Come on BTDT, time to upgrade your camera and to get some more interesting night shots....
https://www.flir.com/products/flir-one-pro-lt/?creative=341970004771&keyword=&matchtype=&network=g&device=c&gclid=CjwKCAiAzanuBRAZEiwA5yf4utLV17QlSCdVMAOGtKFhG3G4eKgD6TZ1q4DWvtyRDY9Hrvn8ZqAMWhoCsHsQAvD_BwE

Congrats Eyes on the fine buck!! 
 
Did an all day sit yesterday and seen 4 bucks. A good one that was too far and not interested in calls. Sat this morning till 11. No bucks seen this morning. Decided to come hunt closer to home this evening. Things are definitely slowing down in my areas. Last week was the best week for sure. Oh well. I am gonna stick to it and hope to catch a buck moving from one hot doe to another.

Best of luck finding him!

eyesandgillz
Come on BTDT, time to upgrade your camera and to get some more interesting night shots....
https://www.flir.com/products/flir-one-pro-lt/?creative=341970004771&keyword=&matchtype=&network=g&device=c&gclid=CjwKCAiAzanuBRAZEiwA5yf4utLV17QlSCdVMAOGtKFhG3G4eKgD6TZ1q4DWvtyRDY9Hrvn8ZqAMWhoCsHsQAvD_BwE

Eyes that's a pretty cool piece of equipment buttttt that price.... wowzer😲!

My phone didn't cost nearly that much which is probably why, my pictures look to be taken through a finger print smudged lense.

Howeverrrrr, if you're at a loss as to what to get me for Christmas. 😛

Here are a few better pictures. He ended up going about 60 yards total. Pretty sure I heard him crash but the invasive honeysuckle is so thick the direction he went, I couldn't see him go down so I waited about an hour before trailing. Even though action typically slows down a bit during the second week of November with some lock down occurring, it just takes a buck to break away from one doe and start harassing another to get things stirring again. Perseverance is the key. It was tough climbing out of bed this morning knowing it was 10 degrees out there. 
 
When I was trailing this buck, I could hear a deer running towards me. A 5 point came blowing past me at probably an arms width away. Not sure if he thought my crunching in the leaves was another deer or not. 
 
Tag was removed for photos. 
 

Great buck DPMS, congrats!  
 
 

Good deal dpms.

Millerdaga welcome.

I agree +1. Dave paints a story worth a thousand pictures.


BTW... by any chance, do you enjoy racing?

Went out this evening still in search of a doe. Snow made for a quiet sneak back to the stand and when I got there a fawn was bedded 50yds out with its back to me. Never spooked and I don't think it ever made me out as I climbed up. At 430 a fat doe came ripping under my stand and stopped 45 yds out shortly followed by a 4pt that stayed out a little further. She turned and started walking back my way, but then went into full on sprint again right underneath the stand for a second time as this little buck tried to run her down. By the amount fresh tracks I saw on the way in, I think this little guy had been running her for a while. Back at it tomorrow afternoon. Good luck to everyone in these last couple days.

BeenThereDoneThat.

mopars0
...yes I was one of those that stayed in bed .... lol

Your turn neighbor. 👍 But hurry...

.lol ... well bud looks like I’m hanging up my bow this old timer can’t take the cold in a stand with a bow... Father Time (. 68 ) is catching me 😜... did 15 sits came up with nothing but had a lot of fun ... so now I’ll try the rifle in a couple weeks with my son and heat in my shanty .Besides if I get lucky I’ll have help dragging it 😜😜🍺👍. Good luck and be safe y’all

Mopars.... wellll OK 🤔 But ya best rest up after firearms (psst late archery; weather permitting... maybe?😛) then ya got til mid April when I get back for a hook-up on Wilhelm. I'll bring the boat. 👍


Til then, good luck in firearms, I'll be watchin for a good story.

Not blown away in the blind — it is still in the basement where I put it before the last windstorm. I’ll pull it out on Black Friday for my retired trooper hunter to use for the Saturday opener.

Nothing to report and nothing remarkable except having plenty of time to think while seeing nothing.

I’ll probably put something together after the archery season is over.

Best of luck to those still keeping on.

BeenThereDoneThat.
Mopars.... wellll OK 🤔 But ya best rest up after firearms (psst late archery; weather permitting... maybe?😛) then ya got til mid April when I get back for a hook-up on Wilhelm. I'll bring the boat. 👍


Til then, good luck in firearms, I'll be watchin for a good story.

sounds like a plan bud .... can’t wait 👍👍🍺

Lots of vacation left to burn at work so I took a half day today after doing my due diligence at the fun factory. The plow I ordered for the 4 wheeler came in late this morning, so I ended up going and picking it up which put me a little behind.

Got setup at 2 in a stand I affectuonatly call "the torture chamber". I'm not sure what it is about it, but it is the most uncomfortable stand I have to sit in for any period of time. Its in a great spot though, which is a small opening amongst a lot of small saplings and multiflora rose. The snow cover made it so I could see much farther than normal, and at 210 I saw 2 doe working toward me from the south. The lead doe played right along and gave me a nice slightly quartering to shot at 17yds at 213. The shot was a little further back than I wanted, so I waited an hour to climb down.

I've gotta say, I've never shot one with snow on the ground. Holy shat what a difference that can make with a blood trail. As I waited in the stand I could actually see the blood start to soak into the snow. Climbed down and checked it out up close. As stated, I hit it back further than wanted, but after seeing the blood trail decided to follow up on it. Found her laying 60yds away, and the old horton explorer claimed another one. One lung, destroyed the liver, and clipped the gut. Feeling quite blessed to have another one in the freezer after a 13 minute hunt.

Good luck to all of you headed out for the last day tomorrow! I have one more doe tag, but will be sleeping in and saving it to hopefully take one with my dads .270 or flintlock.

Good deal CS!

Congrats!