Forums46
Topics537,970
Posts9,731,200
Members87,051
|
Most Online25,604 Feb 12th, 2024
|
|
|
Finally got to hunt . . .
#6028971
11/14/15 02:15 PM
|
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 11,738
passthru
OP
THF Celebrity
|
OP
THF Celebrity
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 11,738 |
Between work, family stuff, bad weather and illness I have only had 5 or 6 sits in the stand so far. Right now I'm in stand, bow in hand. 52 degrees. Wind moderate but swirling from SW to E and is making it a little tough I'm afraid. But I've got two pigs down so far and had a young 6 and a young 8 feed for a while. Bigger bucks are locked down with does so unless I just get lucky I don't expect much there but I need to put a couple doe in the cooler this weekend.
|
|
|
Re: Finally got to hunt . . .
[Re: passthru]
#6029417
11/14/15 08:56 PM
|
Joined: Apr 2010
Posts: 5,452
bjankowski
THF Trophy Hunter
|
THF Trophy Hunter
Joined: Apr 2010
Posts: 5,452 |
Tear them up Bubba, I only got to hunt yesterday evening and this morning. I had a sow and babies come in this morning but too dark to get a bead on them... I'm still looking for my first this season, I've been like you to, work and wife in the hospital three weeks.
Good luck bro.
|
|
|
Re: Finally got to hunt . . .
[Re: passthru]
#6029885
11/15/15 02:58 AM
|
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 11,738
passthru
OP
THF Celebrity
|
OP
THF Celebrity
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 11,738 |
Thanx. Put a doe on the ground in the rain this evening. It always amazes me how small hill country does are compared to north Texas. And Missouri has so much bigger deer. I will post up picks when I get a chance.
Good luck to you as well. I have surgery scheduled for Thursday on my right hand and my left hand 3 weeks later so I need to get my kill on now for winter meat. So far it's been working.
|
|
|
Re: Finally got to hunt . . .
[Re: passthru]
#6030487
11/15/15 04:52 PM
|
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 11,738
passthru
OP
THF Celebrity
|
OP
THF Celebrity
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 11,738 |
Lots of doe and fawns this morning. Very active sit. Three year old eight and a nice four year old ten. Moons up during the day so I'm going to go back out around 1:30 and sit til dark.
|
|
|
Re: Finally got to hunt . . .
[Re: passthru]
#6030681
11/15/15 07:12 PM
|
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 2,057
ChrisB
Veteran Tracker
|
Veteran Tracker
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 2,057 |
Just got home from hunting 8 days in a row. I saw more bucks away from the feeder stands from noon to 4pm. Saw 7 legal bucks all week but only had a shot at one and he was a 3.5 year old 8 point. Had an absolute brute come in and stand under my tree around 3:30 one day but never gave me a shot.
|
|
|
Re: Finally got to hunt . . .
[Re: passthru]
#6032959
11/16/15 09:06 PM
|
Joined: May 2011
Posts: 862
High Country Archer
Tracker
|
Tracker
Joined: May 2011
Posts: 862 |
Sure hope you can get a nice buck before your surgeries. Hope they go well for you.
If you ain't hunting, you ain't living right.
|
|
|
Re: Finally got to hunt . . .
[Re: passthru]
#6037967
11/19/15 01:57 AM
|
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 11,738
passthru
OP
THF Celebrity
|
OP
THF Celebrity
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 11,738 |
Surgery postponed til Tuesday. One more weekend to hunt!
|
|
|
Re: Finally got to hunt . . .
[Re: passthru]
#6037990
11/19/15 02:10 AM
|
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 11,738
passthru
OP
THF Celebrity
|
OP
THF Celebrity
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 11,738 |
|
|
|
Re: Finally got to hunt . . .
[Re: passthru]
#6037991
11/19/15 02:10 AM
|
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 11,738
passthru
OP
THF Celebrity
|
OP
THF Celebrity
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 11,738 |
Also the reason I don't buy expensive arrows.
|
|
|
Re: Finally got to hunt . . .
[Re: passthru]
#6038224
11/19/15 04:29 AM
|
Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 12,221
Grizz
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 12,221 |
Good job puttin' 'em down. Good luck with your surgery.
|
|
|
Re: Finally got to hunt . . .
[Re: passthru]
#6039171
11/19/15 08:10 PM
|
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 11,738
passthru
OP
THF Celebrity
|
OP
THF Celebrity
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 11,738 |
Postponed til Tuesday. One more weekend to hunt.
|
|
|
Re: Finally got to hunt . . .
[Re: passthru]
#6039258
11/19/15 09:14 PM
|
Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 12,547
chital_shikari
Minor in training
|
Minor in training
Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 12,547 |
Sweet deal! Going out to Menard to hunt with Gpott. Looking to test out the new bow!!
|
|
|
Re: Finally got to hunt . . .
[Re: passthru]
#6039364
11/19/15 10:30 PM
|
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 11,738
passthru
OP
THF Celebrity
|
OP
THF Celebrity
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 11,738 |
Pick a spot, aim small and post pics.
|
|
|
Re: Finally got to hunt . . .
[Re: passthru]
#6046642
11/24/15 04:48 AM
|
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 11,738
passthru
OP
THF Celebrity
|
OP
THF Celebrity
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 11,738 |
We had a windy and cold Saturday and a freezing Sunday. However Friday evening and Saturday had slow deer movement due to the wind and the bigger bucks being locked up with doe. One member managed a mid 120s 10 point on Friday evening then Saturday the flood gates opened on members with four year old plus management 8 points offering up shots. I got in my pop up to avoid sitting in the wind and this 4yo management buck showed up just as the sun went down. We have two body size deer on the place and the shape of his body said 4 but his short body length threw me off. I sent some pics to a member who has been on the place several years, whom I respect his knowledge of the deer herd we hunt, and he said easily four years old. So I waited for him to give me a straight broad side shot and put a solid double lung shot and he died within 60 yards of the spot he was standing. Although the blood trail was profuse I didn't even look at it until the next day as I heard him drop and do the death flop. So as I go into surgery tomorrow I can do it with some relief that one of my buck tags is filled.
|
|
|
Moderated by bigbob_ftw, CCBIRDDOGMAN, Chickenman, Derek, DeRico, Duck_Hunter, hetman, jeh7mmmag, JustWingem, kmon11, kry226, kwrhuntinglab, Payne, pertnear, rifleman, sig226fan (Rguns.com), Superduty, TreeBass, txcornhusker
|