was a beautiful morning out there, for sure! Not much going on in my area though...

Sounds like an awesome trip! Got some great trophys to remember too!

Congrats to you and your son! That smile says it all! (Both of yours!!) That looks like a great shed! Good luck!

Everytime I think of these videos, I remember all the posts that have been made about bucks being spooked by cams and all the "negative reactions"! These guys don't see to be phased at all! That's pretty much the reaction that I get on my cams also!

One for the freezer! Congrats! Only saw a doe and 2 fawns at ~100 yards, but sure admired the beautiful morning! Can't wait for the bucks to start getting that "lovin' feeling"!!

WOWSA!! Quite the neck!!

That's a cool idea! It sure got those bucks attention! Interesting how they just took to rubbing on it.

Congrats to the boy!! Pics?

OMG Sam! That's awesome! I haven't seen much activity around my scrapes yet!

My stands are setup with climbing sticks or screw in steps, so that would be an easy out. I don't use climbers anymore. Guess you just better remember that screw in step that they tell you to carry in your safety harness and keep a cell phone in an outside pocket, so it's easy to get to.

It sure sucks, but it happens. I hate hunting in the rain, for this reason! Everyone envisions themselves getting a perfect double lung shot and they'll be fine. BUT, when that doesn't go as planned and the deer isn't leaving a good bloodtrail, you kick yourself for taking that risk and hunting in the rain, as it makes trailing much much harder and recovery rates go way down! I know a lot of guys that like to pound their chest, like they are the almighty hunter having the mentality that you "can't kill them on the couch", but you also can't find a lot of them in the rain either! JMHO... Been there, done that, and it sucks!! Best of luck!

Just curious if Deer Search ever called you back? If so, how long did it take?

Congrats Burden24! 30 yards, is my kinda tracking job!! Very nice!!

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