A year that will be "it is what it is".....maybe......probably ;)

[SFC B]

About an hour after I got back to Redman's the neighbor sent me a pic.... they started on the field! Things are looking up

 

[SFC B]

This morning had been eventful. Lots of deer. First a couple of forkys with suicide intention s... but i wasn't falling for it. Then a forky and a REALLY tall but narrow 8 other side of the crp. Then a doe and fawn far end of the crp. THEN, a BIG, WIDE 10 came out near them. I grunted and he came my way. Got to about 55-60 behind brush , milled around, but wouldn't come any closer. About 20minutes until he drifted off A little while later I hear a ruckus in the woods behind me. I see a flash and out comes a doe with a big forky right on her. Some how she loses him but he won't go away. Around me, all told, for about 46 minutes in and out of brush. Finally just left.

 

[SFC B]

Well, my day escalated quickly. About 1150 I was considering getting down. Lunch and a move to the woods after. As I was chewing on a few sour patch kids I see movement across the crp. A pretty tall 8 at about 120 . I grunt few and he starts working a diagonal. Over about 10-15 minutes he get to about 50 and hangs up in some brush after running the forky from earlier off. I snort wheeze him and then grunt hard..... takes about another 15 min and he comes right into a shooting lane at 25 yds. Squeeze and WHACK. Stood up to watch him and pretty sure I saw him go down. Wait about 15 minutes and then get down to track. Schwacker painted a pretty good trail. He went about 75 yds TOWARD THE ROAD He is now in the cooler and I'm eating at the Sandwich Shoppe in Delphi!! Top 2 tenderloin in the state.

 

[EKYHunter]

Congrats! Beautiful buck.

 

[SFC B]

Spent today simmer and then cleaning off the skull. Have some 40v peroxide on the way from Amazon so I can try to get it all fixed up the time I head north. Either tomorrow or Friday I am going to get my load of firewood from my German Baptist hook up here and take it up to Etna Green. Looks like all oak again this year!!!

 

[fishing4sanity]

Congratulations, good looking buck!

 

[SFC B]

Just got a truck load of white oak from Levi. All is good on his homestead and his wood yard is hopping. His boys have gotten 3 does so far as well.

 

[SFC B]

Saw a pile of deer running in a cut corn field this morning on my way north with wood. Got it stacked. Came back and picked my deer up at the processor. Now to get ready for firearms opener at zero dark thirty!! First healthy deer is getting tapped out. If it is quick or becomes squirrel time!!!!

 

[SFC B]

Today was a good firearms opener, nice and cool. Quiet early and then about 0900 there was action. First a couple of yearling come busting out of the crp and through the brush across from me. Nothing but a mature doe is on my got list now that the buck is in the freezer, so they were safe. A few minutes later I can hear a buck grunting up in the CRP. About 10 minutes go by and a doe with twins comes through. A few more minutes and Mr Grunt comes in. Smallish 8 and wasnt following a hot doe, just cruising, grunting his head off, looking for love/a fight. A couple more yearling filter through and then finally a doe i was interested in. She moved on the trail to a point i had a shot. I bleated to stop her, pulled the trigger, "click" NO boom. @$^%$$^%##$%^^ I knew instantly what i had done. This morning I had not "listened to Drill SGT"....I rode the freaking BCG on my AR forward "to be quiet" instead of letting it do is thing. FFS...at least it wasn't a monster. I left for lunch andvto clear my head. Got back in the stand around 1300 and didn't see squat but squirrels. About 1715 I got down to go sit the cut corn field to try and catch a doe feeding out. Sundown was+- 1730 and shooting light 1805ish. Sat down on my pad and waited. With about 10 min left a doe walked out....in the only spot I COULDN'T shoot. She was right in line with my truck and my buddy's barn.... and stood there feeding until dark Not a big deal as the "meat pressure" is gone Back at it in the AM