September 29, 2007 AM

Sunday, September 29, 2007, Temp 60 degrees, Wind N/NW 10-20, Slightly overcast, Sunrise 7:01 am (Hunting opener 6:31 am) I decided to go to my bow tand south of Copper creek on the rock plateau. Lon decided to go up top on birch point. We got into our stands about 6:10 am. At 7:00 am, I saw some movement off to my left and caught a glimpse of a big deer crossing the trail about 75 yards away. I only caught the tail end, but it sure looked like a big deer. Lon - O. Totals: 1 deer, 1?
Supposed to rain/thunderstorm back on the 009, so I will probably not hunt tonight. Leaving for South Dakota for work in the morning, so no hunting for this guy until Thursday pm. Buckslayer. OUT

September 29, 2007 AM

Saturday, September 28, 2007, Temp 60 degrees, Wind N/NE 1-2 mph , Slightly overcast, Sunrise 7:00 am (Hunting opener 6:30 am) Got to our stands at 6:10 am. I went to Acorn Alley and Lon went to his new Tower stand. Both of us stayed until 9:00 am with nothing to report.

September 27, 2007 PM

Friday, September 27, 2007, Temp 70 degrees, Wind N/NE 1-2 mph, slightly overcast, Sunset: 7:01 pm (hunting closed 7:31 pm)
I drove down to Ferryville, WI, and decided to go to Lon’s gun stand on the north side of the highway. Lon decided to go to the permanent stand on the north side of the property. We got into the stands at 5:10 pm. At about 6:00 pm, 3 big does came in to the field to the north of me from the east. They were in the field until dark. Lon didn’t see a deer. Overall, pretty slow evening, but at least I have now seen my first deer (s) in Wisconsin. Tomorrow morning, I am going to the new stand in “Acorn Alley.” Totals for tonight: 3 deer, 3 does.

September 27, 2007 AM

Friday, September 27, 2007, Temp 41 degrees, Wind N/NE 5 mph, overcast, Sunrise: 7:04 pm (hunting open 6:34 pm)

Do to the lack of time I decided to go to the ladder stand. I got into the stand about 6:15 am. I did kick a couple of deer up on the way in. At 7:40 am, 2 does and a fawn came through from the SE and headed my way. They all eventually came through about 15 yards away. They must have been around for 45 minutes. The fawn walked around to the east of me and eventually passes thru to the north heading west. About 15 minutes later another fawn came from the same direction (I think it was the same deer) and played around behind me for about 10 minutes before heading back to the west. I had a meeting, so I had to get down at 8:30 am. Totals for this morning: 3 deer, 2 does and 1 fawn.

Thursday, September 27, 2007, PM

Thursday, September 27, 2007; Temp 70 degrees, Wind N/NE 5-10 mph; Sunset 7:04 pm (Closing 7:34 pm) Nate and I were able to get out again tonight. We both arrived at our stands at about 5:30 pm. I decided to go back to the Ridgeback stand and Nate went to the NWT stand. All I can say is it must have something to do with the full moon, but tonight was slow. I actually got shut out (O deer!!) for the first time in Minnesota all season. Nate did see one doe that came in from the west and bedded down about 40 yards away and didnt leave until Nate decided to get down. After getting down, Nate went over to the field and did see 2 smaller bucks and a couple of does in the alfalfa fields. All in all, a slow night. Hopefully tomorrow am will be a different story. Buckslayer OUT

Pic is from new Moultrie I-40 Trailcam. Very cool that it gives temp, moon phase, date, time, and all for $200 bucks. Great deal!

September 24, 2007, AM

Monday, September 24, 2007, Temp 60 degrees, Wind S/SE 5 -10 mph, Sunrise 7:01 am (hunting hours 6:31 am), I had jury duty in the afternoon, so I decided to take advantage of the opportunity and get out and do a little hunting in the am. Nate is still recovering from his nasal surgery so he decided to join me. I decided to go to the usual ladder stand and Nate went to the apple tree stand.
I had 5 does and fawns filter from the corn down the hill to the south east throughout the morning. Unfortunately, none of them came out towards Nate. One of the does and fawns came through at about 10 yards to the north, really neat.
After I got down I walked down to Nate and looked for a place to hang some new stands. After we got back to the house, we went out and moved an old stand from the cornfield to its new location about 150 yards to the SE of the ladder stand on a nice ridge. As such, we have now called this stand the "Ridgeback." After cutting some shooting lanes, we hung another stand and cut some shooting lanes. This new stand is about 100 yards north of this Ridgeback stand along the north border of the property. We have decided to call this stand "Arlie's Nob."
Totals for this am: 5 deer all does and fawns.

September 25, 2007

Tuesday, September 25, 2007 pm; Temp 60 degrees, Wind out of SE 5 mph, Sunset 7:06 (hunting close 7:36 pm). Decided to go to the new stand that Nate and I hung yesterday. I had jury duty in the afternoon, so after our hunt in the morning we put in two new stands. I decided to go to the "Ridgeback" stand which is a stand about 150 yards to the SE of the infamous ladders stand. Got to the stand at 5:30 pm. I did kick up a small doe and fawn on the way in. After I got settled in, the first video (5:55 pm) is of a 7 pointer that I have a picture from my trail camera from a month ago. He came right down the trail and offered me a perfect shot at 10 yards. He actually stopped and ate some leaves off of the branches we had to trim for shooting lanes. He may be a 8 pointer if you count the little kicker off his left base. A nice big doe and fawn came through with him as well. At 6:20 pm, I looked down the hill and the same smaller 8 pointer and his buddy the larger 8 were down the hill. They both slowly walked the same trail as the 7 pointer and both offered me a perfect broadside shot at 10 yards. The second video is of the smaller 8 and the third video is of the nicer 8. One more year with the latter, and he will be awesome. This bachelor group was traveling with a couple of does, one of which came over to the base of my stand and actually took a pee underneath me. Pretty wild. At 6:50, two does and two small fawns came through behind me (south) heading west towards the corn field. At 7:15, two does came up the trail and eventually passed my stand on their way to the field. Totals for tonight 13 deer, 10 does/fawns, 3 bucks.

Sunday, September 23, 2007

Sunday, September 23, 2007, Temp 82 degree, Wind 15 mph from S/SE. Sunset at 7:11 pm (closing 7:41 pm) I decided to go to Heather's stand. (Something new). I left for the stand at about 5:30 pm. I hadn't been in the stand for more than a minute and this small nubbin' cam through (see attached). He was about 8 yards away and had no idea I was there. I heard him coming and he was "meowing like a cat." I wish that I could have gotten that on video. Pretty cool. About 6:45 the medium 8 pointer came through to my south about 35 yards away heading to the corn. (this is the other video) I did see 3 toms in the field about 100 yards to the north in Arlie's field. At 7:15 a doe came through on the same trail, and then about 5 minutes later a fawn (still had some spots) ran through trying to catch up with its mom. Pretty funny. Totals for tonight: 4 deer, 3 does/fawns, and 1 Buck.

Saturday, September 22, 2007

This was my first morning in 2007 on the stand in Wisconsin. Sunrise 7:00 am (Shooting light 6:30). Temp 58 degrees. Wind from South at 5-10 mph. Went to my stand near the cliff on ths south side of Copper creek. Slow morning. Sat from 6:00 to 9:00 am. Only saw 1 tom and 1 jake turkey at about 35 yards. No video. Oh well. I did some scouting after I got down, and I hung a new stand (Named it Acorn alley). It should be ready to hunt next weekend. Buckslayer out

September 21, 2007

Friday, September 21, 2007, Temp 72 degrees, Wind S/SW 15 mph, overcast and rainy, Sunset 7:12 pm (hunting close 7:42 pm)

This 009 guy bugged out of Cannon and decided to try his luck in Wisconsin. Went down to my folks place south of Ferryville, WI to hunt the coulees. All I can say, is this is some “BIG” buck country. It started to rain once I got to Lacrosse and the rest of the way to the farm. I waited for it to clear, and finally at about 6:00 pm there was a small break in the weather. I decided that I can only shoot deer if I am in the stand, so I decided to brave the weather. I went to the Twin Towers and it was a quiet night. I did see 4 does/fawns on the ranger (ATV) while on the way in, and 2 does on the way back. It was still a great night, even if I did get a little wet. Totals (and I hate to report this for the first time all year) - 0 deer

September 20, 2007

Thursday, September 20, 2007, Temp 74 degrees, Wind S/SE 30 mph, overcast, Sunset: 7:14 pm (hunting close 7:44 pm)

Bubba and I went to our stands about 5:30 pm. Skies were overcast and threatening rain. I was in the ladder stand and Bubba went to right field. At about 6:55 pm a small doe came through from the west (corn) heading east about 25 yards to the south of me. She hooked up with the same small 8 pointer and they turned around and came back to the west. She kept going to the west and into the corn and he circled towards me. I had an opportunity to take some more video, but I think all of you are kind of getting tired seeing him. He did go to the same tree (10 yards away) that the 4 pointer and 6 pointer were rubbing on a couple of nights ago. Pretty cool stuff.
At 7:00, Bubba did see a decent deer in the field about 150 yards to the south and east, but could not tell what it was. It bedded down and stayed for a while before it moved on. The wind really picked up and it started to rain, so we both got down from our stand at about 7:40 pm. Not a great evening, but at least some quality time in the stand. Totals: 2 deer, 1 Buck, 1 doe

Saturday evening, Sept. 22nd

So Bob was down in Wisconsin for the Badger game, plus threw in a few days in the stand at his parent's place on the Mississippi River. So I headed out tonight and got situated in the now infamous "ladder stand". The temp tonight was 78 degrees and a 10 mph wind out of the south. Around 6:30 I had a few familiar faces show up, two fat "slickheads" (does) came in and mingled around. I will attach a video later of these two. So it was getting dark pretty fast and a little forkhorn and 8 point showed up at dark. Neither of them shooters, but did have a good time tonight. The neighbor to the south was cutting corn and beans, so with Bob's field still standing it could bring in the bucks. Keep checking in!

9-19-07

September 19, 2007; Temp 71 degrees, Wind out of N 5 mph, Sunset 7:15 pm (hunting close 7:45 pm). Another good night. Bubba and I went out tonight. Got into our stands at 5:30. Bubba was hunting the Northwest Territory (NWT) and I was in my usual place in the ladder. I got Bubba into position and then went back to the ladder. Not 10 minutes after I sat down, the same 8 pointer came in to about 4o yards to my east. He played around for about 15 minutes then went back towards Heather stand and bedded down 100 yards away. I watched him through the binocs for about 30 minutes. A doe and fawn came in from the south and went towards the east and the bedded buck. Another 2 does and fawn came from the NE at about 7:00. Finally they decided to come in a little closer. The does came thru in front of me to the south and the buck happily followed. That is where the attached video is from. Fortunately, they headed straight towards Bubba. All four deer came by him, but the buck never offered him a shot. (25 yards but in the brush) He also so one small fawn which came from the corn and stopped right in front of him. Great night by both of us. Totals: 6 deer 5 does/fawns and 1 Buck.

3 bucks in one (5 Total) 9-18-07

Well, it was close. I got home from work and it had been raining all day. I talked to Nate, and he said that the weather report for tonight didn't look good. I decided to check the satellite myself, before giving up on the evening. I checked weather.com and it didn't look too bad, most of the rain was going north of me, so I decided to head to the ladder stand. It proved to be a wise move. Because of the rain, it was nice and quite getting in. Temp 71 degrees, wind from S- SE, Sunset tonight was 7:17 pm. (Closing 7:47 pm)

I got settle in about 6:00 pm. I did kick up a doe on the way in. About 15 minutes later a doe came in to about 10 yards. Then a few more does moved through. Then the fun began. At about 6:25 pm, 35 yards out the first 8 point came through. Then his bigger buddy (8 point too). Then a little 4 pointer (he has little tine brow tines, not long enough to score) came on the same trail. I did get some video, but they kind of stayed in the brush about 25 yards to the north. They decided to turn and come back and that is when the show began. On the video attached, you will be able to see all three of the bucks in the 30 second spot. Nothing huge, but the one 8 is pretty nice. I watched them for about 10 minutes before the disappeared behind me. About 20 minutes later another buck (six pointer) and 5 does and fawns came through. As I watched the does head to the west (corn), the six pointer started coming my way. I looked behind me and he met up with his buddy ( a 4 pointer) and they began pushing and shoving each other (just 10 yards away). Just as this was going on, I heard something to my left and looked and there were 3 more bucks pushing each other around (about 30 yards away). I think these were the same 3 that had come through earlier. I did catch a little video of the bucks pushing and shoving, but it was really too dark to post. Sorry about that. What an awesome site, wish the video had turned out better.

Totals for tonight - 14 deer - 5 Bucks and 9 does/fawns.

Hopefully more to post soon.

Buckslayer - Out

3rd Buck from 9-17-07

3rd buck from 9-17-07. 35 yards away. How big??

Video of 2nd buck from 9-17-07

Here is a quick video of the 2nd buck that came through. 35 yards away. Tough to tell how big he is. Let us know what you think?

September 17, 2007

I have to admit, this work is really getting in the way of my passion of hunting whitetails with a bow. I was unable to hunt this morning, so I had to settle for this afternoon. I am still ahead of pace of having more trips to the stand then days in a hunting season (5 trips and 3 days into into the season).This afternoon was 80 degrees, overcast, wind from SE at about 15 mph. I decided to go to the apple tree stand, which proved to be a wise choice. I have to admit, I had a first tonight, the guys actually had me surrounded. More about that later.

I didn't get into my stand until 5:45 pm (work). At about 6:30 a nice tom with a 10" beard and two jakes came through about 75 yards to my east. At 7:00, two does came in and fed underneath my stand. About 7:15 a doe and fawn came through heading to the corn/beans to the west. At 7:30, I was surrounded. The first video is of a 2 1/2 year old eight pointer at about 10 yards to the north. As you can see, I had to turn on the "night vision" during the take to get a good look at his rack. I guess his spread to be about 13"-14." Next, I had a nice buck come thru about 35 yards away and captured a quick video of him (not quite sure how big he is). Right after him, was this 3rd buck, tough to see again, but appears to be a twin of buck # 2. About 5 minutes after that, there was a fourth buck to my SE about 40 yards out and it was too dark to take any video. Sorry about that. So to recount...at one time I had the 8 pointer to my west (behind me), I had buck # 2 to the north of me (left), buck # 3 to the east of me (front) and buck #4 to the SE (right). I guess that is what you call surrounded in a good way.

What a great night. Totals - 8 deer total 4 bucks and 4 does/fawns. Hoepfully more tomorrow night.

Buckslayer Out

September 16, 2007 Afternoon

Warmed up - Temp 71 degrees. Wind from south 11 mph. I went to Apple tree stand. Hunted from 5:30 pm - 7:50 pm. Did see 2 tom turkeys cross the trail 150 yards to south going towards the house. At 7:40 pm, I did see a nice 7-8 pointer (take a look at the picture from my trail camera from a couple of weeks ago- I think this is him) coming from the Border patrol stand. Totals - 1 Buck (8 pointer)

Buckslayer - Out

September 15th am - Apple Tree Stand

September 15, 2007, Sunrise 6:20 am, Temp 31 degrees, Wind from S/SE 3-5 mph, Here is some video from opening morning. About 7:30 am. this little guy came in underneath my tree. He tempted me, because he was in velvet (and 5 yards away), but I let him walk. Pretty cool. - Buckslayer

Totals - 1 Buck, 5 does/fawns

Extra Footage

An Extra video of the buck Bob let walk this morning.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDkwhAr8giU

Check out the video and let us know what you think.

Morning September 16th

Sunrise was at 6:20 am. Wind was from the South at 5 mph. Temp 54 degrees. Got to stand about 5:55 am. I did kick a couple of deer up on the way to the ladder stand north of the house. After settling in 1 doe came through when it was still dark about 10 yards to the north. About 7:30 am a doe and fawn came by and hung around for about 15-20 minutes. At 7:45 I did see a small fork horn about 30 yards to the south that went east down the hill.
At 8:00 am things started getting interesting. Coming from the north was this nice 10 pointer. (see attached video). I had him at 10 yards and was videoing him using my new camera. It is the second day of the season, so I really didn't want the season to be over so quickly. That, and I turned the camera on but forgot to hit record. By the time I realized that I forgot to hit record, he started to move off. When he turned, I made my decision that I probably should have shot. You can see, I get to full draw, but would have had to rush to get the shot off. Oh well, he should be awesome if he makes it to next year. I may be kicking myself come December is the freezer is still empty.
Climbed down at 9:00 am, and I didn't know it but he and some does had bedded down about 100 yards behind me. A doe saw me, and took off with 3 others, and he decided to follow. I am quite sure that he never saw me. At least I hope so. Totals: 2 bucks, 6 does/fawns

Evening Hunt Sept. 15th

So tonight was set up to be brilliant, but it turned out that it was a little slower than anticipated. I only saw a doe and fawn and 4 racoons. I guess all in all a pretty successful first day in the stand for 2007 season.

September 15th Opening Day

Just wanted to give everyone the morning update. So we, (Bob, Nate, and Bubba), were in the stand this morning bright and early. You would have thought that it was Mid-November judging by the temperature this morning. The wind was from the South at 15 mph and the actually temp was 31 degrees. So needless to say, it was cold for an opener.

Nate headed out first as he had the farthest to go up to Right Field. Nate's stand overlooks a bean field that looked promising. He had a few deer sneak behind him and was caught by a doe probably because he forgot to use the WhiteLightning and eliminate his scent. I think he must of been smelling of bacon grease from the morning breakfast. He did see a good shooter buck and a few does, but the buck didn't present a shot for him.

Bob on the other hand was in the apple tree stand in the bottom where he had ample opportunity to take a doe or a young six pointer still in velvet. We will try and put that video on here so you can check it out. The deer moved late today around 7:30 am.

Bubba was in the stand that had the best bucks and most deer, the stand nearest the house. The deer were on Bubba early and often. Bubba told us that he had deer under him immediately and a young buck presented a shot, but something distracted him from behind. It was a 12 point buck that passed at 30 yards. Bubba decided to let him walk as he didn't give him the best angle to shoot at.

So all in all a very successful morning for the three of us as we saw a grand total of 6 bucks and countless does and fawns.

Keep checking in for the Double 009 Buck Reports!