Southeast Iowa Live.....Come Along for the Season

[JES]

Great thread! Good luck!

[MIHunter]

Congrats on the buck and thanks for taking us along on the adventure!

X2!

[BTLowry]

The big bucks did not show. I am going to get some breakfast.

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By 11 it is lunch

[Arrowsmith]

By 11 it is lunch

My wife made me two fried egg sandwiches and said it was brunch.[emoji1]

I sat in another stand this evening that was in the area where I saw the two big bucks yesterday. No luck. I didn't see anything this evening.

I am pretty sure this is one of the bucks that I saw yesterday. This buck lives on our farm from late winter thru early fall and then makes a move. He knows our farm inside and out. If it was this buck I have only seen him twice in two years. October 23, 2019 and yesterday.

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[Drycreek3189]

I love fried egg sandwiches, (and it shows). I hope you get a chance at that one ^^^^^^

[BTLowry]

Got a doc that has the cafe make him a sandwich that we call by his name and that is how we order it when we want one

Over medium egg, 3 strips of bacon, slice of tomato, mayo with a splash of Frank's hot sauce on wheat toast

I have one every once in a while for breakfast and it is good


Get back in that tree early, one of those big boys may wander by

[Arrowsmith]

After an insanely windy eveving yesterday it has dawned cold, clear and calm this morning.

Well... The doe decoy works.[emoji106]

Another real pretty split G2 buck. Actually bigger than the one I killed. 20 yards at the decoy. He came out this timber strip with his nose into the NNW wind and spotted the decoy when he got into the bean field.

I am not shooting another one unless it's much bigger that what I have tagged. I am still excited about seeing the XXL buck day before yesterday.

This buck will be a beast in a couple of years. I got an ice chest ful of meat on ice from last week's buck that I have got to process tomorrow.

This is the kind of stuff I love.....even more than killing them.

Fun and exciting.[emoji106]

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[rtp]

That's cool!

[SFAbowhunter]

Gah, I would have had a hard time passing that buck. Cool encounter!

[Arrowsmith]

Gah, I would have had a hard time passing that buck. Cool encounter!

Catch and release.[emoji1]

I drew on him after I took the pictures. He never knew I was there. He was too interested in the decoy.

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[SFAbowhunter]

Catch and release.[emoji1]

I drew on him after I took the pictures. He never knew I was there. He was too interested in the decoy.

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I love using a doe decoy during the rut. I’ve killed two bucks using one and one of them I pulled away from a doe that was locked down for two days. Jumped that buck and doe twice in two days in the same spot. Snuck in the next morning with a doe decoy and he came by for a quick peak as the doe he followed bounded across the creek.

Hopefully that buck will forget that time he saw your decoy and will return next year for you!


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[Drycreek3189]

That buck is wondering why she hasn’t succumbed to his charms. He’s thinking “Am I not wide enough, maybe if my antlers were darker, surely my buff body is attractive..........”

[Dakota7493]

Would you look at the neck on that guy!

[Arrowsmith]

I got down at 10:00. It is 34 and the wind switched from WNW which was good that stand and decoy set to ENE which is not so good.

Plus....I was getting cold and I am hungry. Sitting in the house now on my laptop.

[Pistol]

I love seeing a decoy work. I stopped using them because I was getting a lot of deer spooked, but I think it was because they were not in the open. The deer would come through the woods and be surprised when they came up on them. I should bring them back out. Even does will be curious enough to come by.