The Bow stand Log thread.

[Ray1]

To the best of my knowledge deer will not sink. Deer have hollow hair follicles which keep them boyant while swimming. I would look up and down the river and look very carefully because most of the time they look like a log floating.

[Jameson]

A few hours in a a stand tonight. No deer sighted. 3 wood ducks, 2 feral cats, and a bunch of pheasants though.

[walleyeking19]

I spent a few hours out tonight and saturday night. Saturday was pretty slow. I had 1 doe come into range and 4 more way out in a field. tonight i had a doe sneak up on me. i didn't hear her come behing me till she was at about 20 yards. both nights were incredibly slow. Hopefully it starts to pick up soon.

[tracker x-2]

I decided to try a new stand tonight and it showed me some deer. I saw three does and a nice buck ,but it was getting to dark and had to pack up with out getting a good look at him. Maybe next weekend between the ducks and roosters ill get another chance.

[mudslinger64]

hunted all afternoon and all i saw was a mink that went in front of me going to the pond from the lake....

[brassman]

Sat for the first time this year and it felt great even though the wind was cold, only 41 degrees. I set up on a new logged off area doing some reconnaissance for rifle season since the majority of the shots are out to 250 yards. I am not accustomed to looking that far, 99% of our stands are 50 yard and shorter shots. I did not see a deer but that was just fine by me, just glad to be out. I did have a couple wolves howl right before dark about a mile away then I might have had a lone wolf about 300 yards north of me I was paying attention to the ones west of me, maybe thats why I didn't see anything. on the 30 mile trip back home I only saw 2 deer and thats a very low number for me, not much moving right now.

[USPENAMC]

Went out this morning to vermillions higlands, Seeing a lot of sign like I have said before but no deer in sight. I did try doing some turkey calls (newby practicing) and called in 6 turkeys.

[delmuts]

I had deer die while crossing a stream/river. It was found down stream against the bank.

[chuckwagon]

Went out this morning to vermillions higlands, Seeing a lot of sign like I have said before but no deer in sight. I did try doing some turkey calls (newby practicing) and called in 6 turkeys.

Where is this?

[USPENAMC]

CHUCKWAGON,

This area is located in rosemount I was drawn for a special deer hunt on the vermillion higlands Research until oct 31st. There is the regular vermillion wma right near it but have to be carefull they are adjacent to each other but the Highlands research is posted with red no hunting signs.

[Jim Uran]

I've shot a deer near a lake, it fell in the water and sunk to the bottom, good thing it was only like 4 feet deep, but yeah it sunk like a rock.

[sticknstring]

Shoulder blade shots are tough. From the details you provided, I'd bet that buck is on his feet and other than being educated, is no worse off than he was before. Stay after him and maybe you'll get another crack before the riflemen do.

[rbs]

Went out in the light rain on friday. Had always heard that it was a good time to go out so figured what the heck. Walking out to my stand I noticed tons of fresh deer tracks so I nocked a arrow and slowly sneaked thru the edge of the field. I guess I was not sneaky enough and got busted by 2 bucks and a doe as I rounded the corner. Oh well I said to myself and climbed into my stand anyways.

Sat for a hour or so with nothing but a bunch of woodies down below me in the creek making noise. I caught movement where the 3 deer went in the woods and a doe and two fawns walk into the field. They came in down wind from me and didn't act as if they smelled anything so the scent away must have been good. Let them pass and took a few pics of them.

about 10 mins later another deer came out in the same spot and took a half a second to figure out that it was a buck by his body size. grabbed for the binocs and by this time he was walking along the field edge at me. When I got the chance to see how big he was I put the binocs down and grabbed my bow. He walked really slow and came thru a shooting lane that I had opened up last year at 20yds. I did not draw back because there was some twigs in the way so I had to wait for him to come another 10'. slowly he walked towards my very open shooting lane. At 5' from a arrow streaking thru his side he caught my scent and bolted. I hung my bow up and sat down and was swearing to myself at why I did not re-open that shooting lane. Stinks when you have a huge buck that close and can't take the shot. Oh well...lol

Sun night I was in the same stand. Was slow right away and then it was like mayhem. I had a doe and fawn come out first and they walked right into the shooting lane that I had just opened up after not getting the shot on the buck a couple nights before. So close I was worried that they would bust me breathing...lol. Then they walked back out front and then 2 does come in from the west. Then 2 fawns, then another doe. By the time it was all done I had 6 does and 5 fawns all in front of me within 30 yds. Had to wait until pitch black to get out of my stand to not have them bust me. Wow what a night!

[mudslinger64]

sat all afternoon again and saw nothing until i was driving out to the highway,then i saw 4 deer on the road by a powerline about 1/2 mile from my stand.this is about the 3rd time this has happened,so tomorrow i am going to look around that area a little and see if i can find a good spot to hang another stand.

[Archerysniper]

Went out tonight passed a doe and fawn and got soaked.

[sparkyaber]

Sat in a ground blind last night and saw nothing but gray clouds, rain, and wet trees. Still better then sitting in the house. Got back home just after kick off.

[bigbucks]

Hunted at one property Saturday night with a friend. Found a few scrapes that were dry on a day when it had rained off & on until around 2:00. Didn't see any deer.

Hunted another place Sunday with my cousin after the Twins game that I'd setup before the game. Saw two small bucks, as well as a doe & two small fawns. Could have shot one of the fawns, everything else was out of range. Found more scrapes & quite a few small rubs there, but all on finger sized saplings.

[rbs]

It was windy last night (4pm) when I got to my stand so I opted to go back to the truck and get my ground blind and set it up on the edge of the corn. No more then did I get it put up that I look out and there is a fawn looking at me from 40yds out.

At right about 6:45 I noticed a fawn was feeding at about the same spot the other fawn was earlier. Then came 3 decent sized does out. They were not impressed by my blind at all. They still walked closer to 20yds but they kept looking up at it. I guess maybe I will just stand in the corn next time instead of trying to use the blind. When they came out the wind had gone down some and then I was wishing I was in my stand...figures.

[walleyeking19]

rbs, how big was that buck that got away???

[rbs]

d*mn big...d*mn big! Wide with a lot of stuff going all over...definite non-typical. I will show you a pic as soon as I get that arrow thru him

[Archerysniper]

Whent out tonight to a new piece of property did a little on the fly scouting set up saw 4 does took one that pause too long broadside at 30 yards in a nice opening, she ran maybe 40 yards and tipped over.

[KOTTKE]

Wed evening was great sit, only 1 deer, but a 13 pt non-typical,dressed at 200 lbs even, stopped at cabin fever in Victoria this morning and learned mine was the 3rd large buck they had seen that was taken the night before, seems the boys were on the move last night. The most interesting point was the size of the necks already.

[96trigger]

2 of my students Dads also shot bucks last night. They were definitely on the move for some reason.

[B. Amish]

one full moon before the rut. one or two does might be in estrus a cycle early and the big boys know it.

[mudslinger64]

after i got into my stand this afternoon i noticed there was a fresh scrape on the trail i am watching,right where i am hoping to get a shot at a deer.it made it a little easier to stay in the stand with the wind,rain,sleet i was getting hit with along with the cooler temps.i didn't see anything on stand tonight but i did see 7 deer crossing the road heading in the direction of my stand which is about a 1/4 mile away,they were all coming out of an area that is very thick and i am thinking it is their bedding area.