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Big Game Hunting => Deer Hunting => Topic started by: sebek556 on November 17, 2013, 04:04:28 PM

Title: ugly day experiment
Post by: sebek556 on November 17, 2013, 04:04:28 PM: After pushing it hard yesterday, today my daughters cold got the best of her. With the clock ticking till tag soup, figured I would throw a hail marry and see what happens. Grabbed out the archery target, pulled the antlers out and covered it in doe estrus and planted it out in the field. Then planted her on the couch next to the window over looking the field with a blanket and cold medicine. So far no luck though.. anyone ever have any luck with this style setup? If she's not better tomorrow might be the same idea :dunno:
Title: Re: ugly day experiment
Post by: dreamunelk on November 17, 2013, 04:19:33 PM: Sounds like a good time to put some hunting movies on and be thankful you had the days you had hunting with here this year. There will be other seasons and it is always a good time to go scout.
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Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on November 17, 2013, 04:20:38 PM: No ...but that would be sweet if you could pull that off for her :dunno: :chuckle: :tup:
Title: Re: ugly day experiment
Post by: sebek556 on November 17, 2013, 04:22:32 PM: Quote from: dreamunelk on November 17, 2013, 04:19:33 PM
Sounds like a good time to put some hunting movies on and be thankful you had the days you had hunting with here this year. There will be other seasons and it is always a good time to go scout.
Hunting movies would require shutting off football though :chuckle: :chuckle:
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Post by: KFhunter on November 17, 2013, 04:31:19 PM: did you stick a trail cam on that "decoy" :chuckle:
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Post by: sebek556 on November 17, 2013, 04:40:46 PM: lol no, but I should run out and do that really quick. might get a few non pg buck photos
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Post by: jason stevens on November 17, 2013, 04:53:39 PM: That would be great if she got one that way. In my expieiance with my girls. If there not 100 percent just relax thetes a lot more years ahead good luck.
Title: Re: ugly day experiment
Post by: chukar58 on November 17, 2013, 05:04:39 PM: Not a bad idea! I had two young bucks in my back pasture were my 3D deer target is and they kept walking back up to it and licking its face. This went on for about a half hour so I think a visual and some good scent just might bring in a cruiser. Hope your daughter is feeling better soon.
Title: Re: ugly day experiment
Post by: sebek556 on November 18, 2013, 09:37:49 PM: well wish I had a better report but... no luck
She was feeling better today, or just able to hide it enough to convince dad that we needed to go fill her tag. So we walked the mountains once again, jumped a nice 5x5 but I think she was just as caught off guard as he was and no shot. :bash:
Title: Re: ugly day experiment
Post by: KFhunter on November 18, 2013, 10:00:43 PM: Pretty much the same here.

I called one within 20 feet, a big old nasty buck, much larger than my profile pic taken this year.
My Son was taken back with some good old buck fever, he raised his gun, clicked off the safety just as I taught him as if he were in a blind - too slow and deliberate. The buck gave him 10 solid seconds to shoot, my son needed 12 :chuckle:

IT did however seriously ramp up his desire to hunt, he's chomping at the bit for next year already :tup:
Had another one grunt and challenge wheeze at us, but was busted. Had several more dinks come in and circle us too.

We're going to work on snap shots in the future, not just for hunting but overall gun handling skills. I didn't think to do that :(
All of his gun handling was based on slow methodical shooting, and that's what he did when he needed to just get it up and shoot.
Title: Re: ugly day experiment
Post by: sebek556 on November 18, 2013, 10:16:45 PM: heres the cam photos of the "decoy" I guess my archery target is a little on the small side and no bucks felt like being chester last night... :yike:
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Post by: KFhunter on November 18, 2013, 10:41:41 PM: squirt some buck urine on it and put them horns back on :chuckle:
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Post by: carpsniperg2 on November 18, 2013, 10:44:50 PM: That is funny right there :chuckle:
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Post by: sebek556 on November 19, 2013, 11:45:38 PM: We'll after a very crazy day in the woods. She bagged a nice 4x4.5 (I say the one point is a inch to make it a five my cousin says no but haven't measured it yet) story to come tomorrow with pic. I am proud happy and beat
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Post by: bowguy on November 20, 2013, 05:55:39 AM: Congrats can't wait for pics and story. Good job dad and to your daughter as well
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Post by: deerhunter_98520 on November 20, 2013, 09:45:12 AM: :tup: right on
Title: Re: ugly day experiment
Post by: Jonathan_S on November 20, 2013, 01:28:28 PM: Quote from: sebek556 on November 18, 2013, 10:16:45 PM
heres the cam photos of the "decoy" I guess my archery target is a little on the small side and no bucks felt like being chester last night... :yike:

Well at least he had some scruples.
Title: Re: ugly day experiment
Post by: sebek556 on November 20, 2013, 08:36:05 PM: Well here it is, dad forgot his phone so no in the field pics. and By the time we got it in the shop we were already drenched in blood( loading a 200lb buck into a jacked up superduty with only a 75lb girl to help takes a little bit :chuckle: )
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Post by: longstevo on November 20, 2013, 10:43:22 PM: Awesome.

Did that decoy do anything? I thought of trying doe scent this year but never made it to the store to pick any up.

Awesome getting your daughter out hunting. Looks like she enjoys it. I sure hope my little girl follows suit. She's only two now, so there's lots of years to go.