Post by DocHolladay on Oct 12, 2008 23:27:13 GMT -6
Sunday morning:
Went to Manchester to some property I have permission to hunt. I started walking across the field that hasnt been bushhogged and was soaked from my thighs down. Good thing my boots are waterproof.
I get into the woods about 50ft or so and see what I think is cateyes(trail markers). I am wondering who put them up as no one else is allowed to hunt but 3 of us and we havent been there since Jan. I look around to see if there are any others in the vicinity and when I look back at the others, they go from single glowing dots to multiple glowing dots. I begin to think if the land owner has any cows, as the last time we were there he had sold all but 3 and this is more than that. I keep walking and get about 15yds from them and realise that it is deer. It appears that it was a big doe, 2 yearlings and 2 fawns. I blow at them to try and get them to run off, but they just look at me. I decide to keep walking, they then trot off. I call my buddy to let him know that he has deer coming to him even though it is to dark to shoot them, the time is 5:45am. I continue on to my spot and find a tree to get in. Once up in it, I tighten the safety harness down, strap the seat of my climber to the tree, put my bow hanger up and sit down. 3 minutes after sitting down, a small doe or button buck walks by at 10yds. I think about shooting it, but my pins arent glowing yet, its now 6:20 or 6:30. I let it walk and hang out.
I begin a texting session with Curtis. We text back and forth and before long its 9am. I send a text and slide the phone back in my pocket and put my arm back on the arm rest. Well, when I did I hit my bow and it starts to swing around. I grab it so that it doesnt crash into the backside of the tree and when I look back up, there are 4 doe trotting off, DANG!! The texting doesnt stop, but it slows down. I decide to get down at 10 instead of 11 and head home. 10 deer total seen.
Sunday Evening:
Went to a spot close to home. Decided to hunt from the ground without a blind. I head across the field and try to play the wind by going into the woods. The deer will either come from the woods I am in or come across the field and enter the woods. The biggest mistake I made here was that my ThermaCell was out of butane and I didnt get more. I think I donated a few pints of blood. The mosquitoes were eating me alive.
I sat there almost to dark, but couldnt take the biting any longer. I had to get up. I start easing back out looking for deer in the field, nothing. I checked another field that I had to go through, nothing. As soon as I step out into the big field where I parked, I look to the right and there is a doe. I back up, take my pack off and put an arrow back into the bow. I grab the range finder to see how far she was, 68yds. I look around to make a game plan and when I look back there is a spotted fawn with her. I pack everything back up and slip out without her seeing me. I get back to the truck and put my gear away. On the way out, I see a small 6pt and 5 doe, but it is to dark to shoot them now. 8 deer total seen.
Total for the day- 18 deer
Went to Manchester to some property I have permission to hunt. I started walking across the field that hasnt been bushhogged and was soaked from my thighs down. Good thing my boots are waterproof.
I get into the woods about 50ft or so and see what I think is cateyes(trail markers). I am wondering who put them up as no one else is allowed to hunt but 3 of us and we havent been there since Jan. I look around to see if there are any others in the vicinity and when I look back at the others, they go from single glowing dots to multiple glowing dots. I begin to think if the land owner has any cows, as the last time we were there he had sold all but 3 and this is more than that. I keep walking and get about 15yds from them and realise that it is deer. It appears that it was a big doe, 2 yearlings and 2 fawns. I blow at them to try and get them to run off, but they just look at me. I decide to keep walking, they then trot off. I call my buddy to let him know that he has deer coming to him even though it is to dark to shoot them, the time is 5:45am. I continue on to my spot and find a tree to get in. Once up in it, I tighten the safety harness down, strap the seat of my climber to the tree, put my bow hanger up and sit down. 3 minutes after sitting down, a small doe or button buck walks by at 10yds. I think about shooting it, but my pins arent glowing yet, its now 6:20 or 6:30. I let it walk and hang out.
I begin a texting session with Curtis. We text back and forth and before long its 9am. I send a text and slide the phone back in my pocket and put my arm back on the arm rest. Well, when I did I hit my bow and it starts to swing around. I grab it so that it doesnt crash into the backside of the tree and when I look back up, there are 4 doe trotting off, DANG!! The texting doesnt stop, but it slows down. I decide to get down at 10 instead of 11 and head home. 10 deer total seen.
Sunday Evening:
Went to a spot close to home. Decided to hunt from the ground without a blind. I head across the field and try to play the wind by going into the woods. The deer will either come from the woods I am in or come across the field and enter the woods. The biggest mistake I made here was that my ThermaCell was out of butane and I didnt get more. I think I donated a few pints of blood. The mosquitoes were eating me alive.
I sat there almost to dark, but couldnt take the biting any longer. I had to get up. I start easing back out looking for deer in the field, nothing. I checked another field that I had to go through, nothing. As soon as I step out into the big field where I parked, I look to the right and there is a doe. I back up, take my pack off and put an arrow back into the bow. I grab the range finder to see how far she was, 68yds. I look around to make a game plan and when I look back there is a spotted fawn with her. I pack everything back up and slip out without her seeing me. I get back to the truck and put my gear away. On the way out, I see a small 6pt and 5 doe, but it is to dark to shoot them now. 8 deer total seen.
Total for the day- 18 deer
DOC... I'm pleased with your hunting consideration for wild baby's.. You deserve to get the biggest Buck that you've ever seen..
.. Is in anything like This 
Taken tuesday from my Tree Stand...