AM Hunt - my morning hunt took place on a leased horse
farm. I set up my stand in a funnel of thick brush between a marsh, hay field
and two soybean fields. I blew out several deer on my way in and noticed lots
of rub and scrape activity in this area.
At 7:30 AM this small buck (picture above) came out of the top soybean
field and came right into my stand. He was exhibiting rut behavior and seemed
to be cautiously trailing a doe. I had a 18 yard shot but on these leases
it would be a sin to shoot a buck this small. I let him walk but that was
the last deer I saw this morning.
PM Hunt - for the evening hunt Steve Rupert and I hunted
together on the farm where I shot a nice buck in 1998. I went to the exact
same tree and set up my BuckShot climber.
I saw no deer (close) this afternoon. Just before legal sunset
I watched a buck chase a doe around a soybean field. It was good to see that
the rut is starting to kick in here in Maryland. Steve's cousin Ron College
shot a doe this afternoon, not far from where I hunted in the morning. It
was Ron's first deer and he was pumped!
Video Clips
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video 1, small buck on day 1 |
slow (28.8, 56k modem) |
| Video 2 |
video 2, small buck on day 2 |
slow (28.8, 56k modem) |
| Video 3 |
video 3, small buck on day 2 |
slow (28.8, 56k modem) |
| Video 3 |
video 3, small buck on day 2 |
fast (T1, Cable Modem, DSL) |
| Video 4 |
video 4, button under stand on day 4 |
slow (28.8, 56k modem) |
| Video 4 |
video 4, button under stand on day 4 |
fast (T1, Cable Modem, DSL) |
| Video 5 |
video 5, small 5 pt. buck under stand on day 6 |
slow (28.8, 56k modem) |
| Video 5 |
video 5, small 5 pt. buck under stand on day 6 |
fast (T1, Cable Modem, DSL) |
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