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Opening evening success

Unread postby G3s » Sun Oct 04, 2015 1:32 pm

I hunted a nice piece of public land opening day, I climbed in my stand about 9 am and sat the rest of the day. I saw nothing until 4:50, I shot a nice blonde yote as is strolled by. 5 minutes later the deer started to show, first was a small 1 1/2 yr old 5 point followed an hour later by a 1 1/2 yr old 4 point that I want to watch grow...he was a 4 beamed spike...could be a neat deer to see at 3 or 4. The next deer to follow was a decent 3 1/2 yr old 7 point. I decided he was going to work for my first tag of the season. 3 1/2 is kinda the bench mark for deer in my area. I was set up on a small bench that connects the two large oak flats together. The bench is only 20 yards wide and is fairly steep on both sides. It makes for a perfect big woods funnel connecting two good feeding areas and a valley runs NW-SE that cuts up to the bench from a thick bedding area. It was a great first day and I learned some valuable info/recon for future setups in that area.
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Unread postby Zap » Sun Oct 04, 2015 1:37 pm

Nice!
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Unread postby Singing Bridge » Sun Oct 04, 2015 1:38 pm

Nice buck Tim! 8-)

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Unread postby BassBoysLLP » Sun Oct 04, 2015 1:39 pm

Congrats!

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Unread postby DeerDylan » Sun Oct 04, 2015 1:40 pm

Great job!

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Re: Opening evening success

Unread postby headgear » Sun Oct 04, 2015 1:42 pm

Congrats g3!
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Unread postby muddy » Sun Oct 04, 2015 1:42 pm

Congrats

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Re: Opening evening success

Unread postby Dewey » Sun Oct 04, 2015 1:42 pm

Congrats. Nice buck. 8-)

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Unread postby kurt » Sun Oct 04, 2015 1:50 pm

Congrats...awesome hunt and buck

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Re: Opening evening success

Unread postby PK_ » Sun Oct 04, 2015 2:23 pm

Very nice, great buck.
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Unread postby wmihunter » Sun Oct 04, 2015 2:30 pm

Congrats!

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Unread postby wiscbowhntr » Sun Oct 04, 2015 2:34 pm

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Unread postby purebowhunting » Sun Oct 04, 2015 2:37 pm

Great job, congrats!!

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Re: Opening evening success

Unread postby Jackson Marsh » Sun Oct 04, 2015 3:16 pm

Congrats G3!

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Re: Opening evening success

Unread postby jmaas07 » Sun Oct 04, 2015 3:53 pm

Nice buck man, congrats on a great opening day

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