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Today's my 29th birthday and what better than my best buck yet

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Missed a chip shot at a 6 ptr but 20 min later this little guy comes in

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My view at 7:26 this morning. This went on for 6 minutes. Very foggy- drizzle.

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tl;dr; People in the spot I wanted. Tried a new spot, saw a 6 and an 8 or 10. Not sure how to approach it tomorrow.

 

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Rain all morning, so I stayed dry. After a b-day party for a buddies kids I got out at about 4 to the spot I wanted to hunt and setup a stand. Unfortunately there was already a truck with two tags in the window in the parking area already. Not wanting to mess with their hunt or see other humans I started checking out the map.

 

There was a spot I found on the birds eye view this summer on bing maps. It was an area that intersects a small swamp, mountain laurel, hard woods, and some natural funnels and rocky ridges. Have not ever been there I treated it as a stalk and scout, didn’t bring my climber or anything.  I started walking one of the rocky ridges looking for sign or spots that looked good.

 

After walking for awhile I go near one of the small swamps and it was thick and looked like it would hold deer. I could also hear what sounded like acorns falling very often on the other side of it. Great, cover, bedding, and food! When could see the far end, about 60 yards, I hear a snort and see a small 6 pop up and trot about 10 yards in the wrong direction. He stood there a few minutes stomping and trying to get me the move. Finally he walks away tail down.

 

Next I hear another deer coming from close to where the 6 was, and it was a big bodied deer. Looked like an 8 or so with a tall rack. He had his tail flagging but never ran, just a slow walk. He stopped and looked in my direction for a minute or so too before he headed into the laurels.

 

Now I am not sure what to do tomorrow. I want to get in there but the only good tree was riiight near where the 6 was. I don’t want to push them out of the area either. The wind was in my face, and neither deer ran, so I think they were more concerned with seeing the movement. Think I am going to do in mid day set up the climber and sit the whole afternoon.

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Saw 4 doe and 2 bucks this am in Pittsford - Mendon this am . There is one less doe now . Got her at about 20 yards .  All I have to do now is clean up the meat , do some grinding and packaging .

By clean up the meat I mean cutting away the fat , silver , etc ..

 

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Went to the Alabama Swamps today for a change of pace from my regular hunting spots. Alot of great deer signs. Had 3 doe walk up under my stand. That was about it ..acorns falling pretty much non-stop, dam squirrels everywhere. Its was ridiculous.. Hoping to get back out tomorrow.

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Awesome, walking in to my stand and about 100 yards away from the truck, with my sleeve I wipe my running nose and boom. Gushing blood from that moment on almost all the way to my stand. Great start lol. Maybe the yotes will find me haha

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