Fletch's Field Notes 2018

[Fletch]

10/25 am 35

1.5 hour sit in the far stand out back. Wet snow/rain mix for most of the morning. Did run into a fresh scrape and had a small buck on cam that made it about a half hour before I came through.

[Fletch]

10/26 pm 46

Out in the outer Hole stand for 2 hours. For 1.5 hours nothing but squirrels. Then saw something running out past my lane over 200 yards out. Put the binos on and watched a small deer running all over. About 10 minutes later I hear crashing and running deer and a buck grunting. Woohoo this is what we want. So I see a doe a fawn and another. I can’t see any antlers. They are all in the brush. Chasing and going this way and that. Then one comes out and I get the binos on it at 20 yards and it is the smallest buck ever. He’s not a fawn but 1.5 and he has a one inch antler ikon the right and a 2-3 inch pencil thin left. Oh well had some action anyway!


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10/28 am

Out in the far stand out back this morning. Had one run by about 15 minutes before sunrise. Did not see a thing but rain.

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10/31 pm 58

 

Hunting my brothers middle stand out back today since I got in late. No one has sat this stand in over a year. I did have a little 4 point sneak in behind me. He offered a shot at about 25. He was downwind and a bit on edge. I was fooling around calling to him and trying to get a selfie and got busted lol. That was it, a quick 1.5 hour sit.

[Fletch]

11/1 pm 49

Got out in the outer Hole stand for 1.5 hours. Nothing but frickin rain, rain and rain.


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11/2 am 48

Howland Island
Sat 4 hours. Passes a small doe at 10am and saw a spike or crotch at noon. Only got wet 2 hours lol.


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11/2 pm 55
Howland
Sat for another 4 hours and saw one doe at about 15 minutes before sunset. Looked like the one from this morning. She was 10 yards. She hit my hot doe drag line and stopped and turned and b lined outa there.

Long day to see 3 deer. Saw a bunch driving home.


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11/3 pm

 

Sat with the boy in the tower out back for 2 hours. NAda

[Fletch]

11/4/am

 

Down in the inner hole stand for 3.5 hours. No sightings. Bro was up top and nothing as well.

[Fletch]

11/4 pm

 

Out back in the far stand for 3 hours and again nada. My 16 year old sat in the tower with the crossbow for almost 2 hours. He saw a real big doe too far out. The passed a 4 point at 10 yards and then passed a 3 point in the same spot. He said the doe was twice as big as either of the bucks and was waiting for her to come back.

[Fletch]

11/5 am 40

 

Out back in the far stand for 2 hours. Got wet again, which is a daily and irritating habit!  I have not seen a deer since Friday wth?

[Fletch]

11/7 am

Down in the Hole stand for 2 hours. A swing and a miss.



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11/8am

Out for 2.5 in the far stand out back. I had one behind me 5 minutes after I got into the stand. But way dark and before sunrise. That was the highlight!


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11/9 am 35

Hit the bean stand on the island. Sit time 3 hours.
At 7:45 Finally had a dandy buck come in straight downwind. He stops dead at 30 head on turns and starts walking away. I grunt him he stops at 35 ish quartering away. I rush knowing he ain’t sticking around and yank the trigger I never pulled a shot so bad. The scope moved in front of my eye! I was 100% positive I missed but the ground is so soft I lost the bolt so I quadruple checked for hair/ blood for an hour.

He was a nice 8 I think 2.5-4.5 yo tall rack. Not huge but a dandy.

Sick


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11/9 pm 35

Out in the tower for 2 hours. Right off had a doe running around and then the cause a little tiny spike paraded back and forth for a while. Spit snow but not sticking much.


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11/10 am

Down in the lower Hole stand for 2 hours. Had one follow a scent drag in 10 minutes after I got in. Was 10 feet under me and too dark to even see any antlers. Had a 1.5 ur old 6 pt come through later.


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11/12 am

Out back in the far stand for 3 hours. Didn’t see anything.


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11/12 pm

Back out in the far stand for a couple hours. Had a big doe, I think, go by 140 out. 20-30 minutes later a small buck followed her trail. Looked like a 4.


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11/13 pm 47

 

Out in the far stand out back for 2.5 hours. The first 2 hours were pretty slow. Then I had a small buck follow a doe and fawn off to my left and chase them behind me. Then another small buck followed those 3. A bit later I see a small buck following one from my back left out front. Maybe 2 of the same. It gets sunset and I have to wait for the one out front to leave.

 

I get 150 yards from stand and just cross the creek and I hear crashing so I stop. It’s pretty dark now and I see two run by. Then another about 40 yards from me. I still hear another coming with the weakest grunt ever. This one sounds like it’s gonna run me over. It comes hauling outa the thick stuff 15 feet from me and off to my side and stops dead and gets spooky and turns away and blows lightly a couple times. He did not go far but gave me a chance to slip out. I have no idea if it was 4, 6 or 10 different deer lol.

 

Fun

 

Unfortunately the boy saw zip in the tower 400 yards away. They were between us just not far enough.

 

 

 

 

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[Fletch]

11/14 am 34

Got up to a heavy wet snow rain mix and look at weather report that said 2 more hours. Changed plan of going back to last nights watch to going in the tower w/ walls, roof and heat lol. Yup I wussed out. 2 hours nada.

[Fletch]

11/14 pm 28

Out in my bean stand on the island. 3 inches of snow and not a track made in the last 24 hours on the 1.5 mile hike in. The snow really opens this stand up. Felt a bit naked with a bow lol.

Has a small flat go by out front at 4:30 and a small buck cross behind me a bit later.

On way out hit a few fresh tracks and on the drive multiple deer moving.


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11/15

 

Out in the far stand. Saw one well out not sure what it was. Then had one come right in to 5 yards. A small buck, 4 point with junk lol. He posed and said shoot me for 5 minutes before easing away.

[Fletch]

11/16 am

 

Hunted in the far stand for 3 hours in the morning saw one flat top but small.

 

pm

 

Down in the outer hole stand for 1.5 saw one small flat top way up ridge.

 

 

[Fletch]

Bow is done.

 

Had a good season for sightings for me. I saw 15 bucks one for every 5.3 hours in stand. And I saw a deer for every 2 hours in stand. Much better than the last couple of years. My time in the stand was down a bit. I hunted 79.5 hours. I would have to call the season a success but I am disappointed in me lol.

 

I took a solid doe early and put myself in the right place to take a good buck but screwed the shot so it is what it is.

 

Onto fun with the gun!!

[Fletch]

So we had about the poorest opening weekend we can remember. We had 6 of us across 3 properties and opening day saw 4 deer no shots. Second day we were down to 4.5 of us and saw 6 deer, I had the only shot op and I missed. I am not doing well this season lol.

 

Now it will be working hard to make the freezers look a lot better!