Bed Hunting, First Sit

Unread postby **Southern Man** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 5:10 am

Well, one of the beds I found back in the winter is on the side of a small ridge of a wooded draw beside of a 4 lane hyway, not an interstate, just a limited access hyway. Anyway, for the last week or so I've been watchin the small bottom cornfield this draw comes out into. I've been watchin it from across the 4 lane hyway as best I could, it's hard to get into a postion to see it very good without being seen by the buck, but I have gotten enough sightings to give him a try. I wasn't sure if he was good enough to shoot, but decided to give him a shot on the first opportunity. Sunday evening was the day. Wind was perfect. I slipped in from the other side of the farm, about 3/4 mile track, skirted the ridge until I figured I was close enough. There wasn't much for trees, but there were some deadfalls along the base of the ridge. I climbed up on the uphill side of one and it put me 6-7' above the bottom of the draw and hid pretty good. 15 minutes before dark here he came. Passed by me by at 20 yards. He looked to be a 2yo, maybe 100" I let him go. He never knew I was there. I was pumped. First "on purpose" bed hunt and I consider it a major success, even tho I didn't kill him. Did I say I'm pumped?? :mrgreen:

On the way out I checked a camera I have hangin fairly close. I had a pic of him from the day before. This is him....

Unread postby **PLB** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 5:22 am

Very cool!! You did everything right! He just wasn't big enough for ya. Awesome job! Now you know it's possible!! Good luck!

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Unread postby **NatureBoy** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 5:27 am

Cool, thanks for sharing that story!

Unread postby **Singing Bridge** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 5:48 am

Great job Southern!! What a cool hunt, that buck was yours if you wanted him. 8-)

Unread postby **Black Squirrel** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 6:46 am

Hopefullyhe makes it till next year, maybe then he'll tickle your fancy a bit more. Cool when it all comes together like that..

Unread postby **Southern Man** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 6:57 am

I now remember why I haven't hunted September in the last several years. It was 79 degrees when I left the truck. Sweat was drippin off my forehead when I finally got set up. Mosquitos were terrible. Worth the hassle tho

Unread postby **dan** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 7:16 am

Sounds like a great hunt. 8-)

Unread postby **xpauliber** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 7:30 am

Not every successful hunt ends with a kill..this is a perfect example! Still waiting on my first calculated bed hunt to work out like this...it's exciting!

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Unread postby **jonsimoneau** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 7:31 am

Thats awesome! Way to go! You did it once. You can do it again on a buck you want!

Unread postby **DEERSLAYER** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 7:37 am

Singing Bridge wrote:Great job Southern!! What a cool hunt, that buck was yours if you wanted him.

X2 Absolutely!

Unread postby **Brandon** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 7:42 am

Perfect.

Unread postby **cwoods** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 1:54 pm

Great hunt Southern man. Hopefully next time one you like will come show himself.

Unread postby **backstraps** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 2:10 pm

Good Job Southern!

That had to be an awesome feeling, knowing you could have if you wanted to!

Congrats on a good hunt. Now maybe you can narrow in on a buck you want to
do razor work to!

Unread postby **Czabs** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 3:30 pm

Congrats Southern. I can't wait for that feeling!

Unread postby **Matt3** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 4:56 pm

Sounds like a great hunt. Congrats on putting it all together and executing. Now you have a bid you can continue to hunt. You know what conditions you need and who knows maybe a bigger deer will push him out later in the year

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