Post by evanmoreland on Oct 30, 2014 17:57:37 GMT -5
Hey guys!
Bow season opened in early September this year, and like last year; I did not get out until late Sept. The word to some up late September for me was SLOW, little to no deer movement. When the calender turned to October I hoped to change that. The first 11 days of October was very frustrating seeing lots of deer but out of range. On top of that I had to retire my Browning compound bow (It was old, cams were worn down, aluminum body was cracking ect.) I had to switch to the Parker Crossbow. So on October 12, I hunted the morning and saw no deer. It was right around 45 degrees and the wind was whipping that morning. So I figured I would wait until the afternoon. I got into my stand at 3:30 (a little later than I wanted to but I had to work 11-3) and around 3:40 I had a good size doe all alone 7 yards away from my stand. I decided I would wait 10 min to make sure she did not have a little one with her, which she did not. NAILED HER!! she ran 50 yards and crashed. Lung shot her.
Then yesterday 10/29 I got home from school went back by the box blind pulled the camera and took a look. We had 4 bucks on cam (None were big) but there was a buck little 3 point who stuck out. He had moles/blisters/ulcers on his face. This was a concern to my dad and I so we talked it over and after looking at body size we decided we would take his genes out of the heard. I got out around 4:45 after finishing some homework. At 5:40 He came in, presented me a shot and I smoked him too he ran 15 yards and dropped. We got him checked out and it was determined that the moles/blisters/ulcers were something given to him through genes. It was a good thing we got him out of here. Any way meet is meet. (You can see one of the big ulcers in the picture right under his eye. Thanks for reading guys and good luck as the rut kicks in!
Bow season opened in early September this year, and like last year; I did not get out until late Sept. The word to some up late September for me was SLOW, little to no deer movement. When the calender turned to October I hoped to change that. The first 11 days of October was very frustrating seeing lots of deer but out of range. On top of that I had to retire my Browning compound bow (It was old, cams were worn down, aluminum body was cracking ect.) I had to switch to the Parker Crossbow. So on October 12, I hunted the morning and saw no deer. It was right around 45 degrees and the wind was whipping that morning. So I figured I would wait until the afternoon. I got into my stand at 3:30 (a little later than I wanted to but I had to work 11-3) and around 3:40 I had a good size doe all alone 7 yards away from my stand. I decided I would wait 10 min to make sure she did not have a little one with her, which she did not. NAILED HER!! she ran 50 yards and crashed. Lung shot her.
Then yesterday 10/29 I got home from school went back by the box blind pulled the camera and took a look. We had 4 bucks on cam (None were big) but there was a buck little 3 point who stuck out. He had moles/blisters/ulcers on his face. This was a concern to my dad and I so we talked it over and after looking at body size we decided we would take his genes out of the heard. I got out around 4:45 after finishing some homework. At 5:40 He came in, presented me a shot and I smoked him too he ran 15 yards and dropped. We got him checked out and it was determined that the moles/blisters/ulcers were something given to him through genes. It was a good thing we got him out of here. Any way meet is meet. (You can see one of the big ulcers in the picture right under his eye. Thanks for reading guys and good luck as the rut kicks in!
Thanks for sharing.
Just another night at work for me and Monty will be back here again bright and early. 
