solocamcan

This is a question to those who have taken a Pope and Young or Boone and Crocket buck....Did you kill this deer hunting a funnel? A bedding area? A field edge? Random tree in the middle of the timber? Also want to know if it was morning, midday, or evening? And what month?

I shot a 130 and change last year hunting a field edge during the peak of the rut here in Illinois (Nov) at about 8am.

I am just curious to see if there is a common place, time, and whatever to harvesting these giants.

Please, no stories about smaller than P&Y. This is my generic attempt at "scientific data". .

kateraxl2381

I killed my Pope&Young buck on Christmas day 3 years ago and we were hunting a bedding area, and he got up around 9 and walked directly under my tree following a small doe..He grossed 170 and netted 150..biggest deer to date thus far.

kickin_buck

I only paid to have 1 entered into the books (first one), but have 5 total that would net P&Y, no B&C.

1. Funnel, within 30 mins of first light, 2nd week of Nov, chasing does (multiple) (137 4/8") 2002
2. Bedding, within first 30 mins of first light, 3rd week of Nov, by himself (164 2/8") 2004
3. Field Edge (cut corn), 4ish pm, 3rd week of Nov, chasing a doe (147 6/8) 2007
4. Funnel, within 30 mins of first light, 2nd week of Oct, by himself (126 2/8) 2008
5. Funnel (same stand as 4), 4ish pm, 2nd week of Nov, chasing a doe (141 7/8) 2008

IL-Cornfed

P&Y class bucks

1.) Dec 10, evening, set up near field edge where a number of Does were fedding, the buck showed up just before dark.

2.) Nov 17, mid day, set up near field edge where low spot in the field funnels deer movement to a large draw that leads into the bottom. The buck showed up before 2:00

3.) Nov 15, morning, buck showed up with nose to the ground, moving just off a smal foodplot.

4.) Nov 9, evening, set up 50 yards off a standing cornfield near a very thick bottleneck that connects a bedding area. Buck showed up right at dark

5.) Nov 6, evening, set up on a small finger of timber that juts out into a large alfalfa plot. Buck showed up near dark and responded to calling.

6.) Nov 3, morning, buck was moving along a large draw heading toward foodplot

7.) Oct 29, mid day, buck was spotted bedded in a small draw about 75 yards off a picked cornfield. Stalked down fencline and made good on a 27 yard shot op as the buck remained bedded.

8.) Oct 26, evening, buck was taken running a scrape line

9.) Oct 25, morning, buck was checking scrapes and a couple grunts brougt him close enough.

solocamcan

kickinbuck and IL-cornfed....GREAT stuff, and I am SOOOOoo jealous. lol

solocamcan

So far we have 16 P&Y deer...most coming in Nov. (no surprise) 4 in late Oct. and 2 in Dec. Funnels seem to produce the best so far in this, and am/pm is about 50/50.

Great stuff guys....I hope we get more info, I believe there are people here that will learn a thing or two from this post, especially the newer hunters.

bigtim6656

wow some of you guys are getting alot of trophy deer.

2 Lunger

Nov. 19th in a funnel between bedding areas. Had a doe with him and was chasing 2 small buck off. 151 3/8. Shot at 10:57 am.

Buck in my avatar. Shot on Nov. 8th on a rub line on an inside corner coming from bedding to feeding. Last 10 min. of light. 139 1/8.

DVXDUDE

my dad shot a 163" net booner last year during the shotgun hunt. He was trailing a 8 point my brother wounded a few hours eariler. My dad was standing in a meddow following blood when he heard a noise and looked and seen a doe burst out of the bush, he put the gun on her when he heard more noise, looked back where she came from and out walked a gaint with his head down and grunting every couple of steps. Dropped him at 50 yards, it was about 11:30am on the second day of the hunt. Rut was at its peak then. Biggest deer we've ever seen let alone shot.

BuckI380

Shot a 162 1/8 Ohio buck four years back with my crossbow. Funnel, early morning, november 11th.