quiksilver

SDH - that buck in the middle picture is a TANK! Good luck on him buddy.

130 - I have a feeling you'll be pulling the trigger this weekend.

dukemichaels

130.. Good luck to you.. you'll get one done soon.

I have a feeling alot of deer will fall this weekend. The full moon falls on Friday.. I will be out in force all weekend long!

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SouthDakotaHunter

130 - Glad to hear you saw a mature buck tonight - gives me hope for this weekend!!

I saw my first buck last night in a while - young 4x4 - so hopefully they'll be moving!

16 point

SDH-Great looking bull. I'd love to hunt elk someday. Great looking trail cam pics too.

130-sounds like your inching closer to that buck, good luck on getting him.

I've passed on a couple 2 1/2 year old eight points this week here in PA but no size to them tho. One of them was grunting up a storm and chasing does around so its starting to pick up here.

I leave tomorrow for my 2 week trip to Kansas so I'm hoping the rut is picking up there as well. As long as the weather holds out there I should have a good chance to put some points on the board for us. Keep your fingers crossed.

Good luckall and congrats to everyone who's taken an animal so far. (Bucks,does and elk too).

130woodman

I seen 2 bucks yeaterday morning and a doe in the afternoon. My buddy shot a 10 point this morning his first with a bow. It was a 115 inch not bad for a first buck. It is starting to go here just have to find one. I post pics later. Off to the stand.

quiksilver

Sounds like you guys are all over 'em. I'm sure it won't be long before we get on the board again.

Last night at 6 p.m., I passed on the biggest buck I've ever passed up.

We hunted all day, nobody saw a deer. Finally last night, I broke the ice with a beauty of a 4x5.Probably 105-115", maybe 16" outside, 4-5" brows, 7"ish G2's & G3's, and a 1.5-2" G4 on the left. Nice mass, not huge, but at least average. If deer have nine lives, he was down to about 1 or 2 by the time he finally left.

In PA that's a shooter buck without a moment's hesitation. I just wasn't ready to burn my Ohio NRtag on the firsthunt.

I was really second-guessing myself until right at dark, whena really big buck crossed the creek bed below. I couldn'treallyestimatehis score, just know that he was a definite shooter.

NY/Al

Ive been seein some deer latly as well, shot another doe saturday night. Now that i got all my doe tags burned up i can really start to focus on getting on a nice buck. I'll be movin into my favorite stand tonight so i might get lucky! Now im gonna go warm up, freekin 28 degrees this mornin!

SouthDakotaHunter

Things have been picking up for me…. I had a 2 ½ year old 4x4 under 10 yards on Sat AM and then a 1 ½ year old 3x4 also under 10 yards on Sunday…. I kicked up a real nice mature buck tonight about 15 yards from my stand. He was directly downwind of my mock scrape – wonder if he camped trying to catch the ‘intruder’? I was about half way up my ladder when he busted out. He was so close I almost fell off my stand! Not exactly how I like to see a mature buck though – chasing him out from his bed right next to one of my prime stands – guess that’s one of the risks heading out to hunt in the afternoon/evening….

130woodman

SD that's a little rough jumping a mature buck right by your stand.

Gobbler Hang in there sounds like your about to score.

Quick Pull a monster out OH that would rock.

Here is my buddies 10 aas for me last night I saw 2 small 8's and a fork chasing a doe. Nothing mature I will be at work until Thursday then back to the woods.