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MHF US Northeast => Hunting New Hampshire => Topic started by: EarlySunrise on Sep 26, 2012, 09:54:24 PM
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Not a bowhunter yet, getting into it next year. Gearing up and seeing what we can do.
BUT, still interested in what's happening in the woods and how you boys are doing. Stories, pics, whatever. I'm sure I'm not the only one who'd like to know...
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Several deer have been taken. Check out the threads in this forum...
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Been out three times so far and had 4 deer well within range. One nice 6 pointer which I took a shot at and missed. Could of had something to do with the fact I was half way up a tree in my climber and spotted him heading towards me on a run. Pulled the bow up before he could spot my movement and took the shot at 25 yards leaning around the tree. Shot over him and off he went. I should practice that shot. :-\ Scared the dickens out of him cuz he blatted 10-12 times as he ran off towards the bedding area and blew up my ambush. I let the spot cool off for week now and I'll see if I can stick'm come Saturday morning!!!
Had a nice doe with two yearlings under one of my ladder stands but I won't shoot a doe with young ones. Besides she busted me anyways hanging the bow back up.....she's a good momma!!!
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seen 4 or 5, nothing with head gear yet. missed a doe at 40 yards last sunday, shot under her. gonna hit it tonight after work. new spot i hung last weekend. we'll see how it is..
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Several deer have been taken. Check out the threads in this forum...
Well I know that! I look at lease once a day, it not much more. I just know theres some folks out there who look, but don't write or share.
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Well I know that! I look at lease once a day, it not much more. I just know theres some folks out there who look, but don't write or share.
haha ok just wanted to make sure you didn't miss those threads :)
good idea getting people to talk about their season so far. hopefully more chime in.
i've been out 12 times so far. i had three does and a skipper come in opening day evening but i wasn't comfortable w/ any of the shots. there were three does hanging around the 6 pointer i took. and i had a small doe at 45 yards wednesday evening. nine deer so far. also, two coyotes >:( >:( >:(
headed to NJ tomorrow morning for five solid days of hunting. time to fill the freezer :D
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I have only gotten out 5 times have seen the same doe 3 times had her at 6 yards with no clean shot oppurtunity the next night had her at 20 yards but my arrow hit some hemlock on the way to her she ran ten yards and kept feeding, she ended up coming back the following weekend with no shot. I also have seen some real nice long beards with no shot. Moving another stand in an area I have been seeing alot of deer with a couple bucks moved in. wont be hunting until sat evening.
good luck in Jersey deerme
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11 hunts for me so far. 8 does, 4 fawns, 5 bucks ( nothing bigger than a small 6 pt. ), 3 grey fox, 2 fisher, 23 turkeys with 3 nice Toms. Shot a funny racked 3 point the other day. Don't need him in the gene pool ;D.
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have you been hunting in the zoo again ::)
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went out this morning...saw nothing
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have you been hunting in the zoo again ::)
Child please! You know with the ungodly scouting I do it's bound to pay off like it does 8)
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this is true you definitely put your time in
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I have sat 4 mornings and 5 evenings. Opening day evening had 2 doe come in, drew back but no shot. Next night had 3 doe come in got a small doe. I haven't seen another deer since.
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definitely not much to update been out 6 times and have not seen a deer while on stand yet. Going to have to maybe move a few stands around soon. Haven't been as much as I usually go still bass fishing alot but hanging rods up got one last tourney on Wednesday and that will be it then hitting woods hard and pumped for pheasant opening in am. Just wish it wasn't the way it is few birds many hunters.
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didnt get a chance to get out this weekend, I went to the big E and stayed in connecticutt and my buddies and we smoked some geese. Planned on hunting sat and sun evening but it didnt work out I finally hung that stand in the rain in the morning yesterday looks real promising I will be going out tommoro after work!
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didnt get a chance to get out this weekend, I went to the big E and stayed in connecticutt and my buddies and we smoked some geese. Planned on hunting sat and sun evening but it didnt work out I finally hung that stand in the rain in the morning yesterday looks real promising I will be going out tommoro after work!
Nice! Where are the geese pics Squirrel?
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Nice! Where are the geese pics Squirrel?
on my camera I didnt upload em yet I have one on my phone if someone knows how to put it up that way cuz I dont haha
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sounding like theres been some action in the woods, thats for sure. Even if they're not hitting the ground, glad to hear everyone is getting out and seeing some action. Keep up the post and get some pics up here!!!
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hunting a new stand I hung on sunday, tonight! The ground is blanketed in acorns and looks promising with fresh scat and tracks everywhere. The piece of woods is predominantly hardwoods with a couple swamps. One set of tracks has me especially excited as there is a nice spread to em and appear to be a buck ;D I hope it pays off. Good luck to you guys if you head out today aswell
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looks like t-storms tonight >:( was really hoping to hunt that new spot, maybe i will head to the gym so I can hunt tommorow if it isnt more of the same, this sucks
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Sounds like a great spot you found. I say head out anyway, the best deer come on the worst days!
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i just get worried that I would have a real hard time keeping on a blood trail and not be able to find the deer if I hit one :-\ I hear you tho its alot like fishing, when its crappy outside usually they are biting
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Never did make it back to where I missed a shot at the six pointer last week but instead ended up spending some time in one of the many other ladder stands I've got up...10 total. Nada thing moving on Saturday or Sunday which the rain had something to do with I'm sure. Owning my own business has it's benefits so I think I'll take off Thursday & Friday and hunt hard through till Sunday...weather permitting of course.
Anyone else notice the size of the White Oak acorn's with this years crop? Holy Moly :o found some the size of walnuts and there everywhere! What I like to do is rake the trails clean down to earth to all my stands so I can sneak in without being heard in the dark. Makes for easy acorn pick'n too !!! So come November the only acorn's the Deer will find are under my stands 8) Always produces at least one nice bruiser and a couple of FAT doe's to boot. In do time....In do time!!!
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Wish we had acorns up this way
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I was out this afternoon doing some scouting and I couldn't get over the acorns! You're right, they were gigantic. I needed a damn helmet to get through the woods. Found some sign though. Sneaking out of work a bit early never hurt anyone right?
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early sunrise--
you were right last night was a great night to sit I had a real nice 8 pointer come in to 12 yards couldnt draw as I had no cover on the side he was on waited for him to get his head behind a tree drew back but no shot at the vitals, let him take a few steps at this point he was at 20 yards I had a small window to shoot through tried to thread the needle but arrow got deflected :-\ he didnt spook and ran about 10 yards and stayed around for 10-15 minutes before walking off. nevber got a 2nd shot hopefully he gives me another oppurtunity
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I am going to start calling you Deflection! Get your head in the game Chief!
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I am going to start calling you Deflection! Get your head in the game Chief!
dude sucked it was a buck YOU would be proud of! Bought the axis arrows last night cut an inch extra off and added nocturnals. Finally maxed out the bow and it performs much better was shootin a little high and left got that taken care of and set up my 40 yard pin I am ready to put one in the boiler room
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Bummer Squirrel. Hope you get another shot.
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thanks man he didnt spook really he jumped 10 yards and sat there looking around for about 10-15 minutes before walking slowly. Hopefully he comes back and I get another shot only the 2nd deer I have ever shot at and I probably just jumped the gun and shoulda waited to see where he was going to go but I figured he would not give me another shot at the time. Fingers crossed I will be hunting that stand tommorow evening
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I bet that heart was poundin. ;D ;D May have even had some buck fever.
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its possible I was calmer with the buck then when that doe came in haha maybe I am learning slowly how to keep calm. I was just worried he would see me draw back if I could have drawn back 5 seconds earlier he would have been smoked at 12 yards
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bet that was exciting! you'll get him next time. third time's a charm ;)
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haha thanks i sure as heck am hopin so!
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headed out this evening hopefully they will be moving after the rain we have been gettin and hopeful it cools down man is it hot out there
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didnt see anything all weekend :-\ anyone see anything last night with this cold weather figured it would have been good, not for me hopefully for you guys
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Keep putting your time in Squirrel it will happen for you.
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i didn't see anything all weekend either. i thought for sure they'd be moving good last night too, but i guess not. i'm sure they were moving, just not where i was!
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thanks Droberts I will be out again tommrow after work..
DT I hear ya on that haha this week should be good tho isnt suppossed to be above 50's good luck!
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Good luck Squirrel... I have only been out for 2 1/2 hours since the season opened.. :P
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had a hell of an experience last night. i ran the grunt call a few times before sunset. right around 6:10 i hear a deer approaching, slowly but surely. he finally shows himself - a 4 or 6 pointer w/ a decent body (130 - 140 lbs). not shooting this one as i'll go crazy not hunting the next 2+ weeks unless i shoot one of the 8+ pointers i have on the trail cam.
so i take some video of him and let him walk. as he's leaving, i hear a branch break from where he came from. another deer. a couple minutes pass and i hear steps. then nothing, then finally more steps. the deer heads right under the hemlock below my stand. at this point it's about 6:20 - 6:25 and hardly ANY light left. finally the deer starts moving again and eventually steps out. a GIANT wall hanger less than 25 yards away. but there were so many branches and whips from me to him and w/ the minimal amount of light, i couldn't draw. i watched as the big body slowly walked off.
hopefully we will meet again soon :)
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Talk luck about luck ; That smart El like needs a body bag ; Hope you Smack him
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That's still awesome!
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Thats why you pass on the little ones. ;)
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Great encounter ...... 8)
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had a hell of an experience last night. i ran the grunt call a few times before sunset. right around 6:10 i hear a deer approaching, slowly but surely. he finally shows himself - a 4 or 6 pointer w/ a decent body (130 - 140 lbs). not shooting this one as i'll go crazy not hunting the next 2+ weeks unless i shoot one of the 8+ pointers i have on the trail cam.
so i take some video of him and let him walk. as he's leaving, i hear a branch break from where he came from. another deer. a couple minutes pass and i hear steps. then nothing, then finally more steps. the deer heads right under the hemlock below my stand. at this point it's about 6:20 - 6:25 and hardly ANY light left. finally the deer starts moving again and eventually steps out. a GIANT wall hanger less than 25 yards away. but there were so many branches and whips from me to him and w/ the minimal amount of light, i couldn't draw. i watched as the big body slowly walked off.
hopefully we will meet again soon :)
the smaller buck came back last night, this time w/ no calling and about 75 yards away from saturday's stand. he came in to the red acorns at 5:05. he walked in feeding to 15 yards, then smelled either where i had stepped or touched a branch, and became very alert. he stood there for a few minutes, licking his nose, smelling the air, looking around, then walked back the way he came.
i waited a half hour and grunted a few times. around 6:05 he came back around from behind me (he had circled me). this time he was very alert, not interested in feeding at all. he walked VERY slowly and often stood still for minutes at a time.
no sign of the big boy...i don't know how much longer i can hold off on pulling the trigger!!
here's some footage of the buck. a decent sized 5 pointer.
(https://dl.dropbox.com/u/47811196/tmp/5%20pointer.png) (http://www.youtube.com/v/Ve5TXF3rxO4)
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whack him. you can chase the 2 big boys with your muzzleloader. bird in hand...
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Nice footage.. ;D
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wow what are you waiting for....that was awesome to have able to watch.......I say take em out....
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Keep it up buddy, looks like you and I rubbed off on each other haha. For real though only studs with my gun tags !
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Great video! I've only been able to get out one other time since my opening day 4 pointer. Had a doe and two little ones walk right under my stand. I'll get out on Sunday morning.
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Nice job on the video.
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I can't get over the massive quantity of huge scrapes and shredded rubs I have seen in the last few days! Things are starting to heat up! All the scrapes besides to have been on the edge of tote roads and skidder trails tight to thick hemlock cover and blueberry slash licking branches above are all bent and torn.
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when does your season start back up???
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I can start rifle hunting Maine on the 29th I will be off work for about a month ;D. I will hunt Maine hard for a week then when ML opens on the 3rd in NH I will come back and stick with that...........
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I buy the archery "special deer tag" for the extra $16.00 just for that very reason. In case I see a small buck like that. I buy all the tags NH offers. I can take either 3 bucks and two doe's or 3 doe's and two bucks. Never have to worry about not be able to hunt if I fill a tag. I have yet to be able to fill them all but did come close one year taken four. Then there is the two tags I get for NY.
Yep, I spend a lot of time hunting. 8)
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I have filled them all a few times.I used both archery tags. I am all set with unit m tags. Not to exciting to me to go out strictly for does. I don't like the fact they get such an influx of hunters either. I would be pissed if L got extra tags so I won't do it to unit m guys. Just my opinion
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I can start rifle hunting Maine on the 29th I will be off work for about a month ;D. I will hunt Maine hard for a week then when ML opens on the 3rd in NH I will come back and stick with that...........
no work for a month?! now i see why you were fine w/ tagging out so early! bust your ass in october to take november off - atta boy ;D
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I buy the archery "special deer tag" for the extra $16.00 just for that very reason. In case I see a small buck like that. I buy all the tags NH offers. I can take either 3 bucks and two doe's or 3 doe's and two bucks. Never have to worry about not be able to hunt if I fill a tag. I have yet to be able to fill them all but did come close one year taken four. Then there is the two tags I get for NY.
Yep, I spend a lot of time hunting. 8)
i buy the special deer tag too - and i already used it. if i took the 5 pointer i would have been done in NH until november. with three deer in the freezer (and a fourth yesterday), it's making it a lot easier to pass on the smaller bucks!
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no work for a month?! now i see why you were fine w/ tagging out so early! bust your ass in october to take november off - atta boy ;D
Yup! 8)
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This is my last week of work till end of February..... ;D ;D Full time hunting and ice fishing.. 8) 8) 8)
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man, how do i get a job like that?!?
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man, how do i get a job like that?!?
Work in a green house (actually 11 of them) and grow flowers for a living... 8)
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both my thumbs are brown.. :o
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the smaller buck came back last night, this time w/ no calling and about 75 yards away from saturday's stand. he came in to the red acorns at 5:05. he walked in feeding to 15 yards, then smelled either where i had stepped or touched a branch, and became very alert. he stood there for a few minutes, licking his nose, smelling the air, looking around, then walked back the way he came.
i waited a half hour and grunted a few times. around 6:05 he came back around from behind me (he had circled me). this time he was very alert, not interested in feeding at all. he walked VERY slowly and often stood still for minutes at a time.
no sign of the big boy...i don't know how much longer i can hold off on pulling the trigger!!
here's some footage of the buck. a decent sized 5 pointer.
(https://dl.dropbox.com/u/47811196/tmp/5%20pointer.png) (http://www.youtube.com/v/Ve5TXF3rxO4)
sat til 10 this morning then checked the cams. got some video of the 5 pointer, and THE BIG 8 :)
based on his reaction to the cam, which was hung at my eye level (6'5" or so), he won't be back to that spot. hope to run into him at some point...
(https://dl.dropbox.com/u/47811196/tmp/5.png) (https://dl.dropbox.com/u/47811196/hunting/trailcam/5.AVI)
(https://dl.dropbox.com/u/47811196/tmp/8.png) (https://dl.dropbox.com/u/47811196/hunting/trailcam/8.AVI)
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Gonna be a good and early rut my friend! Monday is almosrt here!
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Well get em outtayour a$$ and get back to work!
lol lol lol lol :o :o :o :o :o
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as far as Ive seen the rut started mid last week here in Maine... 8)
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Well got my first ever bow kill tonight nothing special just a small doe but I am pumped I should have had a little control cause I saw a decent buck last time in stand. This deer came crawling out of a nasty thicket immediately after I shot that thicket had other deer running through it wide open I suppose it was the buck but oh well at least the long wait is over its been a tough 8 years of bow hunting believe it or not I always whiffed my opportunities for some reason so hope fully it will be better from now on.
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Well get em outtayour a$$ and get back to work!
Sorry no offense just left yourself wide open on that one! ;D
haha! i did leave myself open i guess.. good one though ;D
congrats pipes!! get some pics up.
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Well got my first ever bow kill tonight nothing special just a small doe but I am pumped I should have had a little control cause I saw a decent buck last time in stand. This deer came crawling out of a nasty thicket immediately after I shot that thicket had other deer running through it wide open I suppose it was the buck but oh well at least the long wait is over its been a tough 8 years of bow hunting believe it or not I always whiffed my opportunities for some reason so hope fully it will be better from now on.
WTG pipes - congrats man! very cool!
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that buck didn't seem too spooked. i don't think he liked what he saw, but he didn't bolt. i think he'll be around.. hopefully the same time you're there.
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saw the 5 pointer again last night. he was wondering around, feeding, 50 or 60 yards away from 4:50 to 5:15 or so. then he walked off. he was unresponsive to grunting and bleating! after i called him in twice in the last week or so, i guess he just doesn't care now?
dark approached and there was about 5 minutes left of legal shooting time, but i couldn't see. i put my fanny pack on, put on my headlamp, unzipped the pack to grab my bow rope and heard something behind me (i was facing the tree). turned around and the big 8 pointer was standing 15 yards away smelling my tinks! again, 10 minutes earlier and he would have been toast. i stood as still as i could and watched him walk off. hopefully not too bothered...
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damn!
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Congrats, pipes. I bet the next bow kill comes quick, seems like once you get that first one out of the way it all comes together.