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Originally posted by SaltwaterSlick View PostYea, I have a pretty decent buck that is locked on to a doe that comes to the feeder behind my house. He's been with her for the past couple days... She's got him pretty stoopid right now. If he's still stoopid Saturday morning, it might be hazardous to his health to come with her out into the open after legal shooting light... I've never killed anything on my place since we bought it back in '15...
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Gettin' a little iffy for me... He's been a no-show since right after I posted about him above!! Probably better anyway... My grandsons would get all twisted off if I shot one of "their" deer!!
They have a swim meet this weekend over in Spring otherwise I'd have 'em out Friday night for a Saturday morning sit... Will update if things change...
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Originally posted by SaltwaterSlick View PostGettin' a little iffy for me... He's been a no-show since right after I posted about him above!! Probably better anyway... My grandsons would get all twisted off if I shot one of "their" deer!!
They have a swim meet this weekend over in Spring otherwise I'd have 'em out Friday night for a Saturday morning sit... Will update if things change...
My daughters school is out tomorrow so I took a day as well, we are gonna hit it hard this weekend. Weather is looking good.
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Originally posted by retrieverman View PostI’ve focused all my deer hunting on my Oklahoma place since 2014, but I tagged a nice buck up there October 2nd and decided to give east TX a try this year. I did a little scouting last Thursday and Friday, and I set my climbing stand on a scrape line. Saturday morning, I passed a really nice young 11 point and ended up shooting a doe that busted me. I got skunked Saturday evening. Sunday morning, I through up a ground blind on another scrape line and saw a young doe, a 3 pt, 4 pt, 6 pt, and a nice 8 pt. Sunday evening, I went back to my climber and saw a different 4 point. I didn’t get to hunt yesterday and almost didn’t go today because of the heat, but I decided to go due to this being a “best” day on the solunar table. The minor time for the morning was 6:19-7:19. Just after daylight, the 8 point I passed on Sunday walked under me at about 25 yards, and a little after 7, I heard something moving through the leaves behind me. I turned and saw it was a buck, but I thought it was the 8 point coming back. I got my binos on him and realized it was a different buck with a huge body, so by the time I decided to take him, he was moving off through the woods away from me. I got him in the scope, and fortunately, he stopped. I shot through a 10-12” gap between two tree at 60 yards. I couldn’t see him but heard him fall, but he got back up and slowly walked about 20 yards twitching his tail. He stopped and fell within sight of my stand about 40 yards to my right.
I knew he was a big bodied buck, but I didn’t realize he was the biggest buck I’ve ever killed in east TX. He bottomed out a 200 lb scale.
He’s not the biggest racked buck I’ve killed in east TX, but he gross scored 130.5”.
I haven’t hunted old school with no corn and no cameras in probably 30 years, and I have to admit it’s kind of liberating.
Congrats on your deer.
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Originally posted by AgHntr10 View PostSOunds like ya'll all need to just play hooky tomorrow and hunt him as the front blows in.
My daughters school is out tomorrow so I took a day as well, we are gonna hit it hard this weekend. Weather is looking good.
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Rolled the dice today. I haven’t got a pic in over 2 days….
Good news!… all cell cameras are working!!!
Bad news….. all cell cameras are working….
I got all my browning set in remote satellite locations and they were getting movement including ME this morning… at 1:30 working the same scrape PTA deer had been working.
Several doe pics too. They are skirting the peak of the ridge and I don’t know where they are going to the north. South is bedding. The trail I scouted in Feb looped back around and scent checked the feed pen by 80 yards… but they ain’t going to feed pen.
Hung a platform in a gum tree the size of my thigh at the ground about 20’ up. Praying for good thermals Saturday morning cause I can’t win a wind battle in this property. I need clear sky’s and cold weather…. And the wind can kiss my…, but evenings are an absolute negative here
If I have to bail out there Saturday I hung another platform in the worlds ugliest post oak for Big Jim. Really like the area and plan to call there. I know where the bedding is buck and doe… I just need a player in the locker room and something will move
In last 2 weeks on 4 feed pens I’d estimate less than 5 pounds of corn has been touched. Heck it’s growing in one pen. But every camera I had in scrapes, trails and funnels had deer… they will always be lower pic counts, but they did have deer
Nov9-11 have since I’ve kept records been the highest mature buck sightings days… and. Putting all the chips in and going for broke all weekend!
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Originally posted by jershua View Post
Was Lucky and this mature buck chased in a young doe. After a long standoff of doe stomping, he walks out enough for the shot at 28 yards. I could not be more thrilled.
No deer eating any hand corn at our place, just lucky rut activity is the only way right now, which was extremely limited on our place. This was the only buck I saw all weekend and what a lucky one to see.
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Originally posted by hogslayer78 View PostSlow slow this evening. This full moon and warmer weather isn't helping. Nothing but a small spike this evening. Hopefully this front will get em back in gear. We had some good vittles though, show pig pork shoulder steaks, deer sausage, greens, and mac n cheese. Was a great evening.
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