Trad Gang
Main Boards => PowWow => Topic started by: J-dog on September 12, 2010, 05:14:00 PM
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Anyone done anything yet? Have not seen doodly - some dude was running his hounds in preparation for the gun season :knothead: - back and forth across where i was sitting, the thicket I know the deer should come from they just kept doin laps. Heard the deer a couple times within 10 yrads of me but he/she weren't leaving the cover. Got to listen to a good race anyhow, sorry but I remember the days when I was younger and would have been in the middle of a dog hunt!
Hope yalls seasons are good!
J
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If anyone sees doodly let me know I been lookin for him.
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Seen a doe and her little one this morning and nothing yesterday.
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I live in Texas now, but I'm heading home to visit friends and family, and hunt in Pender County at the end of bow season, 1st weekend in October. Running deer with hounds on small tracks of land is incredibly annoying. I can't believe it's still legal. I guess we can bowhunt on Sunday now, and enjoy the quiet though.
Good luck.
Ward
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Saw a doe and two small fries yesterday evening...saw a guy in Walmart that got a doe yesterday and heard about somebody gettin a ten point.
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J-dog I missed an 8 pointer yesterday evening didn't go today been rainin off and on. I got a call to help find a crossbow shot doe late last night we found her.
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c'mon north a couple hours maybe you can get that hog the boys been seein at the hunt club.
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I haven't even had time to buy a license with my schedule but I'd like to get out a time or 2 when it cools down a little.
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Tell me when curve! glad yall got that doe recovered. On a club now though have not set foot on it but once so far - got to get in there and get set up. Luckily it is land I hunted freely as a youth and know where I want to be and know no one else is in there! Hopefully that turns out.
Good luck to yall -- anyone else?
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Oh yeah curve - just a note - this aint catch and release, hint hint - ya suppose to hit em.
J
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No luck yesterday morning. It was actually chilly and sprinkled rain for a bit (which is a 180 degree change in the weather). The deer must have been smart enough to stay in bed ...
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A young friend of mine got a 80# Doe last evening in the National Forest. Can't post a pic as it was with one of those other bows. However it brings out a good story and a great feeling for me.
I met (Chris and his father) out in the National Forest, close by, hunting, back when I first moved back down here from Maine. He was about 15 then, now he's 29. Not long after I met them I helped him get started on archery, at his request and with his dads support (wheelie bow). Real nice, country folk - he and his sister home schooled by his dad. Always pleasant and friendly. He and his dad hunt as often as possible with all means they can, right around here, and do well. I ran into his dad, Jimmy, at the grocery store Fri. and he said Chris wanted to switch to trad and a long bow (I had mentioned it to him in the past on occasions). I told Jimmy to bring Chris over anytime and I'd be glad to start him off, as I have a lot of folks.
Sat. AM the season started (I didn't go out as no sign anywhere near my stand). Jimmy and Chris surprised me by showing up at my door about mid-morning. I was tickled, since I was sort of bummed about not being out in the woods. I started him off with a 35# Browning Wasp Recurve I had picked up in a trade a few weeks back, for just such purposes. He said he'd had a fill of the weight and tinkering , etc. with the wheelie bows and had lost some confidence. After a couple hours of watching great form and, with very little corrections, seeing him go from not so good, to 3 arrow groups anyone of us would die for. I sent them home with the bow, a tab, an arm guard, and some arrows, with this advice, "From here on out it's just practice, Chris. I can point out some things to help you more and I would love to shoot with you anytime, and we might even help each other. Shooting is always more fun with two or more but basically the more you practice the better you'll get, with or without me." I told him to take the gear and practice until he felt confident to switch over, to give me a shout (he lives just down the road) anytime he wants to shoot, and if he feels like it we'd go out into the National Forest together and hunt.
I know this is long but the bottom line is Jimmy called me today to tell me Chris felt so much better about his shooting, etc. after yesterday's session (and some more practice at his house) that he decided to go out last evening, though he hadn't planed to. Of course he couldn't use the trad bow (must be 40# here) but he got the doe with his "other bow" and tomorrow they are going to show me a couple "new" places to go - close by - LOL.
Oh, yes, Chris is ready to get a trad bow as soon as he can - he loves it, and feels he'll do even better - with the "freedom" of it.
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Good going, Bernie. I'd love to hear where those "close by" places are. Just out of curiosity, of course, because I never had much luck there locally....just never could find a decent food source or reliable trails. PM me with the details if you wish - I promise not to tell nor to go there. Less'n I move back to the coast when I retire, that is. ;)
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Nothing for me so far.I normally dont see anything untill thay start runing dogs.then agin I dont think deer like my swamp untill presured.Good luck guys!
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Had one doe come in but the wind swirled and she was gone. Watched a couple coons play. Just nice to be in the woods again.
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Tom, mostly those "places" are in the same areas I took you walking "way back when", I hunted those areas. However, it's been so long since I've hunted the Croatan that subtle little changes have (or may have) altered things some. This very close, father & Son team have always hunted the same basic areas (close to home), stay on top of the small changes, and always do well on deer (with the son almost always doing better than his dad - but I think there has always been some parental deferment to the son there - LOL - putting him in the best spot, etc.) I used to run into them a lot, when I hunted there, - walking in (or out) together, chatting on the "CC road" at the cars, exchanging sightings etc. We've always got on very well and enjoyed talking about things in general at our chance meetings. They also had the town contract for roadside mowing on my street, for some years, so we saw each other often that way too. Good folks and well liked in the community. I'm looking forward to the "walk around" with them this AM, and perhaps a hunt with Chris this evening (Jimmy doesn't actually bow hunt but is most always within radio distance of Chris for his hunts, loves to watch him practice, etc. - still - he feels it extends his season).
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Had 5 does, Two mature and three w/ spots, yesterday afternoon. The biggest doe came 20yrds but no shot. Went on in the field (downwind) and didnt like what she smelled. She bounced off waving the white flag. The others milled around in the timber and went back the way they came. One of the fawns came back bout and hr later and offered the shot I wish the mature doe would have. I quess thats why she is what she is. Then 20 min before dark and a hugh bobcat came by. Very fun afternoon in the woods.
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Saw the sounth end of a north bound doe Saturday morning about 60 yards away. I still haven't figured out how she saw me.
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I didn't see any deer...just a bunch of squirrels.
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Seen 2 does and a fawn sat. evening.Did not hunt yesterday or this morning but pulled deercam card this morning and had a big seven and a nice eight as well as seven other deer in a food plot where we hunt.They where all there this morning in the day light.
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Got a "spot" picked and will ground sit it tonight - let y'all know the results.
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No deer sighting last evening but I did have a squirrel come out and yak at me a little before sunset. Spent a nice evening and mentally picked out about three different tree choices, for when I take my climber in there. On the way out of the area, I ran into Chris (and his dad) and he had seen a doe with a really small (late) fawn up another road where he was, a little deeper in.
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Seen 8 all together this morning.5 bucks 1 doe and 2 little ones biggest buck was a big 6 point he had a smaller 7 with him and a 4 point.
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Seen two does yest. evenening around 7pm. Set up in a new spot, perfect funnel from the bed to food. Bad thing was they were headed dead to my stands until she spotted me @ 10 yrds. no shot oppertunity
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Bernie, I remember where you're talking about. Are you hunting over food sources in there? I never could find many.
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Yep, such as there is. Of course there is browse most everywhere - and they roam most everywhere. However you can find preferred food in some spots, such as acorns, etc. There used to be food plots here and there that were maintained by the gov't. A number of years back they had to cut it out due to budget cuts. However they still go in and mow them every other year or something like that, so new growth provides more desireable browse. Also the deer like open areas and tend to move towards them as evening approaches - it says here in fine print - LOL. Also these days they selectively log various areas which also makes new open areas or semi clear-cuts, which also helps as new browse comes in. There are a lot of deer in there but it isn't all that easy to pattern them unless you're really good at it, and work at it (not me). Like most National/State lands.
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Saw a 6 pointer cross in front of me this morning. Too far away for a shot though.....Randy
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Killed a six pointer this evening, I wish I could find the camera I still dont understand this one. Everything went picture perfect he came where I thought he would, my shot was at 8-10 yards, then things got interesting. I got down and the arrow showed all signs of a liver hit, what the !@#@$#? I followed a VERY light trail for about 100yds and there he was. necropsy show a shot a shade high but within 4-5inchs of the shoulder blade. Ribtek blew a perfect hole thru the.......liver! Never touched a lung!It was a first for me, but the results are the same either way.
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Great results, nc rm. No sightings for me (out of the climber) last night, or for my friends in another site either. Half moon was extra bright coming out, seemed like, especially for so early, a little before 8PM.
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Sat yesterday afternoon. 85 degrees, just to dang hot. Heading to some game lands 2 hours west of here for a hunt tonight and tomorrow.
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I let david sit in a stand by his lonesome this evening. He saw six and got busted tryn to draw. I saw 2 a cowhorn that messed around me for a half hour and a doe that missed. I keep forgeting to adjust for string jump. Oh well I'm 1 for 3 for the week.
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Ive only sat twice. last sat. opening morning, had a cowhorn in velvet come in and got nervous and left before I could make a move. Monday ( my birthday) had a 83lb doe come in late. Shot her almost straight down. Had to unscrew the head and pull the arrow out. Through the backbone and out the brisket. Took the heart out also. Short tracking. Died right there in about 10 seconds. Haven't had a chance to get out since ,but maybe this week. Don
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Not had the chance to get out - got on a club now that is still set only (thank you Lord!) it is not great territory but there seems to be good sign. I got eat up with the chiggers and seed ticks!
Got a little spot in there set up, gonan let it calm a couple days then go back in there, hopefully by Wens.
Just been so busy (as alot of us) haven't able to really go back out and hunt since I started this thread.
So a 6 and a slick! cangrats to both. Hopefully a day this week will see some proper fur.
J
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Good kill, Don, congrats.
Well, I finally saw my first of the season, yesterday evening. Unfortunately the nice, big doe saw me at the same time. Story, such as it is, under a New Topic - First Sighting of Season.
My friend Chris asked me last night to start looking for him a good hunting weight (45-50#) trad recurve that he can afford on his limited budget - he's ready to go trad. Ya gotta love it when a plan comes to fruition - LOL
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3 does so far - 15 yd - 8 yd - 2 yd - shots - bright moon this weekend - getting serious after that.
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Ber,
You hunting haywoods landing???
Wishing I had a story but none yet! hopefully Friday evening. Not even seen the fur of one yet.
J
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We hunting game lands all weekend. It was cool at night for a change. My son shot a nice doe. I shot over the back of a doe. I was hoping she would JUMP the string but in the upward motion. Did not work out.
Public land and we both got within 20 yds of deer, I think that is a success in itself.
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That's sort of how I feel too, OBXarcher, even though it was closer to 35-40yds (if I had stayed put it would have been 20 - LOL). No, J-dog this area is close to the Cape Carteret end of NC58 (that Haywood Landing is on). I have hunted there before (both turkeys and deer) but not in a number of years now.
Good on ya, Cory! Taken up near where you live or som'ere's else?
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I think Cory is right about the bright moon this weekend. That and the high daytime heat may keep the deer pretty nocturnal this weekend, but after that things should get serious, especially in the mornings. Work has kept me away from the woods so far, but I have three stands with active sign and nobody else hunting where I hunt, so I should be OK.
Man, Cory, a 2 yard shot -- that must have been something. Were you in a ground blind?
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Corey don't even have a TV. He leaves all his doors open and poors out corn in his living room. Got to walk the walk. Good deal Corey. All with My bow? DB
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I have shot 1 doe so far and passed up 6 bucks one was a 100 inch 8pt. It is really hot.LCH
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That's right, Don - Cory has that bow you built for him, and he said he was going to hunt it this year, didn't he. He really fell in love with that bow at the spring turkey hunt when you gave it to him. He was shooting it good too, and he does seem to "live his hunting" (I don't know about the corn in the LR stuff though - LOL).
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I saw on the news where it was going to cool down a tad next week!
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Yep, that will/would be nice. Won't be doing much other than practice and prep the rest of this week - between the full moon tonight and the heat over the next few days right through the weekend.
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:) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Funny Dudes!
yes with my Don Batten bow - that thing throws my 860 gr & 950 gr arrows like darts - and these darts say HELLO when they get there!
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LOL - I most imagine! :eek:
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BTW, I was able to get a nice suitable bow for Chris, at a more than reasonable price, from my friend, Paul Mills (kodiakkid). Chris is real excited and pleased, and can't wait for it to arrive - sound familiar to anyone - LOL.
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I had 10 or 12 floating all around me this evening, only had a couple of deer present shots but there was too many eyes around. I had my nephew drive the truck towards me to get them scatter without seeing me.
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That's nice but sort of nerve-racking while it's happening. I've had it happen a couple of times in the last few years. Makes a great story after it's over - but rough on the nerves sitting in the middle of it - LOL.
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I'm disquested!
I shot my 1st trad deer/ last night @7:20. She came in at 12yrds. I was ready and waiting, having heard her coming to me in the leaves. She came in quick, I didnt have time to get nervous. I made, what I would consider a good shot. Right behind her shoulder.
She turned and I could see bout 6" of my arrow out of on the off side. I was suprised no pass thru. She tore out of there. I heard the aluminum arrow catching on everything. Ting! Ting! Ting! She made a big cirle and everything got quite. Yes! She's down. Wrong!
I got down gathered my stuff and went to the truck. Made a couple phone calls for some assistance dragging her out. Approx. 45min I started blood trailing. This is odd, very little blood. Drop here, drop there. Not like what I've experinced in the past w/ the non-trad bow. Blood got less and less. Then cut off. So we backed out.
This was hard for me to do. Knowing last nights lows was in the 70's. Meat would probably go bad. But,Starting to doubt my shot placement after 75yrs tracking job coming to a halt, we backed out anyway.
Went back this morning. Fifteen yrds past my last blood for the evening prior. I found all but 6" of the business end of my arrow. Flethings had splatter blood but no pass thru blood. Evidently the arrow broke on the back side and backed out. Up to the fletchings was covered in blood. But still no futher blood trail from where I found my arrow. I did a grid search coming up empty. This was my 1st trad deer, or would have been anyway.
A friend /landowner is going back this afternoon to do some more searching.
This is my second deer that I've lost. The 1st was 7 or 8 years ago. Shoulder shot! Sounded like I head the side of the barn. And now this one, on what I thought was a double lung. Apparentlly NOT, last blood was found approx 100yrs trail. From what I've seen in the past, a double lung shot deer doesn't run that far.
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I hate that this has happened.
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We all do, (I certainly do and have had it happen) and unfortunately, sooner or later, it happens to an awful lot of us. It always bums us out. Quite often (more times then folks think) a scenario like that occurs when a shot is high on the deer and sort of straight across, either because we are even with them, or a defection of the arrow, after entering the deer, sends it straight across instead of downward. So - most bleeding goes into the body cavity, below where there is any hole for it to leak out. Also quite often the deer will survive and heal up - fantastic how they have the capacity to do that. I shot a big doe out in California (years ago) that it turned out was missing the lower part of a front leg from an obviously old wound (she had two healthy yearlings with her BTW). When my buddy and I feild dressed her you could see where she was carrying "old" stomach contents where she had been shot, and it leaked out into the cavity, and then somehow her body formed a seal of tissue that kept it from her vitals and entrails. She had gone on living (and breeding) a healthy life. The meat on her was in perfect condition too. her wounds were gun wounds - it doesn't just happen with trad gear. You did the best you could (and/or were "supposed" to) at the moment. It's OK to regret the outcome (we all need to be humbled by our choice of sport from time to time) but don't let it live with you (other than as a lesson). You'll do better next time. If the deer does by chance die, nature will use her, my friend, trust Mother Nature to make things balance out. Good luck in the future.
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Thanks Bernie!!
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Bernie's right, theres 3-4 in. between the tops of the lungs and bottom of the spine. If the arrow goes thru there it will touch nothing important. I killed a 8pt a couple of years ago in dec. that I shot with a bow in sept. He had a helluva scar but felt good enough to be lookin a lady friend.
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LOL - "Hard to keep a good man down," eh? (regarding that buck)
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Found my deer! Thanks to the vultures. It ran another 150yrs and went down in the cotton field. I knew the shot looked like a kill shot.
Not an ideal 1st trad kill. But my 1st none the least.
Man, I was wanting some backstraps. Maybe soon!!!
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Was there enough left for an autopsy to see where the shot truly was and what it did or didn't hit? Definately doesn't sound like a double lung shot, but would be interested to see what you did actually hit, or if the arrow deflected.
That's ashame, but at least you got some closure. Now go get your real first trad kill and get some fresh backstraps!!!! Good luck! NC season is kicking my butt so far. I hate hunting when it's 90 degrees!
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Hopefully things will get better this coming week (actually maybe even starting tomorrow evening)..
That's great msc75. Always is a relief, even when it is late coming. Remember the feeling and the advice for future possible instances though - LOL.
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This coming week ber!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I gotta take the family to Asheboro zoo!
I have a feeder out in this one area and have a few hitting it. But it seems they are there at midnight! Hopefully I will go sit in my ground blind Mon. evening and get one early to come in.
It seems I am internet hunting this season so far!!!!!!!!!!! living the hunt through yalls stories! Just been killed so far with the FD.
Campbell those things happen man, it stinks yeah but you keep hammering them - least you had closure. 15 yrs ago I knocked one DOWN I mean she was flopping on the ground with an arrow in her. Well she was followed by a buck which I swithed my attention to as the doe regained her composure and ran away. I thought she aint goign far! well I never found her - I was distraught! to say the least ------------- A man O knew killed her in gun season and returned my BHd. I know you found yours dead but kinda similar stories. it just happens, but many that are "lost" do recover.
Good hunting to all - I will be away for a couple days but I hope yalls hunts are full of excitment.
J
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My freind/landowner gave me the call this afternoon. He didnt get to close b/c of the smell. Vultures have already done a number on her by what he has described. I will swing by in the morning to check it out for myself.
I'm sure with the 95degree heat and scavangers, that there will NOT be much of an autopsy. I dont think my stomach can handle it. I will howerver take note on the entry/exit wounds.
Closure is good, even in bad circumstances.
Thanks everyone. And good luck to my fellow NC hunters. The coming days, it seems the weather will cooperate for us hunters. The 80degrees highs will be a nice welcome.
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David saw four this evening, I watched a serious game of "coon king of the corn bucket". I have a hanging bucket feeder and they had a field day playin on top of it. I saw no deer but was entertained no the less
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I missed a 120 to 130 this evening he was an 8pt. I shot under him I miss judged the distance. This sucks. He was around 27 to 28 yards.LCH
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That's a bummer, LCH but you'll teach 'im (or another one) next time.
I went out with Chris again yesterday evening. We were hoping the deer would sense the pending front moving in but apparently it's not happening like they predicted - yet. It was comfortable when the breeze was up but every time it laid down, it was immediately HOT. Still a nice evening sit though. Chris was in a ladder stand down in a creek bed, and I was on a low oak ridge above it. Neither of us saw deer but I was amused by 4 squirrels - one of which was NOT amused by my being there - LOL He had been in the tree right above me, and when Chris came up from the creek bed he wanted to know what that weird racket had been - because the fool squirrel had given himself a sore throat, or something.
I expect Chris to get his "New to him" trad bow from Paul in the mail tomorrow or Tuesday, and we are hoping for better (less heat) days in the coming week - and maybe a little rain, or at least clouds.
Good luck J-dog - and all.
Worst is - this year we can finally bow hunt on Sundays in NC - but only on private land. However we don't have access to any, just yet this year. we are checking it out though. Chris is really anxious to start carrying his "lighter" trad bow (as soon as we get it all set up to hunt). I told him last night , after asking him to hold my Anneewakee Addiction while I turned my boots up, "Yeah, that's why I keep handing mine to you - to keep you fired up on trad." LOL
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Finally a break in the heat. Now if the rain would just get here.
I still won't get into the woods for another week, if then. :(
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saw 4 does this a.m. one is the same big mama doe ive been seein for the past 3 yrs. she's a smart girl. two are a little smaller than big mama, and a fawn in the process of losing spots getting ready to be a yearling. to bad the fawns twin didnt make it this year, im not sure what happened to it, been seein the twins off and on all summer . then i didnt see the twin no more.i hope at the least it was a predator and not 3000lbs of rolling steel that got it. ruddy
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I hunt a archery only piece of land in Anson County... we got a 120 clas buck on the camera last week. I have not made it out there yet,,, but I'll have the "Wider Critter" out soon!
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How you doing Mark. Give me a call when you get a chance. Hope you get a chance at that Buck.
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Cory's been stackin em up. Killed a nice buck this am I think.
Lee, aim harder next time.
Rudy, Now that you got something decent to shoot, I'm sure the mojo will kick in.
Bernie, stay after them. I haven't sat since the 13th, but plan to get after em soon. I'll give you a call in the next week or so . Don
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Sky is looking pretty black out there right now but still holding back.
Keep eyeballin' them, Rudy, and you'll be "reporting" one down soon.
Cory's tough on them critters ain't he - LOL. Glad to hear from you anytime, Don.
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i visited with batman this afternoone. batman graciously put together some carbons together for me so i can step in the woods soon to put the hunt on. i saw for more does on the move this afternoone near batmans place and on the way home i saw 3 long beards in a horse pasture. man im i excited about this hunting season. don thanks for building some great arrows. i guess between you, john and i , we're gonna make this happen. ruddy
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I finally had time to shoot some this afternoon,work is killing me.Just got back this afternoon from taking Melissa and Lily to Tweetsie RR.I have barely had time to get corn on the ground mostless hunt but with the cool weather i think i'll try to slide out this week.Good luck to everyone.
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Hunt got rained out this evenin...I aint complaining though 'cause its dry as a popcorn fart...(that's pretty dry) :D
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Whats up fellas? fellow NC user here from good ole Ashe co. Arrowhead80 i live like 15 mins from Tweetwsie. If you nedd a place to hunt in the mountains shoot me a pm. Anyways been hunting hard, seen plenty but no shots. My GF shot a pretty 6 last night, but it was with a pink wheelie....i know shame shame..
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Good Ole Ashe County.
Hunted Carson Woods YEARS ago. I miss that place.
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Got a Buck in S.C. September 3rd hunting in the river swamp close to where I live. Rack was not much but deer weight was 210lb. Almost had a shot at a feral Hog two weeks ago. Wind was swirling and I'm sure he got a nose full and the deal was off. Had a good Doe slip by me last saturday morning. Next morning heard Deer coming from behind me, then they stopped and started blowing. This went on for about 15 minutes. Might need to name that stand site Hurricane Branch after all that blowing. Will try to get a pic of deer posted. Good to hear from you Preston.
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This AM the TV is reporting rain all around us last night and this AM - but so far we haven't even got a fully wet back deck area - weird. Thunder is sure grumbling, though, and driving Camo Dog crazy - who in turn drives me crazy - LOL
Congrats on the downed deer and sightings, guys (and gals).
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even if its still raining here, depending on how lite , i may step in the woods this a.m. im having trouble containing myself ruddy
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Good luck if you go, Rudy. I got stuff I have to do - but we have finally got a little wetness here in our little corner of the county. Still not enough to really wet this part of the Croatan Forrest the way it needs, though.
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...still nothing for me. I have yet to see a deer. Oh well, at least I'm in the woods, right?
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Still waiting for the temperature to drop and it looks like it may be getting there. This is the year that I want to take a deer with primitive equipment. Several of the guys around the shop have taken on that goal also. One of them has already taken a doe with an arrow and point that I knapped, so I guess that they really will take a deer. It may take a while but for me it has to be a close (10-12yds) shot that feels right. It doesn't matter whether it's a buck or a doe as long as it doesn't have spots, or has a fawn with it with spots.
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the does are on the move this afternoone fellas. tried to put the stalk on big mama this afternoone. i dont know how she spotted me but she did. she must be jumpy from all the thunder ive been hearing today. got to within 25 yrds of her and the group. that was the most fun ive had since sissapahaw. ruddy
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Way to go, Rudy - she probably knew you were toting a "death machine" (Addiction) - LOL.
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Hey guys - Don's right I went out --- I don't normally hunt so close to full moon but I couldn't stand not hunting so I went Sat PM - I don't normally shoot bucks this time of year but I couldn't stand it so I did. Scratched a great hunt out of the heat - check out the forcast - this weekend looks PERFECT!! - Time to get serious. Don your bow still screaming!! I think a long nose 5 year old doe figured me out so I will have to work my way back even harder next time - really looking forward to Friday and Saturday looks unbelievable - hope Ya'll get in the woods later this week - you too Bernie!
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Ooops - 7 yard shot - 100 yard run straight away - Don Batten Longbow - 2036 arrow - 200 grain (weighted up) STOS
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I hope to, Cory, good lord willing.
Chris, got his bow in the mail today, a well behaved Montgomery Wards black and brown beauty. I invited he and his father over as soon as they called me about it arriving. We made a Flemish B50 string for it, served it, and installed a string nock point on it. Then we went outside to shoot it (and my Addiction, Blackie, also - LOL). Chris very quickly got familiar and friendly with it after I tried it out for a couple shots. He was doing real well in no time at all. Dead 3D deer and turkeys all over the place. another day i will show him how to quiet it down with fur, etc. and readjust it some, after the string stretches in a little more. I see no Problem in him hunting with this bow (soon) whenever he feels ready. He is very focused when shooting. I'll try to remember to get a pic next time. Almost as much fun as hunting - LOL.
He (Chris) shot my Anneewakee Addiction for the first time today also, and I think he already is saving for one for next season - LOL. He got 2 out of 2 10s at 12 yards - then I took it away from him :D .
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Bernie looks like we will get some much nicer weather for hunting this week. had two tender morsels at ten yards saterday but it was so hot I could not bring myself to take one. unlike Preston it takes me longer than ten minutes to dress one.
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It comes with plenty of practice Troy.I don't like em to spoil.I checked 3 different trail cameras today altogether had around 1200 pictures and not a buck in the bunch i would shoot. The only thing that excited me was 3 longbeards eating in one spot the last 3 days in a row,prospects for this spring.I guess the does had better look out because when it gets cold i get hungry and with no big bone on camera something is gonna get shot. I am putting up the Mathews and getting the ACS fawn weening machine.
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I hear you Preston. Look out Does. Troy you need to shoot them then call Preston to help dress them.
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Troy, Preston, - sounds like it's going to get like a Saturday night square dance up in the foothills towards the weekend - LOL. Good luck guys.
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I went yesterday and let a nice 6 walk. It was hard to do but, I had put my backpack and had called it a washout when he poked his head out. Of course he walked 5yds in front of me before hitting the field. I just couldn't do it, half an inch of rain an hour and bloodtrails dont work, just no reason to take a chance this early in the year.
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Good decision - would like to think I would do the same but things have been so skinny, so long on sightings for me that I don't know. Consequently I stay home when it is "rain probable" situations - (and stay dry too - LOL). Still get caught now and then though cause I love to go when it is cloudy and/or threatening.
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i spent some time this afternoone elevated in a tree stand. elevation about 20 ft and at the crossroads of several deer trails . didnt see any deer, but saw plenty of squirrels. saw a giant woodpecker and a few af a much smaller species of woodpecker. and the crows were callin like crazy this afternoone for some reason. woods was full of racket. ruddy
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Bernie if you get up this way I'll be glad to take ya. We dont have any monsters but ya'll see some animals most of the time. we have been seein 5-6 every night and 15-25 turkey.......yea we have turkyes in spades wish I knew how to turkey hunt lol.
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That's very nice of you, nc recurveman. I don't travel very far, very often anymore but out of curiosity (and remote possibilities) it would be interesting to know where in Eastern NC you are speaking about. If you feel so inclined pop me a PM and we'll exchange a few words - LOL.
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My story still the same - just been hanging watching bow season go by. Course I will mainly stick with a bow throughout the yr but I have been pinned ehre lately. Really wishin I could slide out to the club and see how my spot is doin.
Still wishin yall the best. NCrecurve man I got your PM and would love to get up there, but the earliest I see any trips is Nov.
Maybe ber get up there and ventilate one.
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Jason,
Dont you worry about when just lemme know when. We dont have a guest fee (truth be told I think they feel guilty taking my money) Just give me a holla and Ill do what I can to put you in the groceries, hell that goes for any of my fellow "heels" just like havin the company.
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I also got your PM and will look at my DeLorme book of maps to jog the ol' memory - LOL.
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Well, everybody in Eastern NC got more than enough rain looks like, even as seen on the national news - anywhere from 12 to 20 inches in some places. My little corner of the world fared well as we are on the highest ground around (although still not very high) but Jimmy's rain gauge registered 18-19" since last Sunday, right around the corner. There was/is flooding, literally, all around me. The rain ended for us around 7:30 last evening but our pre-planned Fri. eve hunt may well be off, even so. Tomorrow the black powder boys will be in the Saturday woods, full force, though we still can use bows (during those two weeks) for the first time this year. However, we can't even get into the Croatan Forrest, as the road is washed out right near our end (and at the other end too) as well as near one of our spots (where I saw my one deer, earlier - LOL) and other low places. Well, I do have a couple ideas in mind that I/we might be able to get to for a sit. I can't "walk-in" like I could have a few years back but these places are close to the edge and not hunted much. We'll see, the deer should be up and about, feeding, after all their bedding and hunkering down the last few days..
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glad to hear you fared well bernie. i had some highwater in our backyard, or should i say backriver lol. all is gone now. im gonna let it dry out for a day or so before i get back out there. ruddy
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I heard that, Rudy. We are too - not necessarily by choice. Turns out all roads to the National Forrest (Croatan) around here are closed by the Forestry Dept., due to washouts and/or flooded road areas. Jimmy did hear them discussing on his scanner that they had to get on them quickly, both for the Contract Loggers and the hunters so we are hoping for some quick repairs. They are not handled by the Highway Dept., which is good, since they have their hands full with the state roads/highways.
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Yea I'm goin sunday to the hunt. Monster rains a generally a boom around here floods all the river swamps a forces them on the very few ridges. If the muzzleloader crowd doesn't scare the bee jesus out of'um tommorrow.
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LOL - sounds about like a viable plan, ncrm. Sounds like Bertie County and Windsor was one area that really got it bad water-wise according to the TV and their videos. Of course water doesn't bother deer a whole lot (not near as much as most people), deer go through it like one of those amphibious cars, that's why they love swamps. Good luck Sunday.
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We got it BAD around here Bernie farmer up the road said 20" here locally. I had to go check on the school late thrusday night (I'm the fix-it boy) and ended up tow cars outta the water for 3 hours. People just don't think, I was in a dodge ram with a 4" lift and told a guy in a honda civic. "You cant get across its pushing it in this truck". the deputy how was there and I go to turn around the next car and he goes anyway! Of course he stalled and the water pushed him in the ditch. Deputy wrote him a ticket when he ask for a tow out I had misplaced the chain somehow......... ;) :knothead:
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LOL - I hate to say it but serves him right. They had one down this way that folks were doing their best to wave back - kept right on coming - in his PT Cruiser - got washed off the road, turned over and disappeared. It was on TV. don't know if there has been any resolve or even how many were in car. Like you said, folks just don't think - or believe the power in moving water.
All our members, no matter how bad you want to hunt this weekend - Please be careful (and sensible) out there.
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Got work and family business over with this morning just ran in to the house to get my stuff together and found my wife washed me camo in with the rest of the wash. So I kinda like washing my camo in just baking soda and water so doing that now. Will get to the club this evening and HOPEFULLY get a chance to bloody an arrow. If not it will be a good sit w/Mac the best of company - after the week of rain and the dealing with contractors and pumping water out of the town and all that jazz - to get in the blind and wait for a deer will be great.
It is good that bow is legal during muzzleloader this yr!!! i still just went and reread the regs to be sure LOL - do not want a warden educating me on the road.
Hope all who head out today be safe and successful however you define successful!
J
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You'll be safe on that count, buddy - on private land and even in the Game Lands. Go get 'em!
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WOW WOW WOW what an exciting day i saw so much deer movement it wasn't funny. i have 2 blown shot opportunities under my belt. i went in the woods kinda late about 7:30a.m. i was told to expect rain, so i wasnt expecting to be in the woods to long. i had deer moving all around me. i put on the stalk and started to move in on a small group of does, i guess they thought they saw movement . at the same time i had crouched behind some tall scrub oaks and stayed put and watched, i guess i didnt spook them cuz they stuck around for about 20 minutes, milling about here and there. 2 of the does i guess were headed up a trail to my left where i had come in at, i saw the 2 through a small clear spot about the size of a garbage can but the shot would have been 30 yrds or better. i had to let them walk. i have no clue where the other four went. about an hr later i put the stalk on a lone doe, and she blew me out big time huffn and puffn every step of the way as she bounded outa there. i desided to circl wide and to the left to get back where i origanally. but i came up with nothing. i decided to get home and get my climbing tree stand. and get back to where i firs was surounded by does. by the time i got back there were to big does feeding and milling about right where i was gonna get up in a tree. im so surprised i didnt spook them cuz my treestand was still on my back. i crouched down and dreww an arrow from my kanati quiver and nocked it on johns personal anneewakee addiction recurve i was all set to draw when the one doe raised her head suddenly. satisfied that it was nothing she went back to feeding . by this time my hear is pounding outa my chest so hard i was suprised they didnt hear it cuz it sure was loud to me. i had to have been no more than 12 -15 yrds. i came to full draw now or never, isuw her sillouett perfectly through that fan like swamp weed stuff we have growing all over the southeast. well i let her fly the arrow just went under her belly and hit a berm right behind her, the kind a logging skidder leaves behind. she lit outa there like nobodies business and the other doe ran the same direction but stopped at about 25 yrd looked at me blew reel hard and hauld butt. WOW WOW WOW WOW WHAT A DAY! it took me almost 2 hrs to calm down from that adreniline rush wow! y'all have a great week ruddy
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sounds like alot of fun tooth, I chalked up the day to another washout
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LOL - Good on ya, Rudy. The thrill of the hunt is a lot of times far better than a kill - especially when you get a clean miss (as opposed to a wound that gets away). Best part is that you usually learn more and more each time a close contact like that occurs, and each time you think it over (relive it). In the meantime you are having a ball.
The Forrestry folks tell us down here we have more roads closed than anywhere and it may be awile. They are bringing a specialist down to survey and estimate what's needed apparently. In the meantime folks can either walk in or ride a bike - but no vehicles of any kind. A couple guys went around the barricade (some always do/will) and the ranger sent them out with only a warning - this time. Jimmy and Chris walked in and relayed all the info to me. It's a blessing to have friends!
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I shot a nice buck yesterday. Bucks were on the move. Saw 6 more on the way back to camp. I just put up some pics on another thread. looks like next couple of weeks are going to be prime for seeing bucks. good luck. Don
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Aw-right, I gotta go look fer it!
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A great one in my book - y'all go look. "Nice buck for Eastern NC" thread (or something close to that).
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Took a doe this afternoon. Pic in my 1st meat thread.
Don, thats an awsome buck. Congrats to ya.
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Good on ya, msc - every deer is a trophy deer with a trad bow!
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I asked this question originally on Don B.'s nice buck post, but would like to get feedback from here also:
It's a well-known fact and corroborated by the NC wildlife folks, but I never have quite understood if rutting activity is triggered by photoperiodism, why does it begin a month or more earlier in the eastern part of NC compared to the western half the state? If the amount of daylight hitting deer retinas due to the shortening length of days is what is relevant, sunset time is changing uniformly across the state even though it will begin a few minutes earlier in the east and move westward. Any armchair biologists want to clue me in? Does this phenomenon happen in VA. or S.C.? If so, I haven't heard about it?
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Not ignoring you - it just beats me too - LOL
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I walked in with Jimmy and Chris last evening (with climbers on our backs). Actually hunting different areas but also walked out together. None of us saw deer - or anything else (including mosquitos, as Jimmy said - LOL). We did see 11 turkeys on the way in though. It actually was cool enough to make our hands get a little too cool towards the end of the sit - and still no deer. A neighbor said he saw 3 different doe today but all were running (from something - probably doggers "exercising" their dogs early, or not getting them back up after putting them out for exercise at night). He did see a couple dogs come out from the same area later.
Chris got his package of shafts , adaptors, etc. yesterday where I helped him order things he needs to get his trad gear ready to hunt. Also a few assesories we both needed. They called the order in to 3 Rivers on Thursday and it got here Monday - they are always quick, even in season - ya gotta love it. When his BHs from ABowyer get here tomorrow or the next day I will show him how to fletch his arrows (for hunt and practice and save him the cost of feathers and fletching the shafts). He's already really shooting good (using my arrows). I'm proud on him - LOL. Wouldn't surprise me at all to see him kill a deer with trad gear this year.
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ive been seein does everyday since sunday.yesterday was the closest encounter ive had yet. i had a doe less than 10 ft in front of me and couldnt do nothin about it, she was lookin right at me. another doe blew me out that was behind me, i never saw her. i was sittin in a natural ground blind. i wont make that mistake again. ifn i had been in the treestand id probobly have meat in the freezer right now.im very frustrated, ruddy
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Hunting from the ground is fun but takes a lot of time and experiences for most folks to get it down right for actual shot opportunities with bows (of course some folks seem to be "naturals" at it). If you can get more observation (and maybe a kill or two) to understand their behavior better, under your belt, from your tree stand first it will help the learning process and boost your confidence, Rudy. In my opinion. I've only got one from the ground with trad gear so far and I do about half and half (tree stand is getting heavier every year - LOL)- I think the story is still in the archives. As long as you are seeing deer you are doing good though but, if you spook a given population too often, - soon you won't see them during hunting hours anymore - most usually. They won't put up with the pressure without "going nocturnal". Not trying to be a know-it-all, just my experiences/opinions.
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Ber _I have a feeder out in one spot that I hunt. It is a ground hunting only area as no trees in the right spot big enough to get into. These deer for the past month the trail camera has been out have only been nocturnal. I have only filed the feeder twice and hunted there once.
It is really baffling me that these deer act like they are pressured when it is a still set only area and there is no chance of deer hounds pushing them or people bothering them.The president of the club said these deer seem to always be a nocturnal breed!
I am no biologist but was hoping these deer may be more daylight oriented than what I find on game lands. Was my whole intentions and hopes when getting in this club.
Maybe they will change as I have quite a few deer in there on the bait.
J
Yeah have hunted a couple times so far and still have not seen a deer in the woods. I did see one through binos in a cutover on my walk out. It was so dark I could only make out the ears in my binos!
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Most all of the deer that I've ever hunted in eastern N.C. have tended towards being nocturnal.
When I'm hunting with my rifle, there's actually not any need of me even getting in my stand until about 45 minutes before dark.
The only deer that I've seen that aren't nocturnal are "city" deer that are NEVER hunted.
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Try a spot and just throw your corn on the ground with a camera on it and see what happens.I have had heard of people that have said they have had to leave feeders out for a long time before they would see deer in shooting light.
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I have never baited before myself have shot two deer off bait in my life but it was friends piles. It has never been legal where I hunt at on Game lands.
I am ued to hunting pressured deer that have been run by hounds and they are a pain - ussually in the thickest stuff you can possible find! Make cambodia look like Kansas! (from the movie predator)
These seem to be on the same note pad!!!!!!!!!
J
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We all talk about deer "going nocturnal" but actually deer are nocturnal creatures by nature, some genetically more so than others - sometimes we all seem to forget that part - :D . Anytime you see deer at other times you are real lucky, real good and/or both. Of course there are times and conditions that make it more of a possibility to see them during shooting hours or we'd never get one. Factors such as, breeding seasons/rut (may see anytime - LOL), full moon (try in middle of the day), dark of the moon (try early in AM - they may stay out a little later - and perhaps come out a little earlier in evening. This one also can apply on cloudy days/times). This is all "repeated info" to pretty much all of us but we tend to forget it as we get frustrated (or older and can't be quite as dilligent in our pursuit - ;) ), or work/family responsibilities, health, etc. claim more of our time - things like that.
Perhaps the best advice I've often heard is: pay attention to all the things you know you should do - when you can - but hunt whenever it is possible for you (personally) to hunt, regardless of whether it's a "good time" or not - after all, it may be the only time you get a chance to hunt.
There are certain dedicated, talented hunters (we all know of some) who are almost unbelievable in their successes but for most of us it is pretty much a gambling sport, even if now and then it's better calculated gambling.
Just my take on it - when I can (make myself) look at it philosophically and just enjoy the experience :goldtooth:
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Yesterday evening we (Chris, Jimmy, and I) Had got our bikes ready (enough) to use them to get into the National Forrest to hunt. Chris and I went to one area and Jimmy another. Chris showed me a likely spot on the way to his spot. As he was leaving there and i was heading towards a spot to sit, he jumped a doe and two young deer. Chris only saw their backs but I heard the Doe sort of snort and saw her jump into the brush behind a tree, where she turned to look in the direction she had heard Chris walking. I dropped to one knee and nocked an arrow but she was a good 35-40 yds away and showing only her rear haunch to me broadside. It seemed like she hadn't actually seen Chris , as she didn't seem too antsy and just stood there like she was watching in that direction. The one snort she gave sent her yearlings scampering into the brush and I never saw them but Chris saw all three of them (backs only) from where he was standing still. I was hoping that she might turn and come my way, not knowing her youngsters had headed away in the opposite direction. Of course that didn't happen and she finally turned and bounded slowly after the kids - apparently never even knowing I was there. Evidently they were either bedded there or just coming up the small slope when they heard Chris moving through the brush/woods. I also thought it boded well for the evening to come but none of the three of us saw anything else in any of our three areas. It made the hunt exciting in any case, and doubled my personal deer seen for the season to two - LOL.
I made the foolish mistake of using a skinny tired bike (one with speed shift that I figured would make it easier to pedal), forgetting the fact that those no-tread tires are made for the pavement, not for sand and crushed marl roads. I won't make that mistake again - balloon tire bike next time, for sure - shift capability or not. That blasted bike was all over the road, and pretty much going where it wanted to go, not where I wanted it to go. I particularly didn't want it to go in the ditch and toss me in the wet mud - like it chose to do on the way out - LOL. Fortunately - no harm done, and I will not give it another chance! Man that wet mud was cold on my right butt cheek :eek: .
Today I had to take a little trip to keep a Dr. appointment so couldn't get out but tomorrow AM I get to try a morning sit. I'm pumped for that.
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glad to hear that you're seein some action bernie. good luck to ya bernie, ruddy
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I missed on Monday. Medium sized doe behind my father's house near Wentworth in Rockingham Co. He only has 12 acres but has deer everywhere. My fear is that I shoot one but it travels well beyond his boundaries. Hopefully the neighbors will be supportive if I do have to track one onto their land.
Sign here in the piedmont has been good.
Anyone seen signs of any rutting?
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Got another mature doe - Bud use a simmons shark - half the tracking distance of most heads.
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Bud ask forgiveness later get your deer.LCH
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Killed two slickheads yesterday. One fullsized and one travel sized. The little ones are better practice (smaller target) and they eat better. I have two spots that are overrun by does and raghorns so i am trying to do some thinning. I seen 5 does altogether in bowrange yesterday evening. I am glad that i finaly got to go, work is still wide open. Going after em in the morning. Later,Preston.
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Suit case deer are good table fare Preston thats for sure. Glad to see that you have some time to go.
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Thanks Mal,they drag easier too. I ain't had much time but i take advantage of what i'm getting. Come on up if ya want too,i'll have a spot ready.
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Got a last minute invite to Pungo Lake for extended opening weekend, saw a couple bucks and maybe a dozen does over 4 days, missed a cowhorn in velvet and a doe on the way in to 2 different stands, shot a small doe, got ate up with skeeters,ticks, & poison oak...( in other words...had a fantastic time!!)
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At Pungo (it's a neat place - used to hunt there at least once a year) you are lucky you didn't have to fight a Bear for your kill. They think all kills belong to them and they (bears) are seriously protected there. The rangers say if you shoot at one you better have claw/teeth marks on you.
I was finally able to get back to my "batman" site (Thanks to Don) Friday AM, and it was a glorious morning sit - populated with a bazillion talkative (and very active) squirrels. Didn't see any deer this time but sure was nice just enjoying being there and having the opportunity to sit what amounts to a hardwood forest for these parts. May get in an evening sit there next week. Thanks again, Don.
Good on ya, Cory and Preston :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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Will be out this evening, and maybe in an old area. Gonna go check the trail cam on the bait site but then may go up to P'ville and give em a shot up there.
However it goes it will be a nice cool sit this evening I hope.
J
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Man have not been to pungo in ages, you HAVE to go in November for that bowhunt. The bucks are pushin and it is just a load of fun. The bears are even more active too so be aware. Have counted as many as eleven from a tree.
J
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Yeah, I've got a story or two about 'em in the Journal pages of my personal website but in Oct. as I recall - LOL
I usually don't go much on Sat,(leave it to the poor weekend only guys) but I may go out in the Croatan again this evening. I will see if I can at least keep the big tired bike out of the ditches - LOL.
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It sounds like Cory might be out of doe tags -- just in time to get some cool weather bucks.
It also sounds like Cory is having a great season.
For lots of reasons I have not been able to get out yet, but Friday will find me in my ground blind and I will be spending Saturday in a tree stand -- at last.
Keep at those deer, guys. The season will be over before we know it.
Joe
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i had my chance at a 6 point buck this evenening about 5:30. i thought the shot looked good but it wasn't. i gave him a clos shave on his ribs just behind the shoulder. got light blood on the arrow. he circled wide and away from me, i never heard a crash in the woods, i definately never heard the " thwack". he never looked back . i also know he never knew i was there. thats 0- 3 for me. just cant seem to seal the deal. batman says im doing everything right. i have mixed emotions right now. im not giving up , im just feelin screwed up right now. i dont know what to think. ruddy
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Hang in there Ruddy. you'll seal the deal soon.
I shot another nice buck yesterday afternoon. good 8 pt. not as big as the last one , but a shooter (where I hunt) no the less. Don
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I went out in the Nat'l forest this eve and sat in a beautiful new(to me) spot but no sighting again. Did see another brood of turkeys with the hen though. Chris saw one but he had just got in his stand and was turning around to pull his gear up. The young buck busted him, blew three times and ran off. Jimmy saw one just after hunting hours, while waiting for Chris and I to come out to join him on the road. Chris got his Abowyer BHs yesterday so tomorrow afternoon is new hunting (and practice) arrow assembly lessons time - LOL. He'll be tickled to have all his own gear ready to go after that.
Oh, they got part of the roads open in the forest (Croatan) today - it's the long way around but it does help some, for some places - like where we were tonight. Didn't have to ride a bike this time - so it was easier staying out of the ditch - LOL.
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Now yer really loggin' ('em in), Don - :thumbsup:
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Got another doe yesterday - what a weekend - beautiful weather - deer moving very well - great time. 10 yd shot - 125 yd recovery - 2020 67# robertson longbow - journeyman head.
Taking a week off to scout - back in the woods end of the month.
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Got another doe yesterday - what a weekend - beautiful weather - deer moving very well - great time. 10 yd shot - 125 yd recovery - 2020 67# robertson longbow - journeyman head.
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Corey, you gotta love them Simmons heads huh? See ya soon. DB
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I got 2 does last week one was about 120 lbs.LCH
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Got skunked this afternoon, but leaving after dark I saw a monster buck in a hay field less than a quarter mile from my ground blind. Definitely in his home range. Hopefully I'll see him with the bow in hand tomorrow.
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I gotta take the camera with me too the hunt club. I took david saturday and let him take the boom stick. We saw 6 deer and 37 turkeys and 37 different birds, but the highlight was the biggest freakin bear track I've ever seen. I put both fistes side by side and there still a 1/4 inch width left in the track. I haven't seen him, he may not be the biggest bear I've ever seen but he has the biggest damn foot I've ever seen! I saw a 725 wiegh at the cotton scale a couple years ago didn't really pay much attention to his feet tho.
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i hunted some on sunday. i was in a makeshift ground blind. a doe came in less than 15 yrds.she kept lookin in my direction, i couldnt even pick my bow up. i watched her for 15 min.she kept picking her head up to look in my direction, in the 15 min she took maybe four or five steps, she ended up behind a large oak and headed away from me . at that moment is when she blew. she must have senced something wrong cuz she bounded outa there blowin for a 100yrds lol ruddy
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I got out 3 evenings last week - no luck and saw the signs of disgusting behaviour following a smokepole kill by someone. Gut pile in a plastic garbage bag dumped in the National forest (illegal here, of course), and then torn open by the buzzards - right where I parked on one of the few open dirt roads.
Got out again yesterday evening - still no deer but a flock of nice sized turkeys worked their grazing ways right past my ground seat at about 14 yards. It was a long walk in (to where I saw my first deer this year) since the roads are still mostly closed. My wife got me a nice, new Comfort style bike for my B'day but I don't have it rigged to haul my bow, etc. - yet.
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Hunted Pville friday and Sat Friday had 2 dee come in straight from behind me got within 15yrds poppin white oak acorns - try to get around but they weren't having it. Then a rather large coyote came slippin out into the cutdown about 50yrds from me. Coyotes are a new addition to the area and this is the first live one I had seen - time to buy a predator call!
Saturday same stand but the doggers dogs ran em too hard - saw plenty but couldn't even yell at one for a shot - they were not slowin down as they passed. Couple good days, have yet to see deer in the club I hunt though many pics on trail cam.
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Yeah Don Simmons Sharks and your longbow!!!
Season is about half over - lets hit it hard - then time for hogs.
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I guess it's headed for another year of my seeing everything but deer that I can shoot at. Yesterday evening a Racoon came out behind my left shoulder and ambled (with some purpose) across behind me, and beside my chair at about 6 feet away. I was sitting beside a big tree with some "break-up bushes/limbs around me, and he never even looked at me (or saw me, that I could see), as he angled off away into the denser cover. Now why couldn't that just as easily have been a Deer? (I know - it could have - LOL) Nice overcast evening too.
Oh, when I first got there and was standing in one spot, looking for the "best" place to sit, a large grey squirrel came down the side of a tree about 5 yards in front of me. He stood way out on his tiptoes (the way they do) and stared right at me. The funny part was he had a huge white blaze across his nose and about a third of his tail (at the tip) was white. I don't know which one of us was taking the most intensive look at the other but it was a close contest.
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When I told friend Jimmy about that squirrel today, he reminded me that it was one of the Fox Squirrels we have in that area (I see the black ones more often and forgot about the variants).
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Will be out tomorrow evening no unts so far this week as work has kept me busy - Had good hunts last Friday and Sat though no kills. Friday will be on club and hopefully I can figure out those white oaks in Pville on Sat. Gonna put the time in if the deer will cooperate.
J
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A little hunting update at my place north of Raleigh, NC.
So far, hunting has been good in my NC neck of the woods (my 6acre homestead). Well "good" as far as sightings and some oportunities. As I tell everyone "I do a lot of 'hunting', not a lot of 'catching'." :)
Last year, as soon as gun season opened up, I never saw another deer. Did they go fully nocturnal? Not sure.
This year is different, I am seeing the same deer over and over again, even during gun season. At one point I was seeing a 6pt or 8pt, but never again after the first few weeks. I am hoping he is not harvested.
I was unsuccessful during bow season. I hurried a shot and scared the crap out of a doe as the arrow slammed into a tree right next to her. Ugh!
Launched another arrow at that 6pt buck, but it was slightly off target and the string must have slapped my arm or something. He did some sort of Matrix-movie-like move and dodged the arrow like Neo dodged bullets. It just barely missed him as he lunged back, down and away. Ugh again!
Gun season opened up, I grabbed my 30-.06 and told the wife: "Need to put meat in the freezer." A few days of that, and I snagged a doe at about 15 yards (could have arrowed her! Grr!) Ah well, not the satisfaction of a bow kill, but... we have venison. I have meat in the freezer now. I put the rifle away and switched back to the self-bow. If I get no more deer, so be it.
Hopefully... I shoot a bit more accurately. I haven't seen that buck, but there is another smaller one (large-ish spike) that is tearing up all the saplings in the area. I am watching him. He came right into my lane the other night, but it was just too dark for me to take an ethical shot.
Wish me luck. I put a pause on hunting my back yard for a few days to calm the deer a bit. Then... back to it. Everyone in my neighborhood is hunting their land as well, so hopefully the pressure is not too much. They seem to only be hunting on weekends, which is good.
Best of luck to the rest of you.
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i havent been in the woods in 2 weeks. i was letting things calm down for a week. week 2 my wisdom tooth had to be pulled so now im halfway to bein a dumbass. lets see if the deer can tell the difference, im glad cooler weather is here,we will see what today brings.ruddy
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First day of muzzle here in Central. Missed a doe Thurs. String dip again. Arrow just over her back. Gotta aim lower I guess.
Need some clarification Tarheels, if hunting my own family land, can I use a bow during muzzle season? I read the reg but it's not clear to me. It states archery is allowed in permitted areas during muzzle, but doesn't explain what permitted areas means. Areas needing a permit or ares where archery is permitted?
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I killed a nice 9 pointer last week about 170 lbs. and 115 inches gross. Where I hunt the bucks just started splitting up this past week. This puts them about 2 weeks behind what they normally do. Muzzle loader starts today everyone will see less deer now.LCH
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I am lucky to hunt in a place that gets very little gun season pressure so the deer on that piece of land stay pretty calm through gun season. So I'll keep bow hunting through the gun season and hope the buck I'm after shows up near one of my stands while I am there.
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Yes, you can hunt with a bow during muzzle loader season ...
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Had an interesting season so far. Lots of deer seen. Killed a doe the last week of bow season. Made a bad shot the last day of bow season on my biggest archery buck ever. Killed this buck Friday, 10-29-2010 with my Black Widow recurve.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v245/wallyholmes/8pointbowkill10292010.jpg)
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what! no hero pic? :nono: congrats on a fine buck.ruddy
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Nice deer , Wally & LCH - congrats. Sorry about the tooth extraction, Rudy but you'll be better off with it gone. I still haven't seen but the two deer mentioned earlier , with no shots. Gun toters and doggers are out in force but not as bad as usual (with the roads still closed). I am still only using my bow, "Blackie" and hoping for the best as the moon darkens again.
Keep up the reports, y'all.
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Congrats Wally. LCH
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Congrats Wally!!
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Thanks everyone.
I'll tell you Bernie in my experience its about a waste of time bowhunting an area that's dog hunted. I wish you lived closer to me - I could put you on some deer.
Mike - are you the guy I sold the Iron Mtn longbow to? That was a killing machine for me even though I only had it one year. I killed several deer and a turkey with it.
By the way, the 8 point I posted a pic of I called in. I had bleated(can call) 7 or 8 times and then grunted 7 or 8 times. 5 minutes later I look to my left and he's there at less than 20 yards looking at the base of my tree - definitely looking for the deer that made the calls(me :) )
I like to blind call like that this time of the year - its worked for me many times.
I got me a new ILF recurve bow I'll be trying to break in with a deer kill next. Its a Hoyt Excel riser with Trad Tech Black Max Carbon limbs. I dropped my weight back to about 45 pounds and my shooting has really tightened up. Can't wait to see how it performs on a deer.
You boys keep the updates coming in.
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Wally,
Yes. I'm still shooting the Iron Mtn. When I bought it from you, I had 4mth old twins. I couldn't put the time into it being it was my 1st trad bow. Had to wait a couple of years before my like turned back to some kind of normal.
During the 08 season was the 1st time I took it to the woods. Man I felt I was handicaped. Only took it a few times, could not fully make the switch from the wheels. Beginning of last year, I hit it hard. Praticed alot!!! Gave my wheelie bow to my brother. Last year never paid off. Had alot of close encoutners and missed two bucks. One really nice 18" wide 8pt. Both shots were high. But I was having fun.
This year, I kept practiceing. When I walked into the woods for the 1st time this year, I didn't feel hadicaped at all. I felt lethal with the Iron Mtn. So far this season, I've killed two deer and a coyote. And I've got this week off from work. Hopefully some more success that I can add some more notches to the Iron Mtn.
Here's the Iron Mtn all camo-ed up. I also put a leather grip on her. I felt I had big shoes to fill when you had told me about all the kills you had with it.
(http://i442.photobucket.com/albums/qq149/mscampbell75/deer10032010004.jpg)
I've actually got a Black Creek T/D Banshee ordered that might be here in time to hit the woods with this year. So the IM may be taking a back seat for a while!!
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I got a beautiful mature doe Friday - 67# longbow, 2020, 160 shark
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Congrats, guys. That would be nice, Wally and I appreciate the thought anyway. I'm still hoping to score in spite of the dogs and guns - LOL. I planned to go out this evening but things came up to prevent it. Hopefully I'll get out again tomorrow evening. Mosquitoes are still terrible here today (since the big rain and warmer weather after) even though it cooled down this weekend and today. Talked to Rudy (broketooth) a little while ago (on phone) and he said that he had a great day hunting Sat. Said he posted it on here but I haven't found it yet (no deer yet but a great time anyway).
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Seen a nice wide racked buck checking scraps @ 7:20 this am. And a buddy seen another buck just after daylight, running off a small 4pt.
They seem to be cruising, scent checking does in my neck of the woods. Great time to be hitting it hard!!!!!!!!!
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They're definitely on the move. Had 2 behind me this evening with no shot and another 10 yards away behind a cedar tree (again, no shot). Unfortunately, seeing lots of deer hit on the side of the road too.
Next couple of weeks are going to be good.
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Let a small doe pass this am. Let a button buck pass this evening. Neither had a clue I was there.
Funny thing is, I built a tree stand yesterday beside my ground blind and got in it this am for the first time. The doe was on me at dawn. Barely seen as she approached, but she stayed long enough for the sun to get high enough for me to see her good. She was this year's fawn.
The button buck came in at about 5:30 this afternoon and wouldn't leave. I had to try making slight noises to get him out of the area so I could climb down. Little one inch buttons. maybe if he lives thru gun season and into next yeara he might be a good opportunity.
I'm waiting for a mature doe or a buck with antler showing. I just couldn't shoot the little ones. If I have to drag one out I want it to be a chore :thumbsup:
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i missed again $*@#$&%%#! this morning about 8 a.m. i saw a lone deer entering my area about 100 yrds out, i grunted a couple times looked like it went back to where it came from, less than 5 min later here it came right through the center of the oak tree grove i was hunting near.he headed straight for the scent wick i put up. i think he was a little skittish. i started to draw but he looked like he was ready to duck. i guess he decided to get out of there and started to trot off so i did a mouth bleat he stopped dead in his tracks and i sent an arrow right under his belly right at 20 yrds. now im 0 and 4 arrrrrggggg. ruddy
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Bud B.,
You can use a bow during muzzle loader season and during regular gun season, but you have to wear a hunter orange hat or vest starting the first day of muzzle loader season. As I understand it, you do not have to wear orange on your own land, but you better double check that.
Cory,
Way to go, another doe. Good job.
In my limited time out I have been seeing deer -- saw 4 last weekend. I expect I'll have one in range and get the job done in the next week or so.
Keep those broadheads sharp, guys. And stay safe out there.
Joe
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Last evening under a nice overcast sky, I went to one of my favorite spots. It has been a good crossing/feeding area in the past and will be this season as time progresses (it says here in fine print - LOL). Had a busy evening but still no deer around me - yet. Had plenty of company - 3 or 4 squirrels around most of the evening, a Pilliated Woodpecker feeding and flitting, a gun hunter walked almost up to my seat before I finally caught his eye, (he was some shocked and turned back in an apologetic manner - I would have motioned for him to pass through, if he had given me time before he turned away in embarrassment - LOL), and I saw a fox on my way back to the car. I took some pics when I first got there and will post them in another thread.
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Heading back to the tree stand in the morning. The rain we had in central NC will help getting to the stand be a little quieter. Rut is full swing I believe. Deer are being hit everywhere. I drive US 220 from Asheboro to GSO for work. Had a deer get hit by an SUV in front of me a few nights ago coming home.
Hopefully they will be moving near my stand :)
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Saw the same button buck this Am. Missed a mature doe this pm. It was my first shot from a tree stand ever with a bow not counting the few I've flung when huntin' is slow....Opher-3 now.... :( Gonna tough it out 'til 1 Jan with the trad way. :thumbsup:
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Bucks are chasing does in the mountains, cold front really has them going.
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i saw absolutely 0 deer movement today! was it all the wind today that was the cause? i dont understand. i guess i didnt get the memo. hunt safe , ruddy
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Killed a 120Lb doe Wed. evening 15 yard shot. Called in a 125" 8pt Sat morning. He came in behind me when I turned to the right to shoot him I made a noise or something and he stood behind me for about 10 min. finally ran off. Messed that one up oh well it was a blast.LCH
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As a general rule, deer don't like wind (any better than I do - LOL). They like the woods to be quiet - so they can hear us and other predators, Rudy. Some folks score hunting in the wind but I've never had much luck when the wind is up - even back when I had "luck" - LOL.
Nothing but squirrels, Friday evening (didn't hear any shots either, though).
Good on ya, Lee!
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Fellow tarheels I've been lurking to see how it's been going. My home is in Pender County and my dad and brother still live there.
Went home year before last for bow season and thought I would burn up. The bay bushes were thicker than I remembered and tracking was very hadr in that stuff. This brings up the next thing I have.
We have a 30 day gun season here in Arkansas and 5 months of bow. Anyone want to come bowhunting let me know and I'll be glad to take you. Woods are not near as thick and lots of deer. From Wilminmgton to my house took around 17 hours to give an idea of how long a drive it is.
Running dogs in Ar is leagal on private land but not on our gamelands. Plus most of our gamelands are bow only. Don't have to worry about dogs or rifles.
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wow pac what a nice thing to do! i personally cant take you up on your offer, due to my wallet laughin at me. but very generous. i love to get the chance to hunt with other fellow members. i hope someone will take you up on your offer. its got the makins for a good hunt story, hopefully with pics and a dead deer shoot straight. ruddy
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What, Rudy said, Pac. I hate to dish another mans way of hunting but if I was younger I might consider moving to Arkansas - sounds grrrreat to me. I know the hunting lords will smile on you for making that offer - bless your heart.
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Arkansas is like the holy land for tradhunters..lot of deer.. lot of places to hunt...lot of season...
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Just something to think about for next year. A group of us Arkansas trad hunters organized a hunt at one of our national forests back in Oct. We plan to make this a yearly event. Out of state license for 3 days is about $125. I can't remember the exact amount at the moment but that's pretty close.
I put a show of sorts together to remember the trip by. Check it out and if it is something you would like to do and can save the money up we would be happy to have you come hunting with us.
It is public land but lots of deer. Between the 6 of us we saw over 80 deer in four days of hunting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWf38Ew5n9I
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Arrrrggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
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Bernie that's what I said after seeing 32 deer and only one long shot.
Forgot to add how many other hunters were seen on this public land in four days. O, zip, nadda zilch. There was another guy hunting that was staying at the campground but we never saw him in the woods.
Flying would be cheaper than driving and I'd be happy to pick anyone up at the airport. I have to drive right by it on my way to the lake. I can get you back too.
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Wow - the things dreams are made of. Afraid it is just not in the cards for me though - as much as I would like it to be. I really do think it is a fine thing for you to be offering though. Like Ruddy, if anyone does get to go and join you, I sure want to read the story about the hunt, and enjoy it second-hand. BTW arky714 certainly seems to be a solid "booster" too - the state population ought to be in for an increase - especially in traditional archer type folks - :archer:
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Pac,
I watched your video, and I think your offer is very generous. That looks like a great time in Arkansas. Please drop me a PM the next time you plan a long weekend hunt. If I can get away from work I'll toss my tent, sleeping bag and bow in the Jeep and head on down.
Joe
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I shot a nice 8 pointer yesterday I will email one of you guys the pics so you can post them.LCH
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congrats on the 8point lch. i cant wait to see the pics. i had an interesting day in the woods, due to the time change it has been difficult to say the least to get in the woods early.i got in the woods just as twilight was hittin and got to my ground blind to sit and wait, well not but a few minutes into the sit a blue fox strolls by with a purpose. kinda surprised me. well when the sun started coming through the trees i decided i didnt like it so i picked up and moved to another location , in a fire break between 2 dead falls. my eyes were about ground level, got my hood on and got settled in. about 30 min later i look up and what appears is a red fox headed straight for me, i had to reacte fast, i stood up and held my arms in the air and growled at him, ive never seen an animal backpedal so fast. it reall raised the hair on my neck, nov 20 is just around the corner. this afternoone i sat another location , nodded out and woke up to the sound of wing beats. when i opened my eyes i had 5 turkeys feeding from me at about 50 feet away. purrin away and milling about. finally heading off in the opposite direction cant wait until spring. very interesting day to be in the woods. shoot straight , ruddy
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something i wanted to add to my post was, i really didnt want that fox jumpin in my lap. i think it woulda made for a bad day at the emergency room :biglaugh:
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Got two more does Friday. Last 15 minutes of daylight. 15 yard shots both - 30 yard and a 40 yard recoveries. 67# longbow - 2020 shaft - big wide simmons shark broadheads. One of the does was HUGE like P&Y huge. Gonna hit it again this Saturday but my mind si starting to drift to hogs. We worked our hog camp last week and things look promising. Might pull out of deer hunting in 2 or 3 weeks.
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Congratulations on the 8 point, LCH.
Broketooth, that fox experience sounds very cool.
Way to go Cory. A big doe is a wise old girl, and it is an accomplishment to get one.
I am about to head out the door an do an afternoon sit at a place that a pretty good buck hangs out. Let's see if he shows up -- in range.
Happy Thanksgiving to all.
Joe
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Here's Lee's 8 point. Nice buck Lee!
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Thanks for posting the pic Wally I just got lucky.LCH
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OK Tarheels, What are you seeing as far as deer behavior?
I had a yearling doe and a yearling button buck near my stand again this morning. The same twins I've seen several times this year.
The doe came near first. She ate LOTS of acorns. Noisy eater too. SHe then was about 20 yards to my right and I saw her squat and take a looooong pee. She stood there for a long time twitching her tail as if she's coming in...
OK, she's doing this for quite a while and then the button buck comes almost straight in to her and as he's about to get close enough to mount her (I really thought he was going to) she walks off. He then noses her spot and then positions himself over her fresh urine and does it too, for a long time.
They stayed near me for about an hour. She tried bedding twice and he was slowly tailing her and she got up each time as he approached her.
They eventually meandered away.
Watching their activity I got the feeling she was in or close to estrus. Is this possible for a yearling?
And he seemed like he wanted to do something, but wasn't quite sure what to do.
I've seen more deer this year while hunting than in all my hunting years combined. I've only not seen deer maybe 3 or 4 times. Every other time it's been multiple deer. I had six under my stand last weekend. If nothing else, I'm getting an education on thier habits.
The acorn crop in Rockingham County has been remarkable. They should have plenty to get them fattened up for the winter. Randolph has a good crop to.
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Very little in the way of deer sign at all. Few scrapes, few rubs, really nothing much. Went into some old haunts today looking a particular buck and found his same rubs and scrapes made he makes every yr. For three yrs now this guy passes through this one area rubbing same tree and same scrape. He is just in an area I swear to cut trails into every yr and fail to. He is too far back to hunt without cutting some decent trails to come out on. Google earth says it is a mile and a half as the crow flies from any rd, walking is further the way you have to access that place. It is a swamp between Pollocksville a catfish lake - truly like middle of no where, think a gps even looks a tyou like your stupid when you get in there. Though I forgot that today, turns out daughter was playing with gps and I left it at the house!!!!!!!!!
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12 dollar compass coupled with a 10 dollar map saved the day. Important skill my Marine Corps Father taught me well. :D
Been a way off yr all the way round here. Good note is my lab finally got to make a blood trail and recovery for some dog runners yesterday on this same rd. That was COOL! and we were both tickled - though his main role is feather getter, I hope he will double duty as a trailer. He got to do the feather thing this evening. :-)
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I have been in the woods quite a bit this season. The one thing I have noticed is the lack of abundant buck sign (rubs and scrapes).
Right now I am seeing bucks roaming looking for does, the activity really picked up this past week.
All the does I am seeing are extremely skittish and their fawns are by theirselves alot. This indicates to me that breeding is happening now.
To me the rut seems to be a week or two behind but so has the whole season.
I was seeing bachelor groups of bucks up to the end of October. Just my observations.LCH
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J-dog -
Funny you mention Pollocksville. My wife's folks are from Pollocksville and Trenton. We've been there twice this year for funerals. She has a large family. Macon and Gerogia Harriett's decendents. They lived on Hwy 17 near Ten Mile Fork.
We were there for sad reasons but I couldn't help notice how much sign I saw while walking the family land for a short spell. Deer tracks everywhere. I can attest to your need for a cut trail down there. Some of the areas I've seen are hands and knees only areas. Unbeleivably thick. Even for dogs.
Are you hunting public land? Maybe a trail cutting party is in order. Feb/March is a good time to cut your trails. I would like to go back down there for reasons other than funerals. :(
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Bud i have heard that last name mentioned before??? I will ask David and Daniel as I know that call a couple places we hunt around by Harriett.
Thick is not the word! Cambodia looks like Kansas in some of these places! and that is exactly what this buck is crossing into - We used to be able to take a bush hog and cut paths how we wanted in there this buck rubs and scrapes on the remnants of one of those paths. On the far side of a fire path is club land that they only push dogs through never still hunt. and it is pretty oak ridges and woodie ponds. Now they make it illegal to take tractors out there. I bought a weedeater with a blade just for this reason - had to wait for cold weather though -- there are rattle snikkies out there!
Be glad for yall to go, cant promise deer but can promise a hunt! During bow season should be good if yotes leave us any deer, right now the doggers have it wrapped up though I have shot a deer off their hounds; sorry not that proud and she stopped!
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You can see the Foskie (sp?) Plantation House from their old farm. most of thier land is sold out. Only small chunks now.
If you plan anything Feb or March timeframe, my wife would love to dump me out and go to New Bern to the antique shops with the debit card.
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batman sent me a text messege this a.m. i dont know all the details but 2 does got dropped sat. morning i happy for ya don thats just awesome news. ruddy
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seeing very little buck sign, few deer and many turkeys and squirrels.......
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I saw a fair amount of bucks moving yesterday. No shooters but the ones I saw were harassing the does in the area. I saw 13 deer before 7:30 am and 3 in the afternoon. Shot two good size does in the am stand . I probably would have seen more had I not shot , but It just good too good to me.
Nice buck Lee. Don
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Good on ya, Don.
My report is: Nutin', nutin', nutin', and the same around here for most all of the guys hunting this area that I've talked to - for a couple or three weeks now. I did have a neighbor who took a friend out Fri. (with his dog - and the friend saw and bagged a nice spikehorn). The neighbor said there was a larger buck chasing the smaller one before it ran to his friend. The smaller one sure smelled "rutty" when I looked in the truck at him - FWIW. It was nice just to see one (even if it was dead - LOL).
Ruddy, "broketooth", and I are planning to go out in the National Forest around Wed.(day depending on the weather) this week, just so I can introduce him to the area down here a little. We'll mosey/look around some and then pick a place for an evening stand/sit.
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I believe that name is Foscue, Bud B. Not positive about spelling but I'm pretty sure that is how the name is pronounced.
You need to take a break, Cory - LOL.
Rudy and I decided on Thursday for our day out in the National Forest.
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Go get em Bernie and Ruddy. should be a nice brisk day. good luck. DB
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Thanks, Don. Yeah, it's gonna be a little difficult getting around in my electric blanket (the extension cord keeps snaggin' on the durn Cat Briars ;) ) but we'll have fun anyway :D .
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im lookin foward to this afternoone!we'll see if the cooler weather will get the deer movin. ruddy
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i had a great time hunting with bernie this afternoone. bernie showed me some of the nicest sections of the croatan that ive seen yet, and i have been in eastern nc for 20 yrs.i didnt see any deer activity. apparently the penny that bernie found also brought him some turkeys and 2 does i assume but with no shot opportunity. we gotta get you in the woods more bernie. i got some drop cord you can use for your electric blanket. just kiddin. i had a great time bernie i cant wait to go with ya again. ruddy
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So glad you enjoyed it as much as i did, Ruddy. Anytime - as long as it doesn't look like my thin ol' blood will freeze up on me - LOL. I really wasn't sure whether it was Rudy, or the penny I found, as we left the car to walk into the forest, that brought me the luck. Yep, I finally got to see two more deer, as well as an 8-flock of turkeys (makes four deer seen for the season now, and is perhaps a good sign - after all, my total DOUBLED - LOL). If I had been in a tree I might have got a shot - they weren't real spooked just didn't like the looks of me and my chair, so didn't come on through the area. I got a pic of Ruddy while we were loading up to leave, and i think he got one of me. I'll post the one I took a little bit later this AM and perhaps he'll post his.
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Here is the pic I took of Rudy, "broketooth", as he loaded his hunting gear in my car at our house, after comparing our handsome Anneewakee Addiction bows and Slim Jim Kanati bow quivers, of course.
Ruddy was re-powering the battery-pak for his flashlight, and I said , "Give me an eyeball, Rudy." (I think I caught him by surprise, don't you? LOL):
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(http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/tt101/broketooth/berniespic011.jpg)now where is my power cord to my electric blanket!
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LOL - good one, Ruddy. Good Lord but I look my age there - and that was before we went. No wonder I was tired when we got back, and kept getting woke up with leg cramps all night - should have drank more water in the evening.
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Broketooth - ber, yall puttin up pics of yalls hunt?? tooth I am gonna give you a call I got back from Durham but work and a parade tomorrow are hangin me up at this point. Gonna be off next week for the most of the week - have to go chase some sqirrels or somethin.
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Sorry, J-dog, we started out with good intentions at the house (as you can see) but Rudy says his doesn't take good pictures in the woods/dark (he's looking for a new one under the "camera tree" ;) ) and I forgot mine in the car - AGAIN :D . So what you see is what you get - this time :dunno: We'll try to do better next time - honest.
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iwent and did some scouting today for some new hunting areas in the croatan. hopefully i can get gernie and j-dog to join me. (http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/tt101/broketooth/scoutingthecroatan001.jpg)this is my mug gettin ready to head out to some of the food plots i know about. (http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/tt101/broketooth/scoutingthecroatan002.jpg)aneewakee addiction recurve and my back pack with camera and some lunch.i got into one of the food plots lookin for deer sign and saw a whole bunch of this. (http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/tt101/broketooth/scoutingthecroatan003.jpg). batman knew what it was... said it was grown to feed quail i beleive. some of the pics didnt save on my card , but i saw and took pics of numerous deer tracks some of which were quite large.in 1 of the paths between 2 food plots i found an attempted turkey killin (http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/tt101/broketooth/scoutingthecroatan005.jpg)i presume by a 4 legged predetor.
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this is one of the maintainence roads that heads waaay back into some pretty hardwoods. with lots of deer sign (http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/tt101/broketooth/scoutingthecroatan008.jpg) when i found this it was still warm.
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im also assuming that this is some bear scat in a deer track. thats what it looked like to me any how (http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/tt101/broketooth/scoutingthecroatan006.jpg)after about 3/12 to 4 hrs of scoutin ive come to one of the smallest plots closest to the road out to find that some hunter didnt bury the remains of his kill (http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/tt101/broketooth/scoutingthecroatan009.jpg)i'll remember it . if its still there i want the skull. thanks for lookin. ruddy
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Dang i aint been on here in a month and Ruddy is posting pictures of turds.Wish ya well in your new spot i hope it works out for ya.I have hunted a little here lately killed a real nice nine the day after turkey day with my traditional Browning 7mm a-bolt. Going in the morning with my Mathews,my acs blew up a little while back so trad hunting isn't an option right now. I sent the limbs back but no update so far.Been seeing a lot of good bucks for next year if they can make it. 15-16 inch wide 7's 8's and 1 9 that was almost gonna get it but held off.He better be glad i killed the other nine the day before or he would have eat lead. Seen one six point the other day about 18 inches wide but he had short tines and no mass so i hope to see him in a year or two. Good to get back on here and chew the fat with my ol buddies.Hope all yall are well and good luck.Later,Preston
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Good pictorial, Ruddy. As per our Phonecon early this evening, I'll be glad to join you on a hunt in the National Forest up your way next week. Looking forward to it. We'll talk again in the next couple of days and set it up.
Preston, you behave yourself and take care of the family, buddy, - good to hear from you. Sorry to hear about the ACS.
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Bernie its always good to hear from you,hope you all are doing good.I froze my butt off this morning and didn't see anything but squirrels,first time this year deerless.Oh well thats how it goes i put my nephew in one of my stands this evening so maybe he'll whack one.
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We are finer than frog fur, thanks. Freezing sounds about right. It's going to be cold down here too, for the next couple weeks. That
s good for deer movement (they say) but i don't move so well then - LOL. I am going to try to get out at least once with Rudy, in his neck of the woods, this week though.
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Got my first deer with trad equipment a week ago. Nice Davie Co. doe. What a rush!
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it good to say folk from North Carolina are having a good season
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hooooooolllly crap :scared: that is a big mature doe. congrats to you spoonriver. i know the rush you are talkin about. what a feat to fool big mama. if i had a hat , i would tip it to you sir. what a trophy!!!!!! ruddy
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That is a monstrocity of a doe! congrats!
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Yeah, what they said, spoonriver!!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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i talked with bernie and jdog via the phone tonight and it looks like we are setting a small trad gang deer hunt in the croatan for wednesday. im hopin that we at the least see some game. i know for a fact the deer are moving where we will be at. im just hoping somthing will happen for us. at the very least there will be pics. ruddy
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If I was to put a doe on the wall that would be the one right there spoon. She is big.
Itchin to do some bhunting Wendsday with Ber, and tooth! let the fun begin - It has been many yrs since I bhunted with anyone so this should be a great time.
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Also looking forward to the hunt and meeting you, James (J-dog). BTW, did you ever run into "doodly"? Perhaps he'll be in that part of the Nat'l Forest - ;)
Wish i had a pair of those Merlino wool under togs for tomorrow - not supposed to get out of the 30's all day - I'll think I'm back trompping around in Maine, without the knee-deep snow :eek:
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Anyone out there in NC with a line on quail or Woodcock after deer season. I'm near Pinehurst and have a young pup ready to try on some wild birds.
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Hasn't been so hot just south of you guys either!!
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the weather people are calling for record low's tomorrow morning. my fellow carolina trad gang members , please heed this warning and dress appropriately hypothermia is no joke! you can get it just as easy in 40 degrees or 17 degrees. to all those trying to get out and finish the season please be careful. if you get cold pack it in, there will be another day. hypothermia is not worth risking your life over. be careful out there. shoot straight . ruddy
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Ruddy has that right folks - not a thing to play "macho" about. I want to get a deer with my trad gear but i don't NEED another one bad enough to take foolish chances. As Ruddy said, I will pack it in in a heartbeat, and head for some warm place for a hot drink and tall tales exchange :D .
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Originally posted by 7 Lakes:
Anyone out there in NC with a line on quail or Woodcock after deer season. I'm near Pinehurst and have a young pup ready to try on some wild birds.
I'm in too if you're lookin for cumpny ;)
My Brit loves finding quail. I've had to rely on pen raised birds for anything around here.
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im countin down the minutes till the fun begins.im so lookin foward to the hunt with fello tg members.im truly hoping that today will be promising and productive. ruddy
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i just got back from the croatan, bernie is enroute to his home. got to meet j-dog and his 4 legged huntin buddy mac, who by the way found a nice 6 point skull from last yr. bernie saw 4 raccoons but said they were about 40 yrds out with no shot opp. all in all was a good day, sorry about no pics due to the cold we had electronic faliures, nobodys camer worked at the end of the day. j-dog it was cool to meet ya and i cant wait to do it again. ruddy
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That was fun Ruddy, I enjoyed the day - I want to get back in the corner of that field or get Bernie in there. It is a sunny spot I think he could enjoy!!!
I am going to carry my stand back down that spur road next time I saw some pretty areas in there as well.
Got to plan a Pville trip next week some time. We will walk the place and I will show you around. We will plan some bear stands.Maybe between the three of us we can knock a blackie down.
Gott get somw squirrel hunting in to!
J
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Asheboro hunter died yesterday. Fell from his stand bowhunting. About a 20' fall.
Be safe guys and gals.
Poor guy was 61.
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Like this one -- LOL
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Shame about that hunter, sorry for his family and friends.
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Such a shame. God be with his family.
Nice bear pic Jason (we found out today J-dog is a Jason and not a James - LOL). It was a pleasure meeting you and your Black Lab, buddy. Enjoyed the hunt and watching the racoons - two large ones and two medium size - those two climed a tree, either to eat or play, or both. Stayed around for a half hour or so. Beautiful woods and fields. Lots of fresh deer tracks and "scat" (also from various other critters) - and we only saw two other hunters - not really in our chosen location. Good day - but I'm still chilly this evening - LOL.
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hooly crap lloooooookkky at that black bear. yeah yeah yeah he is the one. anytime your ready we will go get him j-dog do you know how often this bear shows up on your trail cam.have you seen him this yr i just saw it was last yrs pic. thats a good size bear im sure he still around. whenever your ready we will go. ruddy
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I haven't reported in awhile, I took off work yesterday so I could hunt tne cold snap. Baby it was COLD, but worth it. I found a ridge runnin beside the river swamp, i knew it would be a gold mine. I saw 5 yesterday morning and noticed a limb off a small tree under my stand was in little bit in the way. when I went in the in the afternoon I took a bucket of corn in with me. After I dumped the corn I flipped the bucket over and cut the intruding limb and a half a fistful of corn fell out. I saw 6 deer that afternoon 4 to far and you guested it 2 under me eating the 50 kernels of corn that fell out of the bucket. they stay close to 2 hours under without offering a shot, they were so close I could hear the crunchin as they eat. Oh well it was fun.
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Went back to Lukens this past sunday with some buddys for the 2nd annual, Pearl Harbor, doe hunt. 5 hunters with trad bows. 5 does killed. we pulled most of our stands and are getting ready to move one state south for some pig hunting. Ive had a good year. 6 for 6.
Good luck on the bear hunt guys. Don
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Any of you fellers located a little further west closer to me? School ends Dec. 17th and I have a few weeks off before the next semester starts. I'd like to get together with some people and hunt rabbits or deer or whatever season is still in at the time. I'm thinking of heading to Perkins game land to check it out and a guy on another site told me to check out Lake Jordan.
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I'm done too - pulled my stands - great season - I am a little burnt out. I had more fun this year than in a long time - maybe cause I'm gettin old. Few weeks to catch up before hog hunting starts - Goin wide open this year. Hogs and Turkeys are in Big Trouble 2011!!! Don - see ya in camp!
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Originally posted by Kenneth:
Any of you fellers located a little further west closer to me? School ends Dec. 17th and I have a few weeks off before the next semester starts. I'd like to get together with some people and hunt rabbits or deer or whatever season is still in at the time. I'm thinking of heading to Perkins game land to check it out and a guy on another site told me to check out Lake Jordan.
Asheboro here....always lookin for a place to try out the skills.... :)
If you're looking for squirrel, Uwharrie Forest is a vast area down here, but better on the squirrels after deer season.
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Bud, I'm up for some squirrels! I haven't hunted here in NC yet because I haven't had time to locate any land or anything but I heard from another guy that Perkins had a lot of deer sign. Not much deer season left but I'm gonna go ahead and get a tag just in case. If I could get the time and money I'd love to head to Rays and chase some hogs sometime too.
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Good "clean up", Don. Continued luck with the porkers in SC - you too, Cory. The way they are predicting the upcoming weather, the cold may close me down - LOL. I'll still try to get out when I can stand it though (never say die).
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Cold, rainy, and windy.
A good day to surf Traggang.
Was hoping to get another day in the stand tomorrow but they're calling for wind chills to be near zero in the piedmont. Still debating......
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Mon AND Tues looks like cold and miserable. I see my fifth empty season in a row piling up on me here - LOL. As Linda Ronstadt said, "Po' Po' Pitiful Me ..." :( ;)
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Bernie, thats no kinda talk for a jarhead. Why don't you plan to sit in your favorite stand at my place on Wed . It's ready any time you are. Don
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Wrap up and go get them Bernie you can't kill them off the couch. The colder it is the more they move.Lee
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bernie i just brought home 300 ft of drop cord. i'll bring it over to dons, im sure with the amount of drop cord hes got we can hook your electric blanket up to the generator. ruddy
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LOL - I hear y'all (Lord but I hate cold weather - even when I'm "geared up" for it - :rolleyes: .) I may just take you up on that though, Don. One thing about it, I do know that is a good stand to go to for about the last 2 or 3 hours of the day and stand a better than even chance of seeing a deer. My old friend, the big bruin, might even come out to "play" - and take my mind off the cold - LOL. Wed is about the best day for me this week (and weather-wise), I'd say - so let's say it's a plan, unless something comes up that I can't make it (and I would let you know if that occurred). Thanks for the offer, my friend, and I'll see you then - good Lord willing.
Oh, Ruddy, just hold onto the cords and we'll keep them in mind as "emergency equipment" :D
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i saw six does on the move this a.m. just couldnt make it happen. just one more and id be happy. i know ive got one under my belt but we got just a few more weeks left. :pray:
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26-30 MPH gusts in the triad. About 15 sustained. I'll have to pass today. Trying to get the dogs and goat set up for the wind and cold.
Maybe Saturday
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Windy down here on the Coast today too - raising havock with the decorations - again.
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I really enjoy hunting in the cold, character flaw of mine I guess. I do see far more deer when the temp. get extremely low. I know I go thru ALOT more corn when the mercury dips, I'm going thru 100lbs a week and only baiting 2 places now.
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ready for the snow to get here! Put a bug in the bosses ear today if theres snow on the ground Ill be late lol.
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Gonna go up to Don's this AM for another try - (even though temperature and predictions of weather are not to my liking - LOL), as the peak activity period is supposed to be fro 9-11AM. Keeping my fingers crossed and still trying when I can bring myself to face it - LOL.
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Been down with some unknown lung issues here of late and have not made it out since the fun with tooth and bernie. Hopefully be back out there this last two weeks. Gonna go back out to Brice's creek one day Saturday or Monday.
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Keep at it, Jason BUT take care of yourself too.
Another empty morning (saw one Squirrel and one Flicker). At least the rain/sleet was very spotty and light until just after i got back to the car, and i got home before the roads down the way i was going got too bad. Wasn't uncomfortable until the last 15 minutes on stand - don't know if the temp dipped or i just got weakened - ;)
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Anybody from around the Boone area? I'm taking my kid back to school around the second week in Jan. and wondered if anyone wanted to go Grouse, Quail, Woodcock hunting.
I no longer have any idea where to go in the Boone area. I went to school there 74-79 but now there's a giant Walmart sitting on my old trout creek and summer homes in my grouse woods.
I've been thinking back on the old days where I kept my shotgun and bow in the dorm and was able to go hunting pretty much where the football stadium is now. Oh... the good old days.
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Tradgangers from NC....
Is anyone up for a quail hunt that has some land available? I have a good quail dog. A loveable and energetic Brittany. Wild or pen raised ('cause around here pen raised is all you're gonna get)
I'm up to driving at least two hours from Asheboro to get to a good place. Maybe more if'n it's down east.
And still in for rabbits on some local gamelands Kenneth. PM heading your way....
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Bud,
You do realize those quail will have to be taken with a bow! :laughing:
Brings to mind a rabbit hunt I went on at the Guilford archery club where the only rabbit harmed was one that had the poor judgement to stop and laugh at my shooting. The dogs caught him and I got the last chuckle....fried rabbit & gravy w/mashed taters, mighty tasty.
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It just dawned on me this evening that this may very well be my only deer of this season, right here on my lawn - at least I have a limit of them (6 in NC) - :D
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Sorry, about this little "joke", guys - (worst of it is that, like this evening, the wind has been so bad in NC this winter, these are the only decorations we can have turned on half the time. However I did get pics of everything on one day, and posted them to my Facebook.)
Merry Christmas, in any case.
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Originally posted by olddogrib:
Bud,
You do realize those quail will have to be taken with a bow! :laughing:
Brings to mind a rabbit hunt I went on at the Guilford archery club where the only rabbit harmed was one that had the poor judgement to stop and laugh at my shooting. The dogs caught him and I got the last chuckle....fried rabbit & gravy w/mashed taters, mighty tasty.
I already have the flu-flus and the loop wire heads. If I can down'em, Libby can retrieve'em. Probably get skunked, but, it would be fun!!
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Dang, Bud I'm impressed, go get 'em! I consider anything with wings "scattergun territory" (turkeys included). But if you come to a shoot and tell me you got one, I expect video evidence!
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Bud B.
We have a 75 member club on about a 100 acres dedicated to training pointing breeds. Just up from Pinehurst. Contact me if you are interested.
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We have found some Woodcock down on Sandhill's game lands if you are interested. Never found a quail out there but Woodcock with a chance at a rabbit. I've heard there is a pretty good flight of Woodcock around Badin Lake every Jan but I'm trying to get more info on directions and the actual defination of "Pretty Good".
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After the first of the year I may try to get up with you. My work schedule is about to change and I have no idea what it will be. Pinehurst isn't far at all from Zoo City :)
Thanks for the offer!!
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We are also licensed as a preserve. So members can bring their own birds to train.
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I went this afternoon amid the wind and cold. I killed a spike that I have to go get in the morning. He expired in the middle of the swamp and I aint swimmin to him, he will be just as dead in the morning when I take the canoe over to the club. I saw 9 altogether, 7 being in shooting range. This the first deer I've shot a simmons broadhead........I am very impressed!
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I wanted to go today but we had a full moon all night and I think they probably fed all night and will likely bed up all day. There are still loads of acorns left in the area where I hunt.
Maybe this afternoon late....
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Cleve - good job in the swamp. looking forward to pics. Simmons will not let you down!
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Cory I'm sorry to say I aint real tech savy, so no pics. this is the 3rd deer this year with my new to me boyles t/d and the 1st with a treeshark all I can say is OMG! It was a good hit from about 9yds and the trail was unlike any I've ever seen. I never had to bend down to inspect anything, just a walkin track to the swamp and there he laid, pretty as you please 100yds from the shot. I shoot "heavy" gear 68lbs recurve and about a 700gr arra. those treesharks are MEAN with that setup.
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Good on ya, nc r. If you have pics but just don't savvy posting them, e-mail or PM them to me and I'll gladly post them for you (for us - LOL).
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Cleve - cool on all that bro - we never get tired of bloodtrailing shark hits - and we smile as soon as we shoot. No maybe - No guessing!!!
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I managed to knock another smallish freezer deer down tonite. I will tell on myself here, I missed twice before connecting! at the same deer. % strolled in together and for god knows what reason at 10yds I drew and missed they scattered and started back to me. same deer, same 10yds, same result. third time was a charm 50 yd track job this time with an interceptor, I am now a simmons convert! I got some pics if someone wants to post'um for me.
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My e-mail is [email protected], buddy.
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i got a velvet 4point in bow season, dad got one a couple weeks ago.
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Good on ya, Luke and Joe (wish I could say something anywhere close to that. I can't even say I almost got one - LOL).
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Got some pics coming from nc recurveman for "our" enjoyment. I'll post them as soon as possible after receiving them. Keep your eyeballs peeled.
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Deer have virtually quit moving during daylight around where I hunt. Gun hunters have'em spooked into night movement I guess. I haven't seen any the last two times out but after dark they're in my parent's back yard just hours after I leave the stand about 50 yards away. I spooked 3-4 the other morning walking to the stand just after 5:30am, but nothing the rest of the day to be seen except squirrels.
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I went back to the club this morning only to tote corn, those deer are eatin me outa house and home! I'm up to 150 lbs twice a week now.Anyhow I took my duaghter Bailey with me she wanted to see where I shot the deer. Just for kicks I started her on the bloodtrail and to my disbelief she followed it right to where I found the deer last night. I think every 7 year old girl outta know how to blood track right? lol Bernies gonna post the pics I took, to tell the truth the camera we have ain't hittin on much and the pics dont do justice to the trail. in places sprayed 8-10 feet from the deers true path. Think simmons wants to use bailey as an spokesgirl lol......"bloodtrails so good your 7 year old duaghter can follow them" LOL :biglaugh: :laughing:
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Congrats nc-r. Hopefully I'll see a blood trail soon.
For you NCers, looks like if you like huntin' in the white stuff you'll be getting some. Hopefully we'll get alot.
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I hope so I love huntin in the snow, its a rare treat for us around here. everything is so peaceful its good for the soul.
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Merry Christmas NCers. Looks like many of us will see snow. I hope to be in the stand today by 2pm. And maybe again in the early morn if'n I get skunked again this afternoon. (I've tried to be good Santa...)
Whatever you do today or tomorrow, enjoy the scenery and be safe in your travels.
Bud.
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yea i think even here at the coast they are talkin about 8" to a solid foot!
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That's good advice, Bud B.
Well nc r's pics came in last night (along with Santa, I guess - LOL) and I've uploaded them to PhotoBucket - so it is now my pleasure to post them for our perussal and pleasure - Thanks, nc r. One of the pics only half of came through - it is apparently of a tree that got "blood spattered" big time. I am posting it also (in it's half-form) and if they can resend that one, I'll exchange it here in the thread later.
The Trail:
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Bailey "On" The Trail:
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The Blood-spattered tree:
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Final result - getting ready for the next one:
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End results:
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What made the great Blood Trail and end results possible:
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Merry Christmas to all.
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Thank you Mr. Bernie. yea that trail was one of the best I ever "created". the heart shot from a 1/4 away isn't something I'd hold my breathe to do again. better to be luck the good.
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The shot placement we all would love to have. NICE!
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Oh I forgot the pic with bailey pointing to the ground, well I am fasinted by the forensic sciences and bailey has to endure countless sceince shows on the subject. LOL well Bailey was on the trail and says, "Dad I remember the tails of the blood drops points the direction the deer run". WOW I dont think I learned that little trick till I was 19 or 20! smart kid.....she got that from momma LOL
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The pic of the tree came through and some of the deer so I've added them to my original post, so go back and eyeball the pics again. (BTW Your welcome Cleve, and it's still really my pleasure.)
Also this one of Bailey's take on the "Job Well Done" came through - I love it!:
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Great job Cleve - I have a 20 year old daughter in the next room who helped me trail 16 years ago !! on a similar trail. Great times.
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Had two doe walk on my left today about 50 yards away. They really stood out in the snow!!
They never got closer and I never saw anything else. Even the squirrels were laid up today.
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So far, no white stuff on the South Coastal area here, not that we need any. Raining this AM.
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bernie, i think i live a little further inland, we got a light dusting so far, we'll see what the day brings, waitin for mor snow, i know the critters will be hungry soon got to get out there and chase them critters, just one more :pray:
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Ooops - I take it back, it started up here about 20 or 30 minutes ago and already has at least some white stuff on almost everything outside. I probably won't get out until the last three days of the season now (Thurs., Fri, and/or Sat.
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I went this morning and saw nothing, its all or nothing whens its like this. when this storm breaks they will go nuts! we have 6"ish on the ground here in chowan, Bertie had 8"ish when I left there about 9 this morning and still comin down HARD here.
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im fixin to go out snow is slowing i know the deer are gonna be ready to move its now or nothin, still got a few days left to make it happen the real work begins.
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we have 8"-10" on the ground at the moment and weather doofus says we may top a foot! going huntin when the wife gets home from the hospital in the a.m. cant wait!
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Well, I had a nice (not so nice) cold settle in on me Sat. night/Sun. AM so depending on whether the cold gets "better", or I do, first will determine if i get out again before the close of season or not. Durn common colds are not the friends of old timers - LOL.
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sorry to hear that bernie, i hope ya feel better soon. give me a call ifn ya feel up to it. ruddy
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Sorry to hear you're sick Bernie.
I've been fighting a cold/flu bug for about two-three weeks off and on. Had it bad last Wed and Thur right before Chirstmas.
BUT!
It's coming down to the wire folks. I might have two days in me, maybe even only one :(
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Thanks, guys. They say there is a lot of it going around here now. Head feels like a balloon that's been over-inflated - :(
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went and sat in a ground blind this afternoone. after the sun went down over the tree , boy did the temp drop whew. im still tryin to warm up. sorry i didnt see anything except a couple o woodpeckers. 3 days left to make it happen. goin to sit at dons place tomorrow . we shall see. ruddy
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Skewer another one, buddy! I went outside just to remove some limbs that fell in the dogs yard during the storm. Was only out about 20 mins and couldn't hardly breath by the time I came back in. As you can imagine, Rose gave me what for - :eek: Good luck at Don's.
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Bernie, Ruddy just left. No deer but he sure looked cold when he came out of the woods. I kinda srewed up and for got that they run dogs on the club every day the last week of the season. He got to hear some very good dog races though.LOL. If all goes well with my work tomarrow, He will have a story to tell come friday night. Gonna take him to a very special spot. later Don
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Guess we are getting ready to just have to talk about hunting again bout to run outta time.Gonna go fri and sat and see what happens.I was sick last weekend and bout froze to death fri morning so i didn't even go sat or sun i hope i can shake this nasty cough before fri.Good luck to yall.If its brown its down this week.
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Hmmmm - no word from Ruddy but his phone has been acting up in this cold - or it may just mean nothing to report :dunno:
Hope my bear didn't get him - wait, that's not funny when you don't know :nono:
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Ooops - posted that just a second too soon. Thanks for the update, Don. I remember about the "dog races" from last year though. (Now, the bear thing is funny - :knothead: What a way to end the season, huh, Preston?
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yep stood in the stand yesterday at dons. it was a perty day out. i heard the dogs about 3:45 they just kept gettin closer,at one point it sounded like they were about 30 yrds from me. i just kinda hung my head and muttered some choice adjectives. anyone who knows me, knows how i feel about runnin deer with dogs. oh well 2 days left. thanks for lettin me sit in your stand don, you certainly have some perty woods to sit in. lookin foward to friday. ruddy
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oh yeah, bernie ,preston, i hope you fellas are feelin better soon, i hope you didnt get what i got a month ago, terrible stuff. i wouldnt wish that on anyone. plenty of rabbits and squirrels to go after, and turkey season too, and dont forget there's plenty of yotes and bobcats to go after till feb. ruddy
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Good luck, Ruddy, at least it is supposed to be a little warmer (less cold) for the week end.
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last day for deer here in n.c. its crunch time boys! i aint picky strictly a freezer meat hunt. cant hardly sit still right now. the anticipation is killin me. i'll talk with y'all tomorrow. ruddy
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I still think the season is "THROUGH" Jan First, Ruddy, as it says in the regs, which would mean it wouldn't end until a half hour after sundown on the first, Sat. this year - (and so do a lot of other NC folks from what I've heard and seen). That doesn't mean I'm right but no one has shown me proof to the contrary yet and a lot of folks I know hunt on Jan 1 every year. I can't with this cold but, if you want another day to hunt, I'd call a Game Warden and ask, if I was you.
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Saturday is the last - hoping Ruddy smoked one this day!
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nope the only thing i smoked today was a cigarette. don graciously invited me to come hunt with him at one of his favorite spots. i helped him pull some of his stands so he can perform maintainance during the off season. got in the stand a little after 2 and got out a little after 5. there was one rule that had to be followed. its not a shooter if its less than an 8 point. at 4 pm a 4 point and a spike stepped in to the area to feed on acorns and browse . i watched them for an hr. both were less than 10 yrds the whole time. so i became very observant without spooking them until they eased on off to a southeast direction. the 4 point was very watchful, he looked 3 times, to which i would slowly turn my head to look another direction. the spike wasnt as watchful. he was also sportin the prettiest chocolate brown coat ive ever seen on a deer. i was really taken by that. for an hour they circled my tree stand and eased off. i can see how don has learned to be very patient. i was very excited and happy to be there. thanks for inviting me don. its a great spread to hunt. no pics this time fellas. maybe tomorrow 1 day to go we shall see. ruddy
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Right! Happy New Year all.
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Had about five under and around the stand about 30 mintues before you could see this morning. As soon as the sky started lighting up it was like someone turned off a switch. The deer slipped out without hardly making a sound. Kinda creepy actually. It's like they vanished. Only saw one squirrel all day.
Hope you all had better luck than me.
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Is it Deer season yet? :D
Oh sure, now that the season is over, I begin to feel better (still feel like a you-know-what that's been poked with a stick but I can tell it is on the run and I should begin to feel/sound more like normal any day now).
Time to start planning for next season (I sure hope they get the roads fixed in the local part of the National forest).