MO bow season

kennym · October 22, 2018, 04:37:26 PM

Yes, some small bucks are trying to chase does but the does are havin none of it yet . We don't need the meat and I will have plenty of time later I hope!

Cyclic-Rivers · October 22, 2018, 06:24:59 PM

Cool picture Kenny..

goingoldskool · October 22, 2018, 07:32:49 PM

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I have these 2 running around.... hopefully they'll drop their guard in the next couple weeks.

JakeD · October 22, 2018, 08:35:37 PM

Well, I let an arrow loose tonight. I shot a coyote at about 10 yards this evening. I heard him crashing around, but couldn't ever find him. Blood was almost nonexistent, and it was dark, so I'll have to go back in the morning to see if I can recover it. He was one of 5 coyotes that I watched this evening. Saw 7 deer and 40 something turkeys, but the coyote was the only thing that came close.

Bvas · October 22, 2018, 09:09:25 PM

Rodd, do you have more pics? Those look like the same deer to me

TIM B · October 23, 2018, 06:28:13 AM

I agree that's the same deer old'school. He's a dandy too.
Good luck finding that yote jake!
Tim B

John Krause · October 23, 2018, 02:09:44 PM

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This guy walked by me sat morning. Wouldn't have shot him but he was right on top of me before I saw him. It is still so green there are no fresh leaves on the ground. Makes it tough to see and hard to hear them coming.

Sat eve had a doe at 5 yds. She came up straight behind me and was next to my stand when I heard a noise, looked down and there she was. She turned and headed straight away and I rose to stand. She hit my scent about the same time and jumped sideways a bit. It was then nervous Nellie time and she headed off really not knowing what was going on.

Sun did 11 hrs in two stands. Heard a guttural buck grunt close in the morning but he was in the thick stuff and never saw him. One doe out of range in the afternoon and 4-5 hens just out of range. Turkeys are tough when you are in a tree. They saw me but nervously hung around for a bit before moseying on.

JakeD · October 23, 2018, 04:14:00 PM

I never did find the coyote I shot. I know it has to be dead though. My arrow went through both shoulders and he was crashing around pretty hard when he went out of sight. He ran over to the neighbors though, and I'm not gonna go tromp around on their property and mess up any of their hunting. So this evening I'm set up on the ground with my ghillie suit on, hoping for turkeys. Hopefully all the gobblers show up the same as they did yesterday.

goingoldskool · October 23, 2018, 06:17:15 PM

Bvas, that's the only pics that I have of bucks of any size..... locations of the cameras are better than a mile apart..... he must be wandering around!

goingoldskool · October 23, 2018, 06:19:12 PM

I looked at it again and think you're right. ... that left beam is pretty distinctive. ..

goingoldskool · October 23, 2018, 06:21:44 PM

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Charlie Lamb · October 23, 2018, 06:51:39 PM

I put my son in my favorite stand last week and took to the ground myself. Before the boy got there I did a little investigative scouting of an area I was suspicious of. A tree seat and ghillie were uniform of the day. Didn't see a thing until about 9 a.m. A crash right behind me made me jerk my head a little in time to see the white flag of a little doe no more than a few yards behind me.

She ran straight away for 20 yards and then made a hard right turn. In another 20 yds. she turned hard right again and passed me at about 10 yds. at the speed of light... ok, maybe a little less. Anyway she ran down the drainage about 40 yds and was out of sight.

I was sitting there thinking how cool that had been when I heard a commotion down where I'd seen her last. All of a sudden I saw here flash across the drainage and out of sight once more. What craziness! Once again I heard crashing and here she came straight at me passing by no more than 5 ft. away and off behind me. What craziness!w

Well it seems she wasn't done as she came racing back in my direction and right by just as close as the last time. Once again she was out of sight just down the drainage. I can't say I've ever experienced anything like it. 3 times she'd raced by. But wait!! m
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Just when I thought the show was over I spotted movement where she had been last and the sound of crunching leaves. Here she came just as close and just as fast as before. This time she came to a halt under the branches of a cedar tree I had trimmed and stood looking back in my direction.

I didn't know what to expect at this point but she finally "slowly" eased off into the brush. It was a most entertaining morning.

Roy from Pa · October 23, 2018, 07:02:28 PM

Charlie, ya gotta stop eating those wild fermented grapes like the turkey and grouse do:)

Bvas · October 23, 2018, 07:22:29 PM

Quote from: goingoldskool on October 23, 2018, 06:21:44 PM
This one might be a different one...

Yep. I'd say that's a different one.

kennym · October 23, 2018, 10:34:20 PM

Not much happened where I was tonite , 3 does, little 8 and an ugly racked buck bout ear width with 1" points off main on left and 3" off main on right side.

TIM B · October 24, 2018, 06:17:22 AM

Man that moon is bright.
Seen a couple spikes a doe and some turkeys last night....
Tim B

Roy from Pa · October 24, 2018, 06:20:27 AM

Didn't those cows tell ya that deer don't come out till after dark with a full moon?

JakeD · October 24, 2018, 07:40:59 AM

I had a slow evening yesterday. I ended up seeing 2 little bucks and a few does and fawns. My wife on the other hand, ended up seeing 5 different shooter bucks. She said each one of them had a single mature doe with them. So this evening we are gonna go see if we can get on them. Crazy that all those bucks were all out on the field at the same time.

kennym · October 24, 2018, 07:48:59 AM

Jake, a guy on my lease had 9 bucks yesterday morn and not a doe. You guys think rut is gonna be early?

JakeD · October 24, 2018, 09:00:19 AM

I wonder if it will be a little early. Seems like these are the first cool temps we have had this time of year in awhile. Maybe it's just cool enough that the bucks are on their feet more. At that river farm, it seems like that last week of October can be fantastic for big buck sightings and encounters.