RoryO Posted July 8, 2011 Posted July 8, 2011 I woke up to a text today from one of my buddies, "Only 2 months and 8 days". These next couple months need to hurry up and get over with! I'm running a couple cameras on one farm right now just to see what's hitting the mineral stations, and going to put another out tomorrow. Then in the beginning of August I'm pulling them all from that farm and putting the whole army out on the farm I'm expecting to get quite a few big buck pics like I did last year. Every time I go to check cameras it feels like Christmas morning . Who else is ready? Quote
Super User clayton86 Posted July 8, 2011 Super User Posted July 8, 2011 I'm ready I won't get much hunting in this year however. Ill miss the last half of gun and the begining of bow. I'm gonna miss the best parts of coyote and fox though and I'm more into predator hunting then deer. Quote
Super User Gatorbassman Posted July 8, 2011 Super User Posted July 8, 2011 Just 2 months for me. Sept 10th is the Bow opener. I've got a Wildlife Managment Area that I want to check out this year. It's boat access only so it should be a good challange. I'm heading out in a couple of weeks to do some scouting. Then I'll be ready to rock and roll. Quote
Super User clayton86 Posted July 8, 2011 Super User Posted July 8, 2011 Bow doesn't open here till oct 17 this year I think its around then id have to look at the calender to see what day saterday is. Sept. 1 goose and squirrel opens but I'm not a waterfowler and squirrels are fun but a got a bag of there meat in the freezer still my wife won't let me cook it she's affraid it will contaminate her kitchen or something crazy Quote
Siebert Outdoors Posted July 8, 2011 Posted July 8, 2011 I was getting ready to say "Same here.' But you live in the same state. LOL I am ready but it needs to cool down some before you see me out there. Quote
Super User Gatorbassman Posted July 8, 2011 Super User Posted July 8, 2011 I live about a mile from the South Carolina border. If I wanted to pay for their Out of State License I could hunt deer next month. But thier license is more than my hunting club dues. Quote
Senkoman12 Posted July 8, 2011 Posted July 8, 2011 heck yeah i am. i got permission to hunt a a sand pit with lots of woods and swamps surrounding almost 360* around it and i cant wait to use my new martin bow Quote
RoryO Posted July 8, 2011 Author Posted July 8, 2011 I was getting ready to say "Same here.' But you live in the same state. LOL I am ready but it needs to cool down some before you see me out there. Ya I can't stand deer hunting in the heat either, but I love deer hunting enough that I'm still crazy enough to do it . What part of the state are you from? I'm just south of St. Louis. Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted July 11, 2011 Global Moderator Posted July 11, 2011 Going to be putting a camera out and checking on the stands tomorrow. I'm really hoping to see this guy during the day this year. He snuck in on me last year and I never got a shot, still have nightmares. Quote
fishingkidPA Posted July 12, 2011 Posted July 12, 2011 blue basser this past year i was in a ground blind i saw a buck just like that but an 8, very symmetrical, and had a little more mass. a doe got with in 4 yards of me then busted me while the buck was at 35 yds. wow i was angry. hopefully we'll both see ours this year! Quote
RoryO Posted July 12, 2011 Author Posted July 12, 2011 That's a stud of a buck Bluebasser! I'm really wanting to get some pictures like this again this year and maybe even get a shot. We're heading down to the main farm that we hunt here in an hour or two, and decided we may as well put up the 4 cameras we have in our basement just laying around right now. When we go back down in a couple weeks we'll put out the ones we have at a different farm and replace batteries and cards. September 15 can't come fast enough.. Quote
RoryO Posted July 12, 2011 Author Posted July 12, 2011 Also Bluebasser did you get any other pics of that buck? I'd love to see them if you did. Quote
MaineBassMan Posted July 13, 2011 Posted July 13, 2011 I can't waite for deer season but I still want my bass fishing to go on a little longer. This year I plan on hanging up the rifles and bow and plan on hunting them with my Smith & Wesson Model 57. Every buck that I have shot and the ones my father and friends have shot have all been under 60 yards. No sense in carrying a rifle for those distances. Plus that leaves my hands free for grunting and rattling. We mostly still hunt up here. Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted July 14, 2011 Global Moderator Posted July 14, 2011 Also Bluebasser did you get any other pics of that buck? I'd love to see them if you did. Wow that deer of yours has a crazy rack on it! He must use that area a lot to have that many pictures of him too. I do have one more picture of that buck with his head down on the mineral block. He doesn't look quite as big because his rack is a little obstructed by the poison ivy vines. The thing that really kills me is that my stand is directly to the left of him in this picture, 13 yards away from the base of the big hedge tree my stand is in. He would be at a very slight quartering away angle right here. There is another buck that I think is his twin but his rack is clean without all the stickers, same size though. I don't think this buck is very old from looking at him. He looks very healthy, especially for it being at the end of the rut when he should be in his worst condition of the year. My stand sits in a hedgerow where several major deer trails converge. Problem is there isn't much keeping them on the property so I'm really just hoping that I'm there when they decide to move to or from a feeding or bedding area. Here's a picure of how open it is, nothing but bean field and some tall grass and the hedgerows. http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n500/bluebasser86/Trailcam%20pictures/DSC_0017.jpg Quote
Super User South FLA Posted July 18, 2011 Super User Posted July 18, 2011 d**n fellas, If I had deer like that running through my lease I'd be itching too ! This week I am about to bust out the archery gear and get back to my Robin Hood ways! My brother has been scouting for me and says he is about about to put up the cameras! Quote
oconn Posted July 21, 2011 Posted July 21, 2011 October 2nd cant come soon enough, Ive got my cameras out and ready to go. Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted July 22, 2011 Global Moderator Posted July 22, 2011 I finally got my camera out today on my mineral lick. I'm pretty excited because in the middle of all the tall grass was a big dug out dirt spot where the deer were digging for the mineral lick that has to be a good sign. Quote
Super User clayton86 Posted July 25, 2011 Super User Posted July 25, 2011 Ny 2 year old is haha he's got his gun and shoots "ucks" on the wall all friggen day lol if he's not inside he's outside on his powerwheels tractor with his gun looking for "ucks" Quote
RoryO Posted July 26, 2011 Author Posted July 26, 2011 Heading to one of our spots tomorrow to check a couple cameras I have out and also hang the rest of mine. Can't wait to see if we got anything good on either of them that are out. Also got my new arrows wrapped and fletched today, going to get sighted in on Wednesday. The season will be here before we know it! Quote
MaineBassMan Posted July 26, 2011 Posted July 26, 2011 These pictures are a little dated but they are still wandering around where I hunt. I just haven't bothered to put out my cameras. not a buck but cool rack Quote
MaineBassMan Posted July 26, 2011 Posted July 26, 2011 These are the ones that myself and my family and best friend got. Over the past few years, we struck out the last two season though. I'm proud of these Bucks since its awful hard to get bucks like these where I live. Hope you guys like them. My Dad shot this one opening season of that year. It was the 5th largest buck shot (Dressed weight) in Maine that year weighing in at 260 lbs. The other rack he is holding is his only other buck he has shot and it dressed out at 235 lbs. A few days later I shot this buck that dressed out at 213 lbs. My Dad's Buck and mine The next season I shot this buck that dressed out at 201 lbs.I was actually standing over a bear that I shot the evening before when I rattled him out. A few days before I shot the buck above My best friend while hunting with me rattled this buck that dressed out at 259 lbs and ended up being the 2nd heaviest buck shot that season. This is my last buck that I shot and my smallest weighing it at 151 lbs dressed out. I would love to see more of a your bucks; both trail pictures and shot deer. I love seeing deer from other parts of the country. Quote
MaineBassMan Posted July 26, 2011 Posted July 26, 2011 Sorry I found a few more that I took with my camera: Another one that my best friend rattled out, weighed 176 dressed out. Quote
Super User clayton86 Posted July 26, 2011 Super User Posted July 26, 2011 Them are all nice bucks so far my best is a 10inch spike lol iv only been hunting for 3 years now my first 2 years were in hs then I stoped for 6 years and started again last season which is when I shot my spike who was napping under my stand when I walked out in the afternoon. He was bedded with about 13other all does but him so I smoked him with the 20ga hornady sst Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted August 6, 2011 Global Moderator Posted August 6, 2011 Had a couple supplement blocks set out in front of my camera for 4 days. Went out to check it and my 20lb block was destroyed. They'd eaten almost the entire thing in 4 days. The best part was that my camera didn't get a single picture! It worked alright last year for a cheap camera but I put a nice new Moultrie camera on layaway at Cabelas that day. It sucks to put the time and effort in to try to get some pictures of hopefully some nice bucks and have a piece of equipment fail on you. Quote
North Ga Hillbilly Posted August 7, 2011 Posted August 7, 2011 I'm ready I won't get much hunting in this year however. Ill miss the last half of gun and the begining of bow. I'm gonna miss the best parts of coyote and fox though and I'm more into predator hunting then deer. Yall have a season for yotes? NGaHB Quote
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