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Well,, it's the last day of most deer Hunter's favorite month. I was tired, but came to the woods to help December turn the page on the most spectacular time of the deer calendar. My hunting tails off dramatically in December, I sometimes don't even hunt in December. I've never figured December buck hunting out in my area, and try to get back to being a responsible adult once again. Hopefully, we all get a big, mossy horned buck on this last day of my favorite month.
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DoubleRidge said:
Good luck hunting!

"getting back to being a responsible adult once again" LOL

I went back to work last Monday after being off several weeks...and while Im thankful for employment... huntin boots feel better on my feet than work boots.
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I've been going in late some last two weeks,in addition to taking some days off. Going in late today. 😂
 
I saw one already. Small buck i believe. Might have seen a doe too...hard to tell. This spot is probably best spot on this tract of land, BUT, i can't find anyway to set up without getting busted. Its kind of a knob surrounded by hollows. They sky light me from every direction. I've changed trees numerous times. Climbed different tree this morning, thought i had it figured out..but Got busted this morning. I've got to find decent spot up here.
 
Blessed with another beautiful morning, Had a doe and fawn bedded in the grass out in front of me as it broke light this morning. I watched the doe bed down right after I got in the stand. Had one little buck come across from my right, not sure where he went. Had a 1.5 year old 4 pt come from opposite direction and push the fawn around for maybe 15 seconds before he turned and walked away.
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It is very unlikely I take a shot this morning, but who knows. I have killed some pretty good bucks in December, a couple of my best. Good luck.
 
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DMD said:
Not the biggest i ever killed, but I'm a happy hunter. Just got down and found him. About 10 yards from where I shot him.
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Awesome deer! Way to get it done on the last day of November. Im jealous man. I had too many maintenance calls today to sneak out. Historically ive just never really seen many bucks older than 1.5 past the first week of December in the spots I hunt.
 
Congrats on blowing out November with a big bang! I used to not be a December buck hunter either, till I killed one of my best bucks on Dec 28th, trailing behind two does. Wherebouts in E TN are you? I'm out here somewhere myself. :D
 
mayberryrick said:
Was he chasing or by himself
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Here's the story -
I'm in a spot that is really hard to hunt - it's basically a knob surrounded by hollers. The knob is pretty open woods, but around it is thick. If they come up on the knob, the deer tend to skylight you. AND, it's impossible to find a place anywhere to hunt there without some deer seeing your vehicle and blowing at it. LOL. Well...I parked farther away than I have in the past and found a downed tree and hid my vehicle behind the root ball. I also selected another tree to climb last time I hunted there. A little tiny bit more cover, and a little more out of direct line of view of most deer. Anyway, this morning I got settled in right at first light. It wasn't long, I heard something behind me. I turned to see a tail go off the knob into a holler. No idea what it was. I hit the grunt call and can call - in a few minutes a deer appeared below me. No idea if it was the same deer or not. It looked like a small buck. I grunted to get him in for a better view. He circled around me and caught my wind and was out of there. About an hour later, I was getting ready to hit my grunt call again, and I heard steps in the leaves. I looked below me and finally caught a glimpse of a deer in the thick stuff. He stopped in a tiny opening and was whacking a beech tree - I could see he had a decent rack, I held on the small opening and he got his chest right in the opening, about 80 yards from me. I squeezed and he was gone. I couldn't tell what happened - but, I heard some noise in the leaves - not much, I couldn't tell if he was running or dieing. I waited a few minutes and climbed down - I didn't walk 30 yards, and I could see white belly. Made it a great morning!
 
You fired me up to get out there after work today! Closed out November by restrapping a stand that I haven't hunted in several years, got in it and saw a buck fawn come thru feeding. 😀
 

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