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Here's a story for you.........

Started by slayer1, September 28, 2007, 02:19:00 PM

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slayer1

First off let me say, I have seen more deer this year than I ever have at the same point in a given season. Almost every time I sit I see large numbers of deer. This has been the norm for every spot I have. Well this year I got permission to hunt a new spot, its only about 40 acres but it is surround by a factory some other commercial buildings and is bordered by the interstate. So I go in last week and do a little scouting and I find a pretty good spot to set up. I come back in a few days later and put out a 50lb bag of shelled corn(Its legal in NC). This was on a Monday. I go back in on Wednesday and the corn is all gone.    :bigsmyl:   But that's not even the best part.....

slayer1

So I take another bag of corn in to put out. I was kind of stunned that it was all gone, but as I was inspecting the ground, I noticed a buck rub on a tree near by, then another then another, then another  :eek:   There were seventeen of them within about 25 yards of where the corn used to be. They were all made within two days....It gets better...

Joseph

Sounds like a big buck found a nice hiding spot close to civilization.  Joseph
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slayer1

The next day I planned on hunting the spot. That night I could hardely sleep, I kept thinking of what potentially could be coming in to my corn pile. Never in my entire life have I seen that many rubs in one place before, let alone made inside of two days.

Hatrick

I hate these stories, the suspense kills me.
 :jumper:
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slayer1

I just got in from hunting....Now I have another story to tell...Didnt even get a chance to finish this one.....I promise I will get back to this one soon...

drewsbow

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Killdeer

Oh, I'd forgotten about this one...next!  :readit:
Long, long afterward, in an oak I found the arrow, still unbroke;
And the song, from beginning to end, I found again in the heart of a friend.

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slayer1

Sorry guys, its been a wild weekend...
Where was I..oh, the following day, I took my climber and headed to the "spot". I got to the tree about 4:15. I picked a pretty skinny tree that ended up being to close and not high enough...

BDann

Cruel and unusual punishment...having to wait like this for the end!

slayer1

One of the reasons I wanted to tell this story, is to maybe help someone not make the same bone head mistakes I made.....
First off the wind was all wrong..well it was blowing in one direction when I went in. About a half hour later it switched and started blowing in the complete opposite direction (which ended up being the wrong direction by the way)....Hind site 20/20 I should have climbed down, backed out and tried it another day...Oh well, live and learn.

Rico

Someone needs to get a gamecam over to that site

Straitshot

Is that it? Nothing came in? Something came in? What? Racoons were eating it and gnawing on the trees?
A man's true measure is not found in what he says, but in what he does.

slayer1

Back to the story.. As soon as I pulled my bow up and knocked an arrow the action started.. From my right I saw a deer heading in my direction. He was a new born, he barley had nots on his head. Behind him was his twin brother. LOL. They came right in to the corn and started feeding. At the time I thought my set up was going to work ok...Boy was I stupid..I just did not spend enough time thinking about how to execute my hunt plan. All the buck sign I saw really screwed with my head. It was all I could think about..
As the 2 small bucks were feeding I could feel the wind blow across the back of my neck....Bad, very Bad... a couple of minutes later one of the deer starts licking, putting his nose up in the air and acting all nervous. This made the other deer act the same way. Eventually they left pretty shook up, they didnt blow out or anything, jsut walked off. I guess they were just to young to figure out what was going on...

adkmountainken

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listen to everyone,FOLLOW NO ONE!!
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slayer1

Well about 15 min later here comes three mature does. They hit my wind and it was over. It took them all but 30 sec. to spot me up in the tree. The didnt blow out either, just turned around and walked out. I feel so stupid that I picked the tree that I did.(What the heck was I thinking), Im not new at this hunting game. I knew better. Anyway we are now up to 5 deer in the first half hour.....

slayer1

By this time I am kicking myself severely. It was to late to come down and back out, besides at that moment, out of the corner of my eye to my left, here come 4 more deer....all were does. Same scenio they hit my wind, spotted me up in the tree and walked out. (Up to 9 deer inside 45 mins) Now for the real action....

slayer1

There was one other thing I forgot to mention, because I started and stopped this story so many times. From the first Monday that I put out corn until Wednesday(two days later), 17 buck rubs were made on trees around the corn pile. This is what had me all screwed up in the head.... I cant believe I left out that part....


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