How yall doing?
Been twice seen alot of deer (Croatan too!??) one NICE buck two smaller bucks just no shots. Coula woulda shot a doe last night, it was two does and a fawn and I wasnt sure which one the fawn belonged to so I passed them up.
Walking out Saturday night and walked up right close to a bear he grunted growled popped his jaws and boogied off - got my attention to say the least. then had a rough 250 sow and two cubs under the set last night right at dark, had to stay up the tree waiting for them to leave. :knothead:
Been a good time! anybody putting meat in the freezer??
J
I've seen plenty of deer...just nothing I wanted to take so far. Seems every adult doe on my property has twin fawns in tow. No bucks seen from the stand yet but a little yearling spike, who got a pass.
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With that excellent NC acorn crop last year, lots of healthy does had twin fawns.
Good opener for me. Took a young buck.
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I recently relocated to North Carolina. Haven't been out yet since I'm still trying to find places to hunt. Have seen deer almost daily at the back of my yard though.
I haven't been out yet. I was on call opening weekend and then hurricane Irma through a wrench into my plans. The weather is going to clear out tonight but guess what, I go back on call tomorrow. :knothead: maybe thursday. Good luck everyone.
Jeff
Saw 8 first morning- had 4 fawns w spots at 10 yds, but can't shoot them or mom like that- saw a small button same morning- he got a pass too-
Then I saw the man- nice 8 ptr- 75 yds away-
Can't wait to give it another go-
Josh
get after them! I will miss this evening - wind is wrong anyhow and work wont let me out of a meeting at 1800! YUK ---
Bud got a good one I see I must have missed the thread. I will be out there thursday -
Awesome time in the woods this evening! Had 7 deer within 10 yards (not all at once). Finally had a big mule-faced doe with no fawns tagging along with her come in to about 8 yards eating acorns. She was a wise old gal too, constantly testing the air. She caught me at half-draw, perfectly broadside, as soon as she caught my draw movement, she turned facing me, head-bobbing and such. Finally had to let down and she never spooked as in like "lets get the ____ outta here!" type, but turned and walked away about 25 yards and turned and kept looking back. She finally eased off the way she came. She don't know how close she came to meeting a Zwickey. Maybe next time.
The big does are hard to fool. Good luck on the return!
Same here, does with fawns. Rubs and scrapes showing up daily.
I've seen lots of nice deer. Does, fawns and a couple of nice 6 points. Trouble is, they're just milling around my yard ....
Could fill all my tags with a hammer.
My prospects are improving! I just got written permission to hunt 10 private acres, surrounded by 60 more. So, I donated a day of labor building a foot bridge over one of the streams on the property. Not close enough to hunt after work, but plenty close enough for a weekend drive. I'll wait a couple of weeks for the weather to cool a bit, then test the waters!
I'm still seeing lots of does with fawns tagging along. This evening had (I believe the same one from earlier in the week, same stand) a big mule-faced doe come in, another big doe and her twin fawns had already been around me for about 15 minutes eating acorns. I think to myself..."here comes fresh backstraps!" As soon as she got with 20 yards, I got turned and fingers on the string anticipating a shot, then suddenly the mama doe ran at her and ran her away from the oaks! She tried to come back in about 5 minutes later and as soon as she got within 15 yards of the trees, mama doe ran at her again, grunting and such. This time she wandered on off. Was a fun evening in the stand anyhow. Hopefully some bucks Ive got pictures of on my trail camera will start showing up sometime soon in daylight.
Good luck with the new property, Rough-Run. Keep us updated with hunt reports!
Hows everyone else's first full week of season going?
I will head out some Monday and Tuesday. Haven't been since opening day. Looking for cooler weather.
Had a small 6 point under me last night. Gave him a pass
Good luck guys I live in ky but my heart belongs to the Carolinas
From the NC Wildlife Update:
Rabies-Infected Deer Found in Cherokee County
After the Wildlife Commission recently confirmed a rare case of rabies in a deceased deer in Cherokee County, the agency is asking hunters who encounter a deer exhibiting disease symptoms or who come across a dead deer with no hair on its head (a common sign in rabies-infected deer) to call the Wildlife Commission at 866-318-2401. The agency also is advising hunters to take precautions when handling harvested deer.
Just got back into town from Wyoming elk hunt so have not had an opportunity to get out yet. However, going to try for the end of the upcoming week.
Matt Quick and Kevin Steinmetz both got nice Does in September. We have a lot of scouting done and we are looking good for October, especially after that initial bright moon phase. We hunt public land and private land and both have improved for us. Should have good reports soon.
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Been slowed to flat died off down here. None of my crew have seen anything past couple sits. Maybe October will pick up.
Whats everyone's favorite moon moon. I was seeing deer early on a waning gibeous?
Sunday evening at about 7pmish here in Asheboro I had a big buck run across the road in front of me. He came from a wooded area and was headed into another. He was about 1/2 a mile from gamelands I hunt. Not really a gauge, but, prior to that I saw a small herd in Eagle Springs, which is in the sandhills area west of Pinehurst. The herd was feeding in a soybean field. That was at about 6:15pm. A waxing new crescent moon was shining in the southern sky.
Around here the muscadines have already fallen and acorns are sporadically falling. Soon they will be raining down. We have had little rainfall in my area.
Went out yesterday and finally hung a couple of stands. Also, checked the cameras and discovered we have a couple shooter bucks in the area along with a few future prospects. Going to go out next week and see if I can get lucky on.
I finally harvested my first deer with a traditional bow on the 18th......a yearling buck. Not a trophy by most seasoned hunters standards, but it was rewarding to me since I'm not a long time deer hunter.
Shot him from a pop-up blind at the edge of a small apple orchard at about 12 yards. Hope it will be the start of more to come.
I didnt get to my deer stand or to check my camera tonight. I killed a hog 100 yards from the car on my way in. First bow kill. Did not know we have hogs on that mountain.
Congratulations, Drew!
I can't wait to get back home to deer hunt. It was 38 degrees back home this morning. I have been in Florida working hurricane claims and have not seen it cooler than 75 degrees anywhere, other than my hotel room.
Congrats to both Drewster and Nantahala Nut - maybe I'll get lucky when I get up to WNC in a couple weeks.
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One for each of you. :D
Congrats Drew and Barry!!!
Pictures...we wanna see pictures! :thumbsup:
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That does not look like a feral hog, Short snout, fat, ?
People turn them loose around here purposely. She's definitely not the wildest of hogs. Someone on the other side of the mountain probably let a bunch loose. We put a feeder up there so we can try to eradicate them from this property before they get comfortable. This is our deer hunting mountain...we already have a hog hunting mountain.
It will be good eating nevertheless, he probably wanted a little corn
It will be good eating nevertheless, he probably wanted a little cor
Well, went out this morning and had an encounter(s) with 4 different bucks. Ended up giving one a haircut at a very close range. I am finding out the hard way that hunting with a longbow out of a tree stand has a learning curve as compared to using a shorter recurve. Anyway, still a lot of fun.
Good reports, and congrats to all!
Hope to see many of you this Saturday in Conover.
I made it out yesterday evening and had a run in with a decent buck, but he didn't offer me a decent shot. Its disappointing th have him at 10 yards without a shot. He stayed quartering to me, facing me the entire time. :knothead:
Jeff
My son and I went out on Saturday on public land; he really wanted to arrow a deer and for several reasons I did not. I even put him in the "best" spots to increase his odds. Guess who had deer around him both times, including a nice young 8 point broadside at 15 yards for a few minutes, that I walked right up on as it carelessly grazed in the tall grass? It was hot and I just wasn't in a killing mood; maybe the deer could tell I was harmless?
Bumping just to see if anyone has had any success....
Took a small 4 pointer last weekend. Got an old bruiser round here somewhere on my land 10 pnt best I can tell, coloring says hes been around several years. Had him in my gun sights last year while looking for some coyotes, would've been an easy shot, then decided he deserved better. Only caught glimpses of him this year but I got a broad head with his name on it.
Finally shot a "cow horn" spike with the longbow, which is my first with the longbow. Bad was I didn't find him until 4 days later...really upset over the loss.
Got a doe today very windy crazy wind blowing all directions. Saw 4 does and took the first shot I had. 10 yard shot. 60 yard recovery. 67# Robertson Longbow - big shark up front. Beautiful cool weather finally - deer is hanging on the gambrel now in the back yard - I'll break it down into quarters later around midnight and pack into ice for 5 days.
Back in the woods tomorrow.
Pictures later
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