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LIVE from the woods 2016 Edition! - 7th Year, lets make this happen...


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Hit a piece of state land this morning...probably the deadest morning I have been in the woods yet. No squirrels, chipmunks or even a bird. Sat for two plus hrs. & then covered about a mile and didn't see a thing. Heard a few shots early but nothing after 8:15. With the forecast I will probably skip the afternoon.

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I was almost able to also post a buck harvest today. Went for a walk in 4F and saw a few does bedded down below the top of the hill. No more doe tags for me,so I decide to back up and sneak over the top of the hill. Nice flat spot up there and I see a deer in the distance. Brought my binos up and it is a small buck. Now I am looking for more than one deer and sneak a little closer and there is a six point with the small one.

The small one is bedded down now and I am trying to close the gap some and do ok. The six harasses the little one and they spar just a little. Now I am about 60 yds away,but the six is not giving me a good shot. Either brush or trees in the way or him quartering away hard. He keeps browsing and moving around and I almost get a shot,then he beds down. I wasn't feeling comfortable with a head or neck shot today,so I tried to get a better angle maybe and the little buck is on his feet now.

Well somebody must have busted me,not sure if there was a third deer or another walked up,but everybody high tailed it.

I even had the hammer back on my smokepole,but didn't get a shot.

Then slow stalk back to my truck and saw 12 more deer,all does. Somebody must have told them I only have a buck tag.

What a fun outing though,and we have a few inches of snow here on the hill outside of Cooperstown,so stalking was great.

Too bad I let you down Rockspeck,next time...

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9 minutes ago, BowmanMike said:

I was almost able to also post a buck harvest today. Went for a walk in 4F and saw a few does bedded down below the top of the hill. No more doe tags for me,so I decide to back up and sneak over the top of the hill. Nice flat spot up there and I see a deer in the distance. Brought my binos up and it is a small buck. Now I am looking for more than one deer and sneak a little closer and there is a six point with the small one.

The small one is bedded down now and I am trying to close the gap some and do ok. The six harasses the little one and they spar just a little. Now I am about 60 yds away,but the six is not giving me a good shot. Either brush or trees in the way or him quartering away hard. He keeps browsing and moving around and I almost get a shot,then he beds down. I wasn't feeling comfortable with a head or neck shot today,so I tried to get a better angle maybe and the little buck is on his feet now.

Well somebody must have busted me,not sure if there was a third deer or another walked up,but everybody high tailed it.

I even had the hammer back on my smokepole,but didn't get a shot.

Then slow stalk back to my truck and saw 12 more deer,all does. Somebody must have told them I only have a buck tag.

What a fun outing though,and we have a few inches of snow here on the hill outside of Cooperstown,so stalking was great.

Too bad I let you down Rockspeck,next time...

Lol sounds like fun either way. Turkey feathers filled today's.  Who will fill tomorrow's?

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I can't lie, it's  happened to me a couple of times before...

Quiet day in my part of 8H. Did some walking this morning and sitting this afternoon. No sightings and no shots heard. 

I did find a rub that certainly wasn't there three days ago. Hope the pic loads correctly. 

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