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Beauty of a buck Sean! congrats!!! Shawn [ Post made via Mobile Device ]

He's a shooter!! Good luck with him. Shawn [ Post made via Mobile Device ]

Very cool Keep after him Jerry! Shawn

Happy Birthday Dave! Hope it's a good one Shawn

Nice buck - Congrats! Shawn

Happy belated Birthday! Hope it was a good one for ya Shawn

Just have someone drop you off and pick you back up later. Shawn

Great story! Very unique rack. Congrats on your trophy! Shawn

Thanks everyone! Ray, now that you mention that, it musta been FISHINMAN in his Halloween costume beatin up on the deer target Note to self: no jerky for Tom Meat is now stacked away in the freezer after cooking some fresh cuts on the grill of course. Good luck to you guys the rest of the season. Shawn

It's a lot of fun watchin them when they don't know your there. You can learn a lot from their actions especially when other deer are moving in. Shawn

With a hectic Fall schedule and this past weekend possibly being my last opportunity to bowhunt this season, I took the afternoon off on Friday with hopes that the cooler temps would kick the rut into gear. Halloween weekend has historically been prime "chase phase" time where we hunt. After a rough week at work I couldn't wait to get down to camp. After turning onto the dirt road to camp, I see the corn has been picked leaving a lot of excess for the deer . Looking across the way I could see a large bodied deer about 800 yds away up in a pasture. It was big enough to stop the truck and get the spotting scope out for a "closer" look. Yep - a hammer of a buck zig zagging across the field acting like a beagle on a fresh rabbit trail . The weekend was lookin good . After gettin camp set up, flinging a few arrows, and three buddies arriving, we made plans for the night hunt. The wind was right for the "South Hedgrow " stand. Saw 17 deer with 3 different bucks, 2 were 1-1/2 yr oods and one looked to be 2-1/2 and NONE were interested in the many doe that were around and I decided to pass on the two that presented a shot . Back at camp we swapped stories and tallied 33 deer sightings with 7 immature bucks and one mature buck walking past 3 doe without interest. We still felt that the bigger bucks we'd seen around would be "chasing" any time now. Sat. morning there wasn't much of a breeze, so one of the guys checked his "smart phone" for the wind direction and says N/W all day. Well, that ruled out my ambush plan at the "Secret Blind" I headed out at 6:15 to another stand and when I got up on the hill, I was met with a steady South breeze Turned around, went back to camp, got into my truck and drove around the corner to the "Secret Blind". Around 7:15, a fox bolts out of a pine lot at 50 yds. Hmmm, what spooked him? then a lone doe emerges from same pines and heads away from me. A few minutes later a decent 6 or 8pt comes out and follows the doe. He chased her around and she wanted no part of it and he left. At 8:45, I catch movement through the trees and see part of a white rack and a big bodied deer that will pass by at 15yds as long as he stays on the path. He does, but hurries by the first shooting lane, slows a little, I draw, he gets to next and last shooting lane, speeds up, I lead him and release, but the arrow hits a little high and back of where I'd like. He crashes out throught the brush and I review the scenario over and over and can only come up with........ the dreaded "gut shot". After calming down and letting the area settle, I snuck out and went back to camp. One of the guys hit a small doe (his first with a bow) about 1-1/2 hrs before and figured it was a good shot, so we decided to look for that first and give mine the 3 hrs I wanted. After locating the doe, it had been about 3 hrs since my shot, so one buddy and I went to find the "trail" of my deer. We found blood right away and 80 yds later there he lay. The autopsy showed that the Rage broadhead found back part of each lung ! A nice 8pt that weighed 167lbs on our scale. I got back home today only to find my 3D deer target laying on the ground????? After closer inspection, it appears that a local buck didn't quite care for him so he violated him. The "crazed" buck pushed the target over uprooting the rebar that had been pounded 10" in the ground. There are antler point marks on the target and the ground where he kept after the target. Sure wish I had video of that! Looks like it's kickin into gear guys - good luck to all. Shawn

WTG Matt! Nice job! Shawn [ Post made via Mobile Device ]

Well, I had high hopes last night with the weather change and as Ray said, a poular weekend for bucks to be horny. between 4 of us, we saw 33 deer with 9 bucks. All but one 2 1/2 yr old were skippers. One sighting had 3 bucks together, I saw 2 together and the rest were single sightings. None were even remotely interested in the many doe. Scrape activiity is not heavy yet. Hard to believe after watching 2 bucks chasing does, who wanted nothing to do with them, around opening weekend and more chasing last weekend. Wind is perfect this morn for the "secret blind". See ya...... Shawn [ Post made via Mobile Device ]

Hang your stand on the right side of the trail. Shawn

Very nice ! Congrats. Shawn

yep! we can edit posts for now. Shawn [ Post made via Mobile Device ]

Could be fun. 10/22/10 S/W Wyoming Cnty 48 degrees winds west 15-20+ cloudy, shower,flurry in stand at 3:00 one red fox so far 4:15 lone doe feeding in field 5:30 two doe feeding at 35yds buddy shot nice 8pt at 4:10 about 250yds from me Shawn [ Post made via Mobile Device ]

Nice buck! Congrats and WTG to your daughter for getting involved in the sport Shawn

Nice buck Shawn

Congrats to your son Ya better hide your tags Shawn

Nice job! Shawn

Nice Buck Tank Congrats! Shawn

Very nice Chris I'll be over later to put up a stand Good luck this season! Shawn

Kooter, Thanks for the great reports this season Good luck during deer season and hopefully we'll hook up at the Oak next year. Shawn

We are sorry for your loss Vic. Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. Shawn & Cathy