OKLAHOMA 2016 Success/Fail Thread

TexasTrad · October 11, 2016, 10:58:00 AM

QuoteOriginally posted by TexasTrad:
Here is the doe I got this weekend:

Shot was 21 yards. I was using one of my Rick Welch Dakota Pro Hunters - this one is 51# at 29". Shooting Abowyer Watipi single bevel 1.25" broadheads -- I am very impressed with the penetration and blood trail -- doe went 30 yards.

goldflinger · October 12, 2016, 05:07:00 PM

Congrats on that doe Paul, Nice Job! Your story reminded me of a hunt 15-20 years ago on the deep fork river. We would drive in and camp all weekend. One weekend it rained pretty good all weekend, We did not think much of it, but come Sunday evening when it was time to head home, the only road in was flooded pretty good. Had to stay an extra night and miss work the next day. The water did recede overnight and we were able to get out the next day.

goldflinger · October 12, 2016, 05:09:00 PM

I put in two more sit both last weekend mornings, and did not see a deer. I am ready for patterns to change a bit as Halloween approaches!

October 12, 2016, 05:33:00 PM

Congrats on the doe, Paul!

Bisch

Tsalt · October 12, 2016, 11:18:00 PM

Nice job on that doe Paul!! Those single bevel broadheads really do the job. Congrats!!!

Michael Arnette · October 13, 2016, 01:47:00 PM

Fellow Okie's, I hunted this morning with a long time high school friend and had one of the best hunts I have ever experienced in October. No doe sightings but the bucks were moving.
A couple highlights would include a massive bobcat and a equally massive 150 inch Whitetail at 25 yards but without a shooting lane and a very obscured shot. Normally the deer travel north to south at this stand but for some reason this buck took a turn to the west just before traveling into my shooting lane and wandered out of our lives.
Still an amazing hunt.
I have always been one to snicker at rut predictions and say that it always happens the same time of year but this year I think it's going to be early...we shall see

Masham Man · October 13, 2016, 10:52:00 PM

I got a doe with my Osage selfbow this morning.

Tsalt · October 13, 2016, 10:56:00 PM

Daniel!! Congrats buddy! You are deadly with that self bow! Hey, you and your brother are back at MCAAP this year right?

Masham Man · October 13, 2016, 11:40:00 PM

Thanks Tim! My brother is, but I never found my doe I shot the last morning. Did you get a quality pass or did you draw again? I know a good area if you ever hunt hominy.

TexasTrad · October 14, 2016, 08:19:00 AM

Congrats on the doe Daniel. Did you make that self bow?

Tsalt · October 14, 2016, 02:16:00 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by Masham Man:
Thanks Tim! My brother is, but I never found my doe I shot the last morning. Did you get a quality pass or did you draw again? I know a good area if you ever hunt hominy.

I got lucky and drew in again! I'm in Deer Creek.

Masham Man · October 14, 2016, 10:51:00 PM

Yes, I made the self bow. My family has a small "orchard" of Osage that my great grandfather planted for making fence posts. They kept them trimmed as they grew so there are some really good straight trees that make for excellent bow wood.

jess stuart · October 14, 2016, 10:54:00 PM

Looks like you boys to the East of me are having a fine fall so far. I was not able to draw a single tag in New Mexico this year. I need to look into hunting Oklahoma in the future. Is there a good amount of public land for us DYI types?

Michael Arnette · October 15, 2016, 02:22:00 AM

Jesse, there is some public but nothing like NM, Kansas is the place for that. Also don't count SE Colorado out either for whitetail, the tags aren't hard to draw and I have seen bruiser bucks every time I drive out for elk.
There are some good areas in SW Oklahoma such as Sandy Sanders WMA that are only open to bow hunting

jess stuart · October 15, 2016, 10:49:00 AM

Thanks Michael I will look into those areas. Anyone else have any suggestions?

bowhunterfrompast · October 15, 2016, 01:28:00 PM

Congrats to all

TexasTrad · October 15, 2016, 05:58:00 PM

Wow it is windy up here today. Anybody else hunting today? I have seen some hogs but the deer are hiding. Acorns falling in this wind.

Schmidty3 · October 15, 2016, 10:44:00 PM

Man its been a tough weekend. Anybody seeing anything moving??? No joke, I hunted in shorts tonight. Its too hot and too windy. Haven't seen a thing, and to add insult to injury I missed the evening shot at the squirrel. I swear they are impossible to hit.

Michael Arnette · October 16, 2016, 10:45:00 PM

Me too! Squirrels=30+/Michael Arnette = 0
I didn't go this weekend

Cyclic-Rivers · October 17, 2016, 07:00:00 AM

Congrats on the success thus far.