Camo Shmamo!
07-29-2008, 06:55 AM
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Camo Shmamo!
Last night I decided to move my practice stand from a tree right next to my house, to one just inside the woods at the end of my yard. I had it all set up and was nearly done with the last strap holding it on, when I catch movement coming thru the woods. I am in a light grey HNI t-shirt (seriously I’m not kissing up) & a pair of darker grey shorts. Here comes a little 1.5 yr 7 pt thru the woods. I believe he was headed over to the stuff I had out in front of my trail cam. My head was probably at 15-16 ft, not a single leaf of cover. I did my best Arnold impersonation of clinging to the tree like he did in the movie Predator. This buck walks in to 10-12 yds. He got a little spooky & jumped back to ~25 yds, but then came right back in and circled around me. He’d look at me some, then ignore me off & on. I was stuck up there for EASILY 20-30 minutes with him 8 yds at the closest. My legs started cramping & shaking. FINALLY the neighbor starts shooting off training dummies for his lab. Well even a 90# lab running around 50 yds away didn’t phase this little buck. It wasn’t until my neighbor shot a dummy into the woods that the buck finally trotted off 50 yds or so. He STILL just stood their & watched the dog for a little bit, & finally slinked away, so I could get down.
07-29-2008, 07:17 AM
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RE: Camo Shmamo!
ORIGINAL: MeanV2
1.5 year old Bucks are just about the dumbest, and most curious creatures in the Deer world. That's why so many of them get nailed!!
O there are Button Bucks! They're even dumber[8D]
Dan
1.5 year old Bucks are just about the dumbest, and most curious creatures in the Deer world. That's why so many of them get nailed!!
O there are Button Bucks! They're even dumber[8D]
Dan
07-29-2008, 08:47 AM
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RE: Camo Shmamo!
I know full well the shortcomings of a 1.5 old buck’s smarts and this wasn’t meant to make people stop buying camo. I just thought it was a better way to share a cool encounter with a buck last night, instead of saying “hey, I was hanging a stand and a small buck came in for 20 minutes”. That’s boring.
What REALLY made the blood get flowing for me, is he looked like his coat was starting to show a few brown winter hairs in it! THAT’S what I’m looking forward to. Brown coats and hard antler.
What REALLY made the blood get flowing for me, is he looked like his coat was starting to show a few brown winter hairs in it! THAT’S what I’m looking forward to. Brown coats and hard antler.
