Operation "Smack Down"

[Thunderflight]

Began today (I changed the name. Blood thirst sounded to hokey.)

One deer came in tonight, but she must have known I wasn't going to be merciful tonight. She held up two steps from my field of fire and turned around and ran off. A short time later two foxes came in and chowed down.

[coonskinner]

thinking bout a name change to" mr wayne"...:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

[Caribou Dreamer2]

Sounds good coonskinner ,This name just seems like it does not fit you."Bamboo viper":D

Thunder just put the smack down ,Hows the hog hunting going doing any goood

[coonskinner]

i agree, one day coonskinner just popped in there,dont know why...i dont even skin coons or even trap them...too many threats against bamboo viper so i quit using that one,ooooooh...so mr wayne fits me really good,dont know why i never thought of it...:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

[rjolenic]

When is the season over in NC Thunderflight?

[SP Scout]

I envy how many deer you see TF. The last 5 days on stand I havent seen a deer, I think every deer in my area was slain during gun season.

[coonskinner]

scout,join the marines and tell em you want to go to n.carolina,i'm sure ole thn flt can help you...:)

[Thunderflight]

Originally posted by rjolenic
When is the season over in NC Thunderflight?

January 1st.......:rolleyes: :eek:

[hunTer06]

Originally posted by Thunderflight
January 1st.......:rolleyes: :eek:

well you better get shootin;)

[Elitest]

At least he's using a real bow.

[ron]

Thunderflight...seems like you see quite a few fox in NC. Are there any coyotes down that way? I don't think coyotes tolerate
fox in there area.....Are coyotes legal to shoot or trap in NC?

[Thunderflight]

There are yotes, but they are sparse. I'm going to try to hunt them this winter though. We can't use rifles on base so I'll use my in-line ML.

[Thunderflight]

Oh, Fox season is open in my county until 1 January. I didn't shoot at them because it was prime deer movement time and I didn't want to screw up a potential opurtunity.

[coonskinner]

a muzz is a rifle...

[SP Scout]

Muzzleloaders arent considered centerfire rifles.

[Thunderflight]

Shot a MONSTER tonight!!!!

Yelp, the Chaparral claimed another victom. I killed a B&C Button Buck tonight. No pictures though. I would have had to use the zoom lense on him.:eek: ;) :rolleyes: :p :eek:

However, he'll eat good!!!

[SP Scout]

Congrats.

[trail blogna]

congrats TF are you done now?

[Thunderflight]

Originally posted by trail blogna
congrats TF are you done now?

Nope, I've still got four more tags.

[hunTer06]

congrats TF, fill those last 4 tags!!

[rjolenic]

Way to go TF. ;)

[SP Scout]

Have you ever killed so many deer in one season before TF?

[geezer]

Congrats - you're a natural born killer

[Thunderflight]

Originally posted by SP Scout
Have you ever killed so many deer in one season before TF?

Nope this is a new record for me.;)

[SP Scout]

Congratulations then Slayer

[Thunderflight]

Thanks, next year is going to be tough so I'm enjoying this one.

[SP Scout]

Why will next year be tough? they gonna have you traveling a lot?

[coonskinner]

why:confused:

[Thunderflight]

Originally posted by SP Scout
Why will next year be tough? they gonna have you traveling a lot?

I'll be getting ready to go back to Iraq.

[Thunderflight]

OSD continues tonight!!! :D

That is as long as I can sneak outta work by 1545 or so.

[hunTer06]

well good luck, ley us know how it goes

[SP Scout]

Good Luck

[Thunderflight]

Cleared hot for a 1530 "appointment".....;)

[hunTer06]

well, how did it go?

I went out tonight and only saw one, but out of bow range.:mad:

[Thunderflight]

Normally I'd only count one towards the enemy unless I launched an arrow down range in anger, but tonight it was obvious that the little basturds have me pegged.......

At 1545 I was heading in the woods and four deer were bedded right where I enter the power line!!!! They took off into another section of woods so I figured an hour or so later they would probably meander back around to my set up. I was correct and around 1700 I could hear them on the other side of the power line. My wind was good, but they wouldn't come out.

At 1720 I had a deer come up behind me and hang back. The wind was blowing right to the deer and even though I was wearing two scent lock suits I'm sure the deer picked up some of my odor. I also had the fat fox come by, but the deer was behind me and I didn't want to blow a potential opurtinity.

Anyway at 1740 the deer took off and ran across the power line.

I've gotten away two times by not playing the wind in this spot. Scent lock works great and I have ALOT of confidence in it, but once they get close I honestly believe they can pick up on you. They probably think your alot further way, but they still get you.

Anyway, the wind is forcasted to shift by Friday so we'll see what's up. From here on out though I doubt I'll hunt that spot with a NE wind. I need a Southern wind.

[SP Scout]

When do you plan on going out again?

[Thunderflight]

Friday evening and Saturday morning are on the schedule.

[Duffy]

Originally posted by Thunderflight
Normally I'd only count one towards the enemy unless I launched an arrow down range in anger, but tonight it was obvious that the little basturds have me pegged.......

At least it wasn't like this:

http://www.cybersalt.org/cl_images/z9/h/huntersleep.jpg

[Thunderflight]

Your right it could have been worse......;)

[Buckmaster]

I was wearing two scent lock suits I'm sure the deer picked up some of my odor.

You stink boy..... :)

[Thunderflight]

The liner is four or five years old so it's probably usless, but the outer garmet is new.

[Thunderflight]

Continues in ten minutes.;)

[SP Scout]

lol, good luck. Just got done shooting my compound after practicing with my recurve only all week and I am way off with my compound now. Gonna have to shoot more today and some tomorrow before I go out tomorrow.

[Thunderflight]

Not much going on tonight. I did hear deer moving across the powerline with about 5 minutes of legal shooting time left.

I took a shot at the fat fox tonight and missed.

Here's a picture from my stand set. The ladder stand will probably be coming down tomorrow and replacing my hang on. I'm going to move it a bit further back into the woods. I got some intell that there are two really good bucks in this woods so I'm going to go back a bit further and see what happens.


http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b150/baughncr/powerlinestand001.jpg

[Thunderflight]

Here a couple pictures of the skinny fox. The only shot I took at him was with my camera.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b150/baughncr/powerlinestand004.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b150/baughncr/powerlinestand005.jpg

[Thunderflight]

I also put out my trail cam tonight so we'll get to see what's hitting the feeder. I plan to hunt the feeder in the am.

[SP Scout]

Take your camera with ya and get us some more good pics.

[Thunderflight]

Hopefully I'll get something worth while.

[hunTer06]

what kind of camera do you have TF?

[mullskinner]

I THINK HE SEEZ YA !!!!!!! TF :D

[coonskinner]

trail cam...:confused:

[Thunderflight]

I've got a cheap Moultrie.

[coonskinner]

:mad:

[hunTer06]

Originally posted by Thunderflight
I've got a cheap Moultrie.

You took those pics with a moultrie?

[Thunderflight]

No I used my digital camera.

[rjolenic]

Were you nervous? A little shakey TF.

:D

[SP Scout]

You located at Fort Bragg TF?

[Thunderflight]

Originally posted by rjolenic
Were you nervous? A little shakey TF.

:D

I think something is wrong with my camera. I've had the same problem with other photos. I tried taking pictures Christmas morning, but it had the same problem.

[Thunderflight]

Originally posted by SP Scout
You located at Fort Bragg TF?

Nope, I'm about 2.5 hours from Bragg. They take some really nice bucks off Bragg and I might try hunting it next year.

I'm stationed at Marine Corps Air Station New River. I'm next door to Camp Lejeune.

[Thunderflight]

ARRRGGGGHHHH......:D :D :D

Dang deer and deer feeder.....

My feeder has a light sensor and goes off when the light level reaches a certain point. Well unfortunatly that certain point in the evening is 20 minutes after sunset. I even tried putting a piece of paper infront of the the sensor so it would get darker quicker and go off earlier. Well that didn't work and to top it off the deer are now programed and only come out about 10 minutes before it goes off.

No kidding it was like a dang dinner bell..... :eek: :D I had four deer come in and skirt around the outside of me. With two minutes of legal shooting time remaining I was getting ready to draw down on the lead doe when one of the other four saw me...:rolleyes:


They all bolted, but only ran mabye 10 yards. That was enough to seal the deal and ensure that TF wasn't going to get shot tonight. Anyway, I waited until 6 pm and started to get down. These deer have no fear once the lights are out. I thought they were gone, but they were still there and only walk off another ten yards or so and came back as I left. The trail cam is out tonight and I got video of one and hopefully many pictures tonight.