I felt left out lmao.
9/24
Found me in my pasture stand for a late morning hunt. I had never been in this set other then the day I hung it so I wasn't comfortable trying it in the dark for an early morning hunt. I got to my stand at 11am to check the trail cam and decided to climb up for a sit. This was the first time in this location so I wanted some seat time in an observation stand to see where the deer may be moving from in the lower pastures. I sat there until 5pm when the neighbors 400 yards away started target shooting with handguns. They did that until just after 6pm and I was hopeful the deer would venture out in that last hour of daylight but I didn't think they would with all that noise. I was right, no deer at all that day.
9/27
Found me once again in the pasture stand for an evening hunt. I climbed into my stand at 5pm in the rain. A little later then I like but none the less I was there to hunt rain and all. I had changed SD cards from the trail cam before I climbed up so I took a quick look at those pics while waiting for the deer to start moving. Everything put away and settled in at 5:30 for the evening. About 5:40 I look out into the pasture to see 5 turkey picking bugs off the grass as they crossed from west to east and then to the south. After the turkey worked their way to the south end of the pasture I heard a chipmunk start chirping to my right. I had a feeling he seen something but I couldn't see anything yet myself. 5:55 I see movement to my right and I look over to see a small rack 10pt standing there. He proceeded to walk over to where my trail cam was and started sniffing the air near my cam. Satisfied with his nose he walked another 6 yards over to my mineral site where I smacked him with a braodhead. 5:58pm my buck was on the ground and my tag was filled for the season.
9/30
My buddy stops by the house to ask a few questions and get my thoughts on hunting spots that evening. I pulled up all the pics I had gotten from the pasture cam as well as an aerial map of the property. After about an hour and a half we had decided where he should spend his evening hunt. He decided to go with my suggestion and headed out to the pasture closer to the corner of the woods. Later that evening at almost 7pm he texted me asking for some assistance tracking a buck he had shot. We looked for a couple hours to no avail. The next morning found us once again looking for his buck. We had another friend lend us a hand and we all looked for about 7hrs with no luck.
As of today 10/3 here is where I'm at for the season.
Does Seen: 0
Bucks Seen: 2
Deer Killed: 1
Morning Hunts: 1
Evening Hunts: 2
All Day Sits: 0
Total Hunts: 3
Hours on Stand: 9
Average Time Per Hunt: 3 Hours
Guided hunts
Clients: 1
Bucks seen: 1
Doe seen: 0
Deer shot: 1
Time guiding : 1.5hrs.
Time tracking 9hrs.
9/24
Found me in my pasture stand for a late morning hunt. I had never been in this set other then the day I hung it so I wasn't comfortable trying it in the dark for an early morning hunt. I got to my stand at 11am to check the trail cam and decided to climb up for a sit. This was the first time in this location so I wanted some seat time in an observation stand to see where the deer may be moving from in the lower pastures. I sat there until 5pm when the neighbors 400 yards away started target shooting with handguns. They did that until just after 6pm and I was hopeful the deer would venture out in that last hour of daylight but I didn't think they would with all that noise. I was right, no deer at all that day.
9/27
Found me once again in the pasture stand for an evening hunt. I climbed into my stand at 5pm in the rain. A little later then I like but none the less I was there to hunt rain and all. I had changed SD cards from the trail cam before I climbed up so I took a quick look at those pics while waiting for the deer to start moving. Everything put away and settled in at 5:30 for the evening. About 5:40 I look out into the pasture to see 5 turkey picking bugs off the grass as they crossed from west to east and then to the south. After the turkey worked their way to the south end of the pasture I heard a chipmunk start chirping to my right. I had a feeling he seen something but I couldn't see anything yet myself. 5:55 I see movement to my right and I look over to see a small rack 10pt standing there. He proceeded to walk over to where my trail cam was and started sniffing the air near my cam. Satisfied with his nose he walked another 6 yards over to my mineral site where I smacked him with a braodhead. 5:58pm my buck was on the ground and my tag was filled for the season.
9/30
My buddy stops by the house to ask a few questions and get my thoughts on hunting spots that evening. I pulled up all the pics I had gotten from the pasture cam as well as an aerial map of the property. After about an hour and a half we had decided where he should spend his evening hunt. He decided to go with my suggestion and headed out to the pasture closer to the corner of the woods. Later that evening at almost 7pm he texted me asking for some assistance tracking a buck he had shot. We looked for a couple hours to no avail. The next morning found us once again looking for his buck. We had another friend lend us a hand and we all looked for about 7hrs with no luck.
As of today 10/3 here is where I'm at for the season.
Does Seen: 0
Bucks Seen: 2
Deer Killed: 1
Morning Hunts: 1
Evening Hunts: 2
All Day Sits: 0
Total Hunts: 3
Hours on Stand: 9
Average Time Per Hunt: 3 Hours
Guided hunts
Clients: 1
Bucks seen: 1
Doe seen: 0
Deer shot: 1
Time guiding : 1.5hrs.
Time tracking 9hrs.