Lots of shooters

[crooketarrow]

  Today was my last day glassing bucks.  The last 4 days the numbers have drop to 0 in the beans for 2 days.

  I've seen 132 BUCKS since second week of JULY. 28 Were shooters. I concider any buck 3 1/2 in WV legal. Most shooters in the 3 1/2 age class are ear tip 165 to 180 pounds. But I seen a lot of 17 to 20 inside inchers. In the 120's, 2,10 point bucks mid 130's, a 10 and 12 pointer inthe low 140's.

  And 1 huge 11 pointer showed to me by a farmers son. He at first told me a 160#. I put him at 51/2,61/2 18,20 inside incher. 250,275er. The farmers let me glass every summer since I moved here 6 years ago. NO ONES EVER SEEN HIM BEFORE.

  Me and the farmers son made a deal. This is a family farm and he said few family members rifle hunts it in NOV. So I can bow hunt the buck but only in Oct. If I set him up a stand for him to rifle hunt from . Each family member allowed one stand ground or tree stand.

  I saw skipper 4 morning I'd put him in the mid 150's.  He's been in a 40 acer bean field has standing corn on 3 sides a hard woods on the 4 th. This is about a mile from the farm I live on. 4 Bean field  fields 5 corn fields all on the same farm.

 All those beans and corn draw my bucks away every (summer) year. I hav'nt seen a buck in 2 days, like eveRy year when the white oaks start falling that where the bucks go.

 Lots of shooters now if just one gets 15 yards.

[kleinpm]

Sounds like a lot of great deer. I was excited to get within shooting distance of a 2x2 muley.

Patrick

[Pappy]

They are all shooters to me if they get close enough. I don't look for tine length or main beam length, I look for back strap length. Good luck /shoot straight.
 Pappy

[crooketarrow]

 I know I know but a chunk of loin dos'nt look very good on the wall. Plus my old lady bitchs at me every time.

   I've always been a horn hunter. I can't remember not being a horn hunter. My first deer was a 8 pointer. My first bow kill was a 8 pointer.

  Younger in life I got the name 8 ball at the time. I had 11 pointers. That was way back in the mid 80's     
 pointers.  I got 6,8 pointers in a row with a old 300 sag. REM. pump

   I look at the bucks age  to make sure he 3 1/2 or older.before I take a good look at his anlers. 

   Don't get me wrong I love deer meat.  And shoot my share of doe's  everyear. I could kill twice as many as I kill or let others kill and it stil not be enough On this farm.                                                                                                                                                         

[bowandarrow473]

I'm heading up to SC to hunt right now, hopefully I'll pop one tonight with my .270 and pop another in the morning with my selfbow.

[crooketarrow]

  What part I have a brother in SC.

[bowandarrow473]

Around Hampton

[Pat B]

You're gonna get wet!!!  Actually you better bring your water wings. 

[mullet]

Yep, Hurricanes a coming. One good thing Pat, Cades food plots will get watered.

[Pat B]

Yeah Eddie, about a foot of rain tomorrow and Sunday. That ought to keep them going all winter. 

[jayman448]

I wish.... ive been out almost every day since september fifth. I have not seen a buck to shoot at all. Ive baged two grouse and a duck so far.

[Pappy]

Don't take this wrong, I admire anyone that truly trophy hunts as long as the use the rest of the deer but I do have a question, how to you know if a deer is 3 1/2 without putting it on the ground ?
   Pappy

[jayman448]

Don't take this wrong, I admire anyone that truly trophy hunts as long as the use the rest of the deer but I do have a question, how to you know if a deer is 3 1/2 without putting it on the ground ?
   Pappy

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