Spysar
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Soiux Indian Reservation- Buck 3
Wow, I couldn't believe it, two nice bucks in two days, and on the ground. But it's not over yet. That's the beauty of this place, your never tagged out. I still had my SD tag, and I could get another tag in Nebraska. Let me explain.
Where I hunt there is a reservation of the Soiux Tribe. It is a big chunk of land, mostly privately owned, but a portion of it is owned by the tribe. They have control of managing the deer on their reservation. So I can buy a tag from the tribe as long as I'm hunting on reservation land. All I did was go talk to the Soiux game warden(Donny), and he sold me the tag, and gave me a map. He said the yellow is land owned by the tribe and I could hunt any of it. There were other colors on the map that matched up to names of tribe members that allowed you to hunt if you called them and asked permission. And anything else was private(unless you knocked on the door and got permission).
I had heard the reservation land gets pounded pretty hard, especially during gun season. Oh well, what public land dosen't get pounded?
So I took my map, and got to scouting. I decided to check several areas until I found one I liked. The first place was loaded with does, but it was accessable, and I knew I would be bothered by other people. The second place was nice and I bet no hunted that much, but it was thick cedars, almost impossable to walk in. Although I thought about this spot and put on some miles here, I thought I could do better. Same with the third spot, I just thought I could do better.
Then I got to the fourth spot I scouted, and still hadn't hung a stand. At first I thought it wasn't going to be good. It was nasty on the outside, but then, wow, it opened into an oasis of a deer spot. One of those spots you look at and say, yeah, I can definatly kill a buck here. My scouting was done, and it was time to hunt again.
The first time I hunted the stand, I passed (and filmed) a decent 10 point. I passed him a couple of times, and there was plenty of does in the area.
The next time I hunted there I was just gonna do a morning sit and then go over to SD as I was hunting both states at the same time. I packed a light snack that day and dang it if I didn't have my base that mounts my camera to the arm, oh well.
The deer activity was steady that day. It was just one of those days where at least one deer was in sight all day long. So I decided I had better go with plan "B" and make this an all day sit, it was Nov 9th. As the day wore on, 18 does were within sight at one time! I had passed that same 10 pointer I had seen on the earlier sit, three times. In the last half hour of daylight, two does caming running by me at ten yards with their tongues out, so I grabbed my bow in anticipation. Right on que I saw a nice rack heading my way, a very respectable buck especially for the public reservation land. He stopped at ten yards broadside and got a Hellrazor through his heart. Was I lucky or what? I had to pinch myself, what a year, and I still had tags.
Tracking/Dragging Crew LOL
Wow, I couldn't believe it, two nice bucks in two days, and on the ground. But it's not over yet. That's the beauty of this place, your never tagged out. I still had my SD tag, and I could get another tag in Nebraska. Let me explain.
Where I hunt there is a reservation of the Soiux Tribe. It is a big chunk of land, mostly privately owned, but a portion of it is owned by the tribe. They have control of managing the deer on their reservation. So I can buy a tag from the tribe as long as I'm hunting on reservation land. All I did was go talk to the Soiux game warden(Donny), and he sold me the tag, and gave me a map. He said the yellow is land owned by the tribe and I could hunt any of it. There were other colors on the map that matched up to names of tribe members that allowed you to hunt if you called them and asked permission. And anything else was private(unless you knocked on the door and got permission).
I had heard the reservation land gets pounded pretty hard, especially during gun season. Oh well, what public land dosen't get pounded?
So I took my map, and got to scouting. I decided to check several areas until I found one I liked. The first place was loaded with does, but it was accessable, and I knew I would be bothered by other people. The second place was nice and I bet no hunted that much, but it was thick cedars, almost impossable to walk in. Although I thought about this spot and put on some miles here, I thought I could do better. Same with the third spot, I just thought I could do better.
Then I got to the fourth spot I scouted, and still hadn't hung a stand. At first I thought it wasn't going to be good. It was nasty on the outside, but then, wow, it opened into an oasis of a deer spot. One of those spots you look at and say, yeah, I can definatly kill a buck here. My scouting was done, and it was time to hunt again.
The first time I hunted the stand, I passed (and filmed) a decent 10 point. I passed him a couple of times, and there was plenty of does in the area.
The next time I hunted there I was just gonna do a morning sit and then go over to SD as I was hunting both states at the same time. I packed a light snack that day and dang it if I didn't have my base that mounts my camera to the arm, oh well.
The deer activity was steady that day. It was just one of those days where at least one deer was in sight all day long. So I decided I had better go with plan "B" and make this an all day sit, it was Nov 9th. As the day wore on, 18 does were within sight at one time! I had passed that same 10 pointer I had seen on the earlier sit, three times. In the last half hour of daylight, two does caming running by me at ten yards with their tongues out, so I grabbed my bow in anticipation. Right on que I saw a nice rack heading my way, a very respectable buck especially for the public reservation land. He stopped at ten yards broadside and got a Hellrazor through his heart. Was I lucky or what? I had to pinch myself, what a year, and I still had tags.
Tracking/Dragging Crew LOL