Season opened today. Got any hanging meat yet?
None here. I went out , but the rain hit hard and I figured there would be drier days ahead and went home for some coffee...Roy
Not yet, but had a very enjoyable first day. Saw a very nice 8pt with at least 10" G-2s and a couple of does. Stayed about 60yds out though. Also had 7-8 Gobblers come by, just outa range.
I had 3 does about 50yards off my right front at 7:10. Nothing tonight. Been working crazy long hours for the past couple months. Sat this morning, then a 4 hour nap, and sat this evening. Had a great day.
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I got lucky this morning.....got off work..and headed for the stand.......long story short....9 point buck at 18 yards...down in 25 yds...pics tomorrow.
Good on 'ya, Larry! Way to get the season off to a GREAT start! :clapper:
Thanks hawkeye.....just pure dumb luck....I worked all night got into the stand at about 5:20...its an L shaped bottle neck of timber on the corner of a corn field...sitting in the climber and all of a sudden this buck comes plodding down the edge of the corn, stoppoing to munch here and there....he steps into the lane and just dead stopped..head down eating...the montec G5 did a great job...complete pass thru and he went down within 30 yards...hit him in the backs of the lungs and he bled out fast and like a garden hose......here is a pic of the guy.
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My daughter and I are headed across the river tonight to sit a double stand on a friend's farm. I only have a doe tag, so the buck will be safe, but we always have room in the freezer. We also don't let any squirrels to past the stand unmolested, so we are hoping to be coming home with meat of one sort or another. Either way an evening in the stand with my special little girl, is always a success!
Good luck to you all!
Nice Deer, Larry! Did you shoot him with a selfbow or one of your Lee's? Good shootin too you, Steve :thumbsup:
lefty...sounds like you have the perfect evening planned!!!
Frank... I used the 51 pound bob lee a beman ICS trad carbon with a 125 grain monte G5 broadhead...slightly quartering away at 18 yds.....like I said just pure dumb luck...lol
mised a turkey, after working them for 2 hours. That is why we call it hunting.
Got a button buck Thursday and this decent 8pt on Friday. (http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m94/waknstak/deer8pt-1.jpg)
Just got back from a 3 day hunt out your way in Pike Co. Did not score but had a great time. Saw lots of deer and 4 bucks that were all trophy class{120-160 class}. You guys have the biggest does I have ever seen.......
Nothing here yet, but rumor has it were done working weekends for a little while.
I took this guy Oct 2.
Wet weather was trick. He came by at 6:15. The dark sky may have caused him to stir early. There is a lot scraping and young buck sparring going on now. Racks look clean and fresh out of velvet with no sun fading. Mike
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Awesome buck Mike!!
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Awesome buck Mike!!!!!!!!!!!!
Shot my third of the season last night. A nice doe. about 17 yard shot. Found her this a.m. no pics it was pouring rain :(
Hey Wak you gonna save any for the rest of us? It's 8 days in. Congrats.
Shleprock, This is first time I've ever shot 3 with a bow in a season much less 8 days. lol The public land I'm hunting is overrun with does. I gave her to a coworker whose husband has lost his job. Hope to shoot a few more to donate to the local food pantry. Do you ever shoot with the group up at town hall in the mornings?
I'll get back to you Wak. I also have a great stalkin story from tonight. I can't do it justice right now. Gotta sleep. Will post it tomorrow.
Looking forward to hearing it. I didn't make it out this weekend. too much work to do. My brother killed 2 does Saturday night. Killed one of them with a knapped chert point.
Counted coup on 15 separate deer at less than 10 yards this weekend. 3 bucks, but none big enough for this early. Besides; I would have had to drag them through flooded timber, and up a big hill. Too lazy for that.
Chuck, I am glad to see I am not the only one lets the distance and difficulty of the drag affect their decision.
Shot a nice doe last night just at sundown....thats 2 so far....no pics it was serious dark by the time we recovered her.
Yesterday my brother and his girls came over to visit. We worked around the house for awhile and was gettin kinda bored with doin chores, honey do's. He asked if we could go for a walk in the woods. I normally wouldn't go stompin around my deer woods this time of year, but we barely ever get to hang out anymore so I didn't think twice about it.
A quick change of clothes and we were off. It was about 5:30. Ofcourse I grabed my Killum and tags.I moved here in February and he's never been in this woods. I led him through the bottoms west all the way to the far feild. We pushed a few out but were having a great time just being in the woods together. We started heading back a little after 6 and stuck to the soybean side. I had been trying to avoid the corn side of the woods.
As we steped out into the field headed east about 150 yards short of the treeline. I stoped a little short and pointed out a nice buck standing at the end. The setting sun was shining on him and I figured we looked like shadows. I know he seen us. He looked a little jittery right away. We stood and talked about it for a minute and I decided I would see how close I could get. The wind being in my face. I dropped down pulled an arrow out and started belly crawling along the edge of the beans. About 50 yards later I started checking for the buck and couldn't find him. Went another 10 and snuck a peek again. Not there. The whole time I'm thinking he took off a long time ago and my brother is laughing at me crawling through the mud. About another 10 and I raise up a little for a look. I catch something out of the corner of my eye to the left. I lower back down and he's standing about 20 yards parralel to me. Now what to do. I nocked an arrow and started to raise up and figured I was busted. He looked right at me but I was staying low. He just kept standing there and looking back and forth from me back out down the field. The land rose up a bit where he was at so all I could see was from the neck up. Next thing I knew he was off to the woods. I drew back and grunted. There was a pause in his step, but not long enough for a clean shot.
What I didn't know was the whole time my brother had been hunched over swaying back and forth making mild little grunts and the buck apparently was headed over to take a look. When he looked at me my brother would move and make a noise again. If I had known this or seen the buck a commin a little sooner. Or just jumped up I might have had a good shot. I gotta say though all the maybes in the world and It was still great. I've never tried that before or really anything like that. I sure got awlful close to at least a good 130 class deer crawling through the mud on the edge of a bean field. I didn't take a sloppy shot and I'm not gonna second guess any of it. It was a really cool experiance and my brother was there with me.
Cool story Schleprock, I enjoy hunting more with my bro as well. I am really happy to see my brother carrying a recurve this year. Hopefully since he's having good luck he'll stick with it.
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Shleprock & Waknstak IL --- Been enjoying your stories.. I was raised in Marion/Johnstoncity -- really enjoyed the hunting opportunities - your in one "heck" of a great hunting area.
I finished my militray time (21 + yrs) at Scott AFB. I still have daughters in that area going to college and raising families.
Man wish I had those hunting opportunities again...
Feel blessed and enjoy every minute...
Good luck !
I suddenly find myself with a day off tomorrow and it's supposed to stop raining for one day. Been a little rough, but I'll be out in the morning to try again.
Hey Wak. On your earlier ques about Town Hall Archery, I don't go up there and shoot. I have one time. It's on my to do list. I've gone up for a few minutes and talked to some of the Sat. morning guys. Seem like great people. I only live about a mile from there.
I live in Collinsville so I don't get up there much either but I have shot with them a couple times.
Hey if any of you kill a big one and want to get it mounted look up Dicky Cygan he is the best around collinsville.