Team # 16 - Rack Reapers

[eschatts]

Rack Reapers, This is your official thread for the 2007 Deer Hunting Team Contest! This will be your place to meet and share stories with each other throughout the season. I wish you all the best of luck in the deer woods this fall! Have fun and shoot strait!

[Peppy]

Alright fellow Rack Reaper members, how you all feeling about the upcoming season at this point?

I've got high hopes!! :cool:

[TheCream]

I'm confident. The only thing I worry about a little bit is time to hunt. I'm not sure how many week days I will be able to get in the woods, but I'll find enough time to stick some does and hopefully one of the bucks I have been eying all summer.

[BuckSlayer]

Im ready...Im off three days a week and I work evenings so I will be out some mornings.

[Mid-Ohio Valley]

I'm anxious to get the season started. I work shift work and only work 14 days per month. I spend many hours in the woods each year. I have my eyes on 2 "shooter " bucks and plan on shooting a doe early in the season. I hunt a 150 acre area that has 4 bowhunters with permission to hunt it. One of the guys with permission is DAN on team 12. So i'll have some competition this year but i wish him all the luck. Looks like we are going to have a active team which is what i was really wanting most. I cant wait to here your stories and see your pictures.

[Peppy]

looks like we'll have an active team. Should make things lots of fun.

I'm gonna put in as much hunting time as possible. I've done as much scouting as possible... Three trips, cameras, been studying aerial photos and topos, and stands are hung. I'm not going near where I'm hunting again till opening day.

[BuckSlayer]

Rack Reapers Rule!! We are going to dominate guys...I cant wait to get out in the stand. If any of you guys know how to make a sweet avatar with our team name on it go for it.

[Peppy]

Rack Reapers Rule!! We are going to dominate guys...I cant wait to get out in the stand. If any of you guys know how to make a sweet avatar with our team name on it go for it.


Do you like the one I added? If not we could make another or I could send you guys the link to add this one!!

[BuckSlayer]

I like that but I would like it better if I could see the deer. I wonder if we use it in our signature and then put rack reapers below or something.

[BuckSlayer]

Lets see if this works...not a clear pic but its what I have in mind.

[BuckSlayer]

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w107/buckslayer06/OS.jpg

[Peppy]

How does that size pic look when it's actually in the avatar?

[Peppy]

How about this one?

I changed the font and made it a little smaller. I can change the color too.

Let me know. :cool:

[BuckSlayer]

I cant get mine into the avatar...I think I like it best as a signature...heres my new one...if you want we can all just make our own or if we decide on one we can just use one.

[BuckSlayer]

Test

[BuckSlayer]

Well, I think im done messing around...what do you think of this one???

[TheCream]

Testing 1, 2, 3...test 1, 2, 3...:D

[BuckSlayer]

Well Cream it looks like you like the Sig....It was hard work perfecting the sig...haha

[Peppy]

Yeah, I like that as a signature.

[Peppy]

Can't seem to get the signature to stick.

[BuckSlayer]

Did you copy and paste, then hit save changes at the bottom...thats all I know.

[Peppy]

Not sure what was happenning, but I got it.

Thanks buckslayer.

[BuckSlayer]

Got a new pic today of the ones im after...I think the one in the back is biggest!!!

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w107/buckslayer06/buck-1.jpg

[Peppy]

Very nice.

That one in the back most certainly looks bigger then the one in the forefront.

Good luck!!

[BuckSlayer]

Oh sorry, I forgot to say I found that pic on google...i wish that was mine :)

[Peppy]

I thought those deer were hangin out in your back yard!! :biggrin:

[BuckSlayer]

I wish...I live in the city

[Peppy]

I gotta hand it to ya', I wouldn't last one minute in the city. A lot of what I do has me in and around the city, but that's about as much as I can take.

As a matter of fact, I only lasted two years in a development when I had to move out to the "sticks". I'm not as far back in as a lot of folks, but I feel like it.

So what weapon and set-up are you guys armed with for this season?

[BuckSlayer]

Mathews Switchback XT, Trophy Ridge Drop Zone, Trophy Ridge Rhino Sight, Tru-fire Release, Easton Epics, 100 gr muzzys

[TheCream]

-2005 PSE Primos STL
-TruGlo TruSight Xtreme Micro Adjust
-NAP Quicktune 360
-TruGlo Pro Tune Stabilizer
-Carbon Express CX300
-Fletcher .44 Caliper
-Muzzy 3-blade 100 grains

Add all that up and you get: a whitetail's worst nightmare! :mischeif:

[BuckSlayer]

Are we all shooting 100 gr 3 blade muzzys or what?

[Peppy]

I was shooting LH for a number of years until I realized some problems that I was having were related to the fact that I was right eye dominant. So now I shoot RH.

Here's my RH set-up.

- Browning Ambush
- Whisker Biscuit rest
- TruGlo Range Rover single pin sight
- Shock Terminator Suppressor
- Scott Mongoose release
- Carbon Express Terminator 4560 arrows
- Rocket Steelhead 100 grain and Slick Trick 100 grain broadheads

[BuckSlayer]

Well guys I just all my broadheads tuned in at 30 yards with muzzy 3 blades, Thunderheads, Shockwaves and my personal favs, Eastman mechanicals from wally world (10 bucks)...they shoot just like field points.
Muzzys-one inch right at 30 yards
Thunderheads-one inch right and 1 inch low at 30 yards.
Shockwaves-one inch low at 30 yards
Walmart Brand-Dead on at 30 yards...I think Im set up. Watch out crap sniffers and backstreet boys.

[Lucky]

Ya whatever, you'll be rack weaping after this contest. If you guys even harvest a rack at all!!!

[lung buster]

Well guys I just all my broadheads tuned in at 30 yards with muzzy 3 blades, Thunderheads, Shockwaves and my personal favs, Eastman mechanicals from wally world (10 bucks)...they shoot just like field points.
Muzzys-one inch right at 30 yards
Thunderheads-one inch right and 1 inch low at 30 yards.
Shockwaves-one inch low at 30 yards
Walmart Brand-Dead on at 30 yards...I think Im set up. Watch out crap sniffers and backstreet boys.

:nono: :chicken: :gaga:

[deerhunt45]

Howdy Team #16 "Rack Reapers"!!! You guys look more than ready for the season to get here. Best of luck to you all. Have fun and be safe. Looks like the contest is really going to be a blast. Thanks.

45 :coolgleamA:

[BuckSlayer]

You got it 45....good luck to you as well.

[Peppy]

Ya whatever, you'll be rack weaping after this contest. If you guys even harvest a rack at all!!!


Don't you have a scrape to be sniffin' or something? :cheeky-smiley-022:

[deerhunt45]

You guys want me to wait until Monday to draw a replacement for Mid-Ohio Valley? Or do you want me to do it today so you can move ahead. Lots of good alternates. It will be entirely random from the list.

Let me know. Thanks...45

[BuckSlayer]

Its fine with me if you do it today.

[Mid-Ohio Valley]

please do it today, i'll feel alot better about it. let these good fellows get to know there teammate.

[BuckSlayer]

We hate to lose you mov, show us those monster bucks pics later n the year and I will be mad ;)...Good luck too you.

[deerhunt45]

Hello Team #16 Rack Reapers. Your replacement for Mid-Ohio Valley is Buckeyebuckhntr. I sent the PM below to him. Good luck!

Congratulations! Your name was selected randomly to be on Team #16, Rack Reapers. They had someone drop out.

Please post in the Team Thread by noon Monday the 17th if you still wish to participate.

Thanks and good luck.

45

[Big H]

Well guys I just all my broadheads tuned in at 30 yards with muzzy 3 blades, Thunderheads, Shockwaves and my personal favs, Eastman mechanicals from wally world (10 bucks)...they shoot just like field points.
Muzzys-one inch right at 30 yards
Thunderheads-one inch right and 1 inch low at 30 yards.
Shockwaves-one inch low at 30 yards
Walmart Brand-Dead on at 30 yards...I think Im set up. Watch out crap sniffers and backstreet boys.

Are those the only broadheads you are going to use? Why not get some more? In fact get a 6 arrow quiver, with a different broadhead setup on each arrow.:coco: :coco: This isn't golf, you don't use a different broadhead for different situations.

[Buckmaster]

I'd shoot field points. They all fly the same.

[BuckSlayer]

Are those the only broadheads you are going to use? Why not get some more? In fact get a 6 arrow quiver, with a different broadhead setup on each arrow.:coco: :coco: This isn't golf, you don't use a different broadhead for different situations.

Im not going to use all those broadheads, I just shot the ones I had to see what shoots best. I will be going with what I shoot the best when season comes. I will continue shooting different broadheads until I am confident with one more than the rest.

[Big H]

Im not going to use all those broadheads, I just shot the ones I had to see what shoots best. I will be going with what I shoot the best when season comes. I will continue shooting different broadheads until I am confident with one more than the rest.

Do yourself a favor, go to meanvarchery.com, and order a pack of Slick Tricks, and don't look back.

[BuckSlayer]

I want to try those slick tricks, but I bought muzzys and shockwaves for 10 bucks a pack. Saved a little money so I should use em.

[BuckSlayer]

Heres a pic of my bow.....take a look because this is the only time you will see it without a deer beside it.

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w107/buckslayer06/100_2874.jpg

[Big H]

Heres a pic of my bow.....take a look because this is the only time you will see it without a deer beside it.

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w107/buckslayer06/100_2874.jpg

All that money on a pretty bow, and you are going to shoot $10 broadheads? Use those other heads on groundhogs, chipmunks or something when you get bored up in your stand, which will probably be most of the time for you this year. ;)

I am totally serious about the Tricks though. Once you shoot them, you will be hooked.

[BuckSlayer]

Guys, I made a new logo for our new team....I think it looks better what you think??

[OhioHunter88]

I cant blame Mid Ohio Valley, if i was put on a team like this i would have to call it quits also, I feel very bad for buckeyebuckhntr...hehee

[BuckSlayer]

88 you must be worried...slamming this awesome team n all.

[jackalope]

Shoot the tricks. I got some for the first time this year and boy are they great. I shot one at my target, pulled it and then shot a field tip at it. The field tip hit right where the Slick Trick hadd just hit. That was all it took.

[Peppy]

Those Slick Tricks are sweet.

[Peppy]

I cant blame Mid Ohio Valley, if i was put on a team like this i would have to call it quits also, I feel very bad for buckeyebuckhntr...hehee


Jealousy will get you no where my friend. :p

[Buckeyebuckhntr]

Glad to be part of the team guys..... Looks like I have a little catching up to do reading the team thread... I am going to get started on that now.

[Buckeyebuckhntr]

Ok all caught up...

A little about myself...

I am 27 years old and only hunt with the bow. I have done fairly well over the years with good bucks and have some good bucks located again this fall.

I shoot a BowTech Allegiance equipped with....
Copper John DeadNutz2 Comp sight
Muzzy Zero Effect
Simms S-Coil
GoldTip Pro Hunter 7595 shafts with blazer vanes and will be using Slick Trick broadheads for the 5th year now.

[Peppy]

A big welcome to Team Rack Reapers Buckeyebuckhntr!! Glad you could join us.

Hard to believe the opener is less then 2 weeks away!! Are you ready?

Will you be hunting Trumbull County?

[Buckmaster]

Shouldn't that bow be pink?

[Buckeyebuckhntr]

A big welcome to Team Rack Reapers Buckeyebuckhntr!! Glad you could join us.

Hard to believe the opener is less then 2 weeks away!! Are you ready?

Will you be hunting Trumbull County?

Yes, I am all ready for the most part. A couple small odds and ends to take care of still.

Yes, I will be hunting Trumbull County mostly, although I also hunt Portage, Harrison and Coshocton Counties as well.

I also hunt PA from time to time.

[Peppy]

Yes, I am all ready for the most part. A couple small odds and ends to take care of still.

Yes, I will be hunting Trumbull County mostly, although I also hunt Portage, Harrison and Coshocton Counties as well.

I also hunt PA from time to time.

I also spend quite a bit of time hunting PA (of course), but will be forgoing PA's opener this year to hunt Ohio's opener in two weeks.

I will be hunting Coshocton County.

Good luck to you.

[TheCream]

After what I have seen from Muzzy, I see absolutely no reason to switch from them. They may not be $10/head, but when you get results like this, you realize they do the job and do it well:

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i58/creamernator/DSC_0069.jpg

The entrance was right behind the shoulder, animal was quartering away, exit you see in the photo, THROUGH the shoulder blade. Head needed new blades, but that was it. There is not a darn thing wrong with Muzzy's.

[Peppy]

There is not a darn thing wrong with Muzzy's.


I agree. I think it really just boils down to personal choice.

[Buckeyebuckhntr]

Here is a couple photos of the the two best bucks I have located and got cam pics of....

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v83/buckeyebuckhntr/MDGC0100.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v83/buckeyebuckhntr/MDGC0106.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v83/buckeyebuckhntr/MDGC0054.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v83/buckeyebuckhntr/MDGC0055.jpg

[Peppy]

Very nice indeed!!

It looks like we got "stuck" with the right alternate!! :D

That one on the bottom has a very unusual rack.

[Big H]

Yep, if he gets that one you get at least 16 points, 5 for a deer + 11 countable points that I see. That is a cool buck. Good luck with him.

[Buckeyebuckhntr]

Very nice indeed!!

It looks like we got "stuck" with the right alternate!! :D

That one on the bottom has a very unusual rack.

This place has a history of non typical racks for me as I have shot two other non typical racked bucks from this property.... I also have cam pics of a huge bodied buck with a not so big non typical rack there. Perfect 4x side with an odd 3 point side much like the one to follow although without the droptine.

Here are photos of the two bucks.

2003

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v83/buckeyebuckhntr/scan000111.jpg

The other buck was my step fathers he shot the same day over in PA. We snapped these photos on the way to the butchers.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v83/buckeyebuckhntr/IM000357.jpg


2004. This is also my "biggest" (highest scoring, not largest bodied however) buck. He came in at a gross non typical P&Y score of 162 1/8. He doesn't exactly look non typical although he does have 3 abnormal points.

Field
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v83/buckeyebuckhntr/scan00042.jpg

Wall
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v83/buckeyebuckhntr/IM000809-1.jpg

[Buckeyebuckhntr]

I also spend quite a bit of time hunting PA (of course), but will be forgoing PA's opener this year to hunt Ohio's opener in two weeks.

I will be hunting Coshocton County.

Good luck to you.

What part of Coshocton do you hunt? I shot a pretty decent buck in Coshocton last year on Halloween near Wills Creek Twp.

[Peppy]

What part of Coshocton do you hunt? I shot a pretty decent buck in Coshocton last year on Halloween near Wills Creek Twp.

Up in the northwest corner near Tiverton Center.

[Buckmaster]

BBH-
Where do you hunt in Portage? I'm in northern Portage.

[Buckeyebuckhntr]

BBH-
Where do you hunt in Portage? I'm in northern Portage.


Freedom Twp.

[TheCream]

Awesome looking 3-beamed buck, man! I have photos of one from last year, and trail cam shots of a different 3-beamer also from last year.

I think I have the new signature photo loaded now. I spent all day today at a MAC in another office and I could not do it on a MAC!!! :yikes:

[Buckmaster]

Freedom Twp.

I've got some property in Freedom Twp. Small world. I'm planning on building there in a couple years.

[Peppy]

Just checking in.... Everyone ready to go? :coolgleamA:

[BuckSlayer]

I just gotta get my camo ready, make sure I take lots of food for my all day stand hunts the first two days.

[deerhunt45]

I just gotta get my camo ready, make sure I take lots of food for my all day stand hunts the first two days.

And plenty of skeeter repellent around here :whistle:

[Peppy]

And plenty of skeeter repellent around here :whistle:

Hopefully things will continue to cool down so those buggers go away.

BTW, is the corn being harvested out there yet?

[BuckSlayer]

I havent seen any down just yet..

[Peppy]

Pretty spotty around here, but it is slowly coming down nonetheless.

[Buckeyebuckhntr]

It is all still standing here locally....

How did your guys season go last year? Any stories or photos to share?

[BuckSlayer]

I killed a small basket 10....my first bow buck.
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w107/buckslayer06/Picture165.jpg

[Buckeyebuckhntr]

Congrats! Nice photo as well. Do you have a story to go along with the photo :cool:

[BuckSlayer]

There is a story, It is a typical story no great twists and turns.
It was oct 22nd 2006, I got settled in my climber about 2:30 pm. I usually seen most of my deer starting around 5pm. I was in a tree overlooking a small field. I had a small hollow of woods with a pond in it about 50 yards away. The deer tend to funnel from this hollow into larger timber behind me and vice versa depending on time of day. I was about ten after five when he came out of the usual trail in the woods across the field. There was a nice rub line along that trail and I could even see a rub from my stand. Well he continued towards me, but he knew something was up. He was facing me about 25 yards away when he decided to turn to the right. When he was about 30 yards away to my left he stopped along a narrow strip of pines that is in the field. Quartering away shot at 30 yards. Caught liver, aorta, and lung. He went max. 25 yards and dropped. I didnt see him drop, so I waited about 30 minutes, went to where I shot him seen all the blood, walked through the narrow strip of pines(15yards) and there he lay. I was able to drive right up to him and load him up. Easiest deer I have ever killed.

[BuckSlayer]

Buckeyebuckhntr-lets hear your stories with some pics.

[Peppy]

It is all still standing here locally....

How did your guys season go last year? Any stories or photos to share?

Here's my Fayette County 8 pointer I killed three days before the end of the early PA archery season last year. Most certainly not the biggest, but one of my most rewarding.

It was a cool, slightly breezy morning on stand that day and I'd only seen one little button buck by 10:00am. I was contemplating getting down and coming back for an evening hunt when suddenly I noticed movement down below and to my right. It (whatever it was) was moving at a solid pace when within thirty yards I realized it was a buck. He came right to my "window" and I doe bleated with my mouth to stop him... He stopped, I shot and he took off straight away from me. All this happened in a matter of seconds.

I collected my thoughts for awhile, replaying the shot in my head over and over and then I got down. I went to where he was standing last and there was good blood everywhere. I trailed him about 20 yards and then I backed out and took all my things to my truck.

When I continued my search I only needed to go about 20 more yards and he was balled up under a blowdown.

Double lunged him a 23 yards.

He dressed out @ 177lbs

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v57/Peppy/2006_1109Image0001.jpg

[Buckeyebuckhntr]

Looks like we all got to enjoy a great season last year! I would like to congratulate you guys on your success in the 06 season and wish you the best this year and years to come!

Buckeyebuckhntr-lets hear your stories with some pics.

October 31st, 2006 was rather gloomy with showers most of the day, that continued on all evening. I got settled into my highwall / coal pond / saddle stand in Coshocton County at 2:45 that afternoon.

The bucks weren't chasing much but were hitting the scrapes really hard. Once I arrived to my setup I freshened up a rather large scrape with Ms. Doe Pee's (Estrus Urine) before climbing up and settling in for my evening hunt. The first three hours were uneventful as far as whitetail sightings. Now fast forward to 5:20pm. I saw a good buck I am guessing 60 yards out that was slowly closing the distance to my coal pond / highwall / funnel setup. He just wasn't making much forward progress as he was hitting every scrape throughout the "hourglass" leading into my 20 yard wide funnel.

After what seemed like an eternity he finally made his way to the scrape that I freshened up a mere 10 yards away and proceeded to thrash the licking branch and paw out the scrape, nearly doubling it in size. It was quite the sight.

Once his attention was off the scrape I was anticipating him to turn broadside and offer a shot as he was at the time facing me directly head on. I was let down big time to see him pull a 180 and walk straight away from me. The only thing going through my mind at that time was disappointment from a close encounter that turned into a missed opportunity. Thankfully, five yards later he turned to his right taking him across a saddle that attached the two large ridges rather than going back across the other funnel which he came from. He was then quartering away so hard I had no shot from the severity of the angle. Luckily, he turned to a slight quartering away position and I touched off the shot at 33 yards.

150 yards (and my longest tracking job) later I recovered my largest bodied buck weighing in at 197 pounds dressed. It was a real wet evening that turned into a great night....... I was pretty pumped to tag my first Halloween buck!

(sorry if I was to long winded)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v83/buckeyebuckhntr/100_0592.jpg

[Peppy]

Looks like we all got to enjoy a great season last year! I would like to congratulate you guys on your success in the 06 season and wish you the best this year and years to come!



Congratulations to all of you also!! Let's hope for continued success this season.

How about you The Cream.... Did you have a good season last year?

[BuckSlayer]

Wow nice bucks guys...I hope we all have some good luck this year. I know I look forward to seeing everyones harvest pics in the contest. Good luck.

[wallydog1]

Those are some very nice deer and great stories of harvesting them.good luck This season.

[Peppy]

Those are some very nice deer and great stories of harvesting them.good luck This season.


Good luck to you also Wallydog!! :coolgleamA:

[TheCream]

Yeah, I had fun last year. Tagged 2 does and a buck, all by bow.

This was last year's buck, not my biggest but it was a great hunt:

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i58/creamernator/DSC_0069.jpg

I had that buck come over the ridge in front of me right before dark, only deer I saw on a 70-degree night in early November. I gave him The Can, and he looked at me and kept walking away from me. I pulled up the Buck Growl, got real aggressive with him. Well, he didn't care too much for the Growl I gave him, did a 180 and turned right back for me. I sent a Muzzy through his lungs at a hair over 20 yards. His death sprint was short and quick, and I heard him go down. Not a much better feeling than that!

This is my wall, which I hope to add to this year. :D

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i58/creamernator/DSC_0008-2.jpg

[Peppy]

Looks like you had a great year Cream!! Congratulations!!

What county are you hunting? I may have asked this before, but I can't remember.

[Buckeyebuckhntr]

Man this team would have been unstoppable last year! Hopefully we carry our momentum and successes over to this fall as well!

Congrats again guys :D

[BuckSlayer]

This year will be even better...:mischeif:

[Peppy]

What are your guys goals the first day? Are you looking only to tag out or you holding out for something really nice?

Pesonally, the only way I'm releasing an arrow Saturday is if I see an unquestionable slammer. Which of course I hope happens, but more then anything I like to get in the woods and get a feel for how I think things will shake out during the rut.

I really don't doe hunt the first day either because of the likely hood of the unknown with respect to bucks in the neighborhood and the threat of making some early season patterned slammers go totally nocturnal straight out of the gate.

[TheCream]

Athens County.

My buddy and I are taping on opening night. I can't hunt in the morning because of an eye doctor's appointment, but that evening we will be trying to get some action on camera. We have a doe hotspot lined up. It's very minimal intrusion, and trail cameras tell us it is "doe central." I am not the least bit afraid to stock the freezer on opening day. :mischeif:

[deerhunt45]

Athens County.

My buddy and I are taping on opening night. I can't hunt in the morning because of an eye doctor's appointment, but that evening we will be trying to get some action on camera. We have a doe hotspot lined up. It's very minimal intrusion, and trail cameras tell us it is "doe central." I am not the least bit afraid to stock the freezer on opening day. :mischeif:

Good post. I like your attitude! I hope a lot of us won't hesitate to take the extra doe(s) this year and early is the best time in my opinion.

Good luck with your filming. I will look forward to possibly viewing some of your hunts ! when I have time of course...about February ;) :whistle:

:D

[Peppy]

I also agree that taking a doe early is good. however, personally, I just don't like doing it the first day.

Good luck with the taping. I keep telling myself that I'll do the same thing, but I just haven't done it.

[BuckSlayer]

I will be hunting the spot where I have pics of a nice buck, I will only be shooting a decent buck the first couple days, no does in that spot. Ill be hitting my doe spots the following weekdays.

[slimJones23]

hey

everyone i no it is past the deadline but i just found this site and would like to join if it is kk with the person that made the site and all you guys

thanks

[Peppy]

hey

everyone i no it is past the deadline but i just found this site and would like to join if it is kk with the person that made the site and all you guys

thanks

you need to go to the other thread titled 'Alternate sign up list' and see if anyone can help you there.

This thread is reserved for the most prolific deer killers on the web... the Rack Reapers!! :biggrin: :cool: :mischeif: :yikes:

[BuckSlayer]

This thread is reserved for the most prolific deer killers on the web... the Rack Reapers!! :biggrin: :cool: :mischeif: :yikes:

:yeahthat:

[Buckeyebuckhntr]

The mood really has to strike me to take a doe early... I don't like dealing with the higher temps of the ealry season. After I fill my buck tag or late Nov thru the seasons close are my doe whacking days..... Unless like I said the mood really strikes me :)

[BuckSlayer]

Well guys, I have to work midnights on fri night and I will be getting off at 8am. So if i am able to make it out it wont be until around 4pm...I hate to get into the deer woods that late but if i want to be rested up and sharp it will have to be at that time. Its either do that or not go at all. So dont expect to see any big buck pics early sat afternoon....maybe sat night though ;)

[Peppy]

I'll be in the deer woods all day saturday.

Let's hope it doesn't take ALL day!! :D

4 DAYS FELLAS!!!

[TheCream]

I hope to have some good video to show you boys by the first of the week.

I mean, you have to give me time to get it edited and uploaded to YouTube! ;)

[Peppy]

Bring it on Cream!! :cool:

[TheCream]

Thought you boys might like to see where I'll be tomorrow afternoon. My buddy and I will be in the back corner of this small brassica plot that the deer have been hammering lately:

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i58/creamernator/DSC_0024-2.jpg

[BuckSlayer]

Nothing here today guys. Seen a little forkhorn this evening. Will be headed out all day tomorrow. What did you all see on opening day?

[TheCream]

This was easily the best opening day I have ever had, and I was behind the camera the whole time! We hunted that plot, got somewhere around 14-17 different deer on video (I'll have to count), one decent young 8-pointer and a TON of does, and got 40 minutes of awesome footage. We were covered up in deer all night. I taped my buddy missing the same doe THREE TIMES in about a minute! How valuable is that footage to him? He may pay top dollar to acquire and destroy that tape. :D

He finally did redeem himself, sticking a big juicy doe at 20 yards while she munched on brassicas! Blood has been spilled, his freezer stocked. Tomorrow I'll be shooting, he'll be filming, and we'll be in my ground blind on the edge of the big plot! :mischeif:

[Peppy]

Didn't connect, but saws LOTS of deer. 25+ deer by 9:10 on opening morning and 15+ deer the following day. Had 3 deer pass 15 yards from me while I was on the ground standing behind a small tree. The Scent Smoker passed the test with flying colors and I'm sold on this concept completely after the results I had this weekend. Saw two deer that i knew were bucks, not shooters, but nice rack buck nonetheless. Many of the deer were does and a few I just couldn't tell for sure.

It was a success in many ways. I'm already seeing plenty of rubs and community scrapes have already opened up shop.

[BuckSlayer]

Beautiful evening to hunt tonight and I saw tons of wildlife. It all started with a few squirrels, then chipmunks, then a rabbit, then two coons in a tree 15 yards away eating wild grapes, then i finally seen some deer. About 520 I had a doe come in about 15 yards and chill out for a while, then about 610 I had a large doe with two yearlings one of em was a bb and I couldnt really tell what the other was but it looked like a bb as well. At that was about it. It was a great evening in the woods.

[Peppy]

You guys been getting out or are you waiting till it cools down some?

There is a good solid cold front moving through the area early next week. It couldn't come soon enough, this hot weather is for the birds.

[BuckSlayer]

Im just a couple days into working a 7 day stretch so I might not make it out til wed unless I go out for an evening hunt on sat.

[TheCream]

I could care less about the weather, I just am waiting on the time to get out! I'm actually going to hunt behind my house a few times this weekend. Several juicy does on the trail cams there, and it's a very low-impact walk in and out of the woods. Should be good for the warmer weather. I don't want to risk busting my good spots right now hiking in and sweating up a storm.

[TheCream]

I am officially eating my own words...it was too hot to hunt this weekend! I hunted Saturday night, saw a few does, neighbor spooked them away. Today? It was 94 degrees and I am tired of washing my camo every night. :rant:

[BuckSlayer]

Well tomorrow is the last day we will see in the upper 80s this year or it maybe the last day to hit 80 this year. I seen where the high next week with be in the upper 50s and lower 60s its going to be some great hunting.

[Peppy]

Here comes the cold front!!! :coolgleamA:

[BuckSlayer]

Well heres the story. I got settled in at 1:52 pm today in hopes of catching a buck moving early with this cooler weather. At 6:05 it was already getting really dark due to the overcast conditions. I hit my can call three times just to have something to do. Less than a minute after my last call, a grey fox runs in within 15 yards of my stand. He stopped suddenly right out in front of me, paused for a second and then took off running. I figured it had to be a deer that scared him off and a minute later a doe came down off the opposite ridge. She messed around for about 10 minutes before giving me a broadside shot at 16.5 yards at 6:22 pm. I thought I heard her crash down the hollow from me. After the track she ended up going 60 yards with a double lung shot placement.
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[bowtech_buster]

great shot and sounds like a great long hunt

[Big H]

Nice job Buckslayer.

[deerhunt45]

Congrats Buckslayer and team Rack Reapers :bouncy:

[TheCream]

Congrats, buddy! Points on the board! I'll try to add to our tally this weekend. :D

[Peppy]

Great job Buckslayer.... We're on the board!! :cool:

[johnc21]

Nice job! That's a nice doe. Log jam at the top of the standings.

Congrats,John

[wallydog1]

Congrats Buckslayer

[BuckSlayer]

Thanks Guys.

[Buckeyebuckhntr]

Nice shot :coolgleamA:

[BuckSlayer]

I dont know what happened with my arrow on my doe, I thought I had a pass thru but when I looked I couldnt find my arrow. About 20 yards down the blood trail I found the part you see in the pic, about 6-8in past the fletching. I never found the rest of it or the broadhead but it was dark so I could have missed it. The reason it is strange is I have an entrance hole and an exit hole. The exit is what you see in the pic. Any ideas to what happened, the vanes were completely blood covered until i messed around with it.

[johnc21]

I dont know what happened with my arrow on my doe, I thought I had a pass thru but when I looked I couldnt find my arrow. About 20 yards down the blood trail I found the part you see in the pic, about 6-8in past the fletching. I never found the rest of it or the broadhead but it was dark so I could have missed it. The reason it is strange is I have an entrance hole and an exit hole. The exit is what you see in the pic. Any ideas to what happened, the vanes were completely blood covered until i messed around with it.

Looks like may have hit the leg bone. That may have kept the arrow from passing on thru. She probably broke it off when she went on the death march. She is a nice one, It's worth a broken arrow.

John

[BuckSlayer]

Your right John, I also had a terrible blood trail. Once I gutted her I seen where she mostly bled under the hide. It must have been from where I hit the leg. I believe that most of the blood on the trail was from the mouth/nose.

[TheCream]

Well fellas, I thought I would have had some doe points Saturday night, but the old girl winded one of us (my buddy was cameraman) and just in the nick of time to save her life! She was at 25 yards, quartered to me, walking a path that would have given me a 12-15 yard broadside shot, when she picked up a scent. I had drawn on another doe earlier in the evening, but she was trotting through past us after a small buck had pushed her and I couldn't get her stopped in a lane.

After getting winded Saturday night, I decided now was the time to try the Scent Smoker. I smoked up all my stuff Sunday, hunted that night. Had 2 does and a red fox all pass downwind of me and nothing got alarmed! The does milled around for a good 40 minutes and never got spooky, the fox was just lolly-gaggin' through the woods. So far, I'm sold on the concept!

Be patient, I'll add points soon. Just haven't had as much time to hunt lately.

[Peppy]

Good luck Cream, and eveyone else also.

I'll be hunting solid from Thursday morning till Sunday afternoon. I'll do all I can to bring us some points (and to fill my freezer of course). :D

[BuckSlayer]

I went out this morning to a spot I picked out in about 20 minutes of scouting yesterday. Just hoping for some doe action. Public land and I have seen deer out in the fields near there in the evening so I figured I would give it a try. Got settled in about 630 and from 730-1130 i was covered with deer. I ended up seeing 13 deer total all does and yearlings but no shot opportunities under 30 yards. Ill be back out this evening.

[Lucky]

Good luck tonight buckslayer. Congrats also on the doe. Great shot.

[Lucky]

I just had a feeling about Buckslayer puttin another down tonight. Thought I would just let his team know ahead of time that he killed another Doe tonight. Sorry not the buck you were hoping for, a nice mature doe on public land. Congrats Buckslayer.

[BuckSlayer]

Heres my doe from tonight-Im pretty proud of myself for only have scouted 20 min in this spot and connected on the first day.
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[Lucky]

Congrats man. Hey, are you ever going to gut that thing or what?

[Peppy]

Nice job Buckslayer. :cool:

[TheCream]

Well fellas, looks like I lost the weekend of planned hunting to OT at work. :nono:

[johnc21]

Well fellas, looks like I lost the weekend of planned hunting to OT at work. :nono:

Work is overrated! It certainly gets in the way of my hunting also. Good times are ahead Jeff,hang in there.

John

[TheCream]

Work is overrated! It certainly gets in the way of my hunting also. Good times are ahead Jeff,hang in there.

John

John, part of the deal is if I do this, I get a paid week off. Otherwise, there would have been no deal! :tsk:

At least I get to spend the weekend in the Easton Hilton, for free, just outside Columbus.

[TheCream]

Well, I managed to get back in time to hunt last night, but the deer movement was not good. Full moon, possibly the cause? I only saw , could have shot all 3 inside of 20 yards...unfortunately it was a yearling doe and 2 button bucks! I used the Scent Smoker before hunting, all three passed inside of 15 yards DEAD DOWNWIND, and nothing spooked. I'm loving this system! :D

[Peppy]

Don't forget to submit that second doe Buckslayer.

[BuckSlayer]

Only allowed one doe peppy or I would have. I seen 14 deer in 4 hours on stand this evening, small bucks and does....the deer are moving like crazy.

[Peppy]

Didn't read the fine print my friend. :D

I guess your teamates just need to contribute. lol

I'll be hunting all Saturday, Sunday and Monday all day!!

[TheCream]

I got us some points (and myself some much-needed meat tonight), fellas! I finally got in the woods this weekend, had bad luck Friday and Saturday, looked like a deer-less weekend until the woods erupted about 6PM tonight. I smoked a doe at 23 yards, strong quartering away shot. I don't think she even ran 35 yards and crashed. Pics will be up tomorrow, hopefully. :D

[BuckSlayer]

Nice work Cream....congrads..cant wait for those pics!

[Peppy]

Good job Cream!! :cool:

[TheCream]

Some people say you should clean up the deer a little before photos...I say the blood adds to the realism. ;)

This is where she piled up:
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Here's one in the yard after tagging her in:
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[johnc21]

Good job Jeff! It looks like you used a grenade on her! She looks like a nice one.

John

[TheCream]

No doubt about it, that Muzzy did it's job! :D

[ohioarcher]

Holy blood splatter batman, the CSI people would love that crime scene :yikes:

your starting to worry me in that first picture, what was you trying to do with that log between her legs. :whistle:

[TheCream]

Holy blood splatter batman, the CSI people would love that crime scene :yikes:

your starting to worry me in that first picture, what was you trying to do with that log between her legs. :whistle:

HA! Buddy that's how she piled up, I swear! :eek:

[BuckSlayer]

Dont forget to enter your pic in the contest...looks like the bucks are rolling in.

[Lucky]

Congrats on the deer Cream.

[Lucky]

Maybe you guys will be happy. I just talked to Buckslayer a while ago and he said he shot a shooter buck close to dark. He isn't sure really what it is. Last I talked to him he was going in to look for it. He loses service in there so when I hear I'll give an update. You lucky dogs!!!

[BuckSlayer]

So i got an 8 point tonight..it was a great night..ill post pics on another thread.

[Peppy]

Nice job buckslayer!!

I checked out the pics, looks real nice.

I've got my eye on a few that I'm hoping to put on the ground this weekend.

Looks like we should 18 points after you and Cream enter your deer!! :cool:

[Buckeyebuckhntr]

Congrats guys!

I will enter a doe but it most likely wont be for a while yet, working on my buck still.

Looks like we should 18 points after you and Cream enter your deer!!

I think it will be 23 points.

2 doe at 10 points and one 8 point at 13 points.

[Peppy]

Congrats guys!

I will enter a doe but it most likely wont be for a while yet, working on my buck still.



I think it will be 23 points.

2 doe at 10 points and one 8 point at 13 points.

Yes, I did not count that right. 23 points it is!! :cool:

[FranciscoJ]

Holy crap man, amazing buck!!! All I gotta say is I hope I can get one as nice. Hell, I would accept a crappy doe right about now...lol BUt yeah man, wicked nice deer.

[Lucky]

Congrats again buckslayer.

[Lucky]

Looks like you lucky dogs are gonna be in the lead!!!

[TheCream]

We would have a commanding lead had a doe not screwed me over last night. A pair of does came in on me about 6PM, the big one had eyeballed something in my tree that she wasn't too sure of. She's standing there at 5 yards when a 135-140" 8-pointer with 10-11" G2's came strutting in behind them. He was at 15 yards, nothing I could do. He finally chased after her and I was able to draw, but it was too late and I had no shooting lanes. Oh well, there's always tomorrow! :cheeky-smiley-022:

[BuckSlayer]

Good luck tomorrow Cream.

[TheCream]

It was an awesome 4 days of huning for me. I think I saw 9 different bucks, 2 shooters, but no shot opportunities. I have to work all week this week, but I will only have to work 1 day next week, so I hope to tag my buck then!

[Peppy]

I added an 8 pt to our team total.

It clearly is not the buck I wanted to harvest, but that's how it goes sometimes. I must remember that this deer will provide many a'good meal for my family of five.

I will now try and get some video hunts on film for my hunting friends. :cool:

And, I still have a PA tag to fill.

[BuckSlayer]

Congrads peppy!!! Cant wait to see the pics/story??

[Peppy]

Thanks Buckslayer.

The pics are in the entry forum.

I'll give details of the harvest soon.

[ohioarcher]

Hey, congrats peppy great looking 8pt, can't wait for the story

[Lucky]

Great deer Peppy. Congrats!

[BuckSlayer]

Nice buck peppy!!!! Congrads. Now wheres the story?

[Peppy]

Okay, sorry about that. Between hunting, work, home and family I've been quite busy these days.

It started just like any other day on stand. I headed in to my ladder before light and set up on the hill looking down the ridge and on either side with plenty of nice openings for deer to cross and to meander out from their night time feeding places as they worked their way back to cover or to continue the "dance" that had not yet ended. :bouncy:

Around 7:30 I look slightly behind and to my left and spot a decent 8 point on the trail. He's directly down wind of me, but has no clue (thanks to the Scent Smoker), but moves away and does not present a shot.

About a half hour later a huge buck (body-wise, I was unable to see exactly how big his rack was) came crashing down over the hill chasing a doe. He ran all the way to the bottom and disappeared on the other side. Enough to make my heart skip a beat, but not enough for me to grab the bow.

After that encounter the woods went quiet. I had carried my climber with me to the woods that morning just in case I needed to make adjustments during the day. I decided to drop down in the bottom and move up into an area with clear sign and great views with water, plenty of food and cover to my right where the deer like to cross from one ridge to the next complete with a nice low spot for them to do so.

As I'm making my towards my new spot three deer come straight down the hill directly towards me. Two doe and a small four point. They run to within 15 yards of me and stop. They know something is not right but they can not wind me (thanks again to the Scent Smoker) so they slowly and calmy slid to my right and move along with not one snort.

Finally I make it to my "new" spot which I will stay in till dark no matter what I see. I know I do not want to be moving all over the woods during this time of the year. Just as I'm pulling up my bow, I see a nice deer on the ridge directly across from me. I pull up the binocs and positively indentify an 8 point moving with his nose to the ground and away from me.

The woods would turn silent for a couple of hours till around 2:45pm. That's when I notice movement on the same ridge. This time the deer is moving right and towards me, but will soon be moving away from me if I don't stop him. I hit my grunt and he stops in his tracks. I check him out with my binocs and am amazed to see that this to is an 8 point, but is not the same one I saw earlier moving on the same trail in the opposite direction.

He then turns and starts coming my way straight down the ridge. He stops for a drink, hits my scent dripper for a moment and then begins to move. I try and decide if this is the deer I should take or let walk. I've let several bucks walk and was thinking of doing the same with this guy. But in the heat of the moment and as he made that one last step into my "window" I instinctivly bleated at him so he would stop and released and arrow that would pass completely through at 24 yards.

After a 75 yard recovery I had found him piled up 5 feet off an old logging trail. :cool:

The very next morning I was headed out to retrieve my stand and to do some doe hunting, the same trail where I encountered the two doe and small four point in the woods was, directly in front of me ON the trail, a beautiful main frame 10 point with stickers that was probably in the 150" range. He even stood there for literally a minute 50 yards in front of me just too make sure I got a good look!!

Thanks again for the congratulations!! Good luck to all of you also and no matter if you score or not, make sure you enjoy the experience and to take what the land will give you. And please be respectful of the woods and treat her gently and we will ALL be better for it!! :cool:

[TheCream]

Congrats, Peppy! I am hunting every day tomorrow-next Thursday. I'm hoping to tag my buck then.

[Peppy]

Thanks and good luck to you!!

[TheCream]

Buck down, boys. He's not my finest, but I'm more than pleased! Had a great hunt, was in the stand since 10:30AM, shot this joker right at dusk. Had a really solid 8-pointer and a forkhorn chase the same doe around 1PM, then a young 10 came through at 2:15PM and let him walk. Didn't see another deer until after 5PM, when a little doe came up through the draw behind me. I thought she was alone, then heard a grunt and saw a young 7-pointer chase her up past me. I heard a deeper grunt, looked back and this buck was coming up behind them. Honestly, I misjudged him a little, but I'm still happy! Shot him quartering away at 12 yards, arrow entered the middle of the ribs and exited through the opposite leg. Obviously, he was toast. :D

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[BuckSlayer]

Congrads Cream!! Awesome buck!! Nothing better than that. Sounds like you had a really exciting day in the woods. Too bad everyday isnt like that. Congrads again.

[BuckSlayer]

I wonder what Buckeyebuckhntr is after. I havent heard from him for a while. Must be onto something big ;)

[ohioarcher]

Congrats Cream, Man you guys are kicking some deer hiney....good job guys

[Peppy]

Congratulations Cream!! :coolgleamA:

looks like you put us back on top once again!!

I love when the deer woods are hopping like you described the day you got your deer.

[BuckSlayer]

Im heading out this weekend to bust a mature doe. I know it doesnt count for the contest but I just thought I would let you guys know Im still a hunting fool.

[TheCream]

Buckslayer, you and me both, pal! I am turning into a guide/cameraman for most of the remainder of the season. I'm guiding and filming a buddy tomorrow hoping to help him fill his $15 doe tag before gun season, and I'll be filming some hunts later on. I also plan on introducing a doe to my new muzzleloader in a few weeks, too. :D

[wallydog1]

Congrats Cream,Good looking Buck,You guy's are giving us some run for the money,so to speak. :)

[Peppy]

How you makin out Buckeyebuckhntr? Haven't heard form you in a while.

[TheCream]

Any updates? It would be nice to at least get all 4 of our does killed. Hope you folks are having a good gun season so far!

[Peppy]

I'm hoping to get my doe soon.

[TheCream]

It doesn't help the team any, but it was still fun. :D

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i58/creamernator/DSC_0063.jpg

[Peppy]

Still workin' on my doe fellas. I suppose I should have just gotten it over with early when the pickins were plentiful and cooperative!! ;)

Now they all seem to know I'm doe huntin' exclusively!! :D

[Peppy]

Well, my deer hunting for this season is over fellas. Wasn't able to add any points, so I guess it's up to Buckeyebuckhntr to take us back to first place.

Anyone heard from him?

[Peppy]

Anyone heard from him?


I'll take that as a no!! :whistle:

[BuckSlayer]

We did pretty good for just having three guys participating in the contest.

[wallydog1]

You guy's Did Awesome,congrats guy's

[BuckSlayer]

Thanks Wally....you guys werent so bad yourselves ;)