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My "Lucky"...MI Cold Front Buck:)

Unread postby jeff Sturgis » Thu Oct 18, 2012 5:40 am

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I was "preaching" about the early season cold fronts...and I got pretty lucky! I hunted a secondary early October Feeding Front last Thurs/Friday morning. On Thursday the sustained winds reached almost 20 mph and although they calmed down a bit during an evening sit...it was still a little noisy in the woods!

Last Friday morning was "perfect" though! There was over a 20 degree temp drop from the morning before, and there was even a little frost. I caught this guy about an hour and a 1/2 after daylight moving slowly back to his bed behind a few does. They were coming off a distant corn field and he gave me less than a 20 yard shot.

This is a very good buck for lower MI...and comes from a high enough pressured area that the landowner said, "mums the word" relative to location, county, etc. And that's part of the cool thing! In the past 27 seasons I have hunted on a total of 3 parcels of land that I did not own or hunt myself/with lease partners. In fact due to hunting a lot in WI, and also OH public land with a bow in November, these were going to be my only 2 archery sits for the entire season, in MI. I hunted this parcel because I helped design it for my client 4 years ago, and he has become a very close friend. We talk about his property a lot and although I didn't set a stand, cut any travel corridors and bedding areas, or plant a food plot...it was a very cool feeling to lay the framework of the property and then take part in the process of success! It was a great feeling spending the time with my hunting buddy...and this buck is a testament to HIS hard work while executing the plan.

It was a great early season hunt...a great cold front, a great celebration...and a very unique experience with a good hunting buddy! Now...presently working on a WI archery tag;)

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Re: My "Lucky"...MI Cold Front Buck:)

Unread postby Bowhunting Brian » Thu Oct 18, 2012 5:46 am

awesome. good luck in WI.
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Re: My "Lucky"...MI Cold Front Buck:)

Unread postby Dewey » Thu Oct 18, 2012 5:51 am

Congrats Jeff! 8-)
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Re: My "Lucky"...MI Cold Front Buck:)

Unread postby wibowhntr » Thu Oct 18, 2012 5:55 am

Congrats on the great buck....good luck in WI and OH.
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Unread postby kwaldeier » Thu Oct 18, 2012 5:59 am

Congrats!

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Unread postby PLB » Thu Oct 18, 2012 6:00 am

Awesome!!

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Unread postby Bucky » Thu Oct 18, 2012 6:02 am

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Re: My "Lucky"...MI Cold Front Buck:)

Unread postby Bigdaddy-yoyo » Thu Oct 18, 2012 6:03 am

Nice buck congrats :D
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Unread postby Stump » Thu Oct 18, 2012 6:22 am

Congrats
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Unread postby magicman54494 » Thu Oct 18, 2012 8:23 am

Congrats!
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Re: My "Lucky"...MI Cold Front Buck:)

Unread postby Haus86 » Thu Oct 18, 2012 8:54 am

Awesome, congrats!
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Re: My "Lucky"...MI Cold Front Buck:)

Unread postby jonsimoneau » Thu Oct 18, 2012 9:29 am

Way to go Jeff! How do you choose your stand sites?

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Re: My "Lucky"...MI Cold Front Buck:)

Unread postby hoyt » Thu Oct 18, 2012 9:51 am

Good Shoot'n!
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Re: My "Lucky"...MI Cold Front Buck:)

Unread postby Edcyclopedia » Thu Oct 18, 2012 9:57 am

Spectacular! :clap:
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Re: My "Lucky"...MI Cold Front Buck:)

Unread postby whitetail007 » Thu Oct 18, 2012 10:06 am

nice buck, congrats
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