Deer Cam-2008

[Pappy]

Last years thread was pretty cool , so here we are again for the 2008 version:p

I screwed up and forgot fresh batteries and the camera crapped out last night but we got a doe to start off the season:D

I will get the other camera up in the next few days and see if we can catch the bucks the boys say yesterday on film before i put them in the freezer this season:devil:

[mod440ex]

nice i got i checked mine last saturday and was looking for a spot to hang another and saw a nice buck so hopefully i will have some pics of him tomarrow.

[Pappy]

Night #2

52 pictures on the unit, always a few of me or cody but mainly deer this time haha

[Pappy]

An 8 pointer

Cody said this is one of teh ones he saw the other evening when riding

[Pappy]

2 doe groups are here everyday so far

[Pappy]

Doe fighting

ill check the camera and move it closer in a night or two. I have a few shots of a 6 pointer but they are so crappy youd never see them once i made the picture smaller for the site

[Pappy]

Fawn nursing

[quad2xtreme]

Pappy,

Here is a deer peeing I shot (took a picture of) in the back yard...lol

[Pappy]

Originally posted by quad2xtreme
Pappy,

Here is a deer peeing I shot (took a picture of) in the back yard...lol

lol...in any other thread that would be weird:D

[wvspeedfreak]

Look forward to watching this thread again.Hopefully this hunting season will be as good as last years.
By the way,I saw one hell of a 10 point on the way home from your place this evening.I would say he's in the 160 class.A very,very nice buck for this area :)

[quad2xtreme]

The deer around Raleigh aren't big at all...but bigger than the Key deer in the Florida Keys. :D

[Pappy]

Originally posted by wvspeedfreak
Look forward to watching this thread again.Hopefully this hunting season will be as good as last years.
By the way,I saw one hell of a 10 point on the way home from your place this evening.I would say he's in the 160 class.A very,very nice buck for this area :)

everyone, take notice he did not say WHERE he saw it;) friendship only goes so far when big bucks, big tits and big bass are the topic:eek: :devil:

[wvspeedfreak]

:devil:

[trx310R#24]

lol

[Pappy]

Slow night....but this time of year can be like that

[redlineranger]

nice pics pappy. that was a pretty decent lookin buck in one of them. i would post mine but i dont know how to resize pictures and all that, im not the best with that kind of stuff.

anyways i've got a pack of about 15 does, and got my first 2 bucks on camera for the year early this mornin and one the other day.

[gpd005]

I think the deer around us have found a empty house in the woods with A/C cause we haven't been seeing any the last few weeks. But i'm sure they are just moving at night.

[Pappy]

There wasnt much action last night. We rode until almost dark, and saw a doe with a fawn but only 1 deer paid us a visit on the camera.

I would geuss this is the doe who's fawn died about a week after birth, as the neighbor found it dead. She arrived at 9:01 pm, and stayed until 3:58am.

I hate to see a fawn die, but it happens. This doe should be one of the first to come into heat when the rut comes in so i will keep my eye on here and let her live if she comes by during bow season

[Pappy]

last night looked like it was party central:p

[Pappy]

The 9 point looks to be the buck we named "The Shark" from last season. Good to see he made it

[Pappy]

The other is a 5 point.

[Pappy]

I believe this is the 10 point everyone has been seeing (he is a 9 point but we wont let anyone else know..lol)

[Pappy]

Not much action last night

[Pappy]

Only 1 buck and he was being secretive:p

[quads14589]

what do you throw on the ground to get them in there?

[Pappy]

This time of year, 1 pound of corn every other day. We also throw all of our garden scraps there as the young deer munch on them(along with everything IN my garden:p )

I wont feed more then the above until about 2 weeks or so before rifle season, then they will be fed twice a day. This serves two purposes....1) brings the deer in for a good look and we can determine if we want to harvest it or not and 2) it keeps the deer hanging near our property and not wandering off to far for others to kill. I hate seeing peopel shoot a small buck just for the sake of killing it.

We also provide year round minerals for the deer, food plots and selective plantings to help get them as much nutrition as we can.

Neighbor said he saw 9 turkeys yesterday so hopefully we will see them on the camera at some point!

[quads14589]

i thorw down cracked corn every once and awhile but the turkeys come out ant eat it all

[Pappy]

Not much action again last night. it is still really dry here but cool, and the deer are moving alot at night all over the place.

[Pappy]

Doe and a coon

[Pappy]

The 9 point was back last night

[Pappy]

The 5 point is becoming a regular as well

[mod440ex]

first shots of this buck

[mod440ex]

wrong pic

[mod440ex]

had a few bucks visit nothing big but at least they are out there.
he had to see what was going on

[mod440ex]

got a few of this one

[mod440ex]

a smaller one

[mod440ex]

and a side view.
i had another camera out there that had pics on it but i forgot to put an sd card in it and i didnt have a cable to connect to the camera.

[mod440ex]

hey pappy what model of moultrie do you have? it looks like you have a lot clearer i,ages thatn whats on mine.

[Pappy]

I have no clue, I will look at it friday when i pull the card

[mod440ex]

well went out today to hang some stands and check my cameras

[mod440ex]

2

[mod440ex]

3

[mod440ex]

i am deffinately liking that most of the pics are going off during the day time hours lets just hope it stays that way.

[Pappy]

Originally posted by mod440ex
i am deffinately liking that most of the pics are going off during the day time hours lets just hope it stays that way.

Last year my deer seemed to come in after dark, then about mid september 8-10 am was good, same with 5 till dark. I watched many last year in the bottom a few hours before dark as they milled around before coming up teh ridge to hit my feeder.

I learned along time ago this saying....."Hunt the ridges in the morning and bottoms in the evening" and from what I see it holds true most fo the time!

I have more pics, but just of the regular does...nothing worth posting right now

[Pappy]

All from last night

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[4trax250x81]

We just put out our cameras yesterday, less than 4 weeks to go!! Finally!

[mod440ex]

them are some good looking bucks. i havent got anything with some decent size on camera yet, but i have seen one out there that is deffinately a shooter.

[redrider91]

pappy them are some nice bucks.i wish i had a cam to see wat all is out there but right now im broke. we jus got some new ground and its loaded.theres a monster back in there somewhere unless somebody tresspassed. 3 years ago he was a 11 with a 8" drop tine with good spread

[quadlee]

just put my cameras out friday, maybe I will have a picture or 2 to post by the end of the week. let you guys see some good ole Tennessee Bucks.

[Pappy]

I worked on running a disc through a food plot behind the camera most of yesterday morning, and then worked to 2:30 cutting down dead oak trees. I set the camera when I left the woods and less then 30 minutes later the boys came in for a snack ;D

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150 pics total last night, all but 3 had deer on them

[4trax250x81]

BUMP, I am going out tomorrow to check the camera for the first time since last saturday, hopefully i will have some pics to post!

[Pappy]

Ive had my camera down for a few days while I worked in the woods getting ready to plant seed.....but they are still out there

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[Pappy]

Cody and I bought new Mathews DXT's this week.

I would say Cody is dialed in:eek2:
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[cletusEX]

Nice work! Those Matthews are sweet bows, I shoot an older MQ1 and love it (I can't afford a new Matthews:p ) That's some pretty good shooting. Never robin hooded one, cut a lot of vanes though. When that frame is done I'll have to bring the bow up and shoot with you (I'll blow the dust off it first.)

[wvspeedfreak]

Nice robinhood Cody.Here are a few of mine from back in my 3-D days.I think all of these were done with my MQ1 or Conquest......I miss my Matthews.

[wvspeedfreak]

This one was a near miss lol..

[Pappy]

I smell a archery cook out in the near future!

Jason, you sell out and dont shoot no more? We cant have that:devil:

[cletusEX]

I learned from a guy who shot competitions. He had a shed that we did all the work to our bows and between him and his wife they had stacks of arrows that they robin hooded like that. She was a multi time national champ(sponsored by Martin) and he placed in the top ten for years (can't remember what type of shooting they did). I was always in awe when I'd walk in there, but never could pound them in there like that. I've always had a knack for finding a way to put a bullet or an arrow in a deer at crazy angles but could never shoot that way at a target. Needless to say I'm a little jeolous! ;) Keep up the good shooting boys!

[cletusEX]

Originally posted by wvspeedfreak
Nice robinhood Cody.Here are a few of mine from back in my 3-D days.I think all of these were done with my MQ1 or Conquest......I miss my Matthews.

Back in the day? I still shoot a MQ1 !!! I do get a little harassment when I pull out the antique! But they are all Hoyt shooters.:(

[wvspeedfreak]

No,didn't sell out.Just got away from shooting tournaments.All my buddies got out of it and it wasn't as much fun going to shoots by myself.I still have a Pearson that I hunt with but haven't done much of that the last couple years.I will have to blow the cob webs off the old hunting rig and brush up a little before the cookout :D

[wvspeedfreak]

Originally posted by cletusEX
Back in the day? I still shoot a MQ1 !!! I do get a little harassment when I pull out the antique! But they are all Hoyt shooters.:(

The MQ1 in my opinion is still one of Mathews best bows ever.I have been watching Ebay for another one.

[cletusEX]

Originally posted by wvspeedfreak
The MQ1 in my opinion is still one of Mathews best bows ever.I have been watching Ebay for another one.

Yeah I bought mine back in 1999. I shot a few others that Matthews had out at the time but the MQ1 fit me the best and I felt it was the easiest to shoot. I've thought about buying a new one the last few years but can't justify the price with the little bit I actually do bowhunting (ducks have most of my attention now a days). It still accounts for around one deer a year so I can't complain.

[Pappy]

lol...just tell me an open date and ill fire up the grill:p

[cletusEX]

Originally posted by Pappy
lol...just tell me an open date and ill fire up the grill:p


I'll have to bring up something I killed with a gun, they all taste the same! Just make sure nothing is down range I'd hate to stick an arrow in farm equipement or one of your neighbors (that might not be so bad depending on the neighbor). :D

[Pappy]

haha, yeah the new neighbors are cool, no shoot....but anyone from the back can be winged all you like:chinese: :devil:

cody said he will make sure all our bucks are run off for a day or two just so noone gets any ideas:devil:

[cletusEX]

Originally posted by Pappy
haha, yeah the new neighbors are cool, no shoot....but anyone from the back can be winged all you like:chinese: :devil:

cody said he will make sure all our bucks are run off for a day or two just so noone gets any ideas:devil:

I won't bring the 7mm so the bucks are probably alright, unless they try and commit suicide, that's usually how I get my deer with the bow. Don't laugh it's a lot of work, actually a skill, finding the deer ready to end it all!:p

[wvspeedfreak]

Ok,all this archery talk and me having nothing better to do.....I went to the attic and dug out my bow :p This thing(my Pearson) isn't much for speed but it shoots a broadhead awesome.

[wvspeedfreak]

And if you really want a challenge,string one of these things up and see what you hit :D

[cletusEX]

Originally posted by wvspeedfreak
And if you really want a challenge,string one of these things up and see what you hit :D

Haha, I have a few old long bows in the basement. Last time I strung one up I was 10 and proceeded to stick an arrow in my neighbors house. It was about ten feet up and luckily fell out before he got home. We used to aim straight up and let them fly (they never left sight), run like hell and laugh about it. We tried a compound and when the arrow left sight we started to panic, luckily it didn't hit anyone. A bunch of redneck kids stuck in the suburbs I guess.:(

[Pappy]

LOL...I let one fly high the other day:chinese:

[justin1022]

i am not sure about this but someome told me if you shoot a arrow streight up it will never come down and hit you. i dont no why but yea. we did it with a cross bow before it was so scary but we stood there and it never even came close. what do you guys shoot out in canada the best yo ucan get as of right now is x-weaves.

[700bRad]

Did anyone see what I got last year? I am very proud of him, and cant wait untill this season..

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j207/YFZbrad/Picture005.jpg

[Pappy]

Originally posted by 700bRad
Did anyone see what I got last year? I am very proud of him, and cant wait untill this season..


we know, you hit him with your truck on the way to the stand:devil: (he was nice last year, hope you get an even bigger one this season!)

[700bRad]

hahaha very funny Pap's. good luck to you and your boys this season to! Ya know opening day of shotgun is kinda like christmas. I cant wait to be in that ground blind without a care in the world.

[LeGaCyGiAnT124]

I dont have a camera setup in the woods but this is the 11 point I got the first day of rifle season a week after I got my ankle cast off:p 16 miles of walking on a half broken ankle, I deserved it!

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[4trax250x81]

Just a little teaser ;) The one looking at the camera is the smallest of the three, hopefully he will grow for next year! I love a good gene pool!

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[Pappy]

2 of them are very nice!!

[justin1022]

the one eating i think is the nicest. hey what happens if you shoot them with velvet still on there horns does it fall off ?

[4trax250x81]

Our season doesnt start for three weeks yet, so 99% or so of them the velvet will be gone. If you do happen to get one in velvet you have 7 days to notify the DNR and they will give you a special permit for it.

[4trax250x81]

Better look at the bigger buck

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[4trax250x81]

Nice 6, awesome potential for next year.
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[4trax250x81]

One of my favorite (non-buck) pics, must be half deer, half coyote.
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[4trax250x81]

Waiting for the school bus.
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[4trax250x81]

KFC!!

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[4trax250x81]

Better look at the 6.

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[4trax250x81]

Thats all for this week. Over 100 pics taken this week, I will check cameras on Saturday again so hopefully I will have some more to post!

[4trax250x81]

One last pic of the one that got away last year. Drew back on him three times, never got a decent shot:( I hope to see him this year!

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[Pappy]

Originally posted by 4trax250x81
One last pic of the one that got away last year. Drew back on him three times, never got a decent shot:( I hope to see him this year!


If he made it, he should be huge this year!

[4trax250x81]

Anyone else have some cameras out? I will be checking mine again on Saturday, so hopefully I will have some to post that night.

[Pappy]

Ive been getting the same old same old so havent updated yet...

I did see teh 5 point today at 10 yards:p he is a decent buck and Cody wants to single him out for his first racked bowkill:p

[4trax250x81]

Finally getting on the computer to post some pics of this last weeks pics

Side view of the 8 with a split G3

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[4trax250x81]

Better view from the front, the main beam also hooks in.

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[4trax250x81]

Pic of a different 8 pointer with a smaller 8 off to the side, in the daylight too!!

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[4trax250x81]

Better view of the big 8.

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[4trax250x81]

Brothers a year apart??

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[4trax250x81]

Sausage fest with the first buck with shine this year (also first time seeing this buck on camera). 3 bucks that we know of missing in this picture.

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[4trax250x81]

Last one of a doe just after she crossed the river.

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[Pappy]

Nice bucks!!!!


I have been having camera/battery issues non stop the past week or so. Yesterday was icing on the cake when the box the camera mounts in decides to break. A new camera was returned as it did not work for chit(remington ghost model)

With no way to mount the unit, I set it on the ground for a different angle. To my surprise...I got a pic of a turkey!! Ive been working non stop to get them to come in here and it is working. You can see some new growth from teh plantings we have done in the woods.

The deer here are so hung up on the fresh green growth out in the fields that they are not spending much time in the woods or coming to feeders as much, but that will change shortly.

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[4trax250x81]

Thanks, hopefully I get some more this week, and hopefully one of the bigger two decide to show up on the 13th!!Thats cool that you got some birds coming into your cam now.Â_ It looks to me as though its a tom or jake too.Â_ Once they find something they like, they will be there FOREVER!Â_ Hopefully you get your camera problems resolved this week so you can use them for what they are made for.

[Pappy]

Narrowed the camera issue down to bad batteries...they leaked and not sure if that camera will ever work again. bought 2 more however.

also been having an issue with the new neighbor kid. he has been riding down to "look" at the deer on my feeder every hour on the hour:grr: i chatted with him yesterday and i have my fingers crossed he will listen and will stop. he has been running the small strip of woods his dad owns and my other neighbor told me he has deer running out of there at full speed every evening. we cant do anything about what he does on his parents land, but it will just make me that much more stern when he is caught on my place again. one camera will be set up out of his reach to monitor a property line, i kind of figure his dad is the type that thinks lil johnny does nothing wrong.

I cant wait till the market comes around and i can move to a place where i have no neighbors

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[Pappy]

Amazing uh? That kid stayed out of the woods and bam...the bucks were back. Not sure whats up with the new camera...pic quality seems low. I put 3 units out now so hopefully we will start picking up their travel patterns as we wait for bow season to get here

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[mod440ex]

got less than a week before season starts here. finally got a shooter buck on camera.

[Pappy]

Neighbor found a wierd shed today and brought it to me to check out. I never saw this buck last year nor did i get him on film...

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[mod440ex]

checked the camera today and had alot more animals

[mod440ex]

2

[mod440ex]

3

[mod440ex]

i thought originally that this was the same deer has the previous one but after looking at it closer i dont think it is. what do you guys think?

[mod440ex]

a smaller one

[Pappy]

I dont think its the same deer, the 1st buck is heavier(look at his brisket and front shoulders) and his rack dips up at the end of the main beams. Nice buck!

[mephyst]

This is such a cool thread... I've never seen anything like it. Haha.

[wvspeedfreak]

Originally posted by mod440ex
i thought originally that this was the same deer has the previous one but after looking at it closer i dont think it is. what do you guys think?

Definately 2 different bucks.

[mod440ex]

hey pappy i think i figured out why my pics where so fuzzy, it does help to put them on high quality instead of low quality.

we are on our first year of antler restictions and i think it will be a good thing, i just hope that more people will let the smaller basket rack 8's go and get bigger.

[4trax250x81]

Originally posted by wvspeedfreak
Definately 2 different bucks.

My exact words, Pappy that is definetely a interesting looking shed, I would love to see if the other side is as unusual. With just a little over 2 days until our season opens, I am so pumped!! We have awesome sign and a couple nice ones to pick from.

[redlineranger]

this is turning out to be an amazing thread. some of the bucks are really really nice shooters. i would like to ask Pappy, and the guy that has the pic with the big sausage fest of bucks: How long have you been raising your deer herd. we've been living here for a year and a few months and i never did any type of herd management last year because i just didnt have the funding as i do this year. i had a nice 8 point get away from me, on the next to last day of season last year(actually jan 08), but other than that one i've only seen spikes, 4 points, and this year i've got a few 6 points and one might be an old shooter that is literally old and goin out of his prime .

i know there are big bucks around here because of the swamp thats in the back 40 behind our 5 acres. i just cant them to come out. i've heard plenty of those "swamp buck" stories from the locals in the neighborhood, and they've told me if you can ever get those bucks to come from out of there for 5 seconds, you might have the Alabama state record.

[Pappy]

Ive been working on our property for almost 5 years to better the food sources. There were a few deer here when I moved in, but everyone around here would just see 1 shooter then scrubs....now even they cant believe what is walking around.

2 reasons for that.....

1. More poeple in this are equals less poaching

2. Better food equals healthier does and stronger, heavier fawns which grow better and produce better bucks.

[redlineranger]

Originally posted by Pappy
Ive been working on our property for almost 5 years to better the food sources. There were a few deer here when I moved in, but everyone around here would just see 1 shooter then scrubs....now even they cant believe what is walking around.

2 reasons for that.....

1. More poeple in this are equals less poaching

2. Better food equals healthier does and stronger, heavier fawns which grow better and produce better bucks.

well its certainly turned out good for you by looking at the pics. i've been hunting for about 7-8 years now, and its really always just been hunting, never any type of management. but being the only one that hunts our 5 acres, and all of these ridges and bottoms around here with permission from my neighbors, i've learned alot about there moving patterns and feeding and other what nots, or at least for this particular area anyways. its just been fun watching some of the deer grow that was here when i first started watching them on camera, and then since season went out earlier this year is been cool seeing some different bucks for the first time.

the problem with alabama is, is that overall as a state its really over populated with does. i have some healthy does in my herd no doubt, with a few probably no less than a 140 pounds and thats a big doe in alabama. before last year when the implemented the 3 buck rule, people were waxing what ever came out with horns on it, so alot of the young bucks never made it. of course theres the outlaws who will still kill 5-10 bucks a year, but you just cant fight ignorance. i guess we'll see how it turns the buck herd around in the state within a few years

[4trax250x81]

I havent gotten any more different pics for you guys but the two biggest are out of velvet.

Good frontal shot of the Big 8.

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[4trax250x81]

Back shot of the 9.

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[4trax250x81]

The 9 and the smaller 8 getting ready to see whos boss.

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[4trax250x81]

Big 8 and the smaller 8 fighting over who pays for supper.

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[Pappy]

The 9 is a damn fine buck!

[4trax250x81]

We have been hunting this propery for three years now and every year we have seen more and bigger bucks. We only harvest mature does off this property and QDM style bucks. Alot of the neighbors around here also go by the same QDM standards. We are so lucky to have permission to hunt here. Last year 40 of the 80 acres got tilled up and planted with clover for CRP. Last year it was only 10 inches tall around hunting time, this year is waist high! The deer are more comfortable coming out this year. The main thing to practice is, only shoot what makes you happy, but remember if you pass him up and he makes it till next year it will make you proud of what you did. You also need your neighbors to help with this to make it work. It takes alot of patience, hard work and more than just you to make this work. Good Luck!

Also where we are in wisconsin, its earn a buck. You need to shoot a doe before you can shoot a buck, another factor in why we see so many bucks.

[mod440ex]

those are some mighty fine deer you have there.

i am hoping that the size and quality of bucks we have around our area will start to improve with the antler restriction we have this year. i like the earn a buck deal that seems like a great way to control the doe to buck ratio.

[700bRad]

Originally posted by 4trax250x81
Big 8 and the smaller 8 fighting over who pays for supper.

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Good pics. Both are young bucks and there probably just playing. They usually dont get aggresive untill mid october, at least in the south eastern states. They will be awesome deer next year! Your deer have some good genes in the pool looks like.

[Pappy]

a few taken out the kitchen window about 15 mins ago:p

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[Pappy]

Still seeing alot of Does and fawns, and saw the big bucks(4 of them) the other evening but not much luck on the cameras. Right now I know they are using the 2 side ridges but i'm not going down there after them until its bow season.

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[4trax250x81]

Bow season started for me on the 13th. Not much luck here either. I am in earn-a-buck, which means I still need to shoot a doe before I can even think of the big boys. With the warm temperatures and the full/nearly full moon, not much has been moving in the daylight to much. Seen a couple does on Sat. night but got out of range before I could get a shot. Hopefully tonight works better in my favor!

[Pappy]

Loads of deer here yesterday. Coming in from town I saw atleast 6 or 7 in the driveway...lol

Tons of Does moving around and a few bucks as a front is starting to move in. Heading to MD to bowhunt this afternoon before I leave for the GNCC in NY.

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[4trax250x81]

I went out Monday night and saw five bucks and NO DOES! All five were within shooting distance and three were shooters. I would do anything (well almost anything) to get a buck tag. Pappy send some of those does up this way so I can get that tag. Earn-a-buck is good for the buck population but its so hard to shoot a doe first. Going out tonight again hopefully to see does at the same range as those bucks were.

[Yippie-Ki-Yay]

Last years hunting season was hell for me, i had the flu really bad, and my stand sits at a spot where theres alot of wind. I must of had at least 10 of those hand warmers in every place you could think of. To make it worse, my dad shot a 201 LB 10 pointer, and his stand isnt that far from mine...:(

[Yippie-Ki-Yay]

I wish i had a deer cam, but like always, im too broke for one. :rolleyes: There are some very impressive bucks, and some big does that i would love to shoot to win the big doe contest at our local bar, and win a new gun!:D Last 2 years the winner only brings in a 120lb doe, i see alot bigger than that where i hunt, but when it comes time to go hunting there are none in sight...:p

[Pappy]

While I was at the GNCC, the wife went to see if any deer apples were available. They werent, but she talked the orchard into letting her pick up her own from the apples on teh ground. She got 4 bushels for $4:eek2: Now I know why I married this woman:D

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[mod440ex]

i talked to our neighbors out at my uncles farm, and they said that they have pics of a 20+ point non typical out there running around the bottoms. they have about 100 acres that connect upto our 600, so i am hoping that i can at least see him and if its really my day get a shot at him with my bow.

[trx450r ryder]

i didnt know u hunt pappy

[Pappy]

Originally posted by trx450r ryder
i didnt know u hunt pappy

Yep...I hunt every free second I can! Life gets put on hold for deer season:devil:

[Mxjunkie]

God damn why didn't we have our 9's with us tonight :grr: lol

we made a u turn in the middle of the road and drove about 10 foot in the field, the albino walked towards us about 15-20 feet away and just stood there, it was cool!

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[trx450r ryder]

Originally posted by Pappy
Yep...I hunt every free second I can! Life gets put on hold for deer season:devil: lol yeah thats how i see it to all summer long im still prepin 4 the next season im goin on a hunt this year up around eldorado,arkansas and the dudes been seein some monsters all around their so maybe ill get lucky this year and get my first monster buck:devil:

[Off-Road Maniac]

When I seen the subject all I can think of is the deer I hit on my atv a couple years ago. Damn that hurt. I couldn't walk for 3 days. I was doing about 35 when it jumped out of the trees in front of me........

[Pappy]

Well, i finally got him on film. He is an 10 with 3 or 4 stickers off his left base

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[Mxjunkie]

I can see it now, codys gonna snag that one :devil:

[Pappy]

Originally posted by Mxjunkie
I can see it now, codys gonna snag that one :devil:

I would be proud if he did, but he will be up against me, ryan and even the wife:p

My brother saw him a week or so ago in the lane, my neighbor saw him, actually two neighbors and both immediatley put stands up. Thats ok, they both work during the week:devil: and I sight the wifes rifle in:o and I can always find a way to restrict Cody and Ryan for doing something bad:devil: :devil: :devil:

[Pappy]

Im diggin' it:macho

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[mod440ex]

that is deffinately a wall hanger

[Pappy]

9 pointer in the back yard

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[Pappy]

Both of these were in my food plot behind the house at dark and this morning. I got about 75 pics of them last night.....2 more weeks:macho

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[Pappy]

Ran out of apples last night, but all the usual deer were back to munch on some corn. The big boy gave me a close up:p I picked up 6 more bushels of apples today to keep them coming in.

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[brian76708]

Originally posted by Pappy
Ran out of apples last night, but all the usual deer were back to munch on some corn. The big boy gave me a close up:p I picked up 6 more bushels of apples today to keep them coming in.

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were not allowed to bait know in Michigan :( some chronic waste disease thing going on

[Pappy]

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[ZeroLogic]

You don't get any cooler than those pictures right there!:macho

[Pappy]

Originally posted by ZeroLogic
You don't get any cooler than those pictures right there!:macho

No doubt. It was a LONG night last night as we heard a shot at 10pm. I couldnt tell where it came from but was close enough that I did not sleep to well. It was good to see the pics this morning an dknow the big ones where still here:mad: I will go to jail if I catch a poacher, I will shoot them dead where they stand:mad: :mad: :mad:

I got 560 pics last night.....crazy

[ZeroLogic]

Originally posted by Pappy
No doubt. It was a LONG night last night as we heard a shot at 10pm. I couldnt tell where it came from but was close enough that I did not sleep to well. It was good to see the pics this morning an dknow the big ones where still here:mad: I will go to jail if I catch a poacher, I will shoot them dead where they stand:mad: :mad: :mad:

I got 560 pics last night.....crazy

I don't blame ya one bit. You guys got some beatiful deer down there. Hell if I saw one of those bucks up here while hunting I'd be happier than a pig in ****.:p

[Pappy]

Cody and I just got back from getting another load of deer apples. They are getting scarce around here, 2 more loads is all i will be lucky to get over the next 2 weeks.

20 bushels of apples now sit in 2 spots....I like my deer meat to have flavor..lmao They ate my tomatoes, blackberrys, hot peppers, green pepper, spinich and my swiss chard, they should be mighty tasty this year:eek2:

[ZeroLogic]

Either that or your forest floor would taste real good!:eek2: Don't you put up a wire fence around your crops or nah?

[4trax250x81]

Originally posted by Pappy
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Both of those pics are pretty cool.

[4trax250x81]

I was just looking through some pics from last year and I forgot about this buck. The pic on the left was taken early last year about 2 miles east of where the ones on the right were taken this year, anyone think its the same buck?? They are very close with a little more mass and height this year.

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[stuntin andy]

i actualy think these are two diffrend deer.... but idk thats just me.. pappy u mind if i put up some of my bear hunting pictures? i shot a 200 pound back bear?!?

[Pappy]

post away andy:p and congrats

[stuntin andy]

here is the pict of me and my dad.... bear...DOP!!!(dead on pile!)

[stuntin andy]

that log is about 4 or 5 ft long...

[4trax250x81]

Not too bad! Your first I assume??

[stuntin andy]

yes sir

[Pappy]

Sweet Andy! Where did you kill it?


4trax, could be, but it looks like that area has a nice amount of bucks in that class so it would be hard to say positively yes!

My evening visitors are here to stay and they will not get shot by us this year.


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[Pappy]

I am getting over 500 pics a night on the cameras, but most are just the typical doe's and small bucks.

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[stuntin andy]

u got some awsome busks there pappy lol i wish i had some around here that big....lol.... i killed the bear in Minnesota.....just got home from fishin lol i drove a 100thousand + dollar boat lol i was so excited cought 16 blue fish

[Pappy]

Ive seen the doe and two fawns bedded for the last week or so in pretty much the same location, so today I decided to get a few pics.

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[4trax250x81]

MMMMMMMMMMMM tender! ;)

[Pappy]

I had hoped for around 1500 pics over the last 3 days since I was gone working, but the batteries gave out after the first night on both cameras...lol

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[450r ride red]

any1 use this camera




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[stuntin andy]

i dont but my buddy sais his works nice... he has the same one....

pappy just got the bow all sighted in this weekend =) watch out mr.deeeeers!!!!

[CBRSLIDER]

Nice looken deer there Pappy. Headn back down to WV in Nov. to do some more archery hunting in the Seneca Rocks area. Hope to run into some nice deer this year. Had decent luck last year but would like to do better this year.

May be written some where in the 13 pages but what camera are you using Pappy? I've been running a Moultrie GameSpy 100, Moultrie I40, and a Moultrie D40. Plus I also have a Bushnell and a Wildview. Wish the bear would have ate the whole Wildview. Moultrie I40 is awesome and a buddy that runs it and the cuddeback likes his moultrie better.

Ray

[Pappy]

I believe I am using the Moultrie D40. The 2 new ones I have arent as good as far as picture quality as the one I had last year but they do pretty good.

Good luck when you head out!

[Pappy]

Bright moon and hot temps = not much movement during the daylight.....

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[450r ride red]

6 pointer



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[Pappy]

Well, cool weather is here, it was 26 this morning. At 6 am I was watching my cameras flash from the porch:p It stopped about 6:45am so I tried to slip in hoping the deer had moved over the ridge and would return after daylight......wasnt to be as I could hear them shuffling off as I entered the woods.

We had 6 bucks and 11 doe's 30 yards behind the house all evening yesterday, but it was sunday. I even slid open the window just to see if I could get away with it. They try that **** again and I will let loose a 2219 out the window!
Tonight should be friggon spectacular!!

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From the camera infront of the stand I will hunt tonight
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[4trax250x81]

Good luck Pappy!

[Pappy]

Originally posted by 4trax250x81
Good luck Pappy!

Thanks, I am going to need it:p

Sat from 3:30pm till 7:30pm ...WELLLL after dark:ermm:

I had doe's all around but they were spooky as the neighbors cows were going beserk, he was running his tractor with the radio blaring, the rest of teh neighborhood kids were screaming like they were being murdered etc. Very un-nerving evening.

About 30 minutes before dark I heard a deer behind me and watched the 9 walk out roughly 50 yards or so. He was on alert big time. He went back in the thicket and I never heard him walk off. So I stayed put not wanting to spook him when I climed down. 10 minutes after dark I had deer (bucks) under the stand but way past legal shooting time and so dark you couldnt see anything. Once they went on I got down finally.

I will be moving a stand this morning and letting it rest for a day or so before going back after them. Even though I get alot of pics, these deer are 100% wild and allow you no room for many mistakes.

[Pappy]

Cody missed the 9 pointer

The wind was crazy today, gusting to 35 mph. I told Cody when he got off the bus to get showered and in the stand directly behind our house. There were already 3 deer feeding there but I told him they would run off and come back. He wasnt hardly in his stand when 2 small ones came back, snorted at him and ran off. He got dejected thinking the wind was so bad and that any deer coming in would wind him, and he got down and went back to the house.

After a while, the wife told him the reason I seem to always get deer was that I hunt no matter what the conditions. That must have sunk in and he dressed again and went back out. As he stepped out of the shop, the 9 and a 6 were standing there looking at him. He tried a shot but with 25 yards seperating the buck and him and the deer alert, the buck ducked the arrow and trotted off.

I geuss he learned a few things, and I told him i wouldnt pass up any more shooters since he had his chance and screwed it up. I let 5 bucks walk under me tonight, including the two that were heading to Cody. He wants a buck now, he will have to earn it as I will be drawing blood and filling the freezer(hopefully)

Its all good, atleast it wasnt a huge trophy, but it would have been nice for him to stick one.....and if I would have known he had missed, I would have shot him when the 9 walked BACK under my stand:p

[4trax250x81]

Atleast your seeing them and Cody is being taught at the same time (kind of like school, right?) Going out tonight for the first time this year with my buck tag!! I finally shot a doe saturday night and cant wait to see what happens tonight! I am taking the grunt tube with and see if I can pull something out early.

[Pappy]

Stuck the big 9 pointer tonight. Quartering away shot at 10 yards. Arrow looked to hit his ribs on his left side, back a bit and smacked the opposite shoulder. He left with the arrow dancing around inside him.

Found a few drops of blood, no arrow and a tuff of hair at shot sight. Looks to be side hair, shorter and of that color.

Its going to be a long night:(

[4trax250x81]

Good luck finding him. I know sometimes a shot that you think is bad turns out to be a quick retrieval, I have my fingers crossed.

I went out tonight and saw 7 turkeys and two bucks (a fork and a spike) definetely was hoping to see something bigger.

[4trax250x81]

How did it go Pappy??

[Pappy]

Getting ready to head out to search now, had to wiat for sun to get up enough to shine in the bottoms and lift some of this frost.

[Pappy]

Meat pole will not be lonely tonigh:D

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[54warrior]

9-pointer eh??? Congrats on your kill.

[spanky101]

Nice lookin buck pappy! Im in the hunt for this beautiful 8 point that runs around my neck of the woods... definatly gonna take some work but im hoping for the best. Im goin out this afternoon to sit in the stand and hopefully he crosses my path!

[4trax250x81]

Nice!! We need some details and some more pics!!:D :D

[Pappy]

Originally posted by 4trax250x81
Nice!! We need some details and some more pics!!:D :D

How about some more meat on the meatpole:D

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[4trax250x81]

Did Cody shoot that one or can you shoot two bucks in PA? You guys are just tearing up those woods out there!! What am I doing wrong:confused: :confused: Nice work guys.

[05_KFX]

Kenny and the boyz are located in West Virginia, not Pa. And yes it is also legal to harvest 2 bucks in our state.

[Pappy]

yep actually 3 but thats for the entire season. ill have to look at the limit on does but its quite a few.

in maryland, im not even sure what the limits is now, like 10 does and 4 bucks:p im going to try and clear out some work early this week and then spend a few days in MD killing a few...or trying:D

[stuntin andy]

nice deer nice deer >.< we got 3 doe's in the cold box

[Pappy]

I missed this big doe last week, misjudged the yardage and just gave her a shave across the back:ermm: She will be Ryans target deer for the youth hunt this coming saturday

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[cletusEX]

Those are some nice bucks down Kenny! All I've managed is a little sika doe with the bow. I smoked a nice buck during muzzleloader but never ended up finding him (it was out of the same stand you killed the doe out of last year, we moved it back to a live tree). I crushed him with the first shot and he buckled and rolled got up and ran 20 feet and crashed down again, I could see his feet kicking than nothing. I was getting ready to leave when he came out so I had to dig around for another load, by the time I got reloaded he was up and walked off like nothing happened. I couldn't get another shot even though I watched him stroll off 150 yrds to the right, too thick (I thought it was a different buck cause he didn't show any signs of being hit, he was still chasing does). Found a little blood where he crashed twice but no blood trail, hopefully I just found the no man's zone high behind the shoulder, but was a little un-nerved about the whole thing. So I hung up the muzzleloader and pounded the ducks all this week!:D

[Pappy]

Damn Nick that sucks.

We had a pretty good week here, but wanting to draw blood on the big boy. I have to do some frames this week early, then I am planning on a few days in MD for some freezer meat and possibly a nice rack

[cletusEX]

Originally posted by Pappy
Damn Nick that sucks.

We had a pretty good week here, but wanting to draw blood on the big boy. I have to do some frames this week early, then I am planning on a few days in MD for some freezer meat and possibly a nice rack

Yeah I was a little pissed but oh well it happens. The funny part is the last deer I hit and didn't find was standing 40 yrds from this one, 12 yrs ago. It was out of a different stand but shooting the same piece of short grass at around 300 yrds.

We'll have to figure out when you can come down again. The second weekend of gun season looks good for me if you can make it. I'm taking that Fri off cause my older brother is coming in from MI so that would give you 2 days to get on a nice buck. But we'll figure something out. In the meantime I hope you get on that big boy, that one is a hammer for a WV mountain buck!:)

[Pappy]

I'm good for the second week, wv will be over and i will be ready for my swamp elk:devil:

[cletusEX]

Originally posted by Pappy
I'm good for the second week, wv will be over and i will be ready for my swamp elk:devil:

Good stuff! We'll set the details as it gets closer. You'll enjoy my oldest brother Matt, he is a black rifle junkie and shoots competition silhoettes with a sweet Rem .308 (it's amazing what you can get into if you don't have a money pit of an XC race quad to fund:rolleyes: ).

[Pappy]

LMAO...I will have to think of a way to screw with him:devil:

[cletusEX]

Originally posted by Pappy
LMAO...I will have to think of a way to screw with him:devil:

Haha, I told you that you fit right in! That is part of setting all the details:D! We have some planning to do!

[Pappy]

haha ok..im game:D

[Pappy]

For starters I will deffinatly be Pro Obama....just make sure that everyone else there knows im down...i dont need to get shot:devil: Im sure he will just love me spouting Obama rehtoric:macho :devil: :devil:

[cletusEX]

Originally posted by Pappy
For starters I will deffinatly be Pro Obama....just make sure that everyone else there knows im down...i dont need to get shot:devil: Im sure he will just love me spouting Obama rehtoric:macho :devil: :devil:

Haha no worries we are opem-minded rednecks!;)

[Pappy]

Ryan scored today during our youth hunt! She came in and hung up at about 80 yards, then tried trotting to our left. Ryan stayed on her and put it where it counts!

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[wvspeedfreak]

Congrats Ryan!Austin dropped one this morning about 75yds out.At 7:45 am our hunting was over lol.

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[Pappy]

Originally posted by wvspeedfreak
Congrats Ryan!Austin dropped one this morning about 75yds out.At 7:45 am our hunting was over lol.


hell yeah jason, tell him we are proud of him!!!! hows he like that rifle!!!:D

[wvspeedfreak]

He loves it.Thanks again for letting us borrow it!

[Pappy]

Originally posted by wvspeedfreak
He loves it.Thanks again for letting us borrow it!

Your quite welcome, now tell him to clean it and get it ready for buck season!!! he is welcome to use it until he hasnt a need for it, its a good shooter and will serve him well!

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[wvspeedfreak]

Originally posted by Pappy
he is welcome to use it until he hasnt a need for it, its a good shooter and will serve him well!



I appreciate that.He has informed me that a .243 is now what he wants for his birthday so I guess I can return yours soon lol.



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[Pappy]

LOL..Ryan used my new .308 and has informed me that I can use my 06 as he has now taken custody of my new deer rifle:huh :D

[Pappy]

Opening day rifle season here

Got in the stand at 6:20, was back in the house at 7:05

I will have some pics up soon:D

[Pappy]

There he be:p


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[4trax250x81]

Nice deer and I like the pic!

[4trax250x81]

I tried something new this year and headed out to the big woods (National Forest) for the opening of the gun deer season in Wisconsin. When we got out of the truck an hour before opening it said "0 degrees" on the mirror in the truck! At 9:30 I shot this doe at 140 yards. She was the eleventh deer I had seen on opening morning. All does, no antlers. She was aged at 5-1/2 years old and weighs easily over 150 lbs. It was a long drag back to the truck, but it was well worth. P.S. ths is my third season hunting and this is the first deer I have taken during the regular gun season, shot others during T-zone though. I was pumped!! As of Sunday night our group (12 people) had 7 does and 2 bucks, all taken on public land.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v201/4trax250x81/2008DeerPics.jpg

[Pappy]

Nothing wrong with a nice fat doe!!!! I will be hunting meat from here on out unless a big buck happens infront of me:p I have 1 buck tag left for the season so i will make it count, id rather put a doe in the freezer then a small buck anyday!

[4trax250x81]

I got back home from up north last night and had today off so I decided to go out hunting at the farm. Took my climber and headed out, I was situated in my stand by 11:15 this morning and by 11:45 I shot my first buck!! It was a 35 yard shot (shotgun only) and he dropped right in his tracks! Nothing huge, but its a place to start. I will post pics later when I get them off the camera. I think its going to be a good night (I'm getting thirsty). Oh yeah, its the first deer shot out at the farm out of 10 guys, three days into the season and it only took me 30 minutes.

[Pappy]

Huge Congrats on your 1st buck!!!!

[Mxjunkie]

Nice buck pap! finally got his arse :devil: :macho

[trx450r ryder]

good job on that doe 4trax,that doe is bif...bagged my first buck on saturday,i dam near gut shot it result of it being real windy and the stand wasnt all that stable:devil: but i shot it at dark and it ran bout an eight mile off so we went and got it the next morning since it was in the thirtys that nite so it wouldnt hert the meat...so check it
http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk164/blaketrx450r/blakesdeer.jpg

Originally posted by quad2xtreme
The deer around Raleigh aren't big at all...but bigger than the Key deer in the Florida Keys. :D

now i wouldnt say that where i hunt in the seven paths area we got deer scoring in the 120s!! and bigger ones that we aint got a shot on during legal hours yet

Originally posted by Pappy
There he be:p


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3007/3056241360_983c6eaf83_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3008/3056454322_4fb5d83180_o.jpg now pappy tell me you dont were that vest in the stand? or is it some silly state law yall got?


o by the way nice buck !!!

[trx450r ryder]

Originally posted by mxcowboy
now pappy tell me you dont were that vest in the stand? or is it some silly state law yall got?


o by the way nice buck !!! sun them things will save ur life ive herd of people gettin shot cuz sum dumarse thought he was a deer numerous times,plus it is state law

Originally posted by trx450r ryder
sun them things will save ur life ive herd of people gettin shot cuz sum dumarse thought he was a deer numerous times,plus it is state law

that sux yeah i always got my orange hat until im settled in my stand,[ no ones been shot in my state in over a couple decades i think]

i hunt o\on private land so we all know where everyone is

but not to offend but the vest is a little much , i

[Pappy]

No, I only wear a vest on public land. I do put it on when I am getting the deer out of the woods though, and yes its our state law to wear 400 sq. inches of orange.

[4trax250x81]

In Wisconsin you have to have atleast 50% of your upper body in orange and if a hat is worn it has to be atleast 50% orange. Its an easy way to not get shot! Its not like deer see color anyways!

[4trax250x81]

Like I said, not a monster, but my first buck. Actually the first buck within 250 yards of three years of gun season.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v201/4trax250x81/2008DeerPics324.jpg

[Pappy]

Hell dude, anything goes with your 1st!!!


I spent all day in the stand except for an hour for lunch. Cody came in to his stand at 3:30 after school. At 4:30 I saw a doe on damn near a flat run bust out of a thicket with that big 12 on her! He cut higher then she did as he tried to keep her pinned in the bottom and I used every bit of what I know to stop him and find a hole to get a bullet in him to no avail!

I jumped on the radio and told Cody to get ready and he said when they came by him the buck was still running her but they had climbed higher on the ridge and the shot wasnt safe due to houses on the hill.

Glad to have seen him, but I wont be happy till I have my hands on his horns!

sux yall gotta were tht i feel more in the obvious with the orange and birds see you and go off if just kinda screws me up imo

[cletusEX]

Glad to see your having some luck at home.

[trailrider894]

you guys think u got big ones?? check out this old guy!! he evaded 300hrs of me hunting all over the place. then i see him about 30yds away the day after season while taking my quad out for a breather!


http://inlinethumb10.webshots.com/31113/2124105100103250637S500x500Q85.jpg

http://inlinethumb48.webshots.com/43823/2582339890103250637S500x500Q85.jpg

[90cc DAD]

Not much action at my stands... But here are some of the pictures
I got this year.
I love this thread!!
Great Idea... Gonna add this thread to my site next year!!

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[josh450r]

some pics from my camera
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a107/josh450r/MDGC0011-4.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a107/josh450r/MDGC0032-1.jpg
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[90cc DAD]

Just wanted to see what was eating all the
corn we put out for the deer??
Man did we get a BIG Shock!!
This thing is HUGE!!

http://i346.photobucket.com/albums/p422/Tylersdad95y/GameCamra277.jpg

http://i346.photobucket.com/albums/p422/Tylersdad95y/GameCamra232.jpg

[mod440ex]

is that by your house? man thats some awesome pics

[Pappy]

Love the bear pics!!!!

[90cc DAD]

Originally posted by 90cc DAD
Just wanted to see what was eating all the
corn we put out for the deer??
Man did we get a BIG Shock!!
This thing is HUGE!!

http://i346.photobucket.com/albums/p422/Tylersdad95y/GameCamra277.jpg

http://i346.photobucket.com/albums/p422/Tylersdad95y/GameCamra232.jpg


It was at our hunting camp between the shed and the out house.
I was at the window when the camera was taking the pictures.
Thats why the bear are looking over the camera.
Right after the first picture... the two bears stood up and growled at each other!! The chocolate one I guessed to be around 400lbs.