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December 7, 2007 09:00 AM
Alyssa's First Buck!
Hey Marty! I got my first buck this year!!
I went out for the evening hunt on the 3rd and final weekend deer hunting looking for my buck. I had already gotten two deer the first weekend, 2 does, and I now I was going to be more selective. We did have doe tags still open so I was told to shoot a doe if I saw one.
Where I was hunting it is quite a walk to get to, I had to walk through the cow pasture, which entails going through an electric fence and under a barbed wire fence on the other side. There was a bull in the pen but I was told by the farmer that he was not aggressive, he wasn't aggressive at all but still I was pretty uneasy going through the pen.
Then I had to walk into the woods to where there was a clearing to my stand. The farmer apologized to me saying that I might not see anything that night, third weekend hunting for us has not always been successful, so I was looking forward to taking a nap in my stand.
There wasn't a sound to be heard, not even a bird was flying around. By this time the sun had fallen just behind the trees and my viewing area had changed.
I began looking around to see what was there. Looking to my left I saw something move along the clearing. I knew it was a deer but couldn't get a good look at it to see if it had antlers or not.
I brought my scope up and looking through the scope I didn't see any horns. Just then the head came up. Now I was almost busted so I checked the deer over quick and thought it was a very good sized doe so I decided to take her.
I took my safety off and waited for her to start grazing again. I tried to get a better shot and I must have made a noise and the head came back up. BOOM! I shot her right in the neck and down she went.
The deer seemed to fall very odd, on top of the head. My cousin shot a nice buck 2 weeks earlier and it had fallen the same way, on top of the head looking up at the sky, but I didn't want to get my hopes up.
The sun was getting lower and realizing that I still had to walk past that bull, I climbed down from my stand and headed back in. The deer was sitting right where I had shot it and I knew it was not going anywhere, plus I couldn't drag it out myself. I headed in and the farmer and my husband helped me drag the deer out.
I was very excited to see horns on this big does head. Though I didn't get a trophy buck, I am still very excited that after 7 years hunting I was able to get a buck of my own. And yes, I gutted him out myself.
Talk to you later.
Alyssa
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December 5, 2007 09:00 AM
What to do When Your good Deer Hunting Stand has Gone Bad
You very carefully approach and exit your deer hunting tree stand or ground blind. You give great attention to the wind direction and scent cover, making sure you enter your deer hunting location with the wind in your face.
Days and weeks after being pursued, no matter how careful you are, smart deer and big bucks will realize they are being hunted.
By late season, even reliable deer hunting tree stand locations can stop producing fresh signs. Here is the good news. Studies have proven that pressured deer often shift their behaviors and patterns but stay in their home ranges.
Deer stands that go cold are a great reason to pull out your aerial maps to locate your deer hunting land’s most remote and rugged area with good cover. Read your map and scout for spot that might be challenging to access because of thick cover, rough terrain or a stream.
If the terrain is a challenge to get into…this is a location that could produce deer. The deer in easier terrain may be already taken or have felt the pressure and retreated to safe cover to survive.
Identify one or two tough-to-access locations in your hunting area which may be holding these later season deer.
Watch the wind and go in pre-dawn with the wind blowing the perfect direction to move your scent away from the deer. Sit up against a blow-down or thick tree. Don’t put up a ground blind or tree stand, because the noise and motion could easily scare the already alert deer.
Make sure to enter and leave this area as quietly as possible after staying for as long as you can.
Good Luck and Great Hunting!
Marty Prokop
www.Free-Deer-Hunting-Tips.com
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