I'm down in southern Illinois hunting now for a week. I've seen lots of deer but no shooters. My two buddies have each shot a deer.
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Isn't that how it always happens? I have seen a ton of deer while turkey hunting and a ton of turkeys while deer hunting...When you're out with your son not seeing any deer and your neighbor texts that this is in your backyard.....
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That’s a pretty eventful week. Good luck getting one.I finally got out this week.
3 arrows, zero deer.
Day 1 - Not a lot, see a doe. Decide she is going into the freezer. Waiting for her to come into my lane, and I see a buck following her. OK, I'll wait for him. He is just about in shooting lane, when I hear a stomp behind me. Turn around, MONSTER buck. OK, he is the first one now. Slowly turn around to get a shot on him. He finally puts his head down, so I draw. And failed to see his doe looking right at me. She spooks, he spooks, the other two spook.
Monster goes into the woods, and decides to circle back. He walks right into an opening. My rangefinder is dead, so I have to eyeball it. I am thinking 40 yards. Let it go, and sail right over him. It was 32.
Day 2 - Doe and nice buck. Buck comes into opening. I call it 40 yards again. Sail it over him. It was 29.
Day 3 - I go around my stand and mark 20 and 30 yard ranges, so I have references. Duh.
Day 4 - Nice heavy doe. She parks herself right under a 20 yard tape. Draw, loose and smack. Shoulder hit. She runs off and settles down at about 70 yards. I figure she will die, so I sit, as you are supposed to. 5 minutes later, I hear her get up and go crashing through the woods. Crap. Spent 2 hours looking for her, but I could not recover. Always makes me feel like crap when this happens.
Day 5 - Sitting in the stand, not a lot happening. It is 7 AM, I have to go to work. So I hang up the bow, stand up, fold back the seat, turn around to get on the ladder, and 5 yards away, behind my stand, is another nice buck. We lock eyes, and he runs. Crap. Tried to stop him with a "merp" and he does, right at 30, and right behind a tree. All I see is tree trunk and antlers on each side.
So as a hunter I make a pretty good IT guy.
Going to lay off that stand for a couple days and hit it hard Friday and Saturday
"We been here at least a week, what day is it?"Told the wife I'll see her Monday - Thursday until February.
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Nice! G2's & 3's look good. What did it measure overall? 120 range?Finally! Lots of hours in a tree.View attachment 8915451
Mid 130’s rough score...the short G4 on the left side hurt me a littleNice! G2's & 3's look good. What did it measure overall? 120 range?
Nice one! Big body tooPopped my buck cherry.
Not the biggest, but nice spread.
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Nice buck by me. Can't eat the horns.Popped my buck cherry.
Not the biggest, but nice spread.
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Did you see Wisconsin Gun harvest numbers were down 25%!! You were not alone this year.
Did you see Wisconsin Gun harvest numbers were down 25%!! You were not alone this year.