The shadows are getting long and I just spotted my first buck.
November 6, 2011 at 9:31 pm
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November 6, 2011 at 9:58 pm #114028
4 does here. Very spooky!
November 7, 2011 at 1:27 am #114042Had a phenominal night. Saw 20 + deer, just not the right ones. Passed on a decent 4 point. He won’t get a pass come Friday. I gotta work the next 3 days, but I’ll be back at it soon. Need a north wind so I can hunt my #1 spot!!
November 7, 2011 at 12:40 pm #114060Slow morning but certainly not quiet. Squirrels and turkeys making up for lost time. Sitting at the top of a large thick draw where 8 does and 0 bucks came out last night. Will be waiting here all day for a lonely boy to stroll through!
November 7, 2011 at 3:36 pm #114075Nice morning so far. 1 basket rack 1 busted up 3 1/2 year old 1 very nice 3 1/2 8 pt. No does so far.
November 7, 2011 at 5:13 pm #114088Got to stare at this guy for 15 minutes @ less than 20 yards. Gonna be a bruiser next year
November 7, 2011 at 5:22 pm #114091Gonna be?? I hate you guys with monster deer.
Good luck, I’m sitting in the office doing nothing but thinking about how awesome last night was with all the deer around me. Wednesday I’ll be back at it. Can’t get here soon enough!!
November 7, 2011 at 7:58 pm #114101Gonna be….
would be great to see him this year in my areaNovember 7, 2011 at 10:52 pm #114135Quote:
Gonna be….
would be great to see him this year in my area
Yep, that’s one nice deer…
Mark
November 8, 2011 at 12:57 pm #114214Well I made it an hour and a half in the rain this morning. No deer seen. I realized that it is not a good idea to put my safety harness under my rain gear on a day like today as the water leeched through the strap all over inside my rain gear and I was soaked. Was real bummed on the way home too as I saw deer in three different cornfields.
Gonna dry up and try to head back out at some point todayNovember 8, 2011 at 3:33 pm #114151Nice chilly day. Two nice bucks, a doe and fawn so far. Not as active as i would have thought given the weather.
November 8, 2011 at 8:39 pm #114266In my favorite stand. Natural funnel between the beans below and corn above. Getting dark fast!!!
November 9, 2011 at 2:46 pm #114323Hmmmm..there’s a bloody arrow in my quiver…
November 9, 2011 at 2:58 pm #114324Quote:
Hmmmm..there’s a bloody arrow in my quiver…
Keep us updated!November 9, 2011 at 3:00 pm #114325Quote:
Hmmmm..there’s a bloody arrow in my quiver…
Likes this !!
November 9, 2011 at 4:52 pm #114337Ya Jigger!! I had a great morning!!! Had two shooters within 25 yards, just no shots. Cameras are alive with big bucks. I had to come out at 10 for a conf call for work and bumped a buck bedded just south of my ground blind. Kind of bummed about that. Hope he doesn’t leave the county.
November 9, 2011 at 5:31 pm #114343Bloody arrow huh? Seeing the bucks you have been passing up, I can’t wait to see pics of the one you decided on!
November 9, 2011 at 7:21 pm #114346Ive got a monster about 400 yards out in front of me. Come on over big boy.
BTW, you r killing us jigger.
November 9, 2011 at 7:48 pm #114347Very high winds again. Should lay down for prime time. here is my view
November 10, 2011 at 12:12 am #114361Had another great night, just not the right deer. Passed on a couple little bucks and two nice does. 12 deer total. I’ll be back at it in the am. Wrong wind predicted so I’m giving the #1 spot a rest. Head to the box blind and try the decoy again.
November 10, 2011 at 1:47 pm #114415Just can’t find the right deer. Had 4 1.5 year old bucks come by so far and two bambis. The mnature does seem to have went into hiding with all the chasing going on.
November 11, 2011 at 4:05 am #114478Had a great night in the box blind with my oldest friend Jeff. We didn’t see much until the last few minutes. It was Jeff’s turn to shoot, but he finally missed after bragging about how many great shot’s he has made recently. Which, between you and I, was pretty rewarding.
Not 5 minutes later a doe and fawn show up, not it’s my turn. He ranged the doe at 47, perfectly broadside. I pulled up and let one fly. The arrow hit just a touch forward from my mark and we could see the Lumenok quickly fall out. We both were worried I hit the front shoulder. We could see her out in the neighbor’s pasture about 100 yards from where I shot her. We waited for good and dark. Well as dark as it can get during full moon. We got down and gave her about 2 hours and headed to eat supper.
We returned to find only about 6 inches of my arrow laying right where I shot her. She had jumped into the neighbor’s cattle pasture that is pretty much like concrete. We tracked her for a while, but lost blood about a 100 yards from the fence. I was sure she was laying out there dead. Nope. We decided to head in the directionn she appeared to be going, back to our CRP. As we were walking out along the fence line, we found good blood. We crossed the fence to find several puddles of very bright red blood. We finally backed out at the last puddle about 9PM.
I know this deer is dead, it’s just a matter of finding her. We have arranged a search party for the AM. At the last puddle of blood, it was easy to see she is bleeding out both sides. She has to be close. I can only assume I hit the high lungs and took out part of the shoulder blade. I don’t know how else an arrow could break so quickly. More to come in the AM.
Oh ya, as we were waiting for dark, a very nice shooter buck and doe he was locked down with showed up, 15 minutes too late. We watched him dog this doe across almost 3/4 of a mile and they showed up just a little too late!
November 11, 2011 at 1:40 pm #114491Hunted 11-10-11 in Pepin County,Wi – small bucks were chasing doe’s all around me. Seems like the doe’s are starting to pack up again.
November 11, 2011 at 7:54 pm #114523Hunting a new stand tonight. In BC Wis. I am to old to hunt this high it’s 10.3 yards to the ground on the uphill side of the tree and 12.8 yards on the down hill side. TOP HEAVY spotted 2 shooters this morning so 3 of us are set up on them.
hopefully Top HEAVY will hammer one tonightNovember 12, 2011 at 12:25 pm #114557one lonely doe so far! she was a little outta range! She’s lucky she almost got rage in the cage!
November 12, 2011 at 12:35 pm #114560Nothing yet….so crunchy going in I’m sure you guys up in Buffalo county could hear me and I’m by Madison
Any luck finding that doe Kooty??
November 12, 2011 at 1:15 pm #114561Had just put the phone in the pocket when two does came strolling through. Gambling big sitting in this stand with the wind direction but they were right downwind for five minutes and never caught my scent. Maybe the scent lok is doing its job today…?
November 12, 2011 at 6:25 pm #114567JJust got in the stand wonder if the farmer would mind if i took out one of his nosey cattle
hahaNovember 12, 2011 at 7:00 pm #114568I have one of the biggest bucks I have ever seen while hunting bedded down 60 yards away. He has been laying there for an hour and a half already. He chased a little one out at 12. I saw a doe come out then but I think she is breded down very nearby. Wind in my favor so I have my fingers crossed
November 12, 2011 at 7:16 pm #114569I love this thread and good luck to you Jake (and others like you posting to this), might make it up to Gogebic tomorrow night. Sent it to a friend whose been in da woods the last 8 or 9 days too!!!
Mark
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