Had 5 youngsters at BHC this weekend, 2 killed & 1 missed. ESE wind, hot & windy really suppressed daytime activity. 3 of us didn't see a deer from stands yesterday morning & the other 2 saw 1 each.
Everyone was on plots by 2:00 PM and it was after 5:00 before first deer was seen. 7 year old Lucus killed a nice 7 point that still had velvet hanging on both sides. 16 year old Logan killed a great 4-1/2 yr old 8 point with 20" beams & 4.5" bases.
My 12 year old grandson got his first taste of missing. It was a 130" chocolate horn, big bodied 8 that I had seen a couple times bow hunting. Buck came to edge of plot at 5:30 on same trail I had previously seen him use. As before, he stops a few feet from plot & just gazes around. There is one for fawn on plot & she spooks because of him. When she leaves so does he. Grandson was devastated... I told him I thought buck would return if we didn't run out of daylight. Ten minutes later a young doe runs onto plot from trail buck was on. Told Kaden to get ready and buck steps almost to edge & works over a bush. He takes another step & is now broadside at 150 yds. Told him to shoot and of course I blinked when gun went off & only saw take one leap into briars then was gone. Hustled down there and no blood, no hair & I can't even find tracks where he tore out. Knew without a doubt of where standing because of bush he had rubbed. Rain immenant so started walking grids to try to pickup blood, nothing. Pines around this plot were thinned 4 years ago, so we took tractor this morning and started doing grids using Onx. Drove over 2 miles about 10 yds apart. 98% sure he missed as soon as I said take a deep breath and shoot, it was bam! Believe he rushed the shot. Time will tell as I'll be at camp most of next two weeks.
Kids hunted hard, played hard, eat well & good time had by all. Well maybe not so much Kaden right now, but it'll be okay.
All total we did see over 75 turkeys in two days including 5 gobblers & 1 Jake. Gobblers are unusual for us in fall as most migrate to bottoms off us.
Everyone was on plots by 2:00 PM and it was after 5:00 before first deer was seen. 7 year old Lucus killed a nice 7 point that still had velvet hanging on both sides. 16 year old Logan killed a great 4-1/2 yr old 8 point with 20" beams & 4.5" bases.
My 12 year old grandson got his first taste of missing. It was a 130" chocolate horn, big bodied 8 that I had seen a couple times bow hunting. Buck came to edge of plot at 5:30 on same trail I had previously seen him use. As before, he stops a few feet from plot & just gazes around. There is one for fawn on plot & she spooks because of him. When she leaves so does he. Grandson was devastated... I told him I thought buck would return if we didn't run out of daylight. Ten minutes later a young doe runs onto plot from trail buck was on. Told Kaden to get ready and buck steps almost to edge & works over a bush. He takes another step & is now broadside at 150 yds. Told him to shoot and of course I blinked when gun went off & only saw take one leap into briars then was gone. Hustled down there and no blood, no hair & I can't even find tracks where he tore out. Knew without a doubt of where standing because of bush he had rubbed. Rain immenant so started walking grids to try to pickup blood, nothing. Pines around this plot were thinned 4 years ago, so we took tractor this morning and started doing grids using Onx. Drove over 2 miles about 10 yds apart. 98% sure he missed as soon as I said take a deep breath and shoot, it was bam! Believe he rushed the shot. Time will tell as I'll be at camp most of next two weeks.
Kids hunted hard, played hard, eat well & good time had by all. Well maybe not so much Kaden right now, but it'll be okay.
All total we did see over 75 turkeys in two days including 5 gobblers & 1 Jake. Gobblers are unusual for us in fall as most migrate to bottoms off us.
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