2016 Hunting Beast Data Collection Study

[Matt3]

1. Location: middle TN on KY border
2. Date/time: October 8 2016, 3:45 pm
3. Animal seen (pick one): Multiple/ 3.5yr old mature buck
4. Wind direction/speed: from north/ 20mph
5. Hunting spot (pick one): destination (food)
6. Barometer(pick one): Steady
7. Moon Phase/Position: waxing crescent/OH 6:35pm
8. Hunting land: Public
9. Sunrise/Sunset: 6:51am/6:22pm

Optional:
9. Direction of buck travel: into wind
10. Total AM and PM hunts made thus far: am 3, pm 1
11. Anything noteworthy: (followed 2 does from bedding towards bean field).

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[keepthefevercalls]

1. Location:Central Pennsylvania
2. Date/time: Oct. 29th, 10 am and 11am
3. Animal seen (pick one): Mature buck and 2.5 year old
4. Wind direction/speed: SW/2mph
5. Hunting spot (pick one): Mature buck-doe bedding. 2.5 year old funnel.
6. Barometer(pick one): I don't know
7. Moon Phase/Position: waning nearly dark
8. Hunting land: Public
9. Sunrise/Sunset: 7:37/6:05

Optional:
9. Direction of buck travel: against wind
10. Total AM and PM hunts made thus far: 3 AM 2 PM
11. Anything noteworthy: Mature buck was a monster. Bow was hanging up and I got picked off at 20 yards.

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[keepthefevercalls]

1. Location:Central Pennsylvania
2. Date/time: Oct. 29th, 10 am and 11am
3. Animal seen (pick one): Mature buck and 2.5 year old
4. Wind direction/speed: SW/2mph
5. Hunting spot (pick one): Mature buck-doe bedding. 2.5 year old funnel.
6. Barometer(pick one): I don't know
7. Moon Phase/Position: waning nearly dark
8. Hunting land: Public
9. Sunrise/Sunset: 7:37/6:05

Optional:
9. Direction of buck travel: against wind
10. Total AM and PM hunts made thus far: 3 AM 2 PM
11. Anything noteworthy: Mature buck was a monster. Bow was hanging up and I got picked off at 20 yards.

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Would like to edit. Both bucks we're traveling With the wind.

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[Matty]

1. Location: NW NJ
2. Date/time: 3-Nov-2016 / 8:30am
3. Animal seen: Mature Buck
4. Wind direction/speed: Forecasted NNW/calm - actual wind in this location was out of the SSE and calm to 3mph
5. Hunting spot: observation stand
6. Barometer: Falling 29.97
7. Moon Phase/Position: Waxing Crescent 12%/ unsure
8. Hunting land: Public
9. Sunrise/Sunset: 7:31am/5:50pm

Optional:
9. Direction of buck travel: cross wind
10. Total AM and PM hunts made thus far: AM - 4 PM - 11
11. Anything noteworthy:

Also saw a different mature buck with a young buck on my way in through a field around 5:30am. I could clearly see them with red beam flashlight, they appeared to be travelling with wind. I interrupted normal behavior.

Around 9am I saw 5 antlerless deer travelling with wind, followed by a young buck around 9:10am.

It was unseasonably warm and skies were overcast.

[Twenty Up]

1. Location: Central GA
2. Date/time: 11/06/16
3. Animal seen (pick one): Mature Buck
4. Wind direction/speed: ENE (0-5MPH)
5. Hunting spot (pick one): Buck Bed
6. Barometer(pick one): Rising 30.25 IN
7. Moon Phase/Position: 39% Waxing Crescent (Overhead: 5:58 PM -- Underfoot 5:33 AM)
8. Hunting land: Public
9. Sunrise/Sunset: 6:54 AM- 5:40PM

Optional:
9. Direction of travel: Wind to back
10. Total AM and PM hunts: AM- 5 PM 7
11. Buck made a B-Line and hit two rubs 150-200 yards from his bed.

[sbeasley]

1 SE OH
2 1 Nov 2016
3 3.5 yo buck
4 S 0-5 mph
5 between bed/food, transition line
6 ? Warm, 65 degrees+ later that day
7 2nd day after new moon
8 private, mature forest
9 shooting light at 7:30 am
10 Buck travel, cross wind
11 AM 3, PM 6
12 shot buck at 8am, woods still half green, lots of leaves. Woods not tore up with scrapes yet.

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[jwilkstn]

1. Location: southern middle Tennessee (on Plateau)
2. Date/time: 12/19/16 PM hunt at 4:54
3. Animal seen (pick one): Mature Buck
4. Wind direction/speed: 10-15 N-NE during day, died off to just sinking thermals late afternoon
5. Hunting spot (pick one): Buck Bed, transition area separating buck to doe bedding
6. Barometer(pick one): Rising - Falling - Steady
7. Moon Phase/Position: 1 day before 3rd quarter, moon underfoot at 5pm (time of kill)
8. Hunting land: Private
9. Sunrise/Sunset: 6:54 / 4:36

Optional:
9. Direction of buck travel: cross wind
10. Total AM and PM hunts made thus far: lost count
11. Anything noteworthy: time of kill is late pre-rut here, equivalent to November 5 or 7 in midwest