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I finally got back out last night (11-19) after being laid up for a week and was pretty disappointed. Kicked up 2 does on the way in, saw one little broken off buck around dusk just milling around, one doe by herself way off in the distance and kicked a few does on my way out. By far the...

Haha...heck no you're not stealing my thread! I put this on another site and a couple other people said they've seen them in the state too and posted some pics. If anyone else has some pics, post away....I love seeing that stuff!! I also mentioned it to a couple of my buddies and two of my...

That's awesome!! You must have a lot of nice deer around to give him the pass. Good for you, though...hope you get your Booner!

This is my first year using a decoy and come to think of it, this is the first time I've hunted this late into the year/rut. Are decoys still effective at this stage of the game? Are the bucks still agressive (will come into rattling, etc) or are they just out looking for the next hot doe...

Yes it's still on and it seems that they're in "I could care less about anything but the ladies" mode. I've been laid up and haven't hunted, but I've been out driving and had bucks running nose down in the road ditch as I drive by and stop, had them run in front of me and even slow down or...

Imagine my surprise when I was going thru my latest card pull & saw this! Never seen this deer before here, never heard of anyone else around seeing him. Kinda neat/weird! Eastern Plymouth County

So where did you end up hitting him? Congrats on the buck & nice work finding him!!

Agreed. By the time the spring thaw hits and it's time to plant something, you might have it all read by then! :grin:

Great buck! Congrats!! How wide was he if I might ask?

While that really sucks, I think there are a couple positives you can take away from this. 1) You got to see a mature buck 2) You put the sneak on a mature buck and got within 22 yards of him. Not an easy task by any means and there are only a handful of hunters who can say they've ever done...

Thanks hardwood! While I'm definitely hurtin', I'm not quite handicap. I can still manage what looks like an 85 year old man's walk and can function on a limited basis, but I'm definitely not good enough to climb in or sit in a stand, handicap permit or not. If I wanted to, I could drive the...

I've already played the decoy scenario over & over in my head. The worst part of that is that I had a decoy and it was set up 200 yards away by another stand. The weatherman said the wind was supposed to be west till the afternoon, so I got set up in my stand for that wind. About daybreak it...

On Thusday, I saw a nice buck out crusing through the switchgrass (just for some background, I'm in NW iowa in pure dirt farming country, but I'm hunting on 200 acres of switchgrass surrounded by corn/bean fields). I watched him chase a smaller buck around, but basically he was out by...

The day after filling my tag last year I couldn't wait to do it all again this year. Between reading online, reading magazines, running trail cameras & scounting I put literally hundreds of hours into this season. I've logged quite a few hours in the stand the last week and I've noticed that...

That's an awesome pic! He looks to be pretty proud of himself....a broadhead thru both lungs would knock him down a few notches! Hope you get a chance with him!

That's an awesome buck! Congrats! I say the same thing about my wife too! How long are those g 2's if I might ask?

Great deer, sorry you didn't get him, but at least he was taken by a hunter and not hit by a car or poached. Ironically with the 'over estimated' theads going, I would have over estimated this deer by about 15"....but I don't claim to be any good at guessing scores anyway! :grin:

I don't know what to say to this except I gotta hand it to you for even staying in the sport. There is no way I could do that.....I'd quit, hunt a road ditch or sell my body on the street for a place to hunt (which wouldn't end up getting me anything better than a road ditch!), but I couldn't...

NW Iowa- Was in the field all day yesterday (Thursday). Slow start to the morning and about 9:30 started to see a lot of movement. All the does had bucks after them, and finally saw some shooters chasing (even if they were a half mile away). I rattled in 5 bucks between 9:30-10:45 (4 small...

My buddy is 'pretty sure' he saw Thumper this morning across the section from where I shot him. The fact that it was less than a mile away and that there isn't an abundance of deer of this caliber running around makes me somewhat optimistic. Best part is that he just got permission to hunt...