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

[moog5050]

1 minute ago, Stay at home Nomad said:

Saw 3 small doe at my place this AM. Afternoon at friends land, maybe two minutes on stand ,he shoots a very nice buck at 25 yards, broadside , it kicks and flat out runs, gets down, blood spraying out of each side, deer falls twice, heavy blood the whole way ..... To the posted land , friend stops , goes a few steps ,guy yells, he explains , guy won’t let him come get his deer .

That is pretty lousy of his neighbor.   I get not wanting trespassing but when someone asks permission to recover a deer, it’s just silly to deny it.   Guy must be desperate if he wanted to keep the buck your buddy shot. 

[cynthiafu]

46 minutes ago, The Jerkman said:

They age its teeth?

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Plus his antlers we're broken off and his legs look like he was in rut all brown 

[doebuck1234]

7 minutes ago, moog5050 said:

That is pretty lousy of his neighbor.   I get not wanting trespassing but when someone asks permission to recover a deer, it’s just silly to deny it.   Guy must be desperate if he wanted to keep the buck your buddy shot. 

Agree'd.would be one thing if he took it upon himself to go onto his property without asking but being polite and still getting the stiff arm is pretty shatty of the guy.shame on him.what goes around comes around

[Nomad]

15 minutes ago, moog5050 said:

That is pretty lousy of his neighbor.   I get not wanting trespassing but when someone asks permission to recover a deer, it’s just silly to deny it.   Guy must be desperate if he wanted to keep the buck your buddy shot. 

Friends land is long but narrow guessing  250 yards, it ran maybe 100 to the boardering land, they’re cool and work togather with my friend , but their land at that point is maybe 80 ,yards wide . Buck made it just over it  onto the a known jerks land . I had a hard time believing it could make it that far .

Last week of bow my buddy let two guys come on his to recover a buck he passed ten times in bow .

 

Edited November 19, 2018 by Stay at home Nomad

[JRod 8G8H]

54 minutes ago, enewhere said:

My buddy got a doe that had this lungs. Is this normal?

Interesting stuff here... My roommate is an anatomist does cadaver dissection has 2 doctorates I will show him when I see him and see what he says..

[borntohunt10820]

40 minutes ago, coonhunter said:

I have hunted on a friend's land in 4 O this weekend with a work buddy that has only been hunting for three years.  After 3 years and $30, my buddy finally drew a doe tag. Unfortunately, he hasn't seen a deer in the first two days. Yesterday, I was in deer pretty good in the morning, so I sat him there this morning. i moved over in the area he was sitting yesterday. Wouldn't you know it, I'm in deer again,  he sees nothing. He has only shot one small buck in his hunting career so he is already getting nervous because he has to work the next three days. I told him it is a long season, and we will get him on a deer or two.

Like other areas, very few hunters, and even fewer shots. I believe we have only heard one shot even remotely in our area. Sad state the way hunting is just fading away more every year. If you can get a man or woman in the woods and show them a little success, they are often hooked for life. Seems tougher every year to find new hunters.

Congratulations to all the hunters whether they got big bucks, little bucks, or does. Enjoy the time in the woods and enjoy the fun with friends and family.

 

My brother in law took his nephew out yesterday and today  ,saw 0 deer . Brother in law said his nephew has no interest to go on thanksgiving morning. I think we lost him ............

[mlammerhirt]

Saw a few non shooter does yesterday and at last light today but overall this was one of the worst weekends since Bow started,only around 10 shots heard all of yesterday and today here in 9H.  Congrats to all of those that filled a tag this weekend!!.

What part of 9H??....we were over in Collins Center in the morning.....it was the wild wild west.
Heard shooting all morning.....people stomping all over the neighboring properties by 9am.....random neighbors tracking wounded deer onto our property.




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[Jdubs]

42 minutes ago, Stay at home Nomad said:

Saw 3 small doe at my place this AM. Afternoon at friends land, maybe two minutes on stand ,he shoots a very nice buck at 25 yards, broadside , it kicks and flat out runs, gets down, blood spraying out of each side, deer falls twice, heavy blood the whole way ..... To the posted land , friend stops , goes a few steps ,guy yells, he explains , guy won’t let him come get his deer .

That is just ridiculous.  There are words for people like that, but I'll leave it at that.

[Cabin Fever]

1 hour ago, LI-BROWNING said:

bovine tuberculosis... disease in Michigan.. contiguous to humans

If you do an image search for bovine tuberculosis, that is not the same as the pic that enewhere posted.

[Cory]

50 minutes ago, Stay at home Nomad said:

Saw 3 small doe at my place this AM. Afternoon at friends land, maybe two minutes on stand ,he shoots a very nice buck at 25 yards, broadside , it kicks and flat out runs, gets down, blood spraying out of each side, deer falls twice, heavy blood the whole way ..... To the posted land , friend stops , goes a few steps ,guy yells, he explains , guy won’t let him come get his deer .

That’s such bullcrap. My land borders state land so I get not wanting people to cross the line. But I’ve had guys ask permission and I’ve even helped them drag and cut through to get to the road for easier passage (only for dragging). It’s just the sportsman’s thing to do. Why you would want a deer someone else killed is beyond me. 

[Marion]

Interesting stuff here... My roommate is an anatomist does cadaver dissection has 2 doctorates I will show him when I see him and see what he says..

Looks like it got hit with birdshot or its got lung cancer

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[Five Seasons]

Let me start off by saying in my 21ish years of hunting I’ve never seen a buck this big alive in the woods. My biggest buck to date is a small racked 7 pointer.

I was already having a pretty decent opening day. Saw a doe early then a spike around 12 and another small 4 pointer around 12:30-12:45. Things went quiet around 1pm.

Around 2:30 I decided to have a pee then get out my lucky skittles and settle in for the last 2 hours of the day.

Right around 3 I hear a few shots go off 200 or so yards away followed by very heavy crashing. I figured what ever the deer was is going down in some thick nasty stuff and I’d be helping drag out a deer after sunset.

Just in case though I grabbed the gun stood up and waited. That’s when the surprise kicked in. This buck with a big rack comes smashing through the thicket with a broken rear leg. At this point a completely forget about the rack and settle the gun on the vitals and follow him waiting for him to hit my shooting lane. Now he’s not moving very fast because of the broken leg. He gets through my first shooting lane as I still follow him cross hairs on the vitals. He gets into my second lane and I squeeze the trigger. He folds up in 20 yards head facing away from me.

That’s when I remembered Holy Crap! This dude had a rack on him and a big one!

When I finally got down to check him out I was in complete shock! In fact I think I still am!

Thanks for all the kind words gents and congratulations to everyone that took a deer today.




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Did you ever find out who shot his leg off?


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[turkeyfeathers]

So buddy’s property I’ve been hunting was hit head on in auto accident two years ago. Lucky to be alive but paralyzed left arm and leg. A great deer n turkey hunter. Yesterday he shot a big mature 9 point in cherry creek. Self films all his hunts. That was great video as buck DRT. Today he texts me if I’ll gut a doe and help him out getting to house as he’s going to sit in the tower. Does kept hitting the plot of turnips and radishes 125-150 from tower. Then 2 scrub bucks , then what he thought was goiter but upon me glassing him from 200 yards opposite direction it was a mature buck with a nice half rack. Watched another ok buck get off his bed from golden rod. Minutes later 3 doe hit the plot and I get a text saying it’s time. I’m in my stand and one falls over then I hear the shot. DRT. I laughed out loud. Minutes later another shot rings off and I see a doe run 20 yards and snowplow. Minutes later shot heard and another 15 yard death run 3 down in ten minutes. I’m still sitting awaiting magic hour. Decent shooter hits plot and i text him no more as I first thought it was another doe. Glassed him and he’s nice. I can here my buddy grunting and buck looking his way , I grunt and buck immediately takes interest and moves 20 yards fast my way. I think this is going to happen. He makes a few bounds my way in golden rod and I lost him after seeing antlers above the top of field. At this point times dwindling on legal light. I climb down and proceed to tower and congratulate my friend. It was like an Easter egg hunt but pretty easy Accused him of ruining some perfectly good snow. So guess who gets to gut 3 deer. Me. But it’s the least I can do for free reign of his property. Buttout 2 worked well. Field dressed all 3 clean as a whistle in about 40-45 minutes. Loaded them in his side by side and he then says it’s his birthday. Shooting his 7mm08 off a rest and he’s sniper like. Maybe one of these days I’ll get something decent to shoot at but there’s 3 less big does out there. And finally ate something today. Was starved. Gear in washer as I was bloody mess. Next opportunity is Tuesday Wednesday thanksgiving for me. Daughter hunting Thursday too.


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[wildcat junkie]

2 hours ago, MPHunter said:

Yup same here. Yesterday morning fresh tracks in the snow everywhere. Saw a bunch of deer in the morning and connected on one. Nothing in the afternoon. Walk in today and no fresh tracks, saw 4 single doe from dark to 2pm. 

For the last week or so all of my trail cam pictures have been nocturnal. As the moonrise/set/overhead/underfoot cycle changes, the deer movements will change with them.

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[Moho81]

Did you ever find out who shot his leg off?


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Yep. He thought he made a good shot on the first one. His only thought was the bullet hit a branch on its way


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[Jeremy K]

12 minutes ago, Moho81 said:

Yep. He thought he made a good shot on the first one. His only thought was the bullet hit a branch on its way


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Bullet /arrow hit a branch ,never heard that one before . Great deer by the way.

[Judoka95]

Big doe down. Had her lined up in the scope, squeezed the trigger and "click". Round failed to discharge. Had to try and chamber another round without being heard or seen. 2nd times a charm.

[Judoka95]

I checked her teeth and growth rings and I determined that she was 147 years old.

[Lawdwaz]

Story in Harvest Thread.........

[46rkl]

Last bow season I arrived a nice doe and she ran up the hill onto neighbors property. You have to know this woman to appreciate her. Has a large horse farm where people board their horses. I have had numerous occasions where her clients were riding their horses on my land and I had to tell them “no, this isn’t her property, did you see the posted signs?”  The deer runs about 50 yards onto her property and falls. Right there in the open woods. I call her on the phone and explain the situation to her. She says “hang on, I’ll be right there “. Pulls up on her 4 wheeler and starts yelling at me about shooting “her deer”. She says there’s no way I’m going on her property to get that deer and she’s sure it’s not dead. After a few go rounds, I end by saying, “can you at least go over and pull my arrow out of your not dead yet deer? The one that’s been dead for twenty minutes now. She says she’ll call me when she finds it. I tell her good, I’ll need it for the next horse that comes on my property! Yep, lost my cool. Not good but that carcass sat there all season and made good coyote food. Sad. 

[ATbuckhunter]

Got this fawn on Saturday. I hunted the morning at the property I usually rifle hunt and saw some doe, but the landowner doesn’t want doe to be shot this year on the property so they got a pass. Went to my grandparents property which I usually only bow hunt, but the neighbor who has an orchard now let’s me hunt it so I took a walk in the orchard. I knew the places they like to stay in the orchard so around 4:10 I snuck through the pear trees and saw a buck and 8 doe feeding under some apple trees. The buck came down to about 50 yards away and made a scrape and rub on some saplings at the tree line. The doe ranged 114-170 yards, so I took the 114 yard shot. It’s my farthest shot confirmed. The deer were so confused when I shot that I could have shot another one (have 2 more doe tags for this wmu), but I elected to pass because I had enough work with this one. I had a shot at one today as well, but I passed because I have some recent pics of a really nice 8 point so I was hoping he would come by. Hopefully I can get out Tuesday or Wednesday to take another doe in the morning and wait for a buck in the afternoon.

 

 

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[Five Seasons]

Well, exact science or not, upon further inspection today teeth aren't actually that worn. When my dad looked yesterday rigor had set in and he didn't get a good look at the actual teeth towards the back of the jaw.


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Judging him by that pic, I’d say that makes more sense.

Congrats to pops


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[Swamp_bucks]

Congrats to those that punched there tags so far.  Just found a guy at work got busted for baiting,taking a doe with no tag and a couple other tickets.  

[BizCT]

3N:

35 degrees, no wind and 648am sunrise.



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[moog5050]

Live from the “I hope my darn recovery ropes arrive early enough that I can get my darn wheeler out of the swamp” thought process.