Public Land Mountain Success (buck and doe down)

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Re: Public Land Mountain Success (buck and doe down)

Unread postby ridgerunner8 » Sat Nov 15, 2014 1:34 am

Congrats on two nice deer, mountain whitetails are special !


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Re: Public Land Mountain Success (buck and doe down)

Unread postby whitetailassasin » Sat Nov 15, 2014 1:59 am

Very nice deer, congrats. It looks like that broadhead spilled the blood for sure.

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Re: Public Land Mountain Success (buck and doe down)

Unread postby AttackMode » Sat Nov 15, 2014 2:26 am

checkerfred wrote:Nice buck! Curious as to what made that area a good funnel. Our rut will be coming up soon


When I get home from work later I'll do a little MS Paint draw up of the area.
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Re: Public Land Mountain Success (buck and doe down)

Unread postby sethg » Sat Nov 15, 2014 8:02 am

awesome deer man. Love the funnels and saddles up high! great buck, and man does that hypodermic do some damage.
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Re: Public Land Mountain Success (buck and doe down)

Unread postby AttackMode » Sun Nov 16, 2014 10:13 am

Red dot is my stand
Blue are the deer trails
Also both sides of the trail coming off the top are littered with rocks making it even more constricting.

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Re: Public Land Mountain Success (buck and doe down)

Unread postby ridgerunner8 » Sat Nov 22, 2014 12:55 am

Attackmode, are the deer bedding near the top on the leeward side and waiting for the thermal change to move down the mt
to feed,also looks like a bench to the left and also the gulley below making a nice funnel .
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Re: Public Land Mountain Success (buck and doe down)

Unread postby PK_ » Sat Nov 22, 2014 1:37 am

Awesome man. Good shooting!

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Re: Public Land Mountain Success (buck and doe down)

Unread postby headgear » Sat Nov 22, 2014 3:08 am

Congrats great looking deer! :clap:
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Re: Public Land Mountain Success (buck and doe down)

Unread postby Bigdaddy-yoyo » Sat Nov 22, 2014 5:35 am

Nice Job :clap:
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Re: Public Land Mountain Success (buck and doe down)

Unread postby AttackMode » Sat Nov 22, 2014 1:56 pm

ridgerunner8 wrote:Attackmode, are the deer bedding near the top on the leeward side and waiting for the thermal change to move down the mt
to feed,also looks like a bench to the left and also the gulley below making a nice funnel .


I'm not sure exactly but that's what I'm here to find out. In all honesty right now I believe the deer bed facing down the mtn (the mtn faces NW) and they use the wind (predominant wind is westward) and eyes to spot danger. Most of the pressure will be from below and not from above due to limited access from the other side. I strongly believe the deer know this and just watch below them. Most of the bucks will bed up high on the steep slope because it gives them a strong advantage. They have cover up there to hide easily and escape quickly. I'm not sold on them using the other side of the mtn and bouncing back and forth but I'm also not ruling it out. What I really need is more time scouting up high.

I've had moderate success imo as I have several good mtn buck on the wall. Some guys will say I've done great. I say I can do better. That's why I'm on this site. I want to learn from other dedicated hunters and better myself and share any knowledge I can. I don't think I have ever looked forward to post season scouting more than I am right now. I have been chasing a buck up there for 3 seasons now and he keeps eluding me. With the grace of God if he survives this firearms season and winter he will be 7 yrs old next year. That's quite the accomplishment for that old boy and quite the challenge for myself. I will listen to any advice I can and use it to get him.
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Re: Public Land Mountain Success (buck and doe down)

Unread postby Stanley » Sat Nov 22, 2014 4:55 pm

Great story and dandy buck.
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Re: Public Land Mountain Success (buck and doe down)

Unread postby SamPotter » Sun Nov 23, 2014 3:04 am

Good hunting AND shooting!
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Re: Public Land Mountain Success (buck and doe down)

Unread postby yungbuck » Sun Nov 23, 2014 5:00 am

Very nice job

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Re: Public Land Mountain Success (buck and doe down)

Unread postby JoeRE » Sun Nov 23, 2014 8:45 am

That's awesome, good story! What state you hunting in?
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Re: Public Land Mountain Success (buck and doe down)

Unread postby AttackMode » Mon Nov 24, 2014 3:28 pm

Thanks guys. I'm in PA

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