LIVE From The Woods 2018 - Lets hear stories and see some pictures!

[Cabin Fever]

Oh..... that sun sure feels nice! Fingers are freezing and the snot's flowing!

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[bartman9]

Haven’t seen anything yet. Come on deer!


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[phade]

Pressure isn't as high as they were calling for but still 30+; thinking the morning might be more slow than expected, too. PM should be better with pressure dropping due to the rain (sigh) system moving in, Saturday has turned into a rain day as well...Sunday is holding out still with very high pressure, no rain, but slightly warm at 50 degrees.

It's always rough not seeing the ideal day(s) laid out in the forecast. At a certain point, you just have to hunt. I'm thinking Sunday AM is going to be killer though.

[GTL1205]

All these spots look amazing!!!! Good Luck, hopefully we will all see some deer on the ground soon.  Im sitting in my office writing college rec letters.  I would much rather be in the woods.  

[The_Field_Ager]

Sadly I have to get work and abandon the nicest hunting days thus far. I saw a smallish 6 on the walk out. We stared at one another for a while. He seemed relatively unmoved by my presence. Hopefully 2moro is as splendid.

[Dom]

Zero this morning got more important things to do.was a nice sit none the less Have fun and Good luck catch the bigone.

[chrisw]

Just missed a yote, pretty sure I Bic shaved his back.

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[YFKI1983]

Pressure isn't as high as they were calling for but still 30+; thinking the morning might be more slow than expected, too. PM should be better with pressure dropping due to the rain (sigh) system moving in, Saturday has turned into a rain day as well...Sunday is holding out still with very high pressure, no rain, but slightly warm at 50 degrees.
It's always rough not seeing the ideal day(s) laid out in the forecast. At a certain point, you just have to hunt. I'm thinking Sunday AM is going to be killer though.

What pressure # is good.

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[chrisw]

Just had a 2yr old 5pt come to 10yds, he almost got an arrow.

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[turkeyfeathers]

2 good sized doe and another scrub buck slipped through the thick stuff behind me at 35.


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[BizCT]

2 good sized doe and another scrub buck slipped through the thick stuff behind me at 35.


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Lotta action this year for you! I’m jealous


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[Cabin Fever]

Just seeing that fawn 4hrs ago didnt do much for my motivation to do an all day sit. Think I'll head out soon and come back around 2:00 or so.

Funny that before turkey season started, I saw turkeys on every hunt. I regularly saw one flock of gobblers. Since season opened.... POOF... GONE!

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[chrisw]

I had just started packing up to leave and the second buck came by... I hate this situation, I'll end up sitting here another 2 hours now and see nothing... I hate morning sits, you never know when to get down.

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[OtiscoPaul]

4 hours ago, Papist said:

On this day in 2016 I arrowed my 11 point 4 year old a little after 8 am. Can I recreate that this morning!? Lets find out. I will be hunting the same corner.

 

Happy Antlerversary

[YFKI1983]

Just seeing that fawn 4hrs ago didnt do much for my motivation to do an all day sit. Think I'll head out soon and come back around 2:00 or so.

Funny that before turkey season started, I saw turkeys on every hunt. I regularly saw one flock of gobblers. Since season opened.... POOF... GONE!

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I hate that they changed turkey season a few years ago to only 2 weeks.

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[OtiscoPaul]

My wife and I just had our daughters daycare Halloween parade through Marcellus it was fun.

Seemed like a sweet morning to be hunting I hope Chrisw, or 52 or Bart or Rac or TF or ncoubtry or cabin or all of em just stuck a big buck 

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[turkeyfeathers]

Tapped out. All the deer are safe today .... again 

[Robhuntandfish]

New spot same story ...not a damn deer.  This is my view today 180 from right to left.  Got a corner of a cornfield in front of me an alfalfa field to my right about 80 yards and counted 6 apple trees within 100 yards. And not one deer.....will be back for the pm. 

Lots of sign.  Deer tracks and hair in the fence where they cross. But not a peep of a deer.  

[phade]

1 hour ago, YFKI1983 said:

What pressure # is good.

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General consensus is 30+ creates more activity....blue bird high pressure days with temps below the average and a steady directional wind are what a lot of hunters "in the industry" or known for killing larger whitetails are describing as a perfect condition. I see a lot of activity on high pressure days as described above but holds pressure steady or begins dropping heading into a front/storm. Deer seem to know when to put on the feedbag. The front late last week had so many deer on their feet early - our target bucks were on their feet in daylight during that 48-hour period.

This October has only reinforced it for me. There's been a few cold fronts come through (for the season) with storms/pressure changes...lots of big deer have hit the ground in Oct. More so than normal, and most are tied to those fronts in some fashion.

We're getting to the point though where seat time goes up. Pre-rut behavior will be giving away to a variety of seeking, chasing, etc. Love/hate relationship with the rut. I shot a buck a couple years ago that went by 3x during a November morning. I had to yell things to it that would make my wife not happy with me...just to get it to slow down enough to arrow it. I was beyond mad at that point, lol.

[Robhuntandfish]

15 hours ago, grampy said:

Saw nine deer this afternoon. Seven flat heads, and two small bucks. All were just feeding. No sighting of the big buck I saw trailing a doe yesterday. Off work on Friday. Hope to see more rut activity then.

I'm pretty sure, where I was tonight, will be my opening day of firearms spot! My hunting partner built it for me back in September. Very large and thick swamp below, and a huge buckthorn bedding area on the other side. Got mowed trails and food plots in between. We were up there together and I pointed out a spot and said, right there would be the perfect spot for a stand! Next time I went up there, it was up! I have the best hunting partner! We rode the same school bus together! Have been best friends since 12 years old. Between us we've killed hundreds of deer. After every one, there was always a handshake and a bro hug. Our wives say we'd be lost without each other. They're right.

Love this!   Same for me and my hunting buddy but not as many deer. But prob thousands of fish.  Lol.  We've been friends since 8th grade. Still hunt and fish together for 35 years.  

[YFKI1983]

General consensus is 30+ creates more activity....blue bird high pressure days with temps below the average and a steady directional wind are what a lot of hunters "in the industry" or known for killing larger whitetails are describing as a perfect condition. I see a lot of activity on high pressure days as described above but holds pressure steady or begins dropping heading into a front/storm. Deer seem to know when to put on the feedbag. The front late last week had so many deer on their feet early - our target bucks were on their feet in daylight during that 48-hour period.
This October has only reinforced it for me. There's been a few cold fronts come through (for the season) with storms/pressure changes...lots of big deer have hit the ground in Oct. More so than normal, and most are tied to those fronts in some fashion.
We're getting to the point though where seat time goes up. Pre-rut behavior will be giving away to a variety of seeking, chasing, etc. Love/hate relationship with the rut. I shot a buck a couple years ago that went by 3x during a November morning. I had to yell things to it that would make my wife not happy with me...just to get it to slow down enough to arrow it. I was beyond mad at that point, lol.

Makes sense. I got out thursday last week before the storm Saturday and I saw what looked like a nice 8. The next day my uncle saw what he thought was a 10. Big deer for that property. No sightings since then.

Hoping thursday-sunday heats them up

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[Core]

I know better than to be out now but this is my last bow day of the season and the weather is glorious. 50 light breeze.

Corn field they enjoy 30 yards off.



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[BowmanMike]

4 minutes ago, Core said:

I know better than to be out now but this is my last bow day of the season and the weather is glorious. 50 light breeze.

Corn field they enjoy 30 yards off.



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Do you have till dark? I expect a lot movement this afternoon. I am trying to decide where to sit. The spot where i kicked up the big buck last week or another area where a good buck has been seen crossing the road....hmmm.

[Jeremy K]

I hear these game ear things are all the rage ,I'll have to pick some up.

[Pav2704]

56 minutes ago, phade said:

General consensus is 30+ creates more activity....blue bird high pressure days with temps below the average and a steady directional wind are what a lot of hunters "in the industry" or known for killing larger whitetails are describing as a perfect condition. I see a lot of activity on high pressure days as described above but holds pressure steady or begins dropping heading into a front/storm. Deer seem to know when to put on the feedbag. The front late last week had so many deer on their feet early - our target bucks were on their feet in daylight during that 48-hour period.

This October has only reinforced it for me. There's been a few cold fronts come through (for the season) with storms/pressure changes...lots of big deer have hit the ground in Oct. More so than normal, and most are tied to those fronts in some fashion.

We're getting to the point though where seat time goes up. Pre-rut behavior will be giving away to a variety of seeking, chasing, etc. Love/hate relationship with the rut. I shot a buck a couple years ago that went by 3x during a November morning. I had to yell things to it that would make my wife not happy with me...just to get it to slow down enough to arrow it. I was beyond mad at that point, lol.

So will you only hunt those great weather days? Or hunt most days and especially when the weather is great?  Seems like you guys are definitely doing something right with the deer you have taken and the seen while in the stand!!