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GWSmith

10-01-2005, 09:46 PM

Hey everyone!!!
I've been hunting since the 27th of September already. Theres a good buck in the area that I'm hunting thats working scraoes hard and busting off branches above them...I hope to put him on the board for this contest.
So far I've Passed on 2 small does, countless grey squirrels, chipmunks, and tonight I had a porcupine get the living bejesus scared out of it when it turned and looked over to the left and realized there was my feeding doe decoy less than a foot away...almost fell out of the tree laughing http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Team Renzo's....I'll fit in just fine! http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b345/GWSmith/RenzoDecoy0042.jpg

6sixpoint_nobrows

10-02-2005, 11:27 PM

awesome pics everyone, howd everyone's weekend go, i had mostly coyotesa round me in the bottums, and they were moving to fast to shoot, and this after noon on the hill two does came in at 40 yards and stayed fo a couple hours, but it was really windy so i didnt want to risk a bad shot, im heading out again tommorow afternoon, in a differant area, were we have been seeing a absolute monster! good luck to everyone on team 11! lets win this thing

billkay

10-03-2005, 07:48 AM

The only ones we haven't heard from are MarkyJ and dec67. I suppose it is about as unanimous on the name as possible. I'll get the thing rolling. Can you each PM me your address. No PO Boxes please. Once I have them all, I'll get the stuff shipped. Good Luck Team Renzos!!!

10acboy

10-03-2005, 08:16 AM

I only got to hunt until 9 AM on Saturday, but it turned out pretty promising. Got out of the truck and deer were blowing, one scared the crap out of me because I walked through this big field without my light on and when I got to the corner I turned the light on. Anyway, there was a deer I bet not 15 yards and it took off tearing down the woods. I just about filled my pants. http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif Right after I got in my stand a deer came to the base of my tree, but it was too dark. About 30 minutes later a small doe and two yearlings came answering "the Can". I had all of them (at one time or another) 15 - 30 yards, but it wasn't what I was looking for. I'm going back out next Sat, but only for about half a day - my "in-laws" are coming to visit. http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

Bow Hunter Derek

10-03-2005, 10:28 AM

Bill, you're the man. Totally, not necessary, but very much appriciated.

Well the opener was HOT, at least the temps were. Not a lot of activity.

I did pass up a very nice 120's 8 pointer at 25 yards Sunday morning. Text book shot opportunity and I never even clipped the release on the string. I'd gotten pictures of him on my trail camera earlier in velvet. He needs to grow another year. I've got a couple at home just like him and want something bigger. Also passed up a little dork buck at about 10 yards.

That was the bulk of the excitement from my weekend of hunting. It was just awesome to be back in the woods.

SaskBucks

10-03-2005, 12:54 PM

I finally got some other pics scanned...the first is of my first deer/buck ever 1996...boy was I stoked!!! the second is my biggest, taken from my stand...notice one of his rubs in the background
http://www.realtree.com/img/500/1stbuck1.jpg

http://www.realtree.com/img/500/daggers.jpg

http://www.realtree.com/img/500/daggersfull1.jpg

10acboy

10-03-2005, 01:33 PM

Great bucks right there! Hopefully you'll score one of those monsters during the contest. Thanks for sharing the pics.

tunkhannockbowhunter

10-03-2005, 06:57 PM

Had a nice morning in the stand. Heard a buck rubbing on a tree pretty close to me, but it is real thick near the swamp on my farm and wasnt able to see him. gonna give that stand a little rest and head up on top of the ridge during the evenings this week. wont get to hunt this saturday because it is penn states first night game in 3 years and it is a huge game against ohio state. Im hoping we go 6-0 for the first time in forever! so im gonna have to wait til next sat to get out in the morning again.

billkay

10-05-2005, 06:25 PM

I still need several addies folks.

6sixpoint_nobrows

10-06-2005, 05:40 PM

FINALLY a cold front, man itsa cold out!....lol...but the deer are moving good, i wish i was in the stand now, but my truck is at my dads so i have no way to get in the timber, oh well im hunting tommorow mourning! good luck to everyone!

GWSmith

10-07-2005, 12:17 AM

Would have been nice...
BUT

I was blessed to see a Pine Martin about an hour before dark tonight while in the stand...that was really cool watching it climb trees and move through them looking for food.

Anywhoooo.....at last light was having trouble keeping my sight light on so I decided to pack it up for the day. Hung the bow and put the seat up...reached down and grabbed the bow rope and started pulling it through my gloved hands. It was making a slight hissing sound and then...KA-THUNK...KA-THUNK
I looked up in time to see WhiteTail leaving from ...oh maybe about 8-9 yards in front of my stand http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
I never heard it, never saw it before then, and wish I had put my Game Ear back in after the leaves had stopped rustling like they did all afternoon http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif
That deer had walked right under my stand while staying in some cover from the limbs and leaves and never made a sound http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/ooo.gif
Oh Well...Thats hunting!!!
At least I know my scent control regimen worked http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

SaskBucks

10-09-2005, 11:09 PM

Going out tomorrow...can't wait...the morning should shape the day...I think I know where the deer are coming back from feeding and hopefully the wind will be right for tomorrow...good luck to all

Bow Hunter Derek

10-10-2005, 09:48 AM

I took my daughter out with me last night. She's 6 and likes to go sit in the blind. I had it figured out last night. Wind was perfect, I just knew in my gut where the deer would be bedded and would move to. Half way to driving there, I said "oh no, I forgot my decoy (Renzo of course)" There was no time to go back and get it. So we hunted anyway. Sure enough with an hour to go, here come three does right to us. At about 60 yards, the lead doe got all nervous. She just did not like something about the set up. This is where I wish I'd had my decoy. She needed something to take her attention off of the blind. She freaked out and took the other does with her into the woods. Not sure what wigged her out. The wind was perfect and the blind fit well into the surroundings. Man I wish I'd remembered by decoy! That would have sealed the deal.

My daughter was a little bummed. But I explained that that is hunting and she ought to be happy, that is the closest she and I had come to tagging a deer together. All of our past outings the closest we'd gotten to the deer were a couple hundred yards.

Good evening, but man if I'd only remembered my Renzo.

billkay

10-10-2005, 06:33 PM

I've gone and sent out the addies to Renzos for the guys I had. You should see them arrive late this week. Not sure what we'll be getting. My guess is a deke or two each, maybe a DVD, and some decals. I do not have addies for 10acboy, markyj, or dec67. I may get out to bow hunt a day or two this week, but I head to Kentucky for the early muzzle loader season this Fri. Season there is Sat and Sun only. Hope to score a nice one there. Good luck to you all and lets win this thing!

Bow Hunter Derek

10-10-2005, 11:21 PM

I scored 5 points for us tonight. Shot a small (very small) doe. Just could not resist the tempation. She'll eat well. I posted a picture in the entry forum.

On the board, now time to take it serious and upgrade the score.

billkay

10-11-2005, 08:03 AM

Congrats! We need every point...

cornbread

10-11-2005, 08:44 AM

Awesome job. I have been hunting every weekend but the acorns are not dropping yet, so im not seeing many deer. I have been seeing alittle button buck just about everytime time out. I have drawn on him several times thinking it was a doe but one last check of his head shows little nubs. Those little nubs have saved his life about 4 diffrent times http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif. I will be in Pike county Illinois in alittle over three weeks, im hopeing that we catch the rut as good as we did last year.

6sixpoint_nobrows

10-11-2005, 10:12 AM

alright boys, i got one saturday mourning, nice doe, i also shot one monday mourning, but the arrow bumped a twig in my shooting lane and the shot was back, i watched her run into the corn and fall so i that i got her, i wasnt for sure so i gave her some time, then i got on the trail always marking last blood, well to sum it up fast my last bloood looked real good, but then it just disappeared from that last blood almost like she vanished..lol...i combed the whole corn field looking and never found another drop of blood..im completly baffeled by thyis considering the last blood looked promising, the farmer picked the corn that after noon, so if she was bedded in the corn the he either could of ran her over or pushed her out....i hate no finding my deer, but what can you do? how did everyone else weekend go?

SaskBucks

10-11-2005, 10:29 AM

Went out yesterday for our Thanksgiving Day (yes, we do it different up here)....got into a good spot where the deer are coming back from feeding...saw some does, spikes, a couple forkhorns but no bigguys....then for the evening went to sit in my blind, saw a couple does and one fawn...fun day of hunting but no points, sorry guys, thanks again Bill for getting us the Renzos stuff

6sixpoint_nobrows

10-11-2005, 07:36 PM

anyone else do any good? i cant wait till the rut, i found abother hard rub line, hes working it really good, only problem is i dont know when.lol..so i put my stealth cam about10 yards away from it to see when he is working the area....

GWSmith

10-11-2005, 10:24 PM

Things are looking promising...but no score from here ...Yet!

I've been watching a scrape open up from 12" to close to 48" large....Lots of good size hoof prints in it too!
Its 35 yards away from one of my stands http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

10acboy

10-12-2005, 08:02 AM

No points here yet. With my inlaws here and the weather we had last weekend (we had buckets of rain all weekend) I haven't been able to get out. That will change this weekend! I have all day Saturday so hopefully I get 5 points anyway.

6sixpoint_nobrows

10-12-2005, 07:19 PM

hmm, sounds good, i got a couple nice bucks iv got my eye on, but nothing has happened yet, im taking my stand down from one hunting ground and im going to move it to another were my dad lives..i have found a awesome rub line there and i want to get the stand hung before the rut kicks in, so maybe it will turn into a pinch point for the deer, and i can get a shot at the monster below...hope everyone has a good week, and good luck

billkay

10-12-2005, 10:04 PM

Took a shot at an 8 point tonite and hit him good but couldn't find any trail. I'll get back on it in the day light.

Bow Hunter Derek

10-12-2005, 11:04 PM

Let him lay, you'll find him with some day light.

Good luck!

Can't wait to see pictures.

SaskBucks

10-12-2005, 11:32 PM

good luck Bill

10acboy

10-13-2005, 07:51 AM

Give him some time and you'll find him. BTW I sent you a PM

6sixpoint_nobrows

10-13-2005, 09:22 PM

hope you find him, i cant wait to go to my dads and hunt that ground, i took down some stands tonight so i can hang them up there...good luck guys!

billkay

10-13-2005, 10:20 PM

No luck guys. Spent about 6 hours searching and finally found the arrow. It's only missing about 3 inches. Some blood and hair on the arrow but nothing anywhere else that I could find. After going over it a thousand times in my head,I know it was a high shoulder shot. I'm confident he's bedded down somewhere with an awful ache but he'll be back.

Bow Hunter Derek

10-13-2005, 10:46 PM

Sorry to hear that you could not find him Bill. Hopefully, he'll heal up and you'll get another chance at him. I stinks loosing any animal.

Go out there and get another one!

10acboy

10-14-2005, 08:12 AM

Well, boys I just found out that my wife works this Saturday so half of my day is shot http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif . I have never taken a deer with the bow, so if I am blessed enough to have a doe come near my stand, hopefully we will have 5 more points. I'll let yall know how it goes.

cornbread

10-14-2005, 06:21 PM

I will be leaving in the morning to hunt thru sunday. I hope that the acorns are falling, they were starting last week so maybe the deer will be moving better than the past weeks.

Bow Hunter Derek

10-14-2005, 09:16 PM

I shot a ferral cat tonight. Bonus points?

Deer hunting again in the in the morning. Then turkey hunting in the afternoon. I've got a spot that has been LOADING up with turkeys at about 3:00 in the afternoon. Counted 12 two days ago and 23 today!

tunkhannockbowhunter

10-16-2005, 09:00 PM

3 bucks in 3 days of hunting. 1 was a shooter. but nothing in range. maybe this week.

10acboy

10-17-2005, 08:16 AM

No luck here over the weekend. I saw plenty of deer driving on the farm, but when I got to my stand, I didn't see a darn thing. It was the first time that I haven't seen anything on this farm. Hopefully this Saturday, I get to hunt a full day finally.

Billkay - did you get my address?

Bow Hunter Derek

10-17-2005, 09:08 AM

Abosolutely NO deer activity here this weekend, which is extremely unusual. The wind was howling all weekend, so it made for nasty hunting. Never saw a turkey either. Not suprising. If I were a turkey, I would not want to venture out of deep cover into 20+ MPH winds. There were not enough stakes in the world to keep my D.B. blind staked down. Misserable.

billkay

10-17-2005, 09:23 AM

I'm sure I got your addie 10acre. I think there were 8 packages that went out. No luck in KY this weekend. Was covered up in does all weekend and could have fed half of Ethiopia with the meat from them but only 2 small bucks were seen. Got to see 2 toms last nite as well. It was great hunting in the mountains but I wish I had something to add to the team score.

GWSmith

10-17-2005, 03:57 PM

Thank You RENZO'S...and BillKay
Got my Gear Package in the mail today http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif
Did'nt hunt over the weekend...went to NYC with the wife and took in a Broadway Play.
I did Score bigtime Brownie points though http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Bow Hunter Derek

10-17-2005, 05:38 PM

<font color="red"> SUPER HUGE THANKS TO RENZO AND BILLK! </font>

Got my package in the mail today. Way too cool and so going above and beyond. Thanks a million! http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

billkay

10-17-2005, 07:56 PM

What did you guys get? If you all have the time, maybe you can take a moment to call Steve Bailey at 606 743-1400 and say thanks. It's all him guys.

GWSmith

10-17-2005, 10:05 PM

[ QUOTE ]
What did you guys get? If you all have the time, maybe you can take a moment to call Steve Bailey at 606 743-1400 and say thanks. It's all him guys.

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I will be calling and thanking him personally!!!!!!!
BTW...The RENZO's Stickers will be the first ones going on my new truck http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

Buck Decoy, Doe Decoy, 2 Renzo's Stickers, Renzo's DVD, Welcome to the Jungle Poster, Renzo's Brochures.
BUT...ALSO....A head nod from my wife with her saying: Thats Cool...you should thank them personally...and blah,blah,blah something about taking out the garbage http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Bow Hunter Derek

10-17-2005, 11:07 PM

I will be calling Steve tomorrow as well.

Way too cool and so not necessary. Still too cool though.

cornbread

10-18-2005, 07:13 AM

I receiver mine in he mail yesterday as well. A mucho big thanks to Renzo, Bill, and Steve. I hunted this weekend and with cooler temps and more acorns on the ground the deer where moving. The only bad thing was that the only deer to come into range where ether small bucks and fawns. It was an awsome weekend in the woods. I had a button fawn within 20 yards for over 45 min. At one point it had its nose on the rope that i pull my bow up with. I almost always carry my video camara with me and this weekend i forgot it, just my luck.

10acboy

10-18-2005, 07:49 AM

[quoteBuck Decoy, Doe Decoy, 2 Renzo's Stickers, Renzo's DVD, Welcome to the Jungle Poster, Renzo's Brochures.
BUT...ALSO....A head nod from my wife with her saying: Thats Cool...you should thank them personally...and blah,blah,blah something about taking out the garbage http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

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Dang - I can't wait until my package comes. Hopefully today. Much thanks to Bill, Steve and Renzo - I will definitely call and thank him!

Thanks again Bill!

billkay

10-18-2005, 08:04 AM

Steve Lorenz is the owner and may answer the phone as well. Just a thanks is great.

GWSmith

10-18-2005, 09:35 AM

The DVD shows different ways to set them up too!!!
I know I'll be getting some of those Turkey Decoys after seeing how they worked...WOW http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

6sixpoint_nobrows

10-18-2005, 05:51 PM

[ QUOTE ]
Thank You RENZO'S...and BillKay
Got my Gear Package in the mail today http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

yup, thanks bill, i got my stuff friday afternoon and used them sunday mourning. when it finally got light out i glanced down and almost had a heart attack when i saw the buck decoy http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif...then i realized it was just the decoy, never saw any deer, i heard them crashing through the timber, i new i should of sat in my stand in the woods, but i thought they would be hitting the fresh cut corn fields.whatta ya do?? bettter luck next time i guess...well good luck to everyone. oh yeah in case everyone's wondering i have to get my pictures developed before i can enter my deer...

SaskBucks

10-18-2005, 10:38 PM

I got my stuff in the mail today...super huge thanks to BillK and Steve for being so generous...I am stoked about using the deeks at my stand... http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
once again... <font color="red"> THANKS A TON!!! </font>

Bow Hunter Derek

10-18-2005, 11:54 PM

I called Steve today and said "thanks". Great guy!

10acboy

10-19-2005, 07:32 AM

Well they must have sent the packages at the same time because when I got home from a horrible day of work my package was at home! Thanks again Bill and I'll call and say thank you as soon as I regain my voice. But again - thank you! I can't wait to try them out.

GWSmith

10-19-2005, 09:56 AM

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I called Steve today and said "thanks". Great guy!

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I called yesterday and thanked them.
When I asked who I was speaking to the guy said: "Renzo"
Anyways....He told me about how to cut off the antlers on the buck and turn it into a bedded doe...add one of the antlers to a feeding doe and place it behind the bedded doe....trying that trick out this afternoon!!! http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

billkay

10-19-2005, 11:50 AM

"Renzo" is Steve Lorenz, the owner of the company.

MCH

10-19-2005, 01:07 PM

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Team Renzo's of NJ is ready.(my post above)

We have 3 people and growing. Please pm me with info on what I need to do.

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LMBO...http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Bow Hunter Derek

10-19-2005, 01:10 PM

[ QUOTE ]
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Team Renzo's of NJ is ready.(my post above)

We have 3 people and growing. Please pm me with info on what I need to do.

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LMBO...http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

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Was kind of wandering about this myself. Funny stuff right there.

tunkhannockbowhunter

10-20-2005, 10:15 AM

Thanks Bill and Thanks Renzos. Gonna give the decoys a try on friday! Hopefully this weekend things will work out. Ive seen bucks chasing does already so im going to the property i usually hunt during rut this weekend. Good luck everyone

6sixpoint_nobrows

10-20-2005, 10:13 PM

welp, this weekend is looking great for us, high of 58, sounds great to me, a little bit of chasing has been going on iv heard, and i saw a 120 class buck on the hill sunday, might try a little soft rattling sat. mourning just to try my luck, good luck to everyone on team RENZOS! lets do this

billkay

10-20-2005, 10:17 PM

I had a small buck respond to some rattling in Kentucky last weekend but it has yet to have any effect on the deer in Indiana. he one I I whacked in the shoulder came running in at nearly full speed responding to a grunt call though. Go figure. He may be a bit more hesitant in the future I'd say...LOL Good luck guys. Be safe and get ya a good one!

Bow Hunter Derek

10-21-2005, 08:56 AM

I went out yesterday evening and set out my new Renzo buck and doe. I had a scrubby little 5 pointer come right to them and hung out with the decoys for more than 15 minutes. He worked a scrape not 10 yards from the decoys and then milled around eating the winter wheat within a few feet of the decoys. They never spooked him or anything. He thought he was hanging out with his old friends. Pretty cool to watch.

I'm betting the deer really get moving in the next week, with it cooling down and the pre-rut being just around the corner. I'm thinking the Renzo decoys are going to be the ticket.

GWSmith

10-21-2005, 01:31 PM

Well....I'll be hunting a new area with my Renzo's Decoys soon....Mine is getting Logged right now http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif
Good things happen out of bad though...Talked to one of the Loggers and got invited to hunt his private farm http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif
He's taken a 143 5/8 9 pointer from his property so far this year....and in his words "Its not the one I'm after but I had my son hunting with me and he took a doe...we were dressing it out and this buck came in on her trail".
....actually feel a little bad about the grumbling I was doing while pulling the stand http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif
Took this picture this morning after pulling my stand.
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b345/GWSmith/Logging0022.jpg

6sixpoint_nobrows

10-24-2005, 05:44 PM

sounds good everyone, welp, sat. evening, dint see anything, sun. evening was rockin, i knew the rain all day would be pushing the deer in the fields looking for some food. welp got in my stand at about 2:30, set up the ol stealth cam, and set up a scent dripper over my mock scrape then climbed in the tree, not long after it started pouring down rain again and i looked down and this small buck http://www.realtree.com/img/551/Small_buck1.jpg
was following a doe into the corn field, that was real good sign, the doe got within about 25 yards from me, and this buck got about 30 yards, i thought about shooting him, but decided to pass,played around with him with the primos medium can, bbut he wasnt too interested, he already had a girlfriend and he was faithful... http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif after that i waited around another hour in the stand I decided to make a stalk on the deer, so i got down out of my stand and walked about 20 yards and anbother doe came out of the timber, she had her eye on something the whole time, but i couldnt turn around to see what it was, after she spooked i got in the creek line and looked over and that same buck was walking right to me, he walked only about 5 yards away from my stand, thank god i wasnt in it, i would of been temted..lol...welp that was about my weekend...how bout anyone else?

Bow Hunter Derek

10-25-2005, 10:35 PM

I duck and turkey hunted all weekend. Shot a few woodies and the mallards would not cooperate. Did get my dog's first water retreives in, so it was a good weekend. She and I were sitting in the blind Sunday morning and had a good 125" or so 8 pointer walk past us at 10 yards. Good looking deer, hope he makes it till next year.

Turkey hunting came so close to panning out. I shot, the long beard stepped, and all I have to show for it is a handfull of tail feathers. Oh well, I'll track him down in the spring.

Time to start taking the deer hunting seriously. I'll probably go out Thursday evening and then hit it hard this weekend.

6sixpoint_nobrows

10-26-2005, 10:12 PM

Game Plans: whats every ones game plan for this weekend or who all is going out? welp mine is to try and stay in the stand till about 1:30 and rattle and grunt all afternoon, try to make somehting happen, i put in a few mock scrapes, last weekend along with a drip bag, so i hope things are rockin...how about everyone else? good luck

10acboy

10-27-2005, 09:35 AM

Well IF I even get to go I am going to have to be out of the stand probably around 10:30. Saturday is suppose to be lows in the lower 30's, highs in the low 50's. http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif I wish that I could stay in the stand, but one kid has a soccer get together and the other one has a birthday party. I know that a lot can happen in a few hours. We'll see how it goes. I am going to try out my decoys and use "the can". Good luck everybody!

Bow Hunter Derek

10-27-2005, 01:33 PM

I'll be out there, just hunting the normal routine. Sunday there are some commitments with the kids, so it will be hit an miss.

I don't usually stay out past 10:00 or so in the mornings and go back out again around 3:00. I have too much going on usually and need to get some things done in that couple hour window.

I went out last night, but had a doe that just would not cooperate. I'm going to slip out tonight as well.

Going to set up those Renzos tonight.

SaskBucks

10-27-2005, 03:34 PM

Called and thanked Steve for the dekes today, seems like a really great guy! Hoping to get out next week to my stand and set up the buck and the doe with some scent...good luck guys

Bow Hunter Derek

10-28-2005, 12:25 AM

I hunted this evening and saw an absolute STUD of a deer. I jumped him, just as I was walking past my stand to set out my Renzo doe. I was down wind, so he never winded me and I really don't think he ever saw me, just heard me. I got a pretty good look at A LOT of antler as he bounded off. So, I went ahead and put out the decoy and hunted the stand because I really did not think he knew what I was.

So, I hunted for two hours and did not see a thing. I think he had run off all the other deer because for me not to see deer from that stand is almost unheard of. Right at the last few minutes of legal shooting time, I see three does come out and cut across the field about 60 yards out in front of me. I let them go and started to pack up. About 5 minutes after the does went by, I saw a large deer following their path with it's nose to the ground. I pulled up the binos and it was A LOT of antler. I'm 100% sure it was the same deer. Because of the fading light, I'm not totally sure how big he is, but I'm guessing he's 140's or maybe more. It was hard to tell. So fortunately, my bumping him was not too damaging. He's using the area, so I know right were I'll be sitting Saturday morning.

cornbread

10-28-2005, 07:49 AM

I will be hunting all weekend long. Im starting to see a few more deer but just not the right ones yet. Rifle season started last weekend but i very rarely hunt with a gun, 95% of the time I hunt with my bow. Im leaving next thursday for a week of hunting Illinois. Im hoping that the Big bucks are acting stupid and chasing hard. I was up there last year and they were running all over the place. I went with a group of 16 and we killed 16 deer, 9 bucks with 8 that would go pope and young. After that I will be back to Georgia and hunt a few more days and then its back to work for alittle over a week and then im off for 2 more weeks. The rut where I hunt in Georgia usual gets kicking after thanksgiving, so I will be on vacation here when it starts. I saw a Monster(140-150 class)last year 2 times with in 30 yards but things didnt work out. The first time I was at full draw and he was at 25 yards and needed to take 1 more step to clear a tree, but some reason like big bucks do he turned 90 degrees anr over the top of the ridge. The next time I was hunting with my muzzleloader and I had just shot a decent 8 pointer, he ran about 30 yards and fell over and I hear something over my shoulder and there he stands 30 yards wide open and broadside and me with a unloaded muzzleloader. I was wishing I had bow. Good luck to all yall this weekend.

10acboy

10-28-2005, 09:04 AM

I don't know if I am going to be able to hunt this weekend or not. I would love to get out for a couple of hours tomorrow morning because you never know what could happen.

I called Steve this morning to thank him for the "care package" and all I can say is What a great guy. He gave me a big thank you for giving him a call and he wished me all the luck in the world. We discussed several different ways of using the decoys. What a down to earth guy! We was telling of a conversation that he had with Jim Shockey and moose hunting, it was awesome. If we have luck with the decoys he said that he wants pictures guys, make sure the decoy is in the picture.

He told me a Michigan hunter called telling him that a 182" buck came right into the decoy! http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif They also killed 12 antelope in 2 days using their decoys. I would love to get out and try to use them.

Good luck this weekend everyone!

6sixpoint_nobrows

10-28-2005, 04:48 PM

alright, sounds good everyone, well cornbread, i have some encouraghing news for you coming to Illinois, the rut is starteen to rock, a lot of chasing going on, make sure to have your estrus scent on ya. well im about to leave for my dads house so i can get up there and shoot my bow and then hit they hay so i can get up in the mourning. only bad thinig is im going to miss our football game saturday, its a 1 o clock and i have an hour drive to my dads, wish us luck tommorow Dee-Mack football 9-0 its the first game of the playoffs...welp i better get going...good luck everyone!

need2hunt

10-28-2005, 08:48 PM

Wanted to move this post by member Renzo into your thread - need2hunt.

Hello everyone, Just talked to Bill K and I thought maybe I'd just say hi and also say thanks for all the kind words about our decoys. Im glad everyone enjoys them. Please dont ever hesitate to call if you want to talk turkey...or deer. or ...you get the drift...606-743-1400. Renzos decoys is always here for ya folks.

6sixpoint_nobrows

10-30-2005, 09:54 PM

this my my post up here...forgot to log in...lol

billkay

10-30-2005, 10:17 PM

Hunted a new spot both Sat and Sun afternoon. It's about 5 acres of woods surrounded by standing corn. I have a couple of tral cam pix of some super deer in the 130's but only saw a few does this wekend. It does hold a lot of promise once the corn comes out this week. Go ahead and post that button up if you haven't already scored a doe. 5 points is 5 points Kyle.

Bow Hunter Derek

10-31-2005, 08:12 AM

I could not hunt Sunday due to family related commitents. But I hunted hard on Saturday. I set up the Renzos and used some new James Valley scents that a buddy of mine sells.

I never saw a deer until the last minute or so. Then here comes this 120's 8 pointer that I've passed up a couple times. He caught one wiff of the scent and saw the decoys and came in like he was on a string. I passed him up at 10 yards.

He was all over the decoys. He never attacked the buck, but he circled them and circled them trying to figure out what was going on. He loved that scent too. Good stuff there.

I'm not sure how many more times I can resist the urge to shoot this deer. I'd really like for him to go find a thicket and lay down until January so he and I can play next year. It gets harder to pass him up each time.

GWSmith

10-31-2005, 09:52 PM

Buck Hunting here in this area for me(since I dont have a doe tag)....but that tag would have been really nice this evening!!!!!
I had a doe come into the setup in the picture below this evening....I took the picture just after she left...from the spot on the ground where I was sitting!!! She was only half of the distance between me and the decoy on the left http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif
I swear....The next time the camera is going to be ready!!!!
She milled around, for 4-5 minutes, like she was looking for what the other deer were eating and then just walked back the way she came.
There are actually 3 decoys out there...one of the feeding does is just to the left of the decoy on the right behind the trees.
There is alot this picture does not show about the ground near the decoy on the left...most of it is open but obscured by the old stone fence I was near.
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b345/GWSmith/renzossetup0093.jpg

6sixpoint_nobrows

11-01-2005, 05:27 PM

looks like a beautiful spot....welp im pumped! went to school and found out that this week we only have 3 days of school, and next week we only have 4 days...so wednesday night after basketball practice, im taking off for my dads and will be sitting in the stand thursday mourning all through sunday night hopfully...i got a great buck on my trail cam the other night but only thing is its 9:3- at night...he also has about a 4 or 5 inch drop tine on him, ill try and post some pics here pretty soon. good luck everyone!

6sixpoint_nobrows

11-01-2005, 07:19 PM

early funeral.....im hopefully ganna shoot this monster sometime next week, i just hope to catch him following his nose into my scent bombs...lol
here he is''BAXTER" dont ask how he got his name.lol
http://www.realtree.com/img/2/medium/M_BAXTER.JPG

cornbread

11-02-2005, 02:29 PM

Just 12 more hours and im in the truck on my way to Illinois. I will hunt friday evening thru wensday evening. I have everything loaded up and ready to go, now all I have to do is wait. Man I hate waiting http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/ooo.gif. It looks like maybe some rain saturday and sunday and then some cooler temps. Here is a link to the place I will be hunting. This will make my 5th trip there and you could not ask for a better group of people to hunt with www.baycreekoutdoors.com (http://www.baycreekoutdoors.com) Good luck this next week yall and I will check back in next week and hopfully put some points on the board.

6sixpoint_nobrows

11-02-2005, 05:46 PM

after practice at 6:30 im off to my dads house, my brother is finally going to film me this weekend, im going to rattle and put out the renzos decoys and hope for the best, maybe ''spread'' will come in and i can get a shot at him.best of luck everyone!

10acboy

11-03-2005, 11:00 AM

Well everyone - 2 more days to our smokepole season. I have the decoys airing out, tonight I pack the truck with my other stand and my blind, and Saturday I'll be out there all day. I'm sorry that my bow season was a major bust, but I had a major item on my "honey do list" which was to finish my basement. Well that's done (my inspection is Friday with carpet getting install Saturday). So I'm done. I'm wishing everyone on Team Renzos Good Luck and lay the smack down on them this weekend.

6sixpoint_nobrows

11-07-2005, 05:36 PM

welp, heres a recap on my 4 day weekend..... got in the tree thursday afternoon, rattled and did the can a little bit...nothing much happened, then i looked and 3 does were coming into the corn field pretty hard, i thought for sure they were being pushed by something...they came right by my stand at about 35, and 40 yards.....bread and butter shots...lol...well then friday mourning did go, friday after noon driving home saw a booner in a corn field at about 3 o clock. he was about 15 miles from were i hunt. got in the tree didnt see much of anything...saturday mourning woke up and didnt feel like getting up, but something kept telling me, GET UP..... GET UP, this is a great mourning, so i did..got ready to go, and had to wait for my dad, and he made me a little late getting into the timber, i pulled into my hunting area with my lights off and it was just starting to get that semi light stage of the mourning, i saw 3 does standing in my lain so i decided not to drive any farther and just park there and walk the rest..i then got ready and started walking with my tinks 69 bottle open blowing towards the bedding area and my stand, i dindt think much of it till i got distracted looking at a couple does about 400 yards away, and then my dad was like kyle....kyle stop...stop! and i was like what, so i started to look back at him and before i could get turned around my attention was drawn to a very nice buck coming right to me, i crouched down and tried desperatly to get my release on my string but failed many times because i couldnt stop looking at his rack walking right to me...at this point this nice buck is about 15 feet away from me and STILL walking...i finally get my release on my string and then he finalyl sees me at about 10 feet away....i got to slowly draw back and he takes off...i immediantly ''batt'' at him and he stops at 41 yards....i ranged him and then drew back on him and he ran for good.....didnt see much of anythign the rest of the weekend

billkay

11-07-2005, 06:15 PM

I spoke with Bailey this morning. He took an 8 point in Iowa and was heading home for a few days before heading back to Illinois. He wanted me to tell you guys that he'd love to see some video of us hunting with the dekes on film, especially if there's a kill involved. If anyone is taping, let me know and I'll give you more info. There may be a video conest on the horizon involving Renzos dekes too. I hunted both Sat and Sunday. Wind was blowing at about 20 mph each day. Saw nothing on Saturday but saw an awesome buck, (10 point) scent checking a doe about 300 yards away. With the wind, there was no way to get his attention. The farmer tels me he'll have the corn down this week and shotgun/ml season opens Sat. Sounds as though it should be perfect!

GWSmith

11-07-2005, 07:21 PM

Bill, I'm leaving for my 2 week hunt in West Virginia in 5 days.
One week of Bow season and the first week of Rifle season!
All my camera gear is packed already...I'll be taking Video the entire time I'm there. http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
Hopefully I can find this guys Dad or Big brother this year...
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b345/GWSmith/Untitled001_0001.jpg

SaskBucks

11-08-2005, 12:38 AM

Going out to my blind after work on Thursday, there have been 4 fence posts rubbed pretty good right near my blind, hope to maybe take a doe if things go right...good luck to all

Bow Hunter Derek

11-08-2005, 10:22 AM

Man the deer are moving like crazy here, even with the high temperatures.

I passed up a 2 1/2 year old non-typical on Sunday night and again last night, and two different 120 class 8 pointers on Sunday evening. All of them fell in LOVE with the Renzo feeder doe with a little James Valley Full Draw scent. Crazy. Man do the decoys do a great job of getting a deer's attention.

I just wish a shooter would walk out. I've passed up a ton of 120 and lower deer this year. I can't find something that I want to shoot. There is a lot of corn still on around here and with the warm temperatures we've had, I think the big guys are moving at night only. I had an awesome 10 pointer run out in front of my truck a few nights ago about a mile from where I hunt, it was well after dark.

Gun season opens here this coming weekend. I'm sure that will get the deer really running. I'm not a big gun hunter, but I'll take the muzzleloader out at least. We'll see what happens.

tunkhannockbowhunter

11-08-2005, 03:37 PM

hey everyone
i passed up a bunch of small bucks already. the action is really heating up here in pa. this is the last week of bow season though. so im hoping i see a shooter by thursday or else i might take one of the smaller bucks i keep seeing.

The decoys really work well and even from an almost head on angle they look very lifelike. if i had a video camera id try to get some footage. had a 6 pointer and a 4 pointer come over and check them out last week. the decoys work best in the fields. IMO.

6sixpoint_nobrows

11-09-2005, 10:24 PM

well boys, heres how my afternoon went tonight november 9th. got to my hunting area and carried my renzo buck onto a ridge line and sat by a tree for awhile (i took my stand out of this timber) wasnt impressed on what i could see so i climbed up into 2 overhanging trees that were supported by one big tree, got up there and the wind picked up, and i fell out....the only thing i broke was 1 axis arrow, not even a hunting arrow a ''coyote, coon, bird'' arrow...lol...so i in anger i picked up my decoy and walked to the other ridge were it got flat and i could see better, set up the renzo buck and scent and started rattlinjg and grunting..about 20 minutes later 5 does came running hard on the ridge were i was sitting being chased by 3 bucks...i immediantly started rattling and saw another buck coming down the valley and up the side of the ridge i was one....gave him about five minutes , and started rattling again and sturring up leaves with my feet, about two seconds later a small buck came running right to me at about 15 yards, gave him a grunt so he would look at my renzo buck but instead he looked at me, i could have shot him, but thought i would pass on a tall 4 point..he turned around and walked down the ridge after the group of bucks chasing the doe's...how about everyone else, any luck?

10acboy

11-10-2005, 12:56 PM

I scored on a buck, I consider him an 8 pointer (if your using the "I can hang a ring on it" rule) but for the contest it's a six. Where do it post the pics of him. It's actually a pretty long story which I'll try to post on Sunday. How is everyone else doing?

http://www.realtree.com/img/2/medium/8_Point.JPG

http://www.realtree.com/img/614/medium/8PointTag.JPG

cornbread

11-10-2005, 04:06 PM

Nice Buck on the Buck 10acboy. I just got back from Illinois even though we had bad weather for deer hunting we all had a great time. I was able to wack a small doe and I let a good 8 pointer walk. I will post pictures and stories in a little bit when i get them uploaded.

cornbread

11-11-2005, 01:09 AM

Here is the Picture of the doe that I shot. It had rained the night before and the wind was blowing about 20mph. I saw this little doe walking down the ridge across the hollar from me. She got down in the bottom where I could not see her, I never seen her exit the into the crp field where the other deer had been leaving. When I got down from my stand I nocked an arrow and went to slipping into the bottom. I finally get so that I can see the whole bottom and there she stands at 20 yards. She walks by at 15 yards and I send and a Muzzy tiped Axis arrow threw both lungs. She runs about 40 yards and piles up.
http://www.realtree.com/img/500/medium/DSC00220_JPGedit2.jpg

Here is a couple pictures of a Good 8 pointer that I let walk. He is not a Huge Midwest Monster but he would have looked good on my wall. I have been kicking myself since monday wishing that I had shot him. I have about 4 min. of video of him as he walks past my stand. He walks by at 21 yards and stops broadsided. I just thought that he was alittle to small to be shooting but after looking at the video i know that I should have came to full draw and let an arrow fly.

http://www.realtree.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=11252&size=big&ppuser=2291
http://www.realtree.com/img/2/medium/DSC00227.JPG

GWSmith

11-11-2005, 09:00 AM

Congrats 10acboy and Cornbread!!!
I'm leaving in the morning for a 2 week hunt in West Virginia hoping that I have the some of the same luck that you guys have!!!

6sixpoint_nobrows

11-11-2005, 04:21 PM

congrats everyone! man that was a good lookin 8 point cornbread, i would of shot him, but i know the outfitter you go with has some pretty strict rules on qdm....congrats on your deer guys!

SaskBucks

11-11-2005, 04:32 PM

Congrats guys and go team!!! I saw nothing in 3 hours on stand...I got home and the landowner came home after I had left and reported to me that he saw a HUGE buck in his yard about 500 yards from my blind...I hope he shows up as I am going back on monday for a few hours

billkay

11-11-2005, 06:01 PM

Way to go guys. We're making our way slowly to the top. Our firearms season begins in the morning. I'm looking forward to a great day. Good luck, and be safe.

6sixpoint_nobrows

11-11-2005, 11:37 PM

oh yeah i know we can do this, the guys that are ahead of us, wont be there for long, we are ganna do it, slowly but surely, friday our shotgun/muzzeloader season opens up for 3 days and im looking foward to being in the stand from dawn till dusk.....gucl luck to everyone on team RENZOS..good luck guys!

6sixpoint_nobrows

11-12-2005, 01:00 PM

still waiten to hear from dec67 and markyj??

billkay

11-12-2005, 01:16 PM

Shot this doe this morning. Does were getting run everywhere by bucks. I had the feeder about 30 yards from my stand. When she came through the ditch with her tongue hanging out she saw the deke and seemed to instantly relax. With the feeder there, I think she thought she was in a safe spot. Guess not..... Awesome morning. Passed on an 8. It was actually a 3x5 with a broken brow tine. May have been about 120". He bedded not 10 feet from my stand for about 5 minutes and then moved about 40 yards away to a ditch and bedded again. Today was opening day for m/l here. I may take a shot at him tomorrow if he shows again. When he bedded the first time he was only 25 yards or so from the deke in the field. I don't think he saw it though.

http://www.realtree.com/img/2/bkdoe111205web.jpg

tunkhannockbowhunter

11-13-2005, 07:00 PM

sorry this was my post, forgot to sign in.

SaskBucks

11-13-2005, 11:06 PM

sorry forgot to login

Bow Hunter Derek

11-14-2005, 09:10 AM

Congrats guys!

I shot a doe Saturday night with the muzzleloader. I fell out of the tree stand and thankfully I'm OK. See my post in the deer hunting section for the full story.

I'm still waiting for the big one to walk out. I'm sitting out the rest of gun season here. I'll be on a family vacation over Thanksgiving. I'll get back out in our muzzleloader and late bow seasons. I typically don't hunt much of shotgun season anyway.

6sixpoint_nobrows

11-14-2005, 06:27 PM

welp boys, nasty weather here in IL...windy, real windy!...lol...sunday was about 30 mile an hour wind steady all day...made a good day for stalking though, my buddy and i stalked up on a doe that was feeding in the corn field and she just kept walking to us, we werent quit sure who was going to shoot her, but she stopped at 30 yards and saw us, and we both drew back and she saw us, she ran and we didnt care to much because we were really after a big rutting buck, here's the game plan for tommorow, my buddy and i plan to go out to a timber we dont hunt very often and hang two stands there and hunt there until thursday. then friday morning i will be in the stand with a 12 gauge for the first day of shotgun season...good luck to everyone on team renzos!

SaskBucks

11-15-2005, 12:16 AM

http://www.realtree.com/img/500/medium/blind.jpg

http://www.realtree.com/img/500/medium/100_1747_1_.jpg

Here are pics of my blind and a sorry, blurry pic of my Renzo deke, saw one 4 point tonight...very blustery and snowy, hence the deer were not moving...good luck

10acboy

11-15-2005, 08:09 AM

sorry everyone, the last post about the 9 pointer was from me, i forgot to log in too.

Bow Hunter Derek

11-15-2005, 09:14 AM

Congrats on the deer!

Man to brouse the net while hunting, now that would be cool.

SaskBucks

11-15-2005, 11:48 AM

Congrats 10acboy!!!! I hope to get one in the next couple weeks...there is a big one on the property and with the rut in full swing soon things are heating up

6sixpoint_nobrows

11-15-2005, 07:25 PM

congrats 10acboy!! man see we are startem to get r done now...were gaining momentum..lol...well shotgun season opens in 2 days and i cannot wait, hopefully i can take a giant, ill be sitting in a stand that about 20 yards in the woods and im so high up i can get a shot at anything in 2 other fields, its like a look out tower...welp went out tonight and built a small ground blind out of a bunch of sticks and leaves, looks pretty good too, i was impressed, my buddy and i sat there and a little before dark a MONSTER doe cane in, she was the biggest doe i have ever seen in my life...at least 200 pounds i couldnt beleive it...welp good luck to everyone on team renzos

billkay

11-15-2005, 08:49 PM

Here's a link to a couple of pix sent to me by Steve Lorenz, AKA Renzo, that were killed this year with his dekes. Very cool!

http://www.realtree.com/forums/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=814575&an=0&page=0#81457 5

6sixpoint_nobrows

11-16-2005, 08:45 PM

good to here from ya dan......well boys tonight was a awesome night, my buddy and i gopt into our ground blind we built yesturday and waited in the unbareabke cold until about 4 45. then i looked and said travis dont move there is a doe about 5 feet away from you...i dont know who but she snuck up on us and when i looked she was about 5 feet away from us...and still coming to us, the ground blind we built is pretty sweet, they have no idea that we are there, well i couldnt get my bow and she came around to our back side and only about 5 feet away still, and she saw us and snorted and ran, i quickly gave a baaaah! and she stopped at 30 yards and i told my buddy do smoke her, he drew back on her and fired this whole time i was like thats a dead deer, all the sudden his arrowgrazes a tree and goes flying every which was, we then looked at her and were amazed to see about 15 white tails go up and about 5 of them had racks! i was so mad... that was about our evening, we got some more brush and gathered it up and made out blind a little better so if the deer does manage to get to our backside, we are still covered good...tonight was my last night with my bow until monday, our shotgun season opens up friday, we think buy getting out of there until monday all the deer that are spooked from this weekend will filter into this ground as a refuge and come monday it will be open season on them...wish me luck...good luck to everyone on team renzos

6sixpoint_nobrows

11-17-2005, 04:48 PM

well boys, hopefully and im saying hopefully, i get to leave tonight for my dads to get up early tommorow and be in the stand for 1st season shotgun season....get back with you later on how my weekend went! good luck guys

billkay

11-17-2005, 06:18 PM

6 point, how far are you from Peoria?

6sixpoint_nobrows

11-18-2005, 05:19 PM

im about 20 minutes from peoria to the south, about 20 minutes from bloomington too...

Bow Hunter Derek

11-18-2005, 08:45 PM

Good luck to all the Renzo boys. I'm flying out at 7:00 am in the morning. Not a hunting trip unfortunately. I'm heading off with the wife and kids to Disney World and Siesta Key for the holiday week. My job kind of dictates when I can take vacation and the middle of gun season was all I could get this year.

Oh well, I usually don't hunt a lot of gun season anyway. I'll let my farms sit and all the gun hunters can push the deer into my ground. When I get back muzzleloader and late bow will soon open up and maybe I can find me a late season big boy.

Good luck all. I'll be thinking of you while my toes are in the sand and I've got a cold one in my hand.

billkay

11-18-2005, 11:42 PM

We went to DW a few years ago. It was awesome, even for an adult. We stayed on the property and took their bus service everywhere. Have a great time and don't forget to check out the scuba/snorkeling at Typhoon Lagoon. It was one of the coolest parts of the trip.

10acboy

11-20-2005, 11:37 AM

Well boys our m/l season is over. I could have killed a ton of bucks. I only had two does within range during the season. I could have taken a black bear on Friday, but I didn't really need a black bear so I didn't take a shot.

Here is my 9. He is my largest buck to date. I saw him late in the morning riding this ridge and I grunted to him, but he didn't want any part of it. I then used the can and he turned on the dime. He came in directly behind be (quartering away when I finally saw him). I didn't like the shot, but I took it anyway. He went about 80 yards and I had to put another shot in him to put him down for good. He was a big deer - the pics don't do him justice. We estimate his weight at 180 - 185.

http://www.realtree.com/img/2/medium/DSCF0012.JPG

I brought my oldest boy (10 yrs) out to the farm. They can kill a doe anytime during the year. He's shooting a 30-30 and only feels comfortable out to 50 yards with open sights. We saw five does and he was looking down the barrel at one that was probably close to 100 yards, but I wouldn't let him take the shot. The doe just would not turn broadside and it was getting dark. You should have heard him, all nervous, teeth chattering, he had doe fever boys and I will never forget it. He's hooked now, so I think that I have a hunting partner now. He can't stop talking about it. It was priceless. He told me now he understands why I hunt all the time. He asked me if the sun always sets and gives off those purple and orange colors. I told him that the only way he'll know is to hunt with me more often, and sit back and enjoy those sunsets.

billkay

11-20-2005, 02:17 PM

Way to go!

SaskBucks

11-21-2005, 01:43 PM

Went out this weekend for the whole day at my blind...it was warm, 40 F, this buck fawn was at the bait the whole day it seamed...a 120 ish 4 x 4 came in for not even a sniff and left immediately, (we are going to let him grow up) and 4 other does showed up at different times...the day after we got our remote cam pics back and found out "Nick" a 160ish 5 x 5 with dagger like g2s and 3s was there on thursday during legal time http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif wrong day...we have another buck on film who is a typical 6 on one side, hard to tell what he has on the other side, definitely a shooter...cannot make it out there until Thursday after work for a couple hours....good luck guys, and congrats to whoever has had success

cornbread

11-21-2005, 01:44 PM

Awsome Buck. I hunted all weekend and all I saw was little bucks. The rut here will start kicking off in the next week or two, so im hoping that will get the big bucks moving. Good luck to yall.

6sixpoint_nobrows

11-21-2005, 08:03 PM

well boys, i couldnt make a good shot on my deer this weekend...it was 1st season shotgun season and there were two does abvout 45 yards away, i shot at them and missed, then shot again, still missed, then they ran off into the timber, and then i heard my dad shoot, he said they walked by him at about 3 feet! he was on the ground, he said he didnt know whether to shoot the deer that close or bash it with his gun...lol...he just let them walk by in fright because of my shooting at them, and then he shot one....i then went around the area walking with my gun and my dad got on the radio and told me to be careful because this HUGE buck was only about 30 yards away from me, i couldnt see him at all though....the buck eventuly worked his way around and went south, if i just would of stepped out of this little bend in the timber i would of had a shot at him....o well.....also i lost 84 acres of timber to hunt because turns out the latyer that supposeley owed it ''ruth jackson'' and told me i could hunt it is crazy and she is the wrong ''ruth jackson'' so now i cant hunt this ground anymore... the real ruth lives in chicago and has some local guys farm the ground...they are idiots and they control who hunts there, nobody hunts the ground anymore and it just stis there....what a weekend

6sixpoint_nobrows

11-22-2005, 10:28 AM

last night i went out to some of my local timber and hung a stand..im going to hunt there tonight and hopefully get a big one....i have had a really good feeling lately on coming time for me to kill a monster or at least a good buck...i saw a lot of doe's last night while i was in my stand, tonight should produce, my buddy is going to film me probably and if a doe comes up ill prolly take her just to get a hunt on film...good luck boys

cornbread

11-22-2005, 04:49 PM

Here is a picture of a buck that Curt Smith with Baycreek Outdoors took on the last day of first shotgun season. The buck was chasing a doe across a corn field. It green scored at 178".

http://www.realtree.com/img/500/medium/curt1_2_.jpg

6sixpoint_nobrows

11-22-2005, 05:56 PM

man that is a huge buck! looks like he is still drippin blood from his mouth....monster of a buck though...i couldnt make it out to the timber tonight, which is kinda good let things settle back down from yesturday...good luck guys

billkay

11-22-2005, 10:41 PM

Awesome!

6sixpoint_nobrows

11-23-2005, 10:25 PM

well man i thought that this evening was going to be great, it was beautiful here in Illinois...got in the stand at about 2:30 and this wa my first time sitting in this stand because i just got in hung monday and i new this area was promising considering when i was hanging the stand i saw 8 deer within an houyr and a half...got in the stand and it was pretty windy, i was wondering if something would just pop up out of new were because i couldnt hear it walk up...well it only got windyer and the deer movement wasnt very good....better luck tommorow i guess...good luck guys

billkay

11-24-2005, 05:50 AM

Been out each of the last couple mornings and evenings. Have seen tons of does, but only a couple small bucks. The goods ones are there, they just won't show...

6sixpoint_nobrows

11-24-2005, 01:12 PM

i plan on getting my eating on, then going out for a couple hours, and hopefully catching a nice buck working his way around my stand, i have just had nothing but good feeling's lately...i know something big is about to happen....wish me luck...good luck to you guys too!

SaskBucks

11-25-2005, 10:42 AM

one week left in the season...it might be doe time for me...sorry boys...things have been so warm up here and the deer are not moving....good luck to all this weekend

6sixpoint_nobrows

11-25-2005, 11:40 AM

well saskbucks, hope kill a monster this week! we need the points...i have been hunting HARD lately, and no outcome....im ganna go out tonight early and see what happens, the rut stage here is post rut, and the last few does are getting bred, i think using my renzo decoy, and some brand new just pumped off a hott doe.....doe urine will do just the trick....my bow season goes all the way till january so i still have a lot of hunting left in me, but man is it could out there....good luck every one team renzos! we still got a chance to win this thing...good luck boys

cornbread

11-27-2005, 03:49 PM

I started hunting wed. evening and hunted thru sunday morning. Thanksgiving morning I saw 4 diffrent bucks but they were all little. I saw deer everytime that I went to the woods. Friday evening I took my 7 year old cousin with me. We have a box stand that sits on a hardwood ridge with a small food plot about 60 yards away. After about an hour a little doe walks into the food plot and I let Zach take the shot. He is shooting the same gun that I killed my first deer with many years ago, its an old ruger 44 carbine. Well im trying to Video, watch the deer, and coach Zach all the while shakeing more than anytime im holding the gun. Zach finds the deer in the scope and filps the safety off and boom. Well he drew blood but it was not from the deer but the scope caught him and cut him open over the eye and along the side of the nose. I was able to wack a doe saturday morning at about 21 yards, it went about 20 yards and piled up. No more points for our team but some more meat for the freezer. Im leaving early tuesday morning for Illinois. Im still have a archery tag and im going to see if I can poke a hole in one before second gun season starts. I will be back the middle of next week hopfully with some pictures and beable to trade in my doe for a buck. Good luck to all of yall and I will tell yall all about it next week.

6sixpoint_nobrows

11-27-2005, 05:43 PM

well good lcuk to ya cornbread.....im a little disappointed right now..i have been hunting this one timber HARD there are a lot of good bucks in there, but i havent been seeing much, well the other day my buddy came in while i was hunting to hang a stand, were does he put it, about 20 yards in front of my stand were all the deer come from! i was so mad, but he wouldnt listen to me, so i was like well fine im out of here, so i took my stand down and moved it about 200 yards to the other ridge, were there are a few small rubs and a scrape....i got in the stand tonight and was completly bummed on were i was sitting, i know it not a very good spot, but in the other spot there isnt much of a point to sit there because my buddy will shoot anything before it gets the chance to come by me....so tinight after sitting for about an hour i left a little upset....i dont know what im going to do but hopefully something gives soon...good luck to you guys

GWSmith

11-27-2005, 10:00 PM

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b345/GWSmith/WestVirginia2005022.jpg
Man did we ever have a great time!!!
He took that 8 Point Buck(211 lbs dressed out) on Monday and made a great shot, he waited for what he said was 7-8 minutes until the buck turned broadside, and the shot was close to the 250 yard range!
I was down in the woods tracking my first doe that I had shot at 7:15AM, after a parade of deer that had gone by me earlier, when I heard him shoot.
I had a setup of 3 feeding doe decoys out in front of me and grunted as the group that my doe was in came out of the woods, they saw the decoys and started walking towards them, I took a shot as the big doe(173 lbs dressed out)
At first I did not think it was him because there was only one shot...LOL...that was at 8:30 AM.
I had set out 2 feeding doe decoys in front of him at about 75 yds with the white plastic handles from grocery bags tied on for tails that where moving in the breeze.
He said the buck came out saw the decoys and started walking towards them and him(very slowly) while looking to each side, feeding, and doing more looking with almost each step.
Meanwhile I had found my doe and field dressed her and returned to the top of the hill to retrieve my game cart and give him the keys to the truck so that when he was done hunting he could just drive around and pick me up at the bottom of the hill...it is a big hill...There was no way I was dragging that doe uphill even with the game cart!!!
I was at the game cart and heard noises on the top of the hill and saw deer movement shortly afterwards 2 deer one doe and a small 6 pointer came off the hill running around the base in my direction...until I raised my hands and loudly said "HEY DEER" to which they promptly made a direction change http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
So I start heading around towards where my dad is to find him being helped out by another hunter pulling the game cart. I could not see the deer yet so I moved closer after he said he finally got a good one... :blink: I could not be happier for him!!!

High Winds and Weird Weather changes kept deer movement down to a minimum but while doing small pushes towards each other after 9-10 in the morning we did see alot of deer but passed on shots on small bucks.
We would sit in stand sites during the early morning and then do small pushes afterwards to get the deer up. I found deer beds that where completely dry during rain and snow while pushing towards my Dad through the brush so the method works...it got them moving anyways.
I got my second doe(156 lbs dressed out) on Friday and was lucky enough to capture the hunt on video http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
I had just made a move to a more open spot to get better video and 10 minutes later the deer showed up!
We used the Renzo's Decoys on all of our hunts and found that when the deer saw them they calmed down, sometimes even from running, and even turned and started walking towards them!
Dad said: "Bring them Decoy things again next year"...LOL...wonder why :lol:

My 2 Does and the best picture I have ever taken of my License http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b345/GWSmith/WestVirginia20050062.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b345/GWSmith/WestVirginia2005019.jpg
http://www.realtree.com/img/2/medium/West_Virginia_2005_015_2_.jpg

6sixpoint_nobrows

11-27-2005, 10:23 PM

congrats Gary! awesome job, that should put some more points on the board for us!

cornbread

11-27-2005, 11:15 PM

Sounds like yall had an awsome time.

10acboy

11-28-2005, 09:24 AM

Great job guys. The season isn't over yet. I'm having a good season. I have been seeing tons of bucks and I saw a brute Saturday, but I didn't feel comfortable with the shot. I did take a doe, but I got a nasty cut right between the eyes from my scope http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif, but it was worth it. My dad was visiting for thanksgiving and wanted to go out with me a couple of times which surprised me because we never. I hunted together in the past. I had saved a doe stamp and sure enough the first night here came a doe working the edge of a cut corn field and he flattened her! It was great bringing my dad out and he got a deer. He hasn't hunted in like 30 years! It was a great hunt! I don't get to hunt for the next couple of weeks http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif but I'll be out there the 22 - 24 of December.

6sixpoint_nobrows

11-28-2005, 04:30 PM

congrats to your dad on the doe 10acboy...awesome job, thats cool your dad went with you...well billkay has hooked my up with a buddy of his that doesnt live to far from me and he is going to hook me up with a plcae to hunt a couple times...well see how things go and you never know, might shoot a big boy....good luck to everyone...were starten to catch up to the leaders..slowing buy surely!

GWSmith

11-29-2005, 05:16 PM

Great Job Dan!!!

Bow Hunter Derek

11-29-2005, 10:24 PM

Congrats guys.

I made it back from the Florida vacation on Saturday evening. Had a great time. The kids thought Disney was awesome. The beach was great too. I thought I would miss hunting, but I needed a break. I hit it hard the first 6 weeks of bow. I was burnt out and I think some of my farm was burnt out a bit.

I went out in the rain on Sunday evening for a couple hours. I actually took my shot gun with me. That is the first time I've taken a shot gun into the deer woods in probably 8 or 9 years. It felt kind of weird. Saw some does. Could have shot a fat old doe, but I just did not feel like messing with a deer unless it had some big antlers.

I've heard reports of a big 12 pointer running around the area that made it through gun season. I'm hoping I might be able to tango with him this weekend when late bow and muzzleloader open up. We'll see.

Congrats to all of you guys that scored while I was gone!

billkay

11-29-2005, 11:08 PM

Way to go dec. If you need help posting, let us know. We'll try to get it worked out for you.

tunkhannockbowhunter

11-30-2005, 08:55 AM

hey guys, i passed on a small buck and ended up shooting a big doe later on the opening day of rifle season here in pa. i dont know any people around my cabin that scored on any bucks so they are still out there, hopefully one will walk past me before this season ends. its been a tough year!

6sixpoint_nobrows

11-30-2005, 12:09 PM

im in intro to bussiness class now ..after school im goin out..wish me luck...good luck to you guys too

GWSmith

11-30-2005, 12:47 PM

Go nail one...Good Luck!!!
Go teach an Old Buck about Profit and Loss http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

10acboy

11-30-2005, 03:27 PM

Congrats on the deer fellas! That's a nice buck there dec67. My work schedule changed so hopefully I will be able to go both Friday and Saturday! We're creeping up the board - keep up the good work guys!

billkay

11-30-2005, 03:37 PM

Just remember to enter it in the proper location dec. Super deer!

GWSmith

11-30-2005, 04:24 PM

Thats a very nice Buck Dan....Love the picture with the grill in the backround http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif Kinda Ironic http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

6sixpoint_nobrows

11-30-2005, 06:29 PM

hey awesome deer dan! we are workin our way up!! keep up the good work, at this point in the season i am going for anything...next thing that walks by im shooting..i have to fill 4 more tags!!! and 2 of the are buck tags.. i think we have a good chance at this, we have momentum now...black jacks are in the lead but most of there guys have deer on the board...so we still have a chance...welp i didnt get to go this afternoon...but im going all this weekend!

6sixpoint_nobrows

11-30-2005, 11:43 PM

have you guys noticed we are the most talkitave of all the teams....lol..i just glad i got put on a awesome deer hunting team..you guys have been awesome...

6sixpoint_nobrows

12-02-2005, 05:14 PM

hey just checkin in, this weekend is shotgun season here in Illinois, and i have those 3 tags to fill...but no idea were i am going to be goin hunting at....well hopefully i find a place and i get to go, because it will really help out team out if i shot a nice buck....once they enter gwsmith's deer and dec67's we wont be too far behind...we got this guys...welp i just hope i get to shotgun hunt this weekend!good luck guys

GWSmith

12-02-2005, 06:49 PM

Remember...My deer(a Doe) is only 5 points.
I wish I could say that Buck in the picture of my license was mine...But my Father has been waiting his whole life for a buck like that to step out.
Its almost like a dream come true to see his face in my memory that day he took that buck. He was completely full of Joy...I'll be happy the rest of my life being able to share that moment with him.
Look at this picture and tell me if you can see what I'm saying.....
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b345/GWSmith/WestVirginia20050102.jpg

SaskBucks

12-03-2005, 11:26 PM

http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gifI am very sorry to report that I did not fill a tag this year. Today was the last day of the season and I had some does with fawns come in, plus a couple spikes. Didn't want to leave a fawn orphaned and want to let the spikes grow up...sorry for letting the team down...good luck to all the rest of the season

sasksheds

12-04-2005, 12:31 AM

Your the man Tim.Hats off to you for putting in the time,etc... Wife,young buck & new born.I gotta give you credit.Cheers,shed hunting is right around the corner!!!!!!!!!

6sixpoint_nobrows

12-04-2005, 02:35 PM

hey thats ok tim...let the fawns grow up, and those small bucks grow up as well...welp...this is the point in my season were i have to start filling some tags...from now on, im ganna have to start shooting everything that i see....i have been holding out for a trohpy buck, and the new spot i have been hunting is deffintly not quality deer managed even though there are a lot of good bucks in the area...but i have relized that if we pass on a 120 inch 8 point he will be dead anyway by the neighbor so if i get a chance at a buck like that im going to act on it...good luck guys...sometime this week im probably ganna go down to jubliee state park and hunt with Chris Bracket...wish me luck!

billkay

12-04-2005, 02:45 PM

Good luck! No worries Tim.

GWSmith

12-05-2005, 07:27 AM

[ QUOTE ]
http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gifI am very sorry...

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Sorry for what?
Its people like you that has given Canada the reputation that it has for monster bucks!!!
Good Deer Management is nothing to be sorry about http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
You have alot to look forward to http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

10acboy

12-05-2005, 09:02 AM

Don't be sorry tim, you did the right thing. We not hunting because of the contest, we are hunting because we enjoy it so much! This weekend was pretty rough, Friday had high winds and Saturday we did drive after drive and it's hard for me to shoot a running deer. The first drive that I did, I pushed 20 - 30 out (there was 3 or 4 good bucks in the group) ran right up the fence row to were I usually stand. http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif Anyway I shot at a doe, didn't hit it, but at least I shot. Anyway this weekend I plan on bringing my 10 year old out in the evening, maybe he can lower the hammer on a doe. That would make this season the greatest: Shot my biggest deer, bought my dad hunting for the first time and he shot a doe, and hopefully my boy can put one down. I'll keep ya posted.

SaskMan

12-05-2005, 01:43 PM

Tim, the amount of bone you'll scoop off the ground this winter will make up for it. I know how hard pressed you are for time with the little spiker and the little doe fawn at home. My little spiker and button buck will likely keep me home even more next year. Hope you enjoyed your time in the outdoors, I'm sure you did.

Bow Hunter Derek

12-05-2005, 10:36 PM

Tim, don't sweat it, we don't hunt because of a contest. Trust me, I could have scored many times over this year on some decent bucks. Just now what I've wanted. Still have a couple weeks of hunting, but I'm doubting very much I'll be adding a buck to our score. I just haven't (and probably won't) crossed pathes this year with one I've wanted to shoot.

6sixpoint_nobrows

12-06-2005, 10:05 PM

well guys...hey its all but a blast...this was my first contest and im just glad i got paired up with a good bunch of guys...my biggest worry on getting on a deer was the i wouldnt get a deer.. that didnt see to be a problem this year, i was blessed with a lot of oppratunities on deer..just havent had the chance at anything big this year...but hey just being out there enjoying nature has been great...its not over yet though...hopefully i can score on a nice buck before the season comes to a close...but tim dont be hard on yourself...i saw your pictures of deer you have taken in the past and all of the were nothing short of amazing..same goes for the rest of you guys..all great deer.good luck to everyone thats still hunting

GWSmith

12-06-2005, 10:58 PM

Kyle, I felt alot like you said...I just wanted to contribute to the team. I took a couple nice mature does and waited for the bucks we knew where there to show up.
I passed on smaller bucks though and could have taken any one of them but theres a really good reason why I did not.
I have been passing on smaller bucks for quite awhile now while hunting that area that my father and I have hunted since 1998 together.
The farm where we hunted this year is seeing less and less hunters each year. We both have been continually taking our share of does from this place. This year we saw more bucks than ever before and my father was able to take the biggest buck of his lifetime.
We found out this year that the landowner is no longer going to be giving out any more permits to anyone new and now just to the people who have been going there for years in a row.
Its just going to keep getting better and better as time goes on and we have the proverbial key to the gate http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
I already have next years permit http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif
The contest has been fun to be a part of.

I'm looking towards the future and what it has to bring hunting with Friends and Family...for me thats what its all about after all is said and done!

tunkhannockbowhunter

12-07-2005, 04:17 PM

my sentiment is pretty much the same. I wish i could take a nice buck and help the team out, but it just hasn't come together for me this year. i was able to take a nice mature doe(which i still need to enter once i get the pics from my brothers digital camera). The bucks are on my properties, its just been a tough year. i've passed many small bucks and even a decent 8 early in archery season. I believe in management too much to lower my standards. I still have some hunting left to do so you never know what will happen. you gotta be out there to shoot them, so i wont give up til I got something hanging upside down. good luck to all and dont give up yet. my hunting buddy took the biggest deer of his life and one of the biggest in the area on the last day of archery with 15 mins left of legal shooting light last year. So heads up everyone, this is just for fun and you never know whats going to happen

billkay

12-07-2005, 06:18 PM

"Thanks to all yall for letting me be part of an awesome team"
Now if we only knew who you were? LOL Our mystery hunter? Just kidding. The whole reason for these contests is to build comradary between forum members and generate communcation between hunters with different backgrounds. We surely have suceeded at that! This certainly is, not was, my favorite team! I still have about 3 weks to go. We are currently in out m/l season. It will run till about the 18th of this month. I spent about 15 days in the stand of the last 3 weeks on 3 different properties and have not seen a worthy buck. Yetserday I walked every row of a 100 acre standing corn field looking for something bedded, no luck. No big deal, I'll keep at it till the end. I'm glad you were all willing, if not excited in using the Renzo dekes and I hope that they will eventually pay dividends for you. I'm proud to have all of you on my team nd wish we could kep the team together for next year... Thanks to those who are finished, and best of luck to those stil at it. You never know when Mr. Big will be there.

10acboy

12-08-2005, 07:42 AM

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"Thanks to all yall for letting me be part of an awesome team"

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My feelings exactly! I still have until the first Saturday in January to score on something bigger, but I don't know how much time I'll get to hunt plus I need to thin the doe herd some. But, what a group of guys! I couldn't have been placed on a better team. Thanks for the dekes too, I know that we are all thankful to you for getting them.

Mike

GWSmith

12-08-2005, 08:44 AM

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"Thanks to all yall for letting me be part of an awesome team"....

....I'm glad you were all willing, if not excited in using the Renzo dekes and I hope that they will eventually pay dividends for you....

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The team has been fun to be on thats for sure!!!

As far as the decoys go...I had bought one Doe decoy before this contest at a local Gander Mountain store. This was my first year ever using a decoy while hunting. I would have been happy if all the decoy did was take the attention of the deer off of me for a couple seconds so I could get a good shot. Not only did that happen but I had deer seeing the decoys and walking in to them!!!
I say "Them" because I was using the one I had bought and the ones we recieved as being part of "Team Renzo's".
Here I was my first year using a deer decoy of any kind and I'm not using one big bulky thing that made using it a pain in the butt. I'm carrying 3 decoys into the field under my arm folded up!!!
By the time I went to West Virginia hunting with my father I had bought a few more and setup 2 in front of his ground blind(75 yards away). He takes the biggest buck of his lifetime after the buck notices the decoys(the buck was 175 yards away from the decoys) and starts walking towards them....BTW...It was his first time ever using a deer decoy hunting as well.
He said: "Bring them Decoy things again next year"
...and for me...I wont hunt without them again!!!

P.S. The first few times using the decoys you have to be very careful and place them so that they are either directly facing you or facing away from you.
I know...I almost shot mine a few times http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

cornbread

12-08-2005, 06:58 PM

Sorry im the mystery hunter. I was not on my computer and forgot to log in. I will be back in the woods this weekend and maybe a big buck will walk into bow range.

Bow Hunter Derek

12-10-2005, 04:46 PM

Well it does not add to the score, but I doubled today on a couple does. The Renzo's pulled them right in and the smoke pole barked (twice).

Sweet morning! http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a35/decraig2000/RenzoDeer.jpg

GWSmith

12-10-2005, 06:06 PM

Way to go BHD!!!
Great Pic

SaskBucks

12-10-2005, 06:11 PM

congrats and great pic Derek!!!!

6sixpoint_nobrows

12-10-2005, 07:47 PM

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P.S. The first few times using the decoys you have to be very careful and place them so that they are either directly facing you or facing away from you.
I know...I almost shot mine a few times http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

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i know all about that...lol

10acboy

12-12-2005, 07:48 AM

Nic pic and congrats on the deer. I myself didn't have any luck yet with the decoys, but I am going to keep trying to use them. I didn't see any deer this weekend, I am still trying to get my oldest son a shot at one. I did however, bag my first black bear! I saw it feeding out in a corn field. I had my sons with me (they are 10 and 5). They got in the truck while I stalked the bear which took a total of about 15 minutes. With light running out quickly the bear finally gave me a shot at about 120 yards and my 270WSM dropped it in it's tracks. Man you talk about being pumped! Do we get bonus points? It was a small bear, but a bear. It dressed out at about 100 - 110 pounds. I was told it was probably a 2 year old. I'll post pics in a day or two.

6sixpoint_nobrows

12-12-2005, 05:56 PM

hey congrats on the bear! thats awesomne, yeah i think we should get some bonus points for that! i cant wait to see some pics! welp i havent been able to go out lately, but hopefully this weekend i can get something, i need to shoot another deer, its been awhile...lol..i think nov 12th was my last kill with my bow..but hey cant kill anything sitting inside, its just been to darn cold here in IL...temps in the single digits and below zero...not many deer are ganna move in that conditio...its starting to warm back up a little bit so maybe i will get out sometime late in the week or this weekend! good luck everyone

billkay

12-12-2005, 07:14 PM

The deer will probably move more, and earlier when the temps drop. They have to eat more to keep warm and will use the sunshine as an extra benefit. Take advantage of the cold while you can.

10acboy

12-13-2005, 09:38 AM

Here are my bear pics - now remember, she's not the biggest.

http://www.realtree.com/img/511/medium/Zach.JPG

http://www.realtree.com/img/511/medium/Wyatt2.JPG

http://www.realtree.com/img/500/medium/bear1.JPG

Bow Hunter Derek

12-13-2005, 10:57 AM

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By your first two pictures, I was going to comment that YOU aren't that big either. http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

That bear is bigger than any bear I'll ever kill in Indiana. I'd be proud of that thing.

Pretty cool. http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

Congrats!

GWSmith

12-14-2005, 12:36 AM

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... now remember, she's not the biggest.

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By your first two pictures, I was going to comment that YOU aren't that big either. http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

That bear is bigger than any bear I'll ever kill in Indiana. I'd be proud of that thing.

Pretty cool. http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

Congrats!

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I would be happy with that one too...
I've have never even seen a Live Bear in the wild yet http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

billkay

12-14-2005, 06:51 AM

Congrats!

6sixpoint_nobrows

12-15-2005, 07:55 PM

awesome lookin bear...hey bill i have always heard when it is misserably cold not even the deer will move...they will almost go into a hybernation stat were they just sleep most of the day...but that takes temp's to be in the negatives, and thats what its been here...its warming up the week though...its been 20 and 25 most this week..unforutnatly i havent made arrangments with chris yet, and havent been able to get in the timber yet

6sixpoint_nobrows

12-17-2005, 11:19 AM

well boys im heading off to my dads thisafternoon so i can bow hunt some ground up there that hasnt been huntin in 4 or 5 weeks....there deer have really been filtering in there bedause of shotgun season and i think since the pressur hasnt been there i wil have a good chance...i hope i can bring home a good lookin deer..good luck everyone

6sixpoint_nobrows

12-20-2005, 02:54 PM

hey guys...i went out saturday evening, and didnt even see a deer...its so cold right now here....as i was walking back to my truck i saw something big run up a tree...i thought it might be a squirrel, but then i saw that it was a coon, a big coon! in bordom, i knocked an arrow, the coon was about 30 feet in the tree and his vitals sticking out completly, so i let her fly, smack right through the vitals and passed through and my arrow can sailing slowly down about 10 feet away from me...the coon didnt even make a noise and just very very slowly started walking down out of the tree, after about 10 minutes he made it to the ground and died about 30 seconds after he reached the ground...i wish i would have taken pictures of him, but didnt have my camera, hes about a 20 poind plus male coon...i skinned him out and im ganna tan the hide myself...ill show some pictures when its done...well i beter get ready to go out and hunt this evening, my buddy saw a big 7 point walk right by our ground blind the other day!

6sixpoint_nobrows

12-28-2005, 12:45 AM

hey guys, yesturday almost scored on a buck, very close, i gues it wont do much for us now, but hey, just wanted to let ya know, he came in at about 30 yards and i figured he would walk farther down the trail were it came 20 yards in front of my stand, but instewad i guess he caught wiff of something he ddint like a turned right around and left...welp just checkin in, see ya boys! good luck

6sixpoint_nobrows

12-30-2005, 07:14 PM

welp, got in the timber early yesturday mourning, early enough were there was about 1 hour of sitting in the dark, saw one small buck on the ridge, and we walked by my ground blind at about 30 yards, saw about 20 squirrels, still nothing, have a good one guys!

SaskBucks

01-01-2006, 01:30 AM

It is awesome that you are able to get out so much...hope you connect on a big one soon, you sure have put in the time

billkay

01-01-2006, 01:23 PM

Sorry I have not been around much lately. My father is in the hospital and has been diagnosed with cancer. It's taken a majority if my time trying to be there with him. Thanks for making this a great season and team and have a good new year. Talk to you all soon.

6sixpoint_nobrows

01-03-2006, 10:47 PM

sorry to hear that bill, prayers are going out to him, im still after mr. big, the other day some guy decide he would cut across my property and a few other guys' properties spooking all the deer out, i was so mad, i just yelled at him and he just looked around with a dumb look on his face... oh yeah bill the other day i was in gander mountain and chris walked in and i introduced myself and stuff and talked to him for awhile, super nice guy, good to finally meet him in person thanx again for getting me his number and stuff...good luck to everyone thats still hunting!

Bow Hunter Derek

01-03-2006, 11:29 PM

Well all, the Indiana season ended last Sunday. As usually, December is not a good month for me to do much hunting (though I did bag a couple does in one of my few outings).

All in all, I had a great year with 4 does. I had my oportunities at some real good bucks, but none were what I was looking for this year. I could have put more points on the board for us many times, but I wanted to let them grow up a little more. It'll pay off. One of the 120's 8 pointers I let walk, made it. I got pictures of him just the other day. He'll make someone a nice trophy next year (maybe me!).

I want to say thanks to everyone on the team. It was fun. Thanks again to Bill and Renzos. What a cool deal that was.

Good luck to any that still have seasons open and be safe.

Come on turkey season!