outdoorstom

It was with his .270, I don't know what load he used. Gotta love late season food sources!!

My stepson shot this 8 pointer yesterday morning on my farm. The buck was with a doe and wouldn't leave her, even after getting spooked. I figure she didn't get bred the first time around......

I'll be out there with the mz starting Monday, work permitting. Good luck everyone!

I got them from a nursery in Michigan, and planted most of them for bedding areas in my freshly logged woodlot. The rest went into a tree line that was a little thin in spots. I'll remove the caps in the Spring, then put them back on next Fall. These are pretty low on the browse preference list, so they're safe when there is other browse available.

That's an awesome guess, but I was only looking at how it looks like they've exchanged heads.

Takes a second to figure this one out.....

It's to protect them from the deer browsing them. As long os the terminal bud is protected, they can browse away and the tree will still survive.

Awesome! Congratulations on a great looking buck!

Haha. Great pic!

Since I can't hunt until late muzzleloading, I thought today was a perfect day to get caps put on the 200 spruce I planted last May. I made them out of window screen and stapled them on.

That was my first thought too, but if you look closely it's wrapped around here almost like plastic.

I'm not sure what this guy guy got

It's hard to tell with this pic, but my best guess would be 3.5.

Thanks guys.....I couldn't believe my luck when he showed up!

You're going to be in great shape come late season. With all that food, they'll be in there for sure. Good luck!

I spent last week hunting in the Duck Mountains of Manitoba. My first ever out of state hunt. Talk about remote! I'd get dropped off before daylight and picked up at dark. You can hunt the 30 minutes before sunrise and the 30 minutes after sunset there....wish we could here. I saw 15 deer all week. 2 were big enough to shoot, but they were in very heavy brush 200 yards out, and only there for a couple of seconds. I passed on a small 8 at 30 yards, and a couple 4 pointers. I did see a couple bull moose, an eagle eating a rabbit it had just killed, and a weasel. While I didn't shoot a big buck, I did have the time of my life! I got home at 2:30 Sunday morning. I headed out at 1:30 to my blind on the farm here and shot this 9 pointer at 3:00! He had his nose to the ground in the cut corn field at 250 yards. I figured he'd work his way up to my plot since that's where all the does head, but he disappeared into a treeline. He was gone about 10 minutes and I was debating whether I should climb down and go look for him, when he popped out at 50 yards.

I use both too. Late season mz is awesome over a food source.

Pretty crappy way to go!

I've got my stands in place and lanes cut. I'll finish up after work today by marking the corn I want the farmer to leave. After that, I'll stay out of the area until the 27th!

Great looking buck. Good luck!

Sounds like fun.....I'm in!

Nice looking plot. I don't think you planted too early.

Great looking hidden plot!

Thanks guys. The oats, Rye, and peas are filling in now. I've read that putting a tree for rubbing and scraping in a food plot works wonders. Most bucks will make a stop there. We'll see! Here's a shot of one of 3 plots in the woods. This one is planted with winter rye, oat, and peas.....just like the field plot. The timing should be perfect for bow season!

Good looking bucks....good luck and hope one of them offers a shot!