Lomax Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 Staying at it on a sloppy start to pre Sam Haines day. Good hunting to all who boarded the ark this morning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlammerhirt Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 Looks like we may catch a break in the rain......todays sit may be a 10-2 one.Sent from my SM-A716V using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stubborn1VT Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 Update to my trip to the family farm in central VT. Got there around lunchtime, caught up with my brother, did some walking and checked 4 cams. I was a bit discouraged by the lack of buck sign. Based on what I had on cameras, I climbed a stand near the top corner of a hay field. I felt like I was too far from the action, so I climbed down and worked my way up a drainage ditch. Set up behind a couple piece of telephone (power) pole right off the field edge. The way they were stacked they acted as a bench rest for my xbow (VT!). I had two shooting lanes through the tall grass that would give me a 25 yard shot. There was a light north wind that kicked west every so often. The wind must have dried out the leaves, because I could hear a bunch of deer at 5:45. They took their time making their way to the field. By then the wind had died and my scent was falling down the ditch and down the hill. A big doe stepped out and I could see her big head and long nose through the tall grass. I waited another minute or two and she stepped into my shooting lane. A solid rest and short yardage allowed me to make a pretty much perfect shot. My brother always goes with me when I track on the farm. We drove his pickup to the top of the field and found amazing blood at impact. She went 50 yards at most. She weighed an even 120 on my brother's scale. I slept in the next morning and visited family. I scouted mid day and found a scrape line, including one that was smoking fresh. Didn't see anything on my evening sit. Had dinner with my mom and came home. Congrats to all that connected. I will be back after a buck after this weekend of rain. 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy K Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 15 minutes ago, mlammerhirt said: Looks like we may catch a break in the rain......todays sit may be a 10-2 one. Sent from my SM-A716V using Tapatalk The best time to be in the woods right now 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lomax Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 11 minutes ago, stubborn1VT said: Update to my trip to the family farm in central VT. Got there around lunchtime, caught up with my brother, did some walking and checked 4 cams. I was a bit discouraged by the lack of buck sign. Based on what I had on cameras, I climbed a stand near the top corner of a hay field. I felt like I was too far from the action, so I climbed down and worked my way up a drainage ditch. Set up behind a couple piece of telephone (power) pole right off the field edge. The way they were stacked they acted as a bench rest for my xbow (VT!). I had two shooting lanes through the tall grass that would give me a 25 yard shot. There was a light north wind that kicked west every so often. The wind must have dried out the leaves, because I could hear a bunch of deer at 5:45. They took their time making their way to the field. By then the wind had died and my scent was falling down the ditch and down the hill. A big doe stepped out and I could see her big head and long nose through the tall grass. I waited another minute or two and she stepped into my shooting lane. A solid rest and short yardage allowed me to make a pretty much perfect shot. My brother always goes with me when I track on the farm. We drove his pickup to the top of the field and found amazing blood at impact. She went 50 yards at most. She weighed an even 120 on my brother's scale. I slept in the next morning and visited family. I scouted mid day and found a scrape line, including one that was smoking fresh. Didn't see anything on my evening sit. Had dinner with my mom and came home. Congrats to all that connected. I will be back after a buck after this weekend of rain. Great job and story Congrats 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolc123 Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 (edited) Good luck to you guys out hunting this weekend. I am on the sidelines, until crossbow opens next Saturday. Hopefully, I can connect with one more average sized deer, which would give us just about enough meat to make it thru another year. This is what I saw when I walked out the back door this morning. It looks like the borderline 8 point that taunted me during the early antlerless season. He is happily munching away in my front corn plot right now Edited October 30, 2021 by wolc123 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moho81 Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 Welp I thought I was going to get away with no rain today. I grabbed my tree umbrella at the last second and I’m glad I did. Guess I’m that 30% window they called for. Oh well. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.B. Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 Second sit of the year in 9H. Jumped in the ground blind due to the rain. Beach nuts everywhere. I hope the squirrels leave some for the deer. Had a doe with two little ones sneak by earlier. Sent from my SM-G973U using Tapatalk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TreeGuy Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 It is dumping buckets. Trying to talk my partner into calling it quits. He’s a trooper.Good partners are hard to find!Sent from my SM-G998U using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TreeGuy Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 Agree......dumping buckets and bow hunting can't go together very well. Deer move in the rain.....but nobody can predict a quick Clean kill and short track.Sent from my SM-A716V using TapatalkI know a guy who can...Sent from my SM-G998U using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolc123 Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 Live from my heated workshop trying to repair the plastic latch that I busted on my tree hammock chair last week: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tughill Tamer Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 Congrats on all the Nice deer taken lately fellas. I've been trying to get out but basically been living at work.Sent from my moto g power using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnplav Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 I hunted the window of light rain from 7 to 9 and oh boy did I pick the wrong stand. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moog5050 Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 And I had planned to sit right here this morning but I had to pick my daughter up from a birthday sleepover. Hope I see him again. He is big and unique. 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Real_TCIII Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 And I had planned to sit right here this morning but I had to pick my daughter up from a birthday sleepover. Hope I see him again. He is big and unique. las cámaras de celular son el diabloSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moog5050 Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 3 minutes ago, The_Real_TCIII said: las cámaras de celular son el diablo Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro Lol es verdad. Pero bien util. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billey100 Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 Son and I have been up in a double ladder in 8j this morning. Seen a few too far away to make out. Had to yotes come ripping through on a full run, no idea what they were seeing. There has been more drizzle lingering than I thought there would be. I also second the crazy tarsal gland smell way earlier than normal. I went to my stand Wed and on the walk in I just missed a buck, I could smell it plain as day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
46rkl Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 Close encounter of these kind. Gets a pass till next year. Hoping a buck would be following but no such luck. Great morning in 8H, mid 40’s and a light drizzle. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crappyice Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 las cámaras de celular son el diabloSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ProRussian hackers again?!?Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Five Seasons Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 Man it poured here last night and into the morning…Good luck to anyone who made it out, hoping for maybe a break this afternoon for a sit.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlammerhirt Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 I know a guy who can...Sent from my SM-G998U using TapatalkSomeone always knows a guy...that knows a guy!Sent from my SM-A716V using Tapatalk 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLXmatt Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 What a storm. My basement flooded last night. Pump just could not keep up and we had to call the fire department at 1am. I’m just hoping that the furnace isn’t shot. I’ll be hunting the basement stand all weekend. I saw a lone buck cross the field headed for my stands this morning, feels like salt in the wound! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Real_TCIII Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 What a storm. My basement flooded last night. Pump just could not keep up and we had to call the fire department at 1am. I’m just hoping that the furnace isn’t shot. I’ll be hunting the basement stand all weekend. I saw a lone buck cross the field headed for my stands this morning, feels like salt in the wound!Thats the worst, sorry to hear itSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcade Hunter Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 A few more chores to do and I can head out... Congrats to everyone that scored yesterday! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BizCT Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 Good luck all. It’s pouring here I’m not hunting but cell cam had 2 small bucks together this morning checking scrapes at 915amSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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