LIVE From The Woods 2020 - Let's hear stories and see some pictures!

[WWJD_Hunter]

Congrats cynthiafu on your deer harvest  

[BowmanMike]

Congrats @cynthiafu. I went home and grabbed a sled to drag my buck out last week. That made life a lot easier. I tied two pieces of 3/4 inch rope to the sled,it worked real well. I hope you find someone close to you tomorrow help.

[Kmartinson]

1 hour ago, cynthiafu said:

I have a big doe i had to swim out to get her. Now I can't drag her up the bank

Good deal. Hardest parts over. You got 5 hours before coyotes get you. Quarter it there and pack it out is an option also

[cynthiafu]

And I got her to the truck . And here comes my helper lololol

[turkeyfeathers]

We’re up til dusk. Same stand I shot buck out of.  She may possibly stay awake the whole time but we’ll see. 

[Tughill Tamer]

Congrats@cynthiafu on a nice doe. We didn't leave empty handed today my buddy took this nice 7 point.

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[Elmo]

Congratulations [mention]cynthiafu [/mention]. Should of let me know. You were probably not that far from me. I would of helped. Just got home.


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[Swamp_bucks]

Setup for the afternoon.  Looks like they were in here this morning so I'm hoping they are in the bedding straight out in front.  Hemlocks/cherry in front with oaks on each side swamp straight in front of me 200 yards. Hardwoods behind backed up to another hemlock swamp.  They like to bed in the swamp out in front.  Deer get pinched at the bottom of the hill behind me because they dont like crossing that swamp.  At this point any stateland buck is getting shot if its above the ears.  

[Elmo]

No school for the kids, wife doesn’t have to work, and no social obligations means I am free!!

With no scouting, I decided to head back to an old spot I had success in years ago. Hunted from sunrise till noon. Could have had me a doe but don’t have tags so I had to let her go. Didn’t see anything else.


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[Bolt action]

Slow day at work so I spent half the morning catching up. Congrats on some nice deer taken. @cynthiafu that sucks in the moment, but makes it for a better story after, assuming you don't have a heart attack in the moment!

I took yesterday off. Had a late night finishing up the doe from last weekend and the forecast called for rain. Forecast was wrong, but I needed to catch up on sleep anyway. I'll be back in tomorrow. I'm skeptical that any of the big bucks are still around, given the hunting pressure in the area. I'd be thrilled to get another doe.

[doebuck1234]

1 hour ago, cynthiafu said:

And I got her to the truck . And here comes my helper lololol

Atta girl!!!!!good shootin too!

[Cabin Fever]

We’re up til dusk. Same stand I shot buck out of.  She may possibly stay awake the whole time but we’ll see. 

And 3.... 2.... 1........... zzzzzzzzzzz


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[cynthiafu]

Thanks everyone off to the butcher

[UpStateRedNeck]

1 hour ago, cynthiafu said:

And I got her to the truck . And here comes my helper lololol

Swam to retrieve it?!  Pretty badass, Cynthia!

[Robhuntandfish]

3 hours ago, cynthiafu said:

I have a big doe i had to swim out to get her. Now I can't drag her up the bank

Way to go !!!!!!!!!      

[Don_C]

I moved a stand last Friday after getting some decent pics in a different area. Sat there a few times since and noticed a lot of deer about 200 yards to my west. Today I entered the stand from that spot and found these! Just moved that stand again and am sitting tight until dark.

 

 

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[Nomad]

Team Nomad in and occupying stands 4&5 , no wind wet leaves going to require sharp eyes . I’ve taken 10Pts out of each stand , what will tonight bring ?

Im backing up stand 5 and covering 14 acre field .

[UpStateRedNeck]

Been in since 130, don't have high hopes because my dad and his buddy have been stomping around the property all day.  Tomorrow might be a walk and stalk sort of day on the hillside.

[Swamp_bucks]

Well I saw a squirrel and its raining again.

[Lomax]

Just settled in and already have does in food plot.  Hopefully they move good this afternoon.  Seems like action has slowed since the opener.  Yesterday was slowest Thanksgiving day since I have hunted here 16 yrs.  though I heard 2 shots in last 5 minutes so maybe things are picking up.  IDK? 

[Robhuntandfish]

7 minutes ago, Lomax said:

Just settled in and already have does in food plot.  Hopefully they move good this afternoon.  Seems like action has slowed since the opener.  Yesterday was slowest Thanksgiving day since I have hunted here 16 yrs.  though I heard 2 shots in last 5 minutes so maybe things are picking up.  IDK? 

Used to be the day after Thanksgiving was the second busiest after opening day.  I heard one distance shot at 6:45 when I was getting ready at truck. And nothing else all day

[Lomax]

Check that it was my neighbor shooting sighting in his muzzleloader up road from me.   Oh well a little excited for nothing and does vacated the plots oh well back to the drawing board. 

[wolc123]

I am settled in also, for the afternoon sit in my back woods stand.  This is the spot where I killed my last late season antletless deer in 2017.  Maybe lightning will strike again.  A little relaxation will be good anyhow.

My 3 hour lunch "break" was pretty productive but not to relaxing. I fried up a big onion and about a pound of liver.  I like the flavor of venison liver a little better than beef, but not quite as tender from a deer older than 6 mo.  

I also freshened up my coyote bait pile with the butchering waste from Wednesday night.  There was nothing left in that field but a rib cage from a big roadkill buck that I dragged out there last week. 

Afyer that, I cleared  a dead ash blowdown that was blocking the lane, and fixed the exhaust leak on my wife's van.  I also put the hitch carrier on that, in anticipation of needing it to bring a doe home from my folks place tomorrow.  I think my odds of getting one of those over there is a lot better than here.

Edited November 27, 2020 by wolc123

[bigpaul]

Like anyone else I don’t like educating deer of my stand locations. So after that spike bedded in front of me this morning for the third time and I had to leave I tried a new tactic. I figured I would snort wheeze, trying to intimidate him and frighten him off. So with my mouth I snort wheezed and that spike got up and came right in to ten yards looking. It still took him 20 minutes to wander away but mission accomplished.

[crappyice]

I got her up half way  woohoo go me

Nobody’s going with the “pics or it didn’t happen” line?!? Hahah!!!
Atta girl- amazing story for a long time!!!!


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