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What a bs open weekend....
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10/01/12 03:17 AM
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Deerdown99
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Left saturday at 3:00 am for east tx got there at 6:00 me and wife went to our stands and we waited till 1:00 with nothing comming out. feeders got no action all weekend friday night had 2 does on one feeder......The rain sucks but the Oak trees needed it.... so did my trow&grow
How wet did everyon else get
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Re: What a bs open weekend....
[Re: Deerdown99]
#3620752
10/01/12 03:53 AM
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1FowlHntR
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not TOO wet in Burnet Co., but the full moon screwed the pooch for me....
"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."
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Re: What a bs open weekend....
[Re: Deerdown99]
#3620755
10/01/12 03:53 AM
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txshntr
T-Rex Arms
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How wet did everyon else get
Very!!!
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Re: What a bs open weekend....
[Re: Deerdown99]
#3620768
10/01/12 03:59 AM
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sqiggy
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I slept in Sat and drove out East that evening. Got up this morning and busted about 6 deer (like a covey of quail) right at my freakin stand. And there's not even a feeder there. I put a lock-on up about 70 yds or so from a group of White Oaks that are LOADED. Figure I could get in there and either catch them coming or going to them. Then went to another stand this evening but off the feeder. Closer to a MASSIVE White oak that is loaded as well. Had a couple of deer come to the white oak, then ran off. Looked up and here comes Mr Boar. Took a shot and missed. Feeder was cleaned up from the morning spin too. Gonna try again in the morning since I don't have to be back at work till Tue.
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Re: What a bs open weekend....
[Re: sqiggy]
#3620779
10/01/12 04:03 AM
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rifleman
Sparkly Pants
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I played it smart and stayed in the truck.
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Re: What a bs open weekend....
[Re: rifleman]
#3620784
10/01/12 04:10 AM
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txtrophy85
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You knew what the forecast was. Why did you bother going out?
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: What a bs open weekend....
[Re: txtrophy85]
#3620821
10/01/12 04:43 AM
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rifleman
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If asking me, I had eyes set on hogs and had a 257wby riding shotgun... Saw deer, no hogs.
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Re: What a bs open weekend....
[Re: rifleman]
#3620865
10/01/12 05:58 AM
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tranthamc
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bad day of hunting beats a good day of anything else right?
Will trade electrical work for guns hunts or cash
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Re: What a bs open weekend....
[Re: tranthamc]
#3621357
10/01/12 02:01 PM
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fowlplayr
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bad day of hunting beats a good day of anything else right? We didn't even get to hunt - forgot to bring a boat so we could get to the stands. But it was nice to sit around and visit.
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Re: What a bs open weekend....
[Re: fowlplayr]
#3621396
10/01/12 02:15 PM
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hawgdog
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Action was good in Goliad county. Went out Sat morning saw 10 hogs and 13 deer. Went back out 1 6pt buck and 15 does oh and prob 20 hogs. 1 hog didnt make it out due to arrow poisoning
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Re: What a bs open weekend....
[Re: hawgdog]
#3621427
10/01/12 02:23 PM
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jcarlson91
THF Trophy Hunter
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at least you got to hunt!
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Re: What a bs open weekend....
[Re: jcarlson91]
#3621450
10/01/12 02:28 PM
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Chuck McDonald
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We all went out to hunt Saturday morning, I stayed in the blind and got soaked. Went back to camp and everyone was back before me. None of them even got in their stands. I didn't want to be the wuss and stayed out there and got soaked just to see 1 2.5 yo 5 point and they all went back to the camp and stayed dry. So much for the hardcore bowhunters on our lease.
Saturday afternoon, was a bust bad wind for me and off and on rain. Sunday morning got to my stand well before dawn, didn't need a flashlight at all to get there was casting a shadow. Got to my set up and the deer were having a party under my feeder, they flew out of there and never saw another deer all morning.
Tough weekend to hunt.
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Re: What a bs open weekend....
[Re: Chuck McDonald]
#3621538
10/01/12 03:02 PM
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aggiehunter03
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I sat in my popup and stayed nice and dry and saw 8 deer sat morning and around 20 sunday evening. Nothing I wanted to shoot but real active anyway.
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Re: What a bs open weekend....
[Re: aggiehunter03]
#3621958
10/01/12 05:33 PM
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reeder05
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Yah it rained all weekend where I was too. Disappointing to say the least.
But we needed the rain more than I needed to hunt.
Wife has always wanted some Hard 8
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Re: What a bs open weekend....
[Re: reeder05]
#3621990
10/01/12 05:45 PM
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Budge
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This weekend was my first attempt at archery season, and I thought I was gonna drown. We got 8.5 inches of rain. 4WD couldn't get me anywhere, so I slogged it out completely on foot. I've had a Primos Ground Max blind set up for two months now about 25 yards from an active feeder. That blind leaked like crazy. I had 3 inches of standing water in my blind by 9am Saturday. I didn't see anything. Terrible weekend.
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Re: What a bs open weekend....
[Re: Budge]
#3622130
10/01/12 06:28 PM
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DFWPI
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Man, all I know is that it was raining, but wasn't going to let that stop me from going out. Donned my rain suit over my camo, jumped on the four wheeler for the mile ride, parked and walked about a quarter mile to the DB pop up. I got settled in, took off the rain jacket, dried my face and enjoyed the morning. Saw a couple of doe, but they never came to the feeder. About 9:15 a.m. I had a boar come in and he was introduced to the sharp end of a Carbon Express and expired in about 30 yards. Hunted that afternoon and another boar met the same fate.
It was a great time.
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Re: What a bs open weekend....
[Re: DFWPI]
#3622308
10/01/12 07:35 PM
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Killin Stick
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hunted in Weatherford over my feeder in my groundblind to stay dry and bad wind direction.Saw a 6 and forkie bout 8:00 or so they BLEW at me then bout 8:45 or so saw 4 bucks ranging in size from legal 8 to smaller 8's that never came in to the feeder. Also saw 2 'Yotes trollin through couldnt get a shot though.
Live it,Love it,Bowhuntin is life.
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Re: What a bs open weekend....
[Re: DFWPI]
#3622312
10/01/12 07:37 PM
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trapperjustin
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Shoot the first doe a shot at I undershot. Then got busted 20 min later by another. Then shot a deer and couldn't find the arrow or blood or deer . Was low light and heard the good thump sound. Have people looking for it today but I think I may have lost this one. Stinks sure coulda used the meat
Last edited by trapperjustin; 10/01/12 07:38 PM.
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Re: What a bs open weekend....
[Re: trapperjustin]
#3622435
10/01/12 08:28 PM
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Deerdown99
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Yeah Ill hunt raining or not but maybe not next time. I wish i seen 8 does i could have filled some tags and been eating Backstrap
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Re: What a bs open weekend....
[Re: Deerdown99]
#3626124
10/02/12 08:07 PM
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Chopper12
Light Foot
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Good to know I wasn't the only one with nothing to talk about. As soon as I got to my stand it started raining, got soaked for about 30 min. and decided to hop into my big blind a few hundred yards away. Little did I know I would be in it for the rest of the day. I thought it was nice just to be there listening to the rain on the roof, but about 6 hours later it wasn't much fun anymore. Never saw a thing!!!!!
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Re: What a bs open weekend....
[Re: Chuck McDonald]
#3636513
10/06/12 05:05 AM
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Texas Bowhunter
Bird Dog
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We all went out to hunt Saturday morning, I stayed in the blind and got soaked. Went back to camp and everyone was back before me. None of them even got in their stands. I didn't want to be the wuss and stayed out there and got soaked just to see 1 2.5 yo 5 point and they all went back to the camp and stayed dry. So much for the hardcore bowhunters on our lease.
Saturday afternoon, was a bust bad wind for me and off and on rain. Sunday morning got to my stand well before dawn, didn't need a flashlight at all to get there was casting a shadow. Got to my set up and the deer were having a party under my feeder, they flew out of there and never saw another deer all morning
Tough weekend to hunt. Sat afternoon I saw 2 bucks over 140 but were at 55 and 75 yds! So close
Last edited by Texas Bowhunter; 10/06/12 05:08 AM.
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Re: What a bs open weekend....
[Re: Texas Bowhunter]
#3670939
10/18/12 01:04 PM
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Bullshark711
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I live in burnet on golf course and saw deer all day
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Re: What a bs open weekend....
[Re: Bullshark711]
#3670981
10/18/12 01:22 PM
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huntnguide83
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Went to IL, Moon hurt us some but I saw several 160" plus giants but couldn't seal the deal. Got a little wet later in the week but had a good week of hunting in all.
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Re: What a bs open weekend....
[Re: huntnguide83]
#3671271
10/18/12 02:45 PM
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FoxTrot
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Went to IL, Moon hurt us some but I saw several 160" plus giants but couldn't seal the deal. Got a little wet later in the week but had a good week of hunting in all. Im headed up there in 3 weeks. Cant wait. Pike County. I go every year and for some reason I am anticipating it more this year than ever.
I avoid Dick's and hope they fold.
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Re: What a bs open weekend....
[Re: FoxTrot]
#3673175
10/19/12 01:34 AM
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killin_it
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Saturday morning I stayed back at camp because of the rain but Saturday afternoon it was just raining off and on so I went out and shot my biggest buck to date body size and horn size and my first buck with a bow as well
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