Anyone seeing good bucks in zone 8?

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Posted: 18 Dec 2007 7:59 PM
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Why you going for that buck? Look att all those does!

Posted: 20 Dec 2007 4:42 PM
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well... tonight i finally got a shot at the real thick wide 8 with my pro hunter muzzleloader. hes the one i have been getting pictures of and this is the first time he has ever come into the stand during the light... i saw him coming from a distance and couldnt get my gun up right away because i had a buck right under my tree already stamping at me and real nervous. the wind switched and when the buck was about 90 yards out coming in he caught my wind because the wind switched.... the one under my tree bolted and he got real nervous. i rested the gun and waited for him to turn then squeezed the shot off which i was real confident with. i looked up to see him run off tail down hard. then my heart sunk when i looked 30 yards out to see a branch broken and swinging. went and found no blood. the scope was clear because the branch was so close compared to the deer. sucks. i did everything right, been hunting this big 8 for a while and a branch screwed my success... gonna let this spot cool down for 2 weeks. misery... haha here he is in case you were wondering which buck he was...

Posted: 21 Dec 2007 8:12 PM
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Hope ya get another shot at him he's an AWESOME BUCK! love that dark rack. __________________ Just when ya think ya knew it all, ya find someone who does know it all

Posted: 21 Dec 2007 8:27 PM
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Quote: branch broken and swinging Sorry to hear that His day will come hope your neighbor dosnt get another crack at him, Sounds like your both 0for 1 with this buck.Good luck

Posted: 21 Dec 2007 8:49 PM
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i would not wait 2 weeks you may risk finding he has shed half of his rack __________________ ProStaffer Just because i said so....Stupid....I use to many items to list them all..Just ask me about them i am an Expert.. Honest i am

Posted: 21 Dec 2007 10:11 PM
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well, im gonna keep checking the trail cam everyday until he shows up in the light. until then whats the point...

Posted: 21 Dec 2007 10:53 PM
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I sooooooooo feel your pain, but as parkerbows said, I wouldn't wait two weeks either. Just because you don't get him on the trail cam, doesn't mean he hasn't come back to the area. I missed a shot at one of four big boys a few weeks ago (shot a tree) in a spot that I have been baiting and had a trail cam on. I never saw them on the trail cam, but there they were, four of them walking in a procession through the woods. Give it a few days, then start waiting and watching. Good luck getting him, he looks like a fantastic buck __________________ Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, Diet Coke in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO HOO what a ride!" - Maxine http://www.MsGrit.com

Posted: 22 Dec 2007 9:52 AM
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let em rest , let the woods calm down and let him get over it. if you shot at him by the bait pile or your stand 9 times out of 10 he will associte that area with danger for awhile. i would give it a good week and a half 2 weeks and then start checking it out again. He looks to be a old mature deer. they are smart. Good luck . Hunter __________________ Team O.A.

Posted: 22 Dec 2007 6:19 PM
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thanks a lot everyone. tonight i saw the other big buck im hunting. my buddy shot a doe at 150 yards in a different stand and got down at 445 since he already got a buck with muzzle loader. we went got his truck and came bak and the big boy was next to her. woulda been a hundred yard shot for me if i had brought my gun in his truck. left it in my truck. at least i know hes living in a spot i can hunt him now. from the stand woulda been a 150 yard shot wuth pro hunter

Posted: 22 Dec 2007 7:29 PM
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The big guys will hold there racks longer, good luck

Posted: 22 Dec 2007 8:28 PM
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Haven't seen anything, buck or doe, during the daylight in the past few weeks. When they're nocturnal like this, are they more likely to show at dawn or dusk? Did see some nice bear tracks tonight.

Posted: 23 Dec 2007 5:18 PM
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well, the last buck i showed pictures of has been showing himself in the light only in early morning, 6-8am on the cam. other wise he has been nocturnal. the previous one that i hit the branch on had been showing himself in the afternoon in light and at night. i guess every deer is different, i would say now that rut is over its not really that woth hunting the morning since most of the big guys are back in bedding way before light.

Posted: 23 Dec 2007 6:10 PM
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Good luck They are moving at all times of the day You have to hunt the mornining dont give up Goota be in it to win it. With all this rain today the morning will be a good hunt the deer will be moving

Posted: 26 Dec 2007 6:43 PM
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Wheres Graigery71 You have been spoiling us with trial cam pics Not been in the woods

Posted: 27 Dec 2007 9:59 PM
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lol honest to god, havent been getting either buck on the cams in the past week. the big farm buck i posted last on here i spotted tending a doe in this 2nd rut so that explains his story, the one i hit the branch on i havent gotten pics of... i got hundreds of pics of all the other deer hes been with but not him. starting to think i hit him..... the way he ran i swore i did but the branch said no haha. im gonna go look back there tomorrow where i stopped tracking

Posted: 28 Dec 2007 12:01 AM
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Not a bad idea to ease your mind. GoodLuck

Posted: 28 Dec 2007 12:05 AM
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Quote: Anyone seeing good bucks in zone 8? No I wish I bought a buck stub Can't wait for winter bow __________________ Dog's on point... get ready!!! It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this, Happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come. - Dalai Lama http://www.njoutdooralliance.org/

Posted: 28 Dec 2007 8:55 AM
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runumngunm, honest god, i woke up at 6 and thought. hes right, you "gotta be in it to win it" i threw my gear on and waited till just before light. went to my big farm which i have never attempted to hunt because i bump so many deer in the fields going in. so i get into the stand today where i overook my whole farm, didnt bump any goin in. around 730 i see a doe pop out in front at 200 and a buck stroll behind through some corn at 180. then i look to my right at 250 yards and glass two deer i see coming. one is a giant main frame 10 with junk all over and another is a big 8. i would guess the 8 to score 115 and the 10 with stickers to go easy 135-140's. they were rutting hard and ended up corralling 9 does that popped out to my right within 150 yards of me. i couldnt get a good rest so i decided not to take the shot. the does ended up leading the 2 bucks right back to where my deer come out every afternoon. they were all the same does i have been seeing everyday. tonight i hope to shoot him. he was the largest buck i have ever encountered in the tree. i think i caught him coming back to bed from the night since the moon was still up...

Posted: 28 Dec 2007 4:37 PM
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Good Luck ! ! ! __________________ Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, Diet Coke in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO HOO what a ride!" - Maxine http://www.MsGrit.com

Posted: 28 Dec 2007 6:20 PM
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Seeig bucks like that put your time it will happen GOOD LUCK

Posted: 29 Dec 2007 6:14 PM
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shot a nice big fox with the prohunter tonight freehand at 60 yards on video. the video came out great. my goal the rest of the season is to video all my hunts. so cool to look back and enjoy

Posted: 29 Dec 2007 9:30 PM
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Quote: shot a nice big fox Careful shooting at these foxes dont want to ruin your deer hunting.Banging off the smokepole

Posted: 31 Dec 2007 8:50 PM
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get that video cam out there it's great looking back at hunts from years gone by. good luck with ur buck !!!! __________________ Just when ya think ya knew it all, ya find someone who does know it all

Posted: 01 Jan 2008 1:38 PM
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lol didnt shoot him from the good deer stand, went and stalked him in a different area.. saw a nice 8 where i shot this morning from the road. gonna gettem with bow tonight wish me luck. bringin the video cam

Posted: 01 Jan 2008 1:50 PM
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Better get in the woods getting late.Like to see some vidio Good Luck Gotta get in the woods myself

Posted: 01 Jan 2008 5:52 PM
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saw 3 half racks of smaller bucks tonight. starting to drop....

Posted: 02 Jan 2008 8:54 AM
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im gonna put 3 cams back out in new spots with 100 pounds of corn at each hahaha. this is my last hurra. with this cold weather coming i think ot might pull them in.

Posted: 03 Jan 2008 11:03 PM
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Quote: saw 3 half racks of smaller bucks tonight. starting to drop.... Almost dropped a 1/2 rack with my Chevy this evening in Long Valley... he would have been roadkill if I didn't drive like an old lady He was with a bunch of does and they were all crossing the road. __________________ Dog's on point... get ready!!! It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this, Happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come. - Dalai Lama http://www.njoutdooralliance.org/

Posted: 04 Jan 2008 8:01 AM
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Graigery havent seen any trial cam pics lately of those nice bucks whats going on. See you had to go ahead and shoot that fox you ruined everything LOL

Posted: 04 Jan 2008 10:42 AM
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I'm heading back out tomorrow afternoon. Property owner says the deer are coming in at dark or just after dark. I'll let you know what I see when I am out there tomorrow afternoon.