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Title: Exciting morning
Post by: hitman on November 13, 2010, 11:37:00 AM
I'd like to share a mornings hunt with you on Thursday,Nov.11. I'm hunting in a saddle between 2 big hollows with a large ridge running between them. It started out slow but around 8:30 here came 2 does out of 1 hollow. Probably 5 minutes later I heard a grunt and saw a small 4-pt. coming along the edge of the ridge. Something spooked him and he ran back where he came from. I'm thinking a bigger buck was the culprit because the wind was in my favor. Next thing I hear 1 running across an old logging road and I look and see it is a nice buck going down into the opposite hollow. He goes on and 10 minutes later I hear crashing out the ridge to my right. Grabbing my bow I look up and see a large bodied buck chasing a doe full tilt right at me. They ran right under me to the logging road and on up into the brush. Just 2 minutes later here they came back and the 8-pt. stopped right under me . As I was coming to full draw he took off again after the doe. Things quieted down for a little while and here came a spike buck and checked a scrape 20 yards from me. He then came right by me at 5 yards and I passed on him. After a while here came a doe out on the logging road followed by a bruiser 10 pt. and a real nice 8 pt. In the meantime a smaller buck appeared out in front of me where I saw the first buck. The doe started across a little draw towards me with the big buck in tow. 30 yards from me she cut up into a little brushy patch in front of me. The big 1 followed with the 8 pt. following along . In the meantime another 6 pt. came out and started skirting them and walked right past me. The doe then turned and ran down past me, too far for a shot with the big buck chasing her. They went back to the logging road and up over the hill and on out the ridge. All this finally ended around 12:00. I stayed in stand another hour but nothing else. Drat I had to go back to work but will be off again Tuesday for a week. Guess where I'll be. I'm going to move my stand over to the logging road. Wish me luck on the big 10 pt. I have also seen 2 other big bucks in there earlier.
Title: Re: Exciting morning
Post by: Huntschool on November 13, 2010, 12:15:00 PM
Go get em.....
Title: Re: Exciting morning
Post by: AdamH on November 13, 2010, 08:43:00 PM
Gotta love NOVEMBER !! Good Luck To Ya ....
Title: Re: Exciting morning
Post by: DannyBows on November 13, 2010, 08:46:00 PM
Good Luck!
Title: Re: Exciting morning
Post by: Kenneth on November 13, 2010, 08:51:00 PM
What a great day in the woods!! Good Luck hitman!!  I'm missing the best time to be in the woods.  I won't make it back home to Pocahontas to hunt until Thanksgiving and I only have 3 days then so I gotta make them count.

Hope to see pics of you with the 10pt on here next week!
Title: Re: Exciting morning
Post by: Mike Vines on November 13, 2010, 08:54:00 PM
wow, what a day you had
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Post by: erierik on November 13, 2010, 09:59:00 PM
Thats awsome to see that many bucks at 1 time.Great day,good luck on the big boy.
Title: Re: Exciting morning
Post by: Friend on November 13, 2010, 10:09:00 PM
Too much excitement. Hope you can et some sleep.

That kind of experience can make a whole season and will be reminisced over and over for years to come.

I wish the best when you hit the field again.
Title: Re: Exciting morning
Post by: bad arrow on November 13, 2010, 10:50:00 PM
I love days like that. Phil