I figured I'd start a thread on my late season muzzy sits. Today was the opener and it runs through 1/10. I made it out tonight and hope to get out the last couple hours of every afternoon through Thursday.
The field I was in tonight is about 3 acres and we planted corn in it this year. Last weekend we went and mowed down some of the corn and put out a couple of those fake round-bale blinds. Those things are the bomb!
The deer really started moving the last 45 minutes or so of legal light. In total I saw about 25 - 30 deer. Several came within 10 to 15 yards of the blind and could have cared less about it. The wind was in my favor of course.
I did have the 'last' biggest core deer come in front of me for most of the evening. He is a mid 160s 10 with a kicker and broken brow. I would have loved to have popped him, but due to the rules the other two guys and I came up with he in not on my hit list since I have already taken one of the big core deer (with my bow). We have these rules in place to basically 'spread the wealth' around for those who can't hunt as much. If he does the same thing tomorrow I am hoping the landowner has a crack at him!
Tomorrow I will be in a bigger food plot (also mowed corn) with a friend from work. He is basically a meat hunter so I am sure we will have some luck. There are also some bucks we have classified as culls that I hope he may get a crack at. For me I am just hoping a big transient deer comes to visit the plots. We have got some pics of some new decent ones it that field which may just trip my trigger! I also have 2 doe tags for this season but may not choose to fill those till after X-mas.
Some pics from tonight from my crappy i-phone.
The field I was in tonight is about 3 acres and we planted corn in it this year. Last weekend we went and mowed down some of the corn and put out a couple of those fake round-bale blinds. Those things are the bomb!
The deer really started moving the last 45 minutes or so of legal light. In total I saw about 25 - 30 deer. Several came within 10 to 15 yards of the blind and could have cared less about it. The wind was in my favor of course.
I did have the 'last' biggest core deer come in front of me for most of the evening. He is a mid 160s 10 with a kicker and broken brow. I would have loved to have popped him, but due to the rules the other two guys and I came up with he in not on my hit list since I have already taken one of the big core deer (with my bow). We have these rules in place to basically 'spread the wealth' around for those who can't hunt as much. If he does the same thing tomorrow I am hoping the landowner has a crack at him!
Tomorrow I will be in a bigger food plot (also mowed corn) with a friend from work. He is basically a meat hunter so I am sure we will have some luck. There are also some bucks we have classified as culls that I hope he may get a crack at. For me I am just hoping a big transient deer comes to visit the plots. We have got some pics of some new decent ones it that field which may just trip my trigger! I also have 2 doe tags for this season but may not choose to fill those till after X-mas.
Some pics from tonight from my crappy i-phone.