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Canuck2

09-30-2005, 06:41 PM

I'm stumped for a name, but will put my thinking cap on.

Tom, I like the banner (oops, my name is spelled wrong http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif ).

I went out this morning and hid myself by a BIG rock that overlooked several trails. Out of nowhere, a buck shows up and stands 15 yards away with a bush screening him totally. After standing there for about 5 minutes he moved ahead and came by me only 10 yards out. It was a real nice forky and he offered me a nicely posed quartering away shot once he was out to 15 yards again. I declined the opportunity, since that would effectively end my season - too soon. http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

That was the only deer that came close, although I saw 10 or 12 others.

snapper

10-02-2005, 06:58 AM

Well...Sat. morning opener, I scored on a nice 9pt at 7:40 am.
First time I ever scored on the opening day and he is the first buck taken off my property (since my wife and I owned it).

At or around 7:30 I had a doe and two yearlings feeding on acorns working their way past me to a bedding area. After they made it by (doe didn't offer a good shot) I scanned the hill and didn't see anything. Called my buddy on the radio to see if he's seeing anything and to tell him that they are moving.
As I'm talking to him...I caught movement...two bucks heading my way. The bigger of the two stayed up on the hill and the 9pt came down the exact same trail I walked in on. Turned broadside (very slightly quartering towards me) at about 20 yards. I drew and shot...ran about 50 yards and piled up...double lung shot!
I really don't know why I shot this buck....he is a nice 2 1/2 year old buck, but I've passed up bucks better than him in the past? Anyways, I'm pleased with him and I'm going to get it mounted since it was the first buck taken from the new homested. I should be able to get picture up sometime Mon. or maybe Tues.

Team #22....we are on the board!

WHISKEYSWAMP

10-02-2005, 09:49 AM

congrats snapper... can't wait for the pics.

I made it out yesterday morning and had a fork buck and a doe and yearling within range. I was going to take the doe but decided to pass since the yearling was really tiny and I was afraid it probably woudn't make it alone. I had some work to do this morning and will hopefully make it out tonight. http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

Canuck2

10-02-2005, 11:16 AM

Yeehaw! Way to go snapper; http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif it's great when everything comes together like that, isn't it? I, too, anxiously await the pictures.

Tom2008

10-02-2005, 10:00 PM

Awsome snapper. No worries canuck I passed up on a fawn lol big difference. I would have never shot him anyway. I was waitin for mom to come around but she didn't show. I posted picts and stuff in the bow hunting section. Sry canuck lol I thought I had it right. Once we get a team name I can fix it so thats tehre instead of team 22 and you all can use it if you want. http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Rhino

10-03-2005, 02:41 PM

Congrats snapper. Great start to the season there bud. http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

Sorry I missed the initial signing in. I went down to our camp Thursday afternoon to check for access problems after hurricane Rita passed through. Only burnt one tank of gas out of the chainsaw this time. Nothing compared to the mess that Katrina left us.

I also wanted to check the stands I had set for the predicted wind. Good thing I did or I would have had a problem for this past opening weekend. OK on to deer hunting.

I got some early season success on does. I killed a doe around 7:00 a.m on opening day (10/1) and followed that one up with another bigger doe the following morning. http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif First time I can recall ever bagging a couple on the 1st 2 days. The shots were 23 yards and 7 yards. The first one went down within sight of my stand. The 2nd was only a couple of yards from where I last saw her. Neither one made it more than 40 yards. I love those short tracking jobs. http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif That's a good start toward filling my freezer again. I lost everything I had in it thanks to Katrina. Now that I've put a couple of does down for groceries and herd management purposes, I'll be passing up the skin heads for a while to hunt for bucks. I'll get my pics, etc. posted in the entry thread this evening.

snapper

10-03-2005, 06:43 PM

Here he is...not the biggest in the woods, but I'm pleased with him.
http://www.realtree.com/img/500/05bowbuck.jpg

I believe the buck no the right is the same buck...taken by the trail cam mid summer.
http://www.realtree.com/img/500/newbucks.jpg

smallmunster

10-03-2005, 10:27 PM

Snapper,

It is always good to get on the board early! I've got a doe hunt this weekend, but the "real" hunt is in December.

Tom2008

10-03-2005, 10:35 PM

Snapper great buck. He will help the team out a lot. Ive passed up some deer so hopefully Ill get rewarded soon.

KTMMIKE

10-06-2005, 06:12 PM

Hey guys,

Just checking in. Looks like we have a few points all ready. Way to go snapper.

snapper

10-06-2005, 06:45 PM

Well...sorta...

I been PM'ing needtohunt about my photo's. If you notice I didn't get a score for my buck yet...mainly because I didn't get a picture of the tag. Well, I did...but it was the last picture on the roll and apparently didn't come out?
Anyways, I'll wait til Gary gets back to me...I guess it looks like I'll have to go to the taxidermist to get another close up...but it may take a while to get the film developed.
Rest assured though...the deer was shot by me and is legal...and I'll do what I got to do to get the points for our team!

Tom2008

10-06-2005, 10:57 PM

So do we want to use Antler Assasins or what?

smallmunster

10-07-2005, 08:31 AM

Antler assassins works for me.

snapper

10-07-2005, 08:34 AM

Works for me...but you all have to kill something with antlers...lol.

Tom2008

10-08-2005, 03:55 PM

lol ok we have 3 votes for that name. Come on everyone we need to know what ya think about the name. http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

smallmunster

10-09-2005, 09:39 PM

I managed a doe on 10-8-05 during an antlerless hunt.

Doe
10-8-05

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

My brothers and I will have a buck hunt in the same spot in December. I took the video cam and got some footage of some good bucks in the area so I have high hopes for December. I'll post some of the video clips when I get a chance.

Tom2008

10-09-2005, 11:07 PM

WTG on the doe looks like I wont' be hunting again till rifle season. I can't go up next weekend or the weekend after. Good Luck on your buck hunt munster.

Canuck2

10-10-2005, 01:25 AM

Nice going there, smallmunster. That will be fine table fare. Good luck on your later hunt.

I took off to a town 120 miles from here for a family gathering yesterday and got back tonight. At about the 100 mile mark, I spotted the guy shown below and put a sneak on him. I got to within about 15 yards of him - and didn't have my bow with me. http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif I just may get a chance to zip over there again and try to find him.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v16/Canuck2/IMGP1302.jpg

Rhino

10-10-2005, 01:42 PM

Way to go smallmunster. It's still real early and we already have 3 deer on the boards for the team.

Pretty lackluster bowhunting this past long weekend for me. I hunted Friday through the weekend and haven't seen a buck I liked yet but it's still early. Had shots at does but after taking 2 doe on the first 2 days I'm buck hunting right now. Saw a 2 year old 7 point and a 3 year old 7 point Friday afternoon. They weren't shooters but it was nice to start seeing some rack bucks for a change down here. I'll be back at it come Friday again. Gotta love it! http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

BTW, Antler Assassins is fine by me too.

smallmunster

10-10-2005, 10:00 PM

I think we should go with the name, I think we have enough "yes" votes. I got some video up of some of the bucks we saw during the doe hunt. It was a pretty good day for seeing bucks. I also had one 30 yards away in the timber that would have been done for if it was December. It was a nice 9 point that would have went around 130". I would like to say I would have passed it up for bigger but it would have been awful tempting.

My brother did manage his second deer of his career, a small button buck, with only a few minutes of light remaining. Brothers Button Buck (900K, WARNING: GRAPHIC KILL SCENE) (http://www.huntingfootage.com/data/507/17dave_buck.wmv)

Some good bucks (.wmv, 5 MB, 2 minutes) (http://www.huntingfootage.com/data/507/17deer05.wmv)

Tom2008

10-11-2005, 01:05 AM

Congrats to your brother Smallmunster. http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif Hey im gonna go make the siggy then with antler assasins name on it. Canuck ill get your name right this time.http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

M00N

10-11-2005, 09:47 PM

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Congrats to your brother Smallmunster. http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif Hey im gonna go make the siggy then with antler assasins name on it. Canuck ill get your name right this time.http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

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Hope you (and your teammates) like the siggy I made you Tom. http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif Good luck to you all. http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

-Moon (NWD)

Tom2008

10-11-2005, 10:29 PM

Hey mooners nice to see ya hear. http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

M00N

10-11-2005, 10:36 PM

[ QUOTE ]
Hey mooners nice to see ya hear. http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

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Thanks Tom got curious when you talked about this place so much, so figured I'd join up and take a peek around. http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Tom2008

10-11-2005, 11:25 PM

Lots of great people here and a lot of interesting stuff.

Rhino

10-12-2005, 07:02 PM

Don't you just love it when you invite your business partner to go bowhunting and he says sure? http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif I'm heading out tomorrow and won't be back until Monday.

Good luck to y'all this weekend. http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

Tom2008

10-12-2005, 10:24 PM

Good Luck Rhino get a good buck for the team. http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

snapper

10-13-2005, 12:21 PM

Just got back from the taxidermist...took two pictures of the tag! Now when the roll is finished up (don't own a digital) I'll get the pictures developed and posted so we can get the points for our team.

Good luck everyone...I'm still hunting, got a couple of doe tags!

Canuck2

10-13-2005, 10:41 PM

Good luck one and all for the coming weekend - and before and after it too, for that matter. http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

I am leaving tomorrow for a week of moose hunting - 500 mile drive. But the 2 of us hope to come back loaded down with moose and perhaps even a deer or two. See you all when I get back.

Tom2008

10-13-2005, 11:08 PM

Good luck everyone this weekend. No hunting for me but sunday Ill have my gun all sigthted in for rifle season.http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Tom2008

10-16-2005, 10:37 PM

So how did everyone do this weekend?
Im ready for rifle season.http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/1985/9d2eb6185ho.jpg

WHISKEYSWAMP

10-17-2005, 07:10 AM

Didn't hunt much... have too many projects I'm working on at home. http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

Tom2008

10-17-2005, 06:18 PM

Well some reason are sig quit being hosted or something so I re hosted it.
Here is the link: http://img278.imageshack.us/img278/1718/antlerassasins031uk7oq.gif

Rhino

10-17-2005, 10:10 PM

I hunted pretty hard from Thursday afternoon through Sunday afternoon. I saw more bucks than does for a change even though we had a full moon. Didn't see any morning activity at all. I did finally see one shooter size mature buck but unfortunately he was just too far away. I had several younger rack bucks in close along with some does but the big mature 8 point I saw didn't get closer than 50 yards. Oh well...there's always next weekend.

I'll probably hunt Friday afternoon and Saturday unless I can get away earlier this week. Next Monday I'm heading to Missouri for a 5 day bowhunt. http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif Really looking forward to that trip.

Tom2008

10-17-2005, 11:56 PM

Sounds like a great weekend good luck on that 5 day hunt.

Tom2008

10-18-2005, 06:18 PM

Just found out I might be able to get back in the woods 1 week before rifle season starts with my bow. Hopefully I will so I can get one with my bow and then the next week one with rifle.

Tom2008

10-18-2005, 10:39 PM

Well I have the oppurtunity to hunt this weekend. I don't know if Ill take it though. We'll see.

Rhino

10-19-2005, 02:00 PM

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Well I have the oppurtunity to hunt this weekend. I don't know if Ill take it though. We'll see.

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And you're questioning whether or not to go. http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

I guess I have the fever worse than most Tom. Heck I'm leaving for Missouri Monday but I'm still going bowhunting this weekend. http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif Gotta love it. http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

Tom2008

10-20-2005, 03:25 AM

Don't worry im going up this friday. Ill be able to hunt friday evening, saturday morning/evening, and sunday morning/ maybe evening. http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

Canuck2

10-23-2005, 12:45 AM

Well, I got back from my moose hunt at noon today (Saturday). Here's what we got:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v16/Canuck2/striped-skunks-01.jpg

I sure hope the rest of the deer season goes better than that. Bucks are starting to move now, so a bit of rattling and calling may soon be in order. The fun time of the season. http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

Tom2008

10-23-2005, 09:57 PM

I just got back. No Luck again. Saw a doe while comin back at night where I used to have my stand. I can never win lol. Gun season is in 2 weekends and the 4 pointer I passed up on last year is a 6 this year so Im gonna take him if he comes around. If I dont' some one else in my party will. He has a doe already.