I’m at my camp. That’s why I can get away with cleaning my muzzleloader at the table. No wife around to tell me I can’t. LOL

Lol, I remember getting runnoft for doing that using No. 13.

And I should add, how dare you post ML post on a archery thread, shame for shame.

Nephew stuck an 8 point

Nice!

Very nice! Congrats to him

With the cold front coming, Saturday should jumpstart the rut. Just seen a nice buck chasing a doe on my way home from work

Congrats to the nephew, Hern. Nice buck.

I’ve been seeing quite a few buck hit in the last week, this morning I saw a 16” or so buck hit along the road on my way in to work this morning.

Probably get out with the bow Friday night and Saturday. I spent almost every night last week bear hunting with muzzleloader to no avail, saw a good amount of deer other than one night. Lots of does. Finally got a real nice 8 on trail cam during daylight, probably only 3 but I’ll stick him if I see him.

Good luck to all

I saw an eight-point buck chasing a doe yesterday morning on my way to hunt pheasants. So I spent a couple hours watching over some heavily used deer trails this evening. Didn’t see any deer though.

sat. i saw 2 pheasants-both males-sittin 20 ft from your truck.had to run to coudy and took that route.

I limited out Saturday and Monday, three (This word is unacceptable on Trapperman) birds and a hen. I only got one yesterday morning, the dog put up three nice roosters, three Woodcock and a grouse. I missed two of the roosters, my bad. And didn’t have shooting at the Woodcock or grouse. So it’s not Boomer’s fault I didn’t limit yesterday.

I was going to get a hold of you to see if you wanted to hunt this morning but it looks like this is my only window of opportunity to get a bunch of camp chores done with the rain coming.

I punched my tag Friday afternoon on a good buck. I was stalking along a bedding area when I heard a chase in the brush, a few minutes later a doe with a hog of a buck broke out of the brush. The doe and the first buck never stopped. But unfortunate for this buck, he come out of the brush and stopped at 15 yards, looking my way, I touched the trigger on the xbow and hit where I was aiming, left of the brisket and lodged in the pelvic bone.

Punched my tag today.

A little back story first. I cut down a bunch of ash trees yesterday around 1000. I left my saw and gear there figuring I would be back with the tractor to drag them up and limb them before dragging back to the house. I never got to that part as the kids found their way home around noon and we started doing other things. Personally I would rather spend time with my kids than trees. Any way, I needed to get the saw and gear. My 6 year old daughter wanted to go for a gator ride. On our way (~1530) we had a 8 point run out in front of us and stop about 40-50 yards to the right of the trail. That was cool. On our way back he was still in the same area. He didn't pay much mind to us. That sent a flag up for this guy since I have been seeing bucks chasing does for a week now.

Now, onto the hunt. I couldn't hunt in the morning as I had to take the kids to the bus stop. When I got back I got my stuff ready, got my scent free shower, got all dressed up in my scent free clothes and headed to my stand at ~0840. I didn't make it 100yards from the house when I heard something in the woods to my right. I figured it was probably squirrels but figured I would wait just to see. Then I heard a deer to my left. I knelt down on one knee. Sure enough an 8 point started walking up. He ended up seeing me but kept walking. He did the head up and down thing several times. He walked to the right behind a hickory tree. I drew back. He emerged from the other side at 15 yards. He was mostly facing me. I hit him just above the sternum. Destroyed his left lung. He he went about 60 yards and piled up. I gave him an hour before looking but he was dead before I left the area.

To summarize, I wasn't out for more than 10 minutes, I didn't even get to my tree stand and he died right next to a trail that I could get to with the gator. Got to be the easiest deer I have ever gotten.

I do not have a cell phone and I do not know where the camera is so I can not post a pic. Not sure I would as the last couple pics I saw are way bigger than mine (I didn't look at the other 7 pages). But I am happy with it. Now I can focus on the kids. And getting firewood lol.

Congrats to the rest of you successful hunters!

Congrats Wetdog and Jerry jr. Way to go!

Here's a pic of one of the ones I'm after.this was Saturday morning and I am in my stand Right to his right. Couldn't get a shot had to let him walk. He had an 8 point with him also. I've been passing up some decent bucks hunting this one and an 8 almost identical to him. I am fortunate enough to have these last 2 weeks off and will be hitting it hard everyday all day. I switched stands 3 times Saturday and saw him 4 different times and never could get a shot but I am very patient and we'll see how this chess match works out. Hopefully it will end with him or his twin getting a free ride in my truck. Good luck to all. BTW he is a 7 point, hard to see G-3 on left in the pic.
Here's a pic of the 8 also

The bucks around here are starting to get stupid, had a 6 point go across the road in front of my truck earlier went up over a small bank and went out a cut cornfield and just stood there looking around. Man was his neck ever swelled! But 25 miles away at the tiny cabin I checked a trail cam today and there were 4 different shooter bucks on there running a trail in the wee hours of the morning and late in the evening. Hopefully this week things will pick up!

Finally tagged one Tuesday morning.big deer. Been hunting doe ever since and can't keep the bucks away from me. The 8 point I posted up above walked directly under me yesterday at 5:00. Still seems a little slow around here as far as rut activity goes.

Congrats wetdog, Jerry Jr. and PA Trapper. Nice bucks, good stories.

Nice buck Pa trapper, congrats!! I finally got some time off from now till Tuesday so finishing my second cup of coffee and heading out. I’ve got a few nice bucks on cam throughout the year that I wouldn’t mind seeing this morning. And bears still in, so ya never know. Good luck everyone and congrats to all you successful archers.