Friday, October 12, 2007 PM

Friday, October 12, 2007, Temp 50 degrees, Wind N/NE 5-10 mph. Sunset: 6:34 pm (Close 7:04 pm). I decided to go to the new acorn alley stand and dad went to the corn crib ladder stand. At 6:40 pm, I had 3 does, 1 large, 1 medium, and 1 small come down the road from the east and walked through my shoot lane. They worked off to the west. Lon had a doe and a fawn come from the hog back and walk down the road. 30 yards away and then walked off to the west. Totals for tonight: 5 deer, 5 does.

Friday, October 12, 2007 AM

Friday, October 12, 2007 am, Temp 45 degrees, Wind N 5 mph. Sunrise 6:47 am (Hunting hours 6:17 am). I went to acorn alley, and dad went to his enclosed tower stand. Got into our stands at 6:00 am. I hunted until 8:15 and didn't see anything. I got down and decided to move the stand to the North side of the road. I found a great tree and got the stand rehung. Lon and I went out and cleaned it out later in the afternoon. I met Lon at the car at 8:45 am. Lon had one small doe come down from the SW and passed near his stand. Totals for this am: 1 deer, 1 doe.

Sunday, October 14, 2007 PM

Sunday, October 14, 2007, PM Weather - 50 degrees win N/NE 15 mph, Light rain/drizzle. Sunset: 6:31 pm, (hunting close 7:01 pm) Even though it was raining, I decided to give Arlie's Knob a try. I got into my stand about 4:50 pm. I has been raining most of the day, so it was pretty easy to sneak in quietly. At 5:45 pm, a small 8 pointer and another nice 10 pointer cam in from SE. They walked up the ridge about 10 yards to the south of me. I will not post the video of the small eight, but you can see the 10 is a really nice buck. A big body, probably a 2 1/2 maybe a 3 1/2 year old. I decided to let him walk as he was small then then bigger 10 that I passed up on the second day of the season. That and because it was raining and I hate following a blood trail that has been washed out by rain. At 6:15 pm, coming from Heather's stand was the nice 8 pointer. Defiantly a 2 1/2 year old. He came in to 10 yards as well. Stayed around for 2-3 minutes and gave me several shot opportunities that I passed on. Nevertheless, more great video. See attached. Totals for tonight 3 deer, 3 Bucks

Bucks-a-plenty!

Saturday evening, perfect, light north wind at 5 mph, temp 57 degrees and the bucks were on the move. I settled into my stand, (Heather's stand), not sure we have hunted out of it this year. We have talked about the ridgeback stand, this stand is 75 yards north of it and with the North wind and the main trail to my north it set up perfect. I was in the stand at 5:00 PM and within minutes of my arrival a small button buck approached and passed to my north at 10 yards max. I have some video, still trying to get it on here as my camera doesn't want to cooperate. Around 5:45 a doe passed to the north and shortly after that another buck appeared due east about 80 yards away. Then around 6:00 PM a nice 8 pointer fed to the NE and gave me a small window of opportunity, but Bob and I discussed it and we decided to let him walk no matter how many times he presents us a shot, one more year and he will book for sure. This buck kept looking to the East and sure enough a nice heavy 8 pointer came in and made a rub on a tree then chased the smaller 8 across the trail to the north. The bigger 8 then approached the other deer and began to spar with him. I was ready to pull the bow on the bigger 8 but he never gave me the chance. Both bucks fed 30 yards away from me in the small saplings and I could never get a good clean shot, they both disappeared towards Arlie's Knob and that is where Bob was heading tonight. Before I got out of the stand a small 6 passed to my south about 45 yards away and headed to the corn. So as the title states, Bucks-a-plenty for sure. It was a spectacular action packed evening. I think the cool temps and shorter days are getting these guys moving, next weekend they should be coming to antlers pretty good.

October 11th--Evening at the 009

Well as you know yesterday was a perfect day. There was a light ENE wind at 5 mph at the most and the air had a little bite to it. If I was a deer I would be up and moving. I decided to check the trailcam pics from the Jolly Roger and the cam only had some does on it, so I moved it to a nearby tree that had three scrapes. Maybe I can capture the buck making the scrapes on the cam now. I will post those pics if they come to fruition. So I decided to hunt the Ridgeback stand as the wind would be perfect. At 6:30 3 fat does appeared to my North and proceeded to head straight at me. Two of the does fed around the stand for 10 minutes then headed to the corn. I glanced to my East and there was a small six 65 yards away. I gave him a light grunt and he began to head my direction, he circled to the North and then disappeared in the dark. Total for the evening: 3 does, 1 buck (six pointer)

October 11, 2007 PM

October 11, 2007, PM Temp 55 degrees, Wind 5 mph from North, overcast, Sunset 6:40 pm (hunting close 7:10 pm). Dad went to the ladder gun stand on the ridge down off the cliff and I went to the twin towers. It was a beautiful night for hunting. Unfortunately, nothing to report. Totals: 0 deer

October 11, 2007 am

October 11, 2007, AM Temp 45 degrees, Wind gusts 10-15 NW mph, overcast, Sunrise 6:50 am (hunting open 6:20 am). I went to my bow stand in the valley and Eric went to Acorn alley. We did kick up a couple of deer on the way to drop Eric off. At 7:20 am, I had a deer (a doe I think), come off the hill and went from north to south to the east of me. Eric was shut out. That was it. We are starting to see more scrapes. I think the pre-rut is just starting. Total: 1 deer.

October 10, 2007 PM

October 10, 2007, PM Temp 58 degrees, Wind gusts 20-25 SW mph, overcast, Sunset 6:40 pm (hunting close 7:10 pm). Eric went to old reliable and I went to acorn alley at Copper Creek. At 6:15 Eric had a doe and a 2 ½ year old deer came off the hill to the south heading east. At 6:15 I had a doe come from the SE and work around to the north of me. At 6:30 I looked over my right shoulder and come on the trail heading to the east was a 2 ½ year old 9 pointer. It had a 17” spread (5 on the left and 4 on the right). I grunted to him and he stopped and made a scrape about 60 yards away. He then turned and decided to follow the doe back to the east. Totals: 4 deer, 2 Doe and 2 bucks.