Need2hunt's 2004-05 Journal

[need2hunt]

Should be an interesting year... probably be the last year at my normal hunting spot as the land owner has passed away... still have permission to hunt it until the family decides what will happen to the property... will be hunting a new piece of property around Macomb, IL that looks pretty promising... will be hunting in greene county with Tominator, Ohiobucks and LLBUX... and then will be heading to Johnson county for shotgun season and possibly a little bow hunting...all in all it's going to be a busy season

[need2hunt]

Started off the season sitting in the buddy stand... this guy came out at 7:30... right after I set my bow down LOL... I got the video camera out and taped him munching on some leaves and he had a friend join him... I figured I'ld let her walk seeing as how I was videoing at the time... she got a little jittery when she stepped on the trail i had come in on... they ended up wandering away but a little while later the buck found my scent trail and followed it back to my stand... I put down the video camera to take a shot at the doe but I hit a branch and went under her... thats good... got my miss out of the way early so I don't have to worry about it the rest of the year

[need2hunt]

Sat in the buddy stand... did not see anything

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Sue sat in the buddy stand, I set my climber back behind it to run video... had 2 does come in right at 7:00... Sue got busted ... the one doe stared at her for like 10 minutes without moving... She only needed them to come in another 5-10 yards... oh well, there will be a next time

[need2hunt]

Sue sat in her stand in the back... i took the climber up to the top of the woods... good sign on top... even have a good early scrape under the cedar tree and one started by the apple trees... neither of us saw anything

[need2hunt]

Nothing sighted again

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Once again nothing sighted... I sat in a tree on the front end of the woods over by the cornfield

[need2hunt]

Took Jack out to hunt with me tonight... he sat in the stand in the front of the property by the cornfield... he saw a doe with a fawn but they didn't come close enough for shot... I sat in the buddy stand... fixed a squeeking problem with it... ended up seeing zero

[need2hunt]

Got a late start and didn't get to the stand until almost 7:00... had a coyote sneak in on me, he spotted me before I could get a shot off at him... didn't see anything else... other than squirrels!!!... as i was getting ready to leave this little noise maker gave me a 20 yard shot... WHAMO!!!

[need2hunt]

Sat in the buddy stand again... saw this guy in the woods and called him out using the Primos Can Call... 8:45, 30 yards... I'll let him grow up a little bit ... at least there getting bigger

[huntinsonovagun]

Nice little 2.5 yr. old. I am afraid I couldn't have restrained from shooting him. He will be awesome in a few years.....too bad you might not get to hunt the property anymore.

[need2hunt]

Woke up at 4:00 am to get ready and take the long walk in with my climber... get settled in and starts to get light...I then realize this is NOT the draw I wanted to be sitting in, I wanted the next draw over ... heard a young buck grunt behind me on the neighbors property so gave it a little time... nothing going... it rained the night before and everything was wet and relatively quiet... so I got down and sneaked over the hill down to where I wanted to set up originally... alost there and catch movement off to my right... basically a horse with antlers... he was only 50 yards or so, I don't think he saw me or smelled me... I think he just caught some movement or heard me snap a twig... he decided to leave and took a couple bounds and trotted off... body wise he was HUGE, antler wise he had a TON of mass, but couldn't tell a whole lot else about him, looked to be a 10 pointer...

Sue had a doe come in and bed down 40 yards from her stand...

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Picked a couple different spots for the evening hunt... Sue was hunting a grass field down by the creek... I was hunting a been field next to the woods... 15-20 minutes after Sue leaves I see her walking back across the field toward my stand... she had went to trim a branch with the saw and ended up cutting her hand good enough to need stitches... so I got down and we took a trip to the emergency room... they got her stitched up and we still had a little time so we hustled back to the field... she busted a 6-pointer and three unidentified deer on the way to her stand and had 2 does come by later but not within range... I had deer coming into the bean field about 5 minutes after I got in the stand... 8 does in total... some of them got within 20 yards but would not get into the clearing where I could get a shot

[need2hunt]

I headed back to where i had seen the big buck the day before... got in early and set up... had sevaral deer moving by while it was still dark but nothing happening once it got light enough to shoot... when I got down I took the long way out... ended up getting with 5 feet (yes feet) of a young doe... I was on the VERY back corner of the property and didn't feel like dragging here up and down all the hills so I passed on her... saw 4-5 other unidentified deer on my way back to the house...

Sue hunted the same spot from the previous evening, only had one young doe come through, not close enough for a shot.

Next time we get back to this property the rut should be in full swing and all the crops will be out... should be a ton of fun

[need2hunt]

Took my 2 girls out with me for the first time... we fit real nice into the buddy stand... busted an unidentified deer as we made our way in... then just a little after 5:00 I had a young doe come in... Katie had just fallen asleep so I got Kestrels attention and got katie woke up... by the time I turned back around the doe was about 5 yards right in front of the stand... tried to get katie in a better position to see and we ended up spooking her... we left a little on the early side and ended up bumping a couple more deer... corn is being picked really hard in the area and the deer are starting to move better... I'll be heading back out Wednesday night and will put Jack in that stand, hopefully one of those does or a buck will wander by in front of him