King Slammin

Absolutely zero rut action in 9A. I have 41 hrs in various stands since Saturday and saw one 3.5 yr old cruising the beans and one doe shortly after on Monday morning. Decent action at night, according to cameras but all does are feeding in groups, and bucks just cruising. Last year was on fire, but this year has been horrible. I have a feeling I'll be eating my bow buck tag.

Well I sat until 10:30 this morning and pulled a card when I left. I went home and brewed a pot of coffee and sat down to look at pics only to see that my target buck, a big old bruiser, snuck behind me Monday at 4:00. It was so calm that day and I didn't even hear him 100 yds away. Makes me sick!!! The good news is he came back early this morning down same trail along with 5 other bucks following does. Another was a wide 8 that I would have a hard time passing. Needless to say, after filling the thermos and making a sandwich, I'm back in the stand until dark. This buck has to be 6 or 7 years old

I was just daydreaming of the ice cold labatts in my fridge. Saw a giant cross the road on my way back from measuring Windows around noon. I got home, ate real quick, slugged a beer and was in my stand by 1:00. Haven't seen a thing yet this afternoon.

Finally some action in 9A. My son had a big guy circle downwind and bust him last night. I just had a 3.5 yr old buck about to cross the bean field looking for love. A few grunts and anxious bleats got his attention, but I couldn't get him to commit.

Not a damn thing happening in 9A.

Not a damn thing happening in 9A.

Antler ice for sure. It's the real thing.

I use primos truth cams and proof cams. Small, fast, and batteries last forever. I think they are around $125 each

Should have been hunting on Halloween. Glad to see he survived last year. It must be on now as this is the first pic I've seen of him this year. That makes 4 shooters here and 3 at my other property. Friday can't come soon enough.

You seeing any chasing yet around our neck of the woods, Vince? I have to finish building this last garage then it's 10 days in the tree. Seems like This weekend will be perfect timing

I'm getting a lot of nighttime scrape activity. Called in a few young bucks before the corn was cut in one of my spots. But no chasing or daytime movement from the mature bucks yet. I let this guy walk at 50 yds late shotgun season last year due to being tagged out already. He's visiting his scrape line between 11 at night and 4:00 am. Hopefully next week will bring cold temps and daytime movement. That's my week off for the rut.

Too quiet. Really beginning to feel the loss of my best spot now.

4 1/2 and around 220 on the hoof.

My feelings too. Although the cold snaps have the younger bucks moving, IMO they are just breaking their bachelor groups and unless you have a big guy pinned down, chances of seeing one in daylight are slim. DVD, did u see the monster my buddy got a week ago? I know u like to hold off for the bigger bucks

Get your grunt calls out. The bucks are feeling the itch. I grunted two youngsters out of the corn last evening. Both put on a show as they came right to me and tore up a tree and made a couple scrapes. I wish I was back in my stand instead of driving to work this morning Here is some video. http://s939.photobucket.com/user/builtright716/media/CC74661D-1DED-4C35-ACE0-2FB5B5D20B8C.mp4.html

I'll pass then. Thanks

Would you do $40 for both? I'm local for pickup too.

Well I've been hanging on to this for a couple days, but my buddy finally made it official. Here's a pic of his monster buck shot Friday evening from the ground in Newfane. This is the third season he was after this buck. He has many pictures, the sheds from two years ago, and has seen it 4 times. It scores roughly 210" non typical, has 23 score able points, and dressed at 209 lbs. After seeing this years rack, he decided this was the only deer he would harvest this year and he got it done.