Post by deerslayer11 on Dec 25, 2007 21:07:26 GMT -5
the first evening we were there I screwed up. Ive never seen any deer as big as the ones there and had been planning on only shooting at a buck outside the ears. I watched 7 does feed out into a field from the Oak edge I was sitting in. About an hour before dark an 8pt buck barely passed the ears strolled by at about 45yds and stood in the field making a scrape and watching the does. Later I would learn that Mike's buck that was barely outside the ears was 21" on the outside...
Didnt see anything the nest day, I moved closer to the edge of the field trying to get a better look at the buck.
Next day I moved to a spot across the road I had looked at back in the summer. Saw several 17-18" 7pts out of that stand. And came real close to shooting a doe. After seeing all those "big" bucks I couldnt make myself do it.
Hunted there a few days until my back started bothering me and laid out a day. Hunted my ground blind with another of guys videoing the next morning, but didnt see anything. That afternoon me and him went to another piece of property. The wind was god aweful...
Went back to where I was seeing the 7pts and saw another 7pt and some other decent buck, and a Spike with one 10" tine and one 2" tine.
the next Morning I moved over close to where Mike was hunting. He had been seeing 2 Shooter 8s and a buck he swore would go over #300, but had a crappy rack. I positioned myself to get on the crappy racked one. the first day there I saw about 7 bucks and some does. Watched a small 4pt and a 3pt fight. That was a first for me. When we left that Morning I convinced Mike to move his stand to where I thought he would have a better chance at the big 8 he had been seeing.
The next AM (the last full day) I sat in the same place and saw more deer down the ridge, a nice 7pt at about 30yds and Watched Several bucks including Mike's big 8 Walk to him. About 10 Minutes later I watched most of those bucks run away from him... Then I proceded to get about 20 texts from Mike until I told him it was time to climb down and look for the 8 he shot. After we found it we figured out how bad of shape were in and how hard it is to pull a #210 buck up hill...
That afternoon I moved Down the hill to where I had been seeing all the deer. Mike came down to video. We saw a couple deer, but got nothing on tape. Also Heard that Mackdaddy grunting up where I had been sitting, figures huh? After it got dark I was tring to shoot a possum, but Mike couldnt hold the light on it...
The next AM was the last hunt. Mike was still beside me with the camera. I saw several deer too far away one was atleast as nice as the one Mike killed, but there about 50 Jakes between us and he wouldnt come through them. Had a SMALL doe wonder through at about 25yds.
All in all it was a fun ass trip and Id love to have one like it every year.
Im sure I left out a bunch of deer, but its been a while. Just havent had a lot of time lately for a big post.
Didnt see anything the nest day, I moved closer to the edge of the field trying to get a better look at the buck.
Next day I moved to a spot across the road I had looked at back in the summer. Saw several 17-18" 7pts out of that stand. And came real close to shooting a doe. After seeing all those "big" bucks I couldnt make myself do it.
Hunted there a few days until my back started bothering me and laid out a day. Hunted my ground blind with another of guys videoing the next morning, but didnt see anything. That afternoon me and him went to another piece of property. The wind was god aweful...
Went back to where I was seeing the 7pts and saw another 7pt and some other decent buck, and a Spike with one 10" tine and one 2" tine.
the next Morning I moved over close to where Mike was hunting. He had been seeing 2 Shooter 8s and a buck he swore would go over #300, but had a crappy rack. I positioned myself to get on the crappy racked one. the first day there I saw about 7 bucks and some does. Watched a small 4pt and a 3pt fight. That was a first for me. When we left that Morning I convinced Mike to move his stand to where I thought he would have a better chance at the big 8 he had been seeing.
The next AM (the last full day) I sat in the same place and saw more deer down the ridge, a nice 7pt at about 30yds and Watched Several bucks including Mike's big 8 Walk to him. About 10 Minutes later I watched most of those bucks run away from him... Then I proceded to get about 20 texts from Mike until I told him it was time to climb down and look for the 8 he shot. After we found it we figured out how bad of shape were in and how hard it is to pull a #210 buck up hill...
That afternoon I moved Down the hill to where I had been seeing all the deer. Mike came down to video. We saw a couple deer, but got nothing on tape. Also Heard that Mackdaddy grunting up where I had been sitting, figures huh? After it got dark I was tring to shoot a possum, but Mike couldnt hold the light on it...
The next AM was the last hunt. Mike was still beside me with the camera. I saw several deer too far away one was atleast as nice as the one Mike killed, but there about 50 Jakes between us and he wouldnt come through them. Had a SMALL doe wonder through at about 25yds.
All in all it was a fun ass trip and Id love to have one like it every year.
Im sure I left out a bunch of deer, but its been a while. Just havent had a lot of time lately for a big post.
