Tuesday, November 19, 2019 pm

Tuesday, November 19, 2019 pm Sunset 4:40 pm Hunting closes 5:20 pm. Temperature 35 degrees. Mostly cloudy Wind: N-NW 5-10 mph.  I decided to go to the dump stand. I was all set up and ready to go by 2:25 pm. The big 9 that I had on camera Theron killed during shotgun season over at his place. I hope there are still a few decent bucks around. We will see. At 4:40 pm, I had a small 6-7 point buck come down the trail to the north of me about 40 yards away going from east to west. He went out to the VAT food plot and I lost him through the brush. At 5:15 pm, I was packing beginning to pack up since it was so dark in the woods. I had 2 does come through from the north heading south about 30 yards to the east of me. I then herd a grunt. There was a nice buck following behind them but it was just too dark to take an ethical shot. Totals: 4 deer. 2 bucks and 2 does. 

Tuesday, November 5, 2019 pm

Tuesday, November 5, 2019 pm Sunset 4:56 pm Hunting closes 5:26 pm. Temperature 30 degrees. Mostly cloudy Wind: SW 5-10 mph.  I decided to go to the dump stand. I was all set up and ready to go by 2:15 pm. At 3:10 pm, I heard something to the NW of me. I looked over my left shoulder and the was a small 3 point buck walking on the trail below me going from west to east. He got down wind of me but never spooked. He slowly work his way across the hill up towards Right Field. At 3:35 pm, I had a doe and fawn come through from the west going east. Again downwind. The mom was nervous but she never spooked. They were both 10 yards away. At 4:30 pm, I saw 4 does to the south of me on the edge of the field moving from east to west. That was it. Totals: Bob 7 deer. 1 buck. 

Monday, November 4, 2019 pm.

Monday, November 4, 2019 pm Sunset 4:57 pm Hunting closes 5:27 pm. Temperature 38 degrees. Mostly cloudy Wind: SW 5-10 mph.  I decided to go to the dump stand. I had to work so I didn’t get out until 3:30 pm. On my way in, I kicked up a doe up near the dump. She ran up towards Right Field. It will be a shorter sit, but this time of the year you need to be out in the woods. Kyle saw the buck he hit on a Thursday running after a doe from the VAT 3.0 stand. I am glad he is still alive and horny. At 4:50 pm, I looked over my shoulder to the west and there was a small doe in the VAT food plot. She fed there for a while and I lost her in the brush. Totals: Bob - 1 deer, 1 doe. 

Sunday, November 3, 2019 am.

Sunday, November 3, 2019 am. Sunrise: 5:55 am. Hunting opens: 6:25 am. Temperature 29 degrees. Partly cloudy. Wind: SE 3-5mph. Yesterday afternoon I drove home from Copper Creek. I spent a couple of hours cutting up my buck. The boys are going to come over after the morning hunt to finish cutting it up. This morning, I decided to give Spaghetti Junction a try. There is a light coating of crunching snow on the ground, but I don’t think I bumped anything on the way in. At 8:00 am, I had a small 3 pointer come in from the north. He stopped about 25 yards away in the brush. He ended up walking off towards the east. Shortly thereafter, I head some branch’s breaking and I had a small fork working his way across the base of the hill going from north to south about 35 yards away. Right after that, the 3 pointer came through following the fork. I sat until 10:00 am and got down because the guys were all coming over to help cut up my buck. Totals: Bob - 2 deer, 2 small bucks. 

Friday, November 1, 2019 pm.

Friday, November 1, 2019 pm Sunset 5:54 pm Hunting closes 6:24 pm. Temperature 32 degrees. Cloudy. Misting/sprinkling Wind: SW 5-10 mph. I drove down to Copper Creek to try and get an late afternoon hunt. I was hoping to get into my stand by 3:30, but I didn’t get out until 4:15 pm. The creek bottom was still so wet that I had to cross the river using the upper bridge and then drive along the high road to the blue bird field and up the valley. I went to the new double ladder that Steve and Mike hung down off of third point. I got into the stand and took some quick ranges using my range finder. It didn’t take long. Two minutes later I had a medium sized doe come from the SW and she crossed the road about 45 yards from me. She slowly worked her way across the hill side below me heading towards the NE. A couple of minutes later, I looked back to the SW and there was a nice buck coming across the hill following the does path, but he was about 35 yards away. I got a quick look at him through my binocs and decided he was a shooter. I quickly turned on my brand new Tactacam. Before he stepped on the road, I drew my bow. When he was on the road he took a few steps towards me and then he turned back to the NE. I waited for him to move his front leg forward. He did that and stopped. I knew this was going to be my best opportunity, so I let him have it. He was about 32 yards. I saw my arrow fly true, and I felt like it was going to be a double lung shot. After the shot, he took off back towards the W-SW across the hill. The whole hunt lasted 7 minutes. I got down and headed in. We waited 3 hours and Steve and I went to look for him. I figured it was going to be a challenge finding blood because of the rain and because the arrow was still in him when he took off. We had lanterns and headlights and we slowly walked across the hill we walked about 85 yards and Steve saw him laying there dead. I was super pumped as it was a double lung humane kill shot. He is an 8 pointer with a 17” spread. I would guess he is a 3 1/2 year old buck. There was some ground shrinkage, but I and still pleased to have connected on a nice animal. We got him dressed out and dragged down suicide hill down to the hog back stand and walked back up to get the ATV and Mule. Totals: 2 deer, 1 doe and 1 buck. 

Wednesday, October 30, 2019 pm

Wednesday, October 30, 2019 pm Sunset 6:03 pm Hunting closes 6:33 pm. Temperature 32 degrees. Mostly sunny Wind: W-NW 5-10 mph. I could not wait to get out. This is the fewest number of times hunting by this time of the year that I have ever hunted. I decided to go to the border patrol ladder stand on the Far East edge of the property. I got to the base of the stand at 3:15 pm and I turn around and it is out dog Gertie standing there. I try to get her to leave, but she just pisses and shits and then lays down at the base of the stand. I begged Heidi to call for her, but she won’t leave. I end up having to get down and basically walk her all the way back to the house before she would go up.  That stand was completely screwed up so I went to the VAT 3.0. I got up and settled by 4:00 pm, but was a sweaty mess. I knew I was going to freeze for this sit. I was so pissed. Shocking. I didn’t see anything. Ugh. Totals: Bob 0 deer. 

Thursday, October 24, 2019 pm

Thursday, October 24, 2019 pm Sunset 6:14 pm Hunting closes 6:44 pm. Temperature 40 degrees. Mostly sunny Wind: W-NW 5-10 mph. I could not take it anymore. It has been 11 days since I last got out to hunt. Heidi is finally done with her MBA and then she has to go to a week long meeting in Dallas. I asked Jan our day care provider if she would keep Charley for a few extra hours so I could get out and hunt. I decided it was time to give Spaghetti Junction a shot. I was in the stand by 2:40, so I had a solid 4 hours to hunt. I don’t think I bumped anything on my way in thankfully. At 5:00 pm, I looked over to the NW and there was a small 6 pointer over in Arlie’s foot plot. At 6:00 pm, I looked to the south and there was a big doe 60 yards to the south of me. She was locked in on the doe silhouette decoy. At 6:05 pm, there was a small 4-6 pointer back in Arlie’s food plot. It may have been the same buck as before. He ended up heading up the trail towards the Apple Tree stand.  At 6:10 pm, a doe and fawn to the north of me spooked. They must have not liked the decoy. The stayed 50 yards north of me an ran over to Arlie’s food plot and headed off to the west. That was it. Totals: Bob 5 deer. 2 bucks and 3 does.