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Post by Contender375 on Oct 25, 2007 17:18:04 GMT -5
Tried all week to take a day off but something always came up. Tomorrow is set!!! Going to be chilly , hope the bucks are moving..
Anybody seeing any rut activity picking up???
Anyone going out tomorrow before the rainstorm that's coming for Saturday?
Good luck
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Post by Contender375 on Oct 26, 2007 19:40:25 GMT -5
Went out this morning until 11:00. Had a button come down the hill and bed 10 yards from me. That is all I saw. Went to my usual rut stand to check it out and didnt find much rut sign. Did find that someone cut an entrance trail to their stand that went 5 feet from my tree. That kinda messes that tree up....If it's raining in the am , gonna do some scouting to the south of there which is a good funnel in the rut and maybe this guy will push stuff past me as he comes and goes....
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Post by fasteddie on Oct 26, 2007 20:00:42 GMT -5
I checked the weather for the Geneseo area for Saturday and it looks like rain most of the day . I guess i'll go to mass tomorrow afternoon and hunt Sunday .
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Post by Contender375 on Oct 27, 2007 4:51:20 GMT -5
The rain appears to be gone according to the radar...It looks pretty bright out/.....Heading out as soon as the coffee is done...
Good luck everyone.
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Post by fasteddie on Oct 27, 2007 8:04:02 GMT -5
Maybe I had put too much faith in the Accuweather Report . Last night it showed rain all day today and letting up tomorrow . Now it shows Cloudy in Geneseo and rainy tomorrow plus 20 degrees colder . Kee-rap !
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Post by Contender375 on Oct 27, 2007 14:56:06 GMT -5
I quit listening to the weatherman years ago....I lost alot of good huntin days cause I slept in and woke up to great weather. It was a nice morning in valley I am hunting. No wind and the rain held off until about 12:30 when I was scouting. Didnt see anything from the stand so it is time for a move. Found some hot scrapes and tons of fresh tracks in my new spot. I will be there in the am
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Post by Contender375 on Oct 28, 2007 12:57:35 GMT -5
Oh so close!!!!!!! Went to my new spot this morning even though it was a little windy and I really didnt expect much. Was going to sit in the tree for a couple hours then trim some lanes for the next time if I needed to. At 8:00 , a spike slowly walked along the edge of the clearing at about 50 yards. he hung around for about 10 minutes then wandered off. At 10:30 , I was about to get down and trim some lanes for Tuesday. All of the sudden this big doe comes running full tilt right at me and stops about 5 yards away. She was panting and obviously had been running for awhile. She was in the thick stuff and kept looking back behind her. I hear a grunt from the direction she came from. Then all heck broke loose. A small 6 or 8 point came running and was being chased by something else. I see a big deer running behind the small buck grunting and snort / wheezing like crazy. He runs to within 15 yards and stops. IT WAS BULLWINKLE HIMSELF !!!!!  He was massive!!!!. Of course he stopped in the thick stuff where I couldnt get a shot . If the doe ran into the clearing I would have a chance...As we know, most females are uncooperative and she was no different.. She stayed in the thick stuff and took off running.The buck followed, grunting like a fool and then all was quiet.. I waited another hour then got down and cleared a couple quick shooting lanes out to 20 yards. This took awhile cause this place is nasty thick. It would have been hard to get a shot thru with the shotgun............ This was by far the largest buck I have ever seen on the hoof....I hope he is local and not one of these rogue bucks that came from miles away....Looks like I am in for some all day sits in the next couple weeks. |
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Post by joel on Oct 30, 2007 21:10:09 GMT -5
im heading out tomorrow the cold came in yesterday but it warmed up again tomorrow should be good early then late ill sit all day anyway,hey ya never know i hear the chasing has started
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