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What a morning!!!

bowhunter1023

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Man am I glad I sacked up and went out this morning. My buddy from work came out to the farm with me and I put him in one of my favorite stands. I went to my buddy stand overlooking my creek bottom food plots. The mission was a mature doe and I was only taking one shot and that's after she ate from the plot!

I only sat for two hours, but I watched a small buck dog a doe as hard as I've seen in years this morning while another fed in my food plot. After running off, they came back as hard as they left. Not long after they moved off again, I was looking for a spot to put a ground blind up for my wife. I caught movement in an area where I was contemplating a new stand next year when I caught a big bodied deer moving up the hill.

It took me several attempts to get him in the binos, but I laid eyes on Jack for the first time in 3 years this morning. I was about to text my buddy to let him know that I was slipping out before Jack came through, so I grab my phone and see a text from him. He had missed Jack 5 minutes before I saw him!!!

He's in a stand Nayden hunted last year on Hippie Ridge. It's one of my best spots and this was the first time anyone has been in there all year. He has 3 days and a hot doe on his side. Not to mention some great recon from 2010 when we had 4 encounters across 2 weekends with a 150" 10. Jack slipped back in to the bowl where the 10 spent midday the first weekend we encountered him.

Before I could even climb down, I had a small buck chase 2 does past my stand. That made 3 bucks and 4 does, with 2 chases and a shooter I haven't seen in our 3 year history, all in 2 hours!!! I'm in the truck glassing the hogsback and thicket he could slip in to or check at some point.

He lives!!!

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bowhunter1023

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Talked to my buddy a little bit ago and he saw 9 different bucks today including Jack. It is absolutely rocking at our farm right now. I took an entirely new approach out there this year and it paid off with me seeing the first great rutting activity in the 6 years we have had it. Other than my morning hunt last Friday, today was the first real day of "pressure" applied out there. From what I saw this morning, I have a stand to hang for next year that may become the best stand I have. Now it's time for him to kill Jack so we can celebrate!!!
 

RUT NUT

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Good stuff man! I'm glad to hear your still getting out after shooting your buck. Hopefully your buddy can seal the deal with "Jack"! Good luck to the both of you!
 

RedCloud

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Damn dude. Sounds like it was an awesome morning to be in your woods. Take the video cam out and grab some action and shoot them with the cam buddy.
 
sounds like you had a great morning!...my entire weekend will be spent at work but i hope to get out Tuesday (i better stay home monday since it's the wife's b-day)..i agree wuth redcloud get some video!