Had to work yesterday the 30th ... hooked up with Sandman for an evening hunt right after work ... but I bumped into some bedded deer on the way in ...
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Got a quick shot of one crossing the corn field in front of me as it bounded towards Sandman ...
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We got at it 1st thing this a.m. in one of my favorite spots ... the wind was from the East so I started the morning in a fence line over looking a corn stubble field .... by 7:15 am deer started to enter the field for a last minute snack before the headed to the swamp ...
As I mentioned earlier in the week , the 3rd rut is on in our area ! . A knarly rack buck was bound to stay with a young doe fawn ... I tried to lure him close enough for a shot , but he wouldn't leave the little doe ! Closest he came was 62 yards ( ranged )
I had to wait until 7:30 am and set my camera to 3200 ASA to get any photo's in the low light since it was foggy as well ...
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He is disracted towards the swamp edge , but in ends up being 3 other does ...
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The hot doe , scoots out of the field and he follows in a hurry !
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The last 3 does feed out ...
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When they got deeper into the swamp cover , I snuck around to my front stand to try to intercept them , but no luck ... I was supose to come down and push towards Sandman at approx 8:30 am , when I heard some rustleing in the grass about 12 yards out from my stand ...
A nice rabbit offered a shot , and my Exocet 200 was bang on ! ... a nice snack for New Years Eve !
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I finished the push .... Sand man saw 4 deer cross the field , but out of range and moving fast ... I snapped a shot of Sandman in the stand as I crossed the field .... he blends in well to the dark hard woods ...
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We hooked up with Greylag and Isis for our Excalibur breakfast club meeting .... we discuss curent events etc. and plan a couple of pushes on the conservation land .....
The deer didn't cooperate , on those drives ( getting between the posters ) .... we hiked out and parted company with Greylag and Isis ...
Sandman and I went for a drive to scout another property ... I manged to get a quick picture of a beauty Red Tail Hawk as he lifts from his perch ...
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I got a cool picture of a porcupine feed pattern on the side of a tree ...
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We hike in for an evening stand approx 3:00 pm...
Sandman heads in ... His tree will be silloeted on the skyline and mine will be backdropped by tall evergreens and cedars ...
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We hunted approx 10 yards apart ... over looking 2 main trials in a funnel area ... I was hoping to get some action shots by hunting together .
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Well , the wind and rain drove in ! .... we spent the best part of the evening , doing our best impressions of a kite !
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Both our locations over looked some beauty shooting lanes ... this is the spot where I missed an opportunity on a nice 8 point a few days ago ...
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A fork horn buck ... made a brief appearance behind Sandman at approx 4:30 pm ... I tried to keep the camera out of the rain , and I snapped a couple of quick pictures , but he was in heavy cover and they didn't turn out ...
The only thing that came by after that was a fat black squirrel , that was heading for cover !
We fought the wind and rain and can honestly say
" We hunted to the last minuet on our last day of the season "
Again , Happy New year to all !
Best wishes to you and your families in 2007 !