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First 2 buck season thanks to The Hunting Beast

Unread postby wickedbruiser » Fri Jan 09, 2015 1:15 pm

MA resident originally from MI

INTRODUCTION

It all started after reading an article about Dan in one of Buckmaster's magazine. I immediately contacted a buddy of mine (jmaas07) to discuss my enthusiasm about what I read. His response...."oh yea, Dan Infalt, join thehuntingbeast.com and you'll be hooked. That was this past summer and I've been a daily visitor since. Months leading to the 2014 season, I gathered as much intel I could on this site to help me become a more successful hunter (plan of attack hunter) where as my past success I consider "luck" bc there was no thought process nor effort.

MI BUCK

Nov. 15
Although I am a avid bowhunter, it's been a yearly tradition to hunt opening rifle season with the old man. I studied aerial maps of this large piece for the first time after 5 years of hunting there and narrowed down a great transition line for a NW wind opening morning hunt. With heavy oak ridges to the N and a swamp bottom S, I set up <100 yards E of a lake/marsh travel edge with the swamp behind me. Not even 15 minutes after sunrise, this buck came down chasing a doe on the predicted trail. The rest is history.

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Oak ridge front, marsh left, buck and doe came down left side of pines in middle.

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MA BUCK

Nov. 21
Being a newby to hunting in MA two years ago, I didn't know what to expect from such a low profile hunting state. Surprisingly, there are some great bucks out here. The problem for me was I couldn't rely so much on luck here in the small pocket hunting world. I learned out the hard way the previous couple of years here. Saw deer occasionally and a couple nice bucks but couldn't close the deal. Things had to change and this is when the light bulb turned on. Hours of thehuntingbeast paid off dividends.
This year I decided to hunt one of my spots I previously hunted, but this time my stand placement was completely different. After reading Dan's blog about don't overlook the overlooked. I ran out and scouted this area only to realize my set up only had to be 75 yds from my entry point. It was a tight corridor 30 yds off a swamp edge to and from doe bedding . First sit 4 does. Gave it a rest (kept reminding myself the posts Dan talks about not overhunting a spot). Long story short. Hunted this stand 3 more times in a 3 week span only on the right wind. Passed 4 separate bucks on the exact same trail which I've never seen before. Last hour of light, my first MA buck came through at 18 yds and let an arrow fly. Looks like I found a buck speedway during the rut phases. The great thing about this harvest was I recovered him in his bed! (another beast blog flashback) :D

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bed. he was lying 10 ft away

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Re: First 2 buck season thanks to The Hunting Beast

Unread postby wickedbruiser » Fri Jan 09, 2015 1:17 pm

Thought photos would display. Must've done something wrong

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Unread postby PK_ » Fri Jan 09, 2015 1:25 pm

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Great bucks man, love the stories!

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Re: First 2 buck season thanks to The Hunting Beast

Unread postby jmaas07 » Fri Jan 09, 2015 1:30 pm

Couple nice bucks my friend. Way to go on a great season!

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Unread postby Edcyclopedia » Fri Jan 09, 2015 1:43 pm

Sweettacular!
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Re: First 2 buck season thanks to The Hunting Beast

Unread postby Jackson Marsh » Fri Jan 09, 2015 2:38 pm

Great season and bucks! Congrats :clap:

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Re: First 2 buck season thanks to The Hunting Beast

Unread postby Mario » Fri Jan 09, 2015 2:55 pm

Nice work, nice couple of bucks! Like how you found him in his bed
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Unread postby tcop7 » Fri Jan 09, 2015 6:09 pm

Nice bucks! Congrats on the great season! :clap:

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Re: First 2 buck season thanks to The Hunting Beast

Unread postby wickedbruiser » Sat Jan 10, 2015 4:10 am

Edcyclopedia wrote:Sweettacular!
Howdy neighbor and Welcome to the site...
Words of wisdom - NEVER tell ANYONE about you honey hole(s)! :mrgreen: ;)


True words of wisdom! I believe posting unmarked aerial maps can give it away since I can memorize details of my surrounding grounds.

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Unread postby Tennhunter3 » Sat Jan 10, 2015 4:45 am

Very nice bucks .

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Re: First 2 buck season thanks to The Hunting Beast

Unread postby Stanley » Sat Jan 10, 2015 4:56 am

You did very well.
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Unread postby dan » Sat Jan 10, 2015 5:08 am

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Unread postby Wlog » Sat Jan 10, 2015 7:19 am

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Unread postby TJS » Sat Jan 10, 2015 9:01 am

Nice bucks! :clap: :clap:
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