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I had a pretty eventful afternoon and early evening sit. At 2:30, while I was enjoying some extreme tree surfing, this guy cruised by at 10 yards. So, its official, my impending tag soup for this season will be voluntary as a result of this guy getting a pass:

 At a little after 4 I was covered up in Doe, but not on the menu. As I was heading home after last light I was stopped in my tracks by a powerful whiff of mature Buck. I stood their sniffing the air and trying to gauge wind direction. Suddenly, about 30 yards upwind, bedded in some Golden Rod, the big 8 point I caught on camera a few days ago jumped up and ran into the deep woods, right where I had come from. So, at 5:15 he was still bedded. Now I need to formulate a strategy to hunt this Golden Rod patch. 

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grampy
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Big buck down!

Robhuntandfish
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Ok boys take a deep breath with me cause I am still shaking.  Mainframe 8 with quadruple brow tines on one side and a row of junk on the other.  Redneck hang a ring on it 16 points, but I am thin

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no one told the deer it was to warm.... He came in chasing 5 doe which are walking past me on the ground at 40 yards tight now !

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17 minutes ago, Papist said:

They call him "the cooler"

I think all those deer I saw last year knew I was a rookie with the xbow and felt safe.  This year word must have spread throughout the deer herd that I have returned as a stone cold killer! #deathfromabove

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1 hour ago, Papist said:

I had a pretty eventful afternoon and early evening sit. At 2:30, while I was enjoying some extreme tree surfing, this guy cruised by at 10 yards. So, its official, my impending tag soup for this season will be voluntary as a result of this guy getting a pass:

 At a little after 4 I was covered up in Doe, but not on the menu. As I was heading home after last light I was stopped in my tracks by a powerful whiff of mature Buck. I stood their sniffing the air and trying to gauge wind direction. Suddenly, about 30 yards upwind, bedded in some Golden Rod, the big 8 point I caught on camera a few days ago jumped up and ran into the deep woods, right where I had come from. So, at 5:15 he was still bedded. Now I need to formulate a strategy to hunt this Golden Rod patch. 

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Hunt the corners/runs coming off the golden rod in the morning. Does bed like crazy in there. Bucks should be bird dogging through it or working the downwind edge. I have one go to spot off some golden rod that I sit in the rut. No joke, 85% of the time I sit that spot (at the right time) I see a buck. Good luck! 

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6 minutes ago, Renegade Hunter said:

Hunt the corners/runs coming off the golden rod in the morning. Does bed like crazy in there. Bucks should be bird dogging through it or working the downwind edge. I have one go to spot off some golden rod that I sit in the rut. No joke, 85% of the time I sit that spot (at the right time) I see a buck. Good luck! 

Yeah, the 4 does that came down to me about 4:30 came from the direction of this Golden Rod Patch. I know it  gets used for bedding, so I generally keep clear of it, but this is the first year I have seen a really big Buck hanging around in there. I jumped  a couple from the same patch in  late Summer.

I might try and make a quick ground blind tomorrow morning near the bottom edge. 

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Final count 6 or 7 doe , 1 button ,1 fork harnessing a doe .

Trapped in stand till dark , 2 at 30 yards ,climbed down they never moved , finally they blew and ran maybe 30 yards .

Third sit in a row I had deer come by within ten minutes of climbing into stand .

Hoping big boys will be after doe tomorrow, be out all day .

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3 minutes ago, Stay at home Nomad said:

It’s always worth, waiting and watching ,when a doe seems skidish and keeps looking back this part of the season .

For sure I was always told (although I don’t know if true) that if a doe is looking back like that chances are there’s a buck near 

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Sat this eve in that Greenfield edge.  Two came out right at dark and too far out.  Pinned there til real dark and scooted out.  Deer are just hanging in the corn til dark.  Couple times now have had them come out but too late.  

If anyone is stressed out I could use someone to run screaming thru the corn tomorrow.  Lol.  Might make you feel better and I will throw some steaks your way. 

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41 minutes ago, Robhuntandfish said:

If anyone is stressed out I could use someone to run screaming thru the corn tomorrow.  Lol.  Might make you feel better and I will throw some steaks your way. 

I have a 2 year old son and an 8 yr old daughter that could help you out.  Just give them some left over candy theyll get the deer out for you. Lol. No steaks needed it will tire them out for bed even trade. Lol

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Mikey reporting late from my sit yesterday. I got settled in a tree around 3.15. I had high hopes for the spot,which were fading as the light was fading. At 4.30 a buck came out of the swamp and was about to cruise past me at 40 yds.

His path was not going to take him any closer to me,so i grabbed my rattle bag. I have used it before,but never had a buck react like this one. He stopped and came back towards me as he was trying to figure out where the sound was coming from. He was i think a 2.5 year old with a decent enough rack. I drew my bow back but he hung up at 30+ yds behind some brush. Then he walked behind the tree i was in without giving me a shot.

Now i had to do the 180,which i managed without alerting him..He continued a little closer and i drew back again and was waiting for him to step into a nice little opening. He was slight quartering towards me and stopped one step shy of the opening before raising his head and sniffing me out. He was not on super high alert,but also didn't want to come closer. He skirted this way and that way,never giving me a shot. 

This continued until dark. That was about as exciting as it gets without actually shooting a deer.

One of these days i will have to connect,i certainly have been close enough several times this season.

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