ducks&bucks
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I am sure many of you have seen this, but until today I had not. I have only bow hunted for a couple of years now and really have never experienced the rut. Tonight I was in stand...sweating...and not seeing a whole lot. About the time the sun sank below the tree line and the temp dropped about 10 degrees in the bottom I was hunting, it was on! At first I heard some rustling and then I heard a buck grunt. Before I knew it there was one scared sh**less doe, ears pinned back with 3 mature bucks chasing her. And I don't mean a nice trot through the woods. It was a full out sprint with the 4 deer doing hot laps around the property I was hunting for a good 5 minutes. The 3 bucks were grunting like crazy and definitely had that look in there eyes. They flew past me at 25 yards and I tried to stop them to no avail...that doe wasn't stopping and those bucks only had one thing on there mind. Awesome!
I also had a 120 class buck broadside at 5 yards to end the night...his neck was huge! It is definitely here in central IA!
I also had a 120 class buck broadside at 5 yards to end the night...his neck was huge! It is definitely here in central IA!