Post by: pastormike on December 25, 2012, 05:57:18 PM
1. Should you hang there for awhile...will they come back around?
2. Will that be a place to post up in the future, or will they leave it alone after they are jumped?
I jump 2 today but left them alone after...so, they just got up and kinda skipped off. Will they be there tomorrow?
Pleas advise....I've been trying to figure these guys out for 4 yrs. Now...starting to get embarrassing and definately more difficult to justify buying equip. To my wife!
Thanks for any help in advance and Merry Christmas!
Post by: Skyvalhunter on December 25, 2012, 06:00:13 PM
Post by: sirmissalot on December 25, 2012, 06:02:56 PM
Post by: grousetracker on December 25, 2012, 06:12:54 PM
Post by: pastormike on December 25, 2012, 08:14:39 PM
Maybe ill get to punch my tag! Got six days to work it...
Post by: cem3434 on December 25, 2012, 08:37:24 PM
Post by: ICEMAN on December 25, 2012, 09:38:07 PM
Post by: pastormike on December 25, 2012, 11:19:00 PM
Post by: Tree Killer on December 26, 2012, 08:33:55 AM
Post by: JackOfAllTrades on December 26, 2012, 08:49:08 AM
While I haven't done it with archery gear, I have with rifle and pistol before... Jump them, then let them settle again. Go where they were and look at what gave you up from where you were spotted/winded. Learn from it. They'll move to something that probably gives just the same opportunity. Super quietly, circle beyond where they went, playing the wind and views. Try to get the upper ground and work in once you see them.
-Steve
Post by: Special T on December 26, 2012, 08:55:13 AM
Post by: pastormike on December 26, 2012, 12:52:34 PM
Post by: h20hunter on December 26, 2012, 01:01:22 PM
Post by: Special T on December 26, 2012, 04:21:39 PM
Post by: PlateauNDN on December 26, 2012, 04:24:24 PM
Good luck pastormike.......judging by your username can't you just ask for a little help? :chuckle:
:chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle: :yeah: Best of luck and hope you stick one. :tup:
Post by: jackmaster on December 26, 2012, 04:29:41 PM
Post by: 7mmfan on December 26, 2012, 04:59:04 PM
A huge buck will jump and go about a half a damn step and hunker down, a doe will head for parts unknown, after huntn the grey ghost for many years I know this all to well, a lot of time a big buck beds on stuff where he can move a very short distance and hide in plain sight, if you jump a buck and you see him hunker down, you will have to go right at him, the longer you give him the further he will crawl his sly butt away, and a lot of times you will walk right to the spo where he should be standing and then you will see a tiny piece of him standing or laying just feet away, do not make eye contact if you can, look above him and scan while your raising your gun or bow, good luck to ya
This is all to true. I have watched b.t. bucks lay their head down in the ferns in hopes that you will just walk by. I have walked to within feet of them bedded down before busting them. As said they often will not go far. My uncle shot one last year that he jumped and listened to it move away. He heard it stop he estimated 100 yards or so away from him. Me moved forward 40 yards quickly then stopped and started glassing heavily ahead of him. Took him about half an hour and 20 more yards to find him bedded down again in the ferns next to a log. Spotted the white ring around his eye through the brush. One shot at 40 yards and done.
Post by: bear hunter on December 26, 2012, 05:46:39 PM
:yeah: Very true. I hunt blktails and over the years I noteiced when I work the wind and jump a blktail they run and stop 30 yards or so. I scan the area for ears and antlers. Most of the time they stop, but if the deer see me they will run or crawl away. Years ago I throw a stick in a brush pile and herd a deer jump up and then nothing. Most of the time I have found that it is more than likely a older deer or buck sneaking off. I radioed to my buddy which was 60 yards away when I jumped the deer. (talking to my buddy) He is sneaking his way to you. My buddy got on a tree dead fall and waited. Five minutes went by then I herd a shot. He bagged a nice old 2x3. The old gray buck was on his belly crowling. My buddy said he was 15 yards away and he didn't know if it was a deer or a coyote, because in was so low to the ground until I saw the antlers. Then he shot him in the head with buck shot. I have seen them sneak around me before. When possible I like to hope up on a log and toss rocks and branches to jump them. Just last week I had shoot a doe I jumped. The old doe didn't know if I was a deer so she ran, jumped ,and sneaked 30 yards away then stopped. I just scanned over the last place I saw her. I could see ears about 30 yards away just behind a dead fall. I took a neck shot with the muzzle because that was the only shot I had and dropped her. It was the last day and last 30 Min's of the season. Freezer full. Well good luck hope this helps.A huge buck will jump and go about a half a damn step and hunker down, a doe will head for parts unknown, after huntn the grey ghost for many years I know this all to well, a lot of time a big buck beds on stuff where he can move a very short distance and hide in plain sight, if you jump a buck and you see him hunker down, you will have to go right at him, the longer you give him the further he will crawl his sly butt away, and a lot of times you will walk right to the spo where he should be standing and then you will see a tiny piece of him standing or laying just feet away, do not make eye contact if you can, look above him and scan while your raising your gun or bow, good luck to ya
This is all to true. I have watched b.t. bucks lay their head down in the ferns in hopes that you will just walk by. I have walked to within feet of them bedded down before busting them. As said they often will not go far. My uncle shot one last year that he jumped and listened to it move away. He heard it stop he estimated 100 yards or so away from him. Me moved forward 40 yards quickly then stopped and started glassing heavily ahead of him. Took him about half an hour and 20 more yards to find him bedded down again in the ferns next to a log. Spotted the white ring around his eye through the brush. One shot at 40 yards and done.
Post by: pastormike on December 26, 2012, 05:48:14 PM
Post by: pastormike on December 26, 2012, 05:55:04 PM
Post by: pastormike on December 26, 2012, 08:33:27 PM
When u find/jump them, they react by being sneaky if they don't see or smel you that is...so work where u find them...
1. Super slow with binos
2. Staying downwind
3.if u hear them moving go downwind quick to possibly catch them trying to find ur scent
4. But if it Is a buck stop and glass
5. As swartzeneger said...if it bleeds u can kill it.
On it...
Post by: Skyvalhunter on December 26, 2012, 09:10:13 PM
Post by: h2ofowlr on December 26, 2012, 09:11:11 PM
So, based on what everybody has said...there weakness is this?
When u find/jump them, they react by being sneaky if they don't see or smel you that is...so work where u find them...
1. Super slow with binos
2. Staying downwind
3.if u hear them moving go downwind quick to possibly catch them trying to find ur scent
4. But if it Is a buck stop and glass
5. As swartzeneger said...if it bleeds u can kill it.On it...
As swartzeneger said...if it bleeds u can kill it.On it...
I wouldn't mention that saying to your wife or girlfriend! :yike:
Post by: pastormike on December 26, 2012, 10:56:08 PM
Gotta say...u guys are a great bunch...thanks for all the help and encouragement
That deer's gotta die!
Post by: Sitka_Blacktail on December 26, 2012, 11:19:42 PM
Cut 100 yds downwind real quickly, sometimes you'll catch them circling back to get behind you.
You're the man Ron! Still posting on BTC?
Post by: pastormike on December 27, 2012, 02:35:31 AM
Post by: marlin on December 27, 2012, 04:07:32 AM
LOL sorry I had to.
Post by: coachcw on December 27, 2012, 06:30:06 AM
Post by: 7mmfan on December 27, 2012, 10:02:38 AM
Post by: Stizz on December 27, 2012, 06:19:40 PM