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Re: ok Ive had it !
« Reply #15 on: October 26, 2012, 12:32:02 PM »
You have to be tough to hunt these SOBs. I have the same story. I go out every night after work and hit the brush and make a stand until dark. It is frustrating but you just have to be in the woods and wait on some luck. Hey, at least we are hunting!
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Re: ok Ive had it !
« Reply #16 on: October 26, 2012, 02:40:34 PM »
Greenwater does suck for deer. I was out there for 3 days last week and didnt see one damn deer not even a doe or anything. I did see alot of animals i couldnt shoot (mountain goat, tons of cows and the biggest bull i have ever seen in person he was an 8x8. Too bad its special permit in that area or he would be in the bed of my truck soon.

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Re: ok Ive had it !
« Reply #17 on: October 26, 2012, 02:44:30 PM »
I have shot quite a few blacktail bucks and I think each and every one of them came after I got into a funk thinking there aint any deer out here.

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Re: ok Ive had it !
« Reply #18 on: October 26, 2012, 02:52:01 PM »
Been seeing all the blackies the last few days between 10 am and 2 pm wandering around...stick with it...it will happen!!!
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Re: ok Ive had it !
« Reply #19 on: October 26, 2012, 03:31:30 PM »
problem is your not quite miserable enough yet to take a blacktail buck.when your wet cold and tired, the wind is blowing,your wife is mad at you,your dog died,and your mistress left you for another woman.its then  when the hunting gets good,you have to shame them into showing themselves.Pissed off just isnt enough :chuckle:  This is why I love hunting blacktail :chuckle:

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Re: ok Ive had it !
« Reply #20 on: October 26, 2012, 06:35:02 PM »
Hey Rasbo that is a start to a good country song... :chuckle: :chuckle:
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Re: ok Ive had it !
« Reply #21 on: October 26, 2012, 07:20:36 PM »
I have shot quite a few blacktail bucks and I think each and every one of them came after I got into a funk thinking there aint any deer out here.

Lol I was thinking the same thing.

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Re: ok Ive had it !
« Reply #22 on: October 26, 2012, 07:37:46 PM »
problem is your not quite miserable enough yet to take a blacktail buck.when your wet cold and tired, the wind is blowing,your wife is mad at you,your dog died,and your mistress left you for another woman.its then  when the hunting gets good,you have to shame them into showing themselves.Pissed off just isnt enough :chuckle:  This is why I love hunting blacktail :chuckle:


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Re: ok Ive had it !
« Reply #23 on: October 26, 2012, 07:51:40 PM »
pm sent! 8) And watch out for cougars!!!! :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:
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Re: ok Ive had it !
« Reply #24 on: October 26, 2012, 08:22:26 PM »
pay attention to moon phases. When the moon is overhead during the day the deer will be out also. It never fails, whenever I see animals out during the day I also see the moon. Keep working it, it will happen soon. I would also recommend picking up a Ricks fawn Distress call. That's what I used to call in my Blackie buck this year! I shot it at 10:00 am and yes, the moon was up!
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Re: Ive had it...STILL have yet to see one buck
« Reply #25 on: October 28, 2012, 10:59:07 AM »
Kracker ...You have the best 4 days of the whole season left ...This is no time to give up ...Just when you get down and out , is when it happens ....I  have killed my share of Halloween bucks and I would for sure be out there ....I am pulling for ya  :tup:

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Re: Ive had it...STILL have yet to see one buck
« Reply #26 on: October 28, 2012, 11:05:51 AM »
If I remember correctly, I never saw a deer during legal hunting hours last year, until I killed a 2x3 blacktail on October 30th.

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Re: Ive had it...STILL have yet to see one buck
« Reply #27 on: October 28, 2012, 11:21:36 AM »
Good...one less person hunting Greenwater i have to contend with....oh by the way...I have seen more deer this year in GW than any year in the past...passed on 3 spikes and seen many, many doe. So yeah, pack it up and move on down the road.

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Re: Ive had it...STILL have yet to see one buck
« Reply #28 on: October 28, 2012, 11:50:21 AM »
Just saw the most deer I've seen all season hunting BT.... One spike (passed), 4 doe, 2 fawn, 1 huge bodied mature deer that I swear was a buck but in the fading light, through the timber/brush and pouring rain I could never see antler... This was all between 4pm and dark last night... Hunted all day in the pouring rain... Glassed cut and reprod all am and early afternoon... Got into the timber after trying to dry out just after 4pm.... Couldn't go 100 yards without a sighting till dark.... Went out this am for @ 3 1/2 hours.... 2 doe on the edge of a cut... Not raining so I came home to sit in a warm house and try to dry my gear out for this evening or tomorrow.... Keep at it.... There is still hope.... Plus late season...  :tup:   

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Re: Ive had it...STILL have yet to see one buck
« Reply #29 on: October 30, 2012, 04:56:21 PM »
  Try this technique.  Deer seem to sense when you are hunting them.  Last weekend I was just looking around my elk hunting area.  Walked right up on a crab claw buck (very little forked horn).  The 30-40#'s of boned out meat he would have provided were not worth me firing a shot off in my elk area one week before season, so he lives.

  The moral of the story, if you act like you don't care if you see them.  That will be the time that you do see them!

 


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