Monday 11/12/12

This was one of the best days I’ve ever had while hunting. It was pretty crisp this morning with the temperature holding steady in the mid 20s for most of the morning. I sat in the north bowl again. It’s one of my favorite places out here and has been since the first day I ever stepped foot on the property.

The action began shortly after daylight when a few deer made their way down the hill from the soybean field above me. Then I heard a ruckus off to my right in the thick brush that borders the cornfield on the lower side of me. Before long a few does sprinted out in front of me and kept looking behind them. Even a rookie would have been able to tell that a buck was chasing the does around. Within minutes I had six does in front of me. I could see the sun glistening off some nice white antlers in the bushes. At first glance I figured it was a shooter, so I latched my release onto the bowstring and patiently waited.

A few minutes later the doe next to him bolted and ran directly out in front of me. I knew he would be right behind her and he didn’t disappoint. He came in on a string. It didn’t take long to see he was a 7-pointer. I’m pretty sure he’s the big 7-pointer I passed last year, but it’s impossible to be 100% sure. I watched him for a while and took some pretty cool video. I could have shot him at 10 yards.

When he eventually left I had two small bucks come in and spar in front of me while a handful of does went through the bowl. I took quite a few pictures of the two bucks after they quit fighting.

When the excitement slowed down I heard something behind me. When I glanced over my shoulder I saw a coyote turn and trot up the hill behind me. I quickly got my camera out and took a little bit of video. The coyote started chasing a perfectly health fawn before he quickly disappeared into the soybean field above me.

My dad saw two shooter bucks this morning over near the Grunt Stand. Unfortunately he couldn’t get a shot. It got him pumped up and he feels pretty confident about his chances. This evening I went over near the Graveyard Flat and sat in a bottleneck of woods between some lots of pasture. It’s called the Graveyard Flat because a lot of old farm equipment is piled up in the back of the field. Some of it is pretty cool looking stuff.

At 2pm as I was looking for a tree to climb I saw a pretty good 8-pointer coming my way. I knelt in the brush and got some video of him, too. After he winded me he trotted away, but he came off the hill behind me again around 4:30pm.

Dad hunted the Big Timber this evening. He wanted to check it out to see how much sign was there. Although he saw three deer he was pretty disappointed by the lack of sign. He told me he didn’t think it would be worth it to waste any time there this year. I’ll take his word for it because he’s usually pretty accurate with his predictions about the chances of seeing a good deer in certain places. I’ll post a few pictures and videos of all of the things I saw today.

 

 

 

 

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