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[Sporty87]

You go Buck Buster.  Get as much as you can.  Life is short, hunt hard!  

[Zrt1200]

vixenmaster, You sure have posted pics of nice deer!! My boy and I went scouting Sunday for a few hours and seen  some does and a nice buck. The buck is still in velvet. No wonder I could not find any buck rubs!!

[Old Longhair]

Zrt1200, on 07 September 2010 - 05:20 PM, said:

vixenmaster, You sure have posted pics of nice deer!! My boy and I went scouting Sunday for a few hours and seen  some does and a nice buck. The buck is still in velvet. No wonder I could not find any buck rubs!!

It won't be long now Al.

I was out looking for rubs this last weekend and didn't find any either. Walked up on a doe and fawn, then backed away and didn't scare them off.
I saw losts of encouraging signs....beds and such.....

[vixenmaster]

We saw 3 twice coming up our drive road, didn't make it 40 yds. They were running here n there couple of growed Doe's & a spotty.

[Zrt1200]

Rick, Did you notice the bumper crop of acorns this year?? I have never seen so many!!

[Old Longhair]

It's a good drop this year for sure.
What I noticed was how BIG they are. I live in White Oak township, and we have a lot of White Oaks, but never have I seen them produce acorns that were thumb sized! Really, it's been a great year for growing anything. Beans are turning, corn is finishing out early, third cut hay will come off soon, so it's going to radiclly different than last year.

[Zrt1200]

I here you. My boy picked up the biggest one he found and it is 3/4" in diameter. There's plenty of food for the deer so I am going to find some buck rubs with a good runway close and hunt that for the early season.

[vixenmaster]

Think i will get another one of these this Fall to add to Rack Pack pts.

[Lscha]

Here's a nice little guy!

[Sporty87]

Good luck ya'll, I hope you come in second - since the OVER THE HILL GANG will be in first place.

[vixenmaster]

Laura is that the one yer going to shoot ? Here is a couple that hang around the cabin my mrs feeds. Become pests she is feeding about 20 or more, going to run us broke buying corn & sweetfeed

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[Sporty87]

That's a really old picture Vixenmaster if I'm reading it right 2003-01-02.  Those deer ought to be in the freezer by now - unless your wife wouldn't let you take them?

[vixenmaster]

Sporty87 i don't bother with setting the date nor time as i don't take my reading glasses out to the feeders.   All i care about is daylight n dark salt n pepper!  

[Zrt1200]

Vixenmaster & Lscha. Nice pics you have there. Lets get some meat in the freezer soon. Just a couple more weeks!! I did round 2 of scouting today for about 3 hours. It looks like I got my spot all picked out for the opener, But I will do some more scouting this week when small game opens up. I got the itch and cant hardly stand it!! Come on the 1st.

[vixenmaster]

I saw 3 growed nanny's from my climber this morning. They were between 30 & 40 yds from me back on my left side. They never let me feel i could get vixen switched to my right shoulder fer a shot. Every time i tried to ease around they would stop munching acorns & throw their heads up & watch. They were on the hillside only 4 or 5 ft. lower than i was. I moved my climber 50 yds up & 50 more yds father back than where they come along the trail. So if'en they come that way in the moring i should get a 20-30 yds shot.

[Ky.Longbeard]

Maybe they'll be back in the morning Vixenmaster,be safe in that climber.

[vixenmaster]

Were cooking down apples fer sauce, i took a 3 gal dishpan full of cores n peelings to the feeder. I bumped into a heck of a nice Buck coming to the feeder on another trail. It was great to see such a grand animal in shock of me catching him wanting to eat at the feeder

[Zrt1200]

Hi guys. I went and set up my ground blind and my tree stand blind this weekend. I have buck rubs close to my blinds. I have seen more buck rubs this weekend than I have in a long time. My ground blind is set up in a swamp and I am not sure what the attractant is but the deer are just tearing this area up.

[vixenmaster]

Well i knowed it would happen but was hoping not this soon! The Mrs & i went up to the P Office & on the way there coming off our place. Was a deer crossing guard with a placard saying they were all leaving as i was caught hunting them. All 492 were vacating our place all walking across the gravel road. Ungrateful tick toters feed them all year & they pull this on me !   Heading fer my climber now catch y'all later

[vixenmaster]

I was in my ground blind all set this morning & 4 tick toters came in. I just knowed i was going to put one in the freezer, wrong! 1st one was a spotty 2nd was also a spotty 3rd one was another spotty! Dang thats the pits as the 4th was Mama, i don't shoot spotty's nor Mama's with spotty's. Maybe tomorrow if'en i see some other than spotty's!