LIVE from the woods 2015 Edition! - Sixth Year Going Strong

[landtracdeerhunter]

Was out  five until twenty after seven; believe deer moved early. Not even a fawn today.  First bust morning. Been pretty slow here the last few. Hope they don't stay in nocturnal mode long.

[deerpassion]

Doe popped out into the corn a bit ago , hit the can a couple times n had a small 6 come workin through ....

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[Kludes]

I never have any luck with grunting or bleating idk why I bring this thing

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[Paula]

They cut a lot of corn out back yesterday, now i can see the bucks chasing the does. Its pretty exciting, now i am late for work

[The_Real_TCIII]

Just went by a cut corn field on the way to school with the kids, couple does feeding out there like nothing was trying to make sexy time with them. 

[Kludes]

I bet cause the hardwoods are devoid of deer today

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[Kludes]

Lamp my father made from my buck and arrow that took it down along wit some skulls I've caught and my trap ..

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[The_Real_TCIII]

Cool!

[deerpassion]

Man just had an awesome encounter !!! Was just gettin done lining up a doe that veered off and my boot squeeks on stand.... Look over my shoulder n there's a borderline shooter 8 50 yds out staring right at me .... He came down my drag line but veered off cause he caught movement .... Grunted him halfway back , no dice , snort wheezed n grunt , halfway back again , snort wheeze again he comes charging in to 30 yds but I can't draw cause this low make shift tree I'm in .... He stares rough me n snorts n bounds off ..... Been going by the I see a deer , half hour more , well that was 1 1/2 ago .... Can't wait for this dam front to get here , hopefully this weekend should be nuts!

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[deerpassion]

Hell if I had a decoy out , that would have been interesting !

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[deerpassion]

Great , just had I'm guessing a bird hunter walk in on me ,right where the deer are coming from, no orange or nothin !

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[monkeyman2269]

Prolly a duck hunter?

[StevieSacs]

Was in the stand at 5:45 and used a drag rag for the first time.  As soon as I started climbing my sticks I looked back and saw 4 raccoons walking right over my path.  I flashed a light at them and they scurried off.   At about 6:30 had a doe walk by with spike on her ass.  They walked on by and I decided to test my grunting and was able to pull him off her.  He came by and was walking around my stand and followed my drag rag the opposite direction.  15 minutes goes by and I saw two deer fighting in the distance.  Seems that spike found a smaller spike and was muscling him around.  I took the rattlers out and gave a light set.   He chased off the smaller spike and came steaming in over to me again.  

 

Ended up having to leave the stand at 9:00 so that I could catch the train.  Checked my camera and got a pic of a gorgeous 8 that I've been following mid day.  Seems like I'm gonna hit the stand sun up to sun down sat and sunday and hope to catch this big boy

 

Seems like its starting up!

[irish_redneck]

Let's see how this works out. Had a huge buck here yesterday, maybe I can piss him off.

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[Please Remove]

I'm bringing my deer decoy on Saterday morning. It's very open where my tree stand, if you are a deer. The bucks moving around will be able to see it from a far distance. Good luck irish_redneck!!!

[Fletch]

Let's see how this works out. Had a huge buck here yesterday, maybe I can piss him off.

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Holy cow that's a bow stand!

You can see a mile!

[BizCT]

Was in the stand at 5:45 and used a drag rag for the first time. As soon as I started climbing my sticks I looked back and saw 4 raccoons walking right over my path. I flashed a light at them and they scurried off. At about 6:30 had a doe walk by with spike on her ass. They walked on by and I decided to test my grunting and was able to pull him off her. He came by and was walking around my stand and followed my drag rag the opposite direction. 15 minutes goes by and I saw two deer fighting in the distance. Seems that spike found a smaller spike and was muscling him around. I took the rattlers out and gave a light set. He chased off the smaller spike and came steaming in over to me again.

Ended up having to leave the stand at 9:00 so that I could catch the train. Checked my camera and got a pic of a gorgeous 8 that I've been following mid day. Seems like I'm gonna hit the stand sun up to sun down sat and sunday and hope to catch this big boy

Seems like its starting up!

What part of westchester? I'll be out in Putnam with xbow on 11/7 in carmel

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[irish_redneck]

Holy cow that's a bow stand!

You can see a mile!

Normally a gun stand, but after seeing him work the edge at 1pm, 3pm and 5pm yesterday, figured it was worth the sit.

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[irish_redneck]

He was holed up with a doe in that little island of brush for a while yesterday.

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[irish_redneck]

My father in law wanted to fix up that old white trailer, I accidentally put my hand through its window and ended up in ER a couple of thanksgivings ago. Would have been nice to get it done preseason but such is life. He loves it in there , can cover field and sit by the woodstove.

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[Core]

Buddy just stopped by he hunted tonight in 8j on his land. Bucks running like crazy, nose to,ground, grunting ,snort wheeze. This started at 3 when he got on stand, it was in the mid 70's.

How does one deal with this? Draw while it is in range and then make a sound so that it will stop? Or put something on the ground that it will stop and sniff for a bit?

 

I saw a buck do this a week ago right downwind of me at only 20 yards. It was walking quite quickly and sniffing the ground oblivious/uninterested in looking over to me.

[jjb4900]

How does one deal with this? Draw while it is in range and then make a sound so that it will stop? Or put something on the ground that it will stop and sniff for a bit?

 

I saw a buck do this a week ago right downwind of me at only 20 yards. It was walking quite quickly and sniffing the ground oblivious/uninterested in looking over to me.

I've whistled softly to stop them, but usually a quick "baa" sound works better.........sometimes the bucks won't pay any attention to any of it if preoccupied.

[irish_redneck]

Just had him drop down from the other side of the ravine behind me, he picked up speed when I grunted. Hopefully he'll loop around and come up this side.

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[BizCT]

How does one deal with this? Draw while it is in range and then make a sound so that it will stop? Or put something on the ground that it will stop and sniff for a bit?

 

I saw a buck do this a week ago right downwind of me at only 20 yards. It was walking quite quickly and sniffing the ground oblivious/uninterested in looking over to me.

 

I've always had luck stopping bucks with a deep "Bahp". In fact, I use the deep "Bahp" after the shot too. Sometimes they stop after the shot to that sound and that's enough for them to then drop right down.

 

Of course, sometimes there is nothing you can do to stop a deer or any animal for that matter. I once tried to stop a beautiful red fox that went by me at 30 yards during gun season. I couldn't get him to stop for a shot, I made every sound in the book and even stood up and yelled to avail. (I hunt from the ground).

[Core]

What about smell? What about peeing on the trail or heck putting a banana on the trail, just something mildly strange to get them to stop for a moment?