did you ever have one of "those" does that is half a step ahead of you?--you know comes into set-ups before you have your bow pulled up into your tree--comes in down wind every time--blows for ten minutes when she does?!!
well yesterday at 3:15 I was 30yrds from my stand off the corner of a field [in the field]out of the corner of my eye-I see a doe watch me enter the tree line-I'm hoping she ignores me and she melted into the trees on her side--1-1/2 hrs later[last light]- I see her leading a group of does and young out into the field all the while watching my stand and moving just out of range into my wind busting me!!and warning all the does!
she knew right where my ladder stand was and but mocked me!!so this afternoon I slipped in with my climber to the corner where it appeared she liked to enter the field-well the wind was cold and blustery--far from perfect like most stories!
and at absolute last light -when I was about done!she trotted into the field from the only spot the wind didn't blow all afternoon! right into 18yrds broadside!
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she bolted for 25yrds walked 5yrds and laid down!
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a nice mature dry doe-perfect!
Tri State Terrors strike again! Nice healthy doe Mikey. I called Mike earlier as I'm heading down to meet him for an afternoon hunt, then spending the next 3 days bowhunting those Jersey deer along with Southpawshooter. By the way....score another for Mike's homemade Kittitiney Bows! :thumbsup: :notworthy:
Congrats Mike!!
Nice job.
I have one that does the same thing. I was taking a photo of one doe & a fawn didn't know this old doe was behind me until she started blowing.
I didn't hunt the stand for a week and had a good wind so tried it again. I had a deer walking by at 8 yds. Slowly reached for my bow and 30 yards behind the big old doe started blowing. Since then I have watched her stand back and stare at my tree several times. She makes a wide circle around my ladder stand.
Congrats brother!!
That's a big 'ol nanny! Good to get her out of the way so she can't educate all the young ones anymore!
Congrats,
Bisch
Way to go, Mike!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!! :clapper:
Good Luck, Skipper!!!!!
Way to go!
Way to go on that fine smarty pants! Glad the move worked for you and not against you. :thumbsup:
Great job! You just nailed one of the smartest critters in the woods! That is a trophy for sure! I wonder how old she is?
Mike, Great Doe... Good looking bow too ;)
Good luck Joe, hope you guys catch a good time. maybe a deer too :readit: :biglaugh:
Not many things worse than a doe like that. Congrats!
Good thing you took her out Mike. One less "teacher" for those deer. Congrats!
oh yes! I have a couple that are gonna get what's coming to them. just about time to slide around to the other side of where they're coming in and drop the ambush on them.
good post.
Great job, Mike! She'll be good eating.
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Way to go Mikey! :thumbsup: Good job buddy. Maybe you, Scott, and Skipper can drop by this weekend and kill my own resident nightmare- "Snortin Sally"... Heck I'll pay you guys to take her out! Busted me too many times to count and she's never content to snort just a time or two. She's good for 20 minutes of blowin' the alarm.
All kiddin aside, a big smart doe like yours is every bit the trophy as a mature buck, and probably even more. Congrats again!
Ron
Great hunt Mike congratulations.
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Nice!
Very nice Mike. Nice shooting
She's a fine one for sure. Ive known a doe or two like that. Congrats.
You taught Ms. Smarty Pants a lesson she won't forget...ever!
Nice going.
Nice Mike Congrats
Congrats on the mama those smart does are good ones to take out because they can screw the show up when the big boy shoes up!
Nice one. I have had several over the years, pretty sure they were kin. I used to hunt a particular tiny tree lot in the marsh. It was like a funnel. That old girl and her grown fawn would split up (i'd watch them do it), one down wind, one sneaking thru the thickest stuff, and come look for me. They ALWAYS found me.
When I saw them coming I knew the game was up for that evening. I saw and killed a lot of deer in that woodlot over the years, but never HER though.
ChuckC
well done Mike congrats
Congrats Mike, I had a big doe like that last year that cost me a couple shots at bucks. I had to take her out of the gene pool also.
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Congrats
Congratulations Mikey! Great story, it sure is tough to outsmart those mother hen does!
thanks guys --she did have the skills to live a few seasons in an area with the toughest gun hunting pressure I've ever witnessed
and pure luck for me-witnessing her weakness-and her doing the same thing 2 days in a row!
skipper just got here--more to come!!
Nice job. I was just telling some "how I was busted by this annoying doe" stories to a co-worker today who was asking me about deer hunting. I had an older doe on a former hunting lease that was my arch-nemesis; she led a decent sized group of does and yearlings around the property and for two years she busted me numerous times.
If I had taken that doe I'd have been happier than if I'd taken the biggest buck in the county, and despite having missed some opportunities over the years on some monster bucks, I -still- rank not getting to shoot her as one of my greatest regrets, LOL.
FIRE UP THE BBQ. :clapper:
Great job, Mike. Those cagey doe are impressive trophies.