Congrats on the doe bighead.

WCW thank you , greatly appreciated and right back at ya. Great picture, that might not be a rack for the wall but being so different makes it awesome, I'd have no problem sending him a invite to dinner via 'arromail' Rain has stopped and it's going to be a great day for still hunting so gotta grab my compact, put on some makeup and go see what I can find in the woods.   Or field. Much luck to all.

............... Stupid deer!      But the afternoon was not a total loss as I found a new bedding area of several deer and had they not seen me coming, I might have got a shot at one of them.
 
 
 
Also learned a new way to make my own camouflage clothing so now I will only need to wear a dark pair of cotton pants and a dark cotton shirt then run through the "Burr" weeds three or four times,  "VOILA".......! instant camo!  Hand wash cold water; line dry only.
 
Weather dude calling for frost overnight and into the morning again so I think I'm going to give it a go before first light,  I'm thinking (hoping) that I may have disrupted the routine of those deer and I'm 'most sure I saw antlers going into the woods.  So with any luck at all, the deer will be looking for a new place to bed down in the morning and maybe it will be near my deer stand. Now all I need do is just figure out which stand that might be.
 
Frosty nights and a full moon is coming, it's gonna get interesting..........
 
 
Stay tuned.
 
 
Luck to yinz all.
 
 
PS. Picture of my new camo pattern (patent pending)     
 
                                                                  

Nice cool day yesterday so I slipped out in the afternoon. Climbed into the stand at 3:30 and just as I got my bow to the top of the stand and grabbed it I looked up to see a decent buck 25 yds out coming straight at me. That lasted only a split second because he saw me at the same time, turned quickly into the multifloral rose and was gone. Stayed till 7, but saw no other deer.

Was back at it this morning with the day off. Was a balmy 34 degrees when I hit the stand before sunup. Decided to stand up and stretch my legs around 8:30. Shortly after I see a nice doe come into the old logging path my stand is on followed by 2...3...6 doe in all. Watching them about 30 yds out I see 2 more come out about 60 yds away. Its on. Doe #1 starts working her way toward me while the others feed on acorns on the path. At 22 yds she turns broadside and I let the bolt fly. The NAP kill zone connects and they all take off like a shot. Found her piled up after a 70 yd tracking job. Turned out to be a great morning. Big thanks to my buddy Josh for the help getting her all skinned and quarters out quickly. Tenderloin dinner tonight!

Nice shot. Text book. Nice big burger doe. Congrats

Nice one Crappie ... good deal !!! Congrats ... in my stand right now but pretty slow .... as you can tell cause I'm on here ....lol

Nice job......that will dent your freezer
 

Thanks guys. Nice to have some fresh meat in the freezer. Couple cold ones by the fire tonight with some friends and I'm sleeping in tomorrow. Then its time to chase the horned ones. Good luck to those heading out in the am.

Nice Crappie...went out myself this evening on OTHER property jus wanted 2 get out.
Checked cams which was main reason to go out and sat last hour and half...had 3 large gobblers and group of 8-9 hens feed around me for hour and saw lil 8pt pushing doe and 4 youngins around...gud 4 da soul...camera cards had this on it going to have to go back over there again!
Trying to hold off on stands here at home until end of Oct but everything is ahead of schedule lots of fields harvested here earlier than I can remember it happening last 10 years guess the dry weather has corn and beans dried out...the fever is setting in   --WCW
 

Congratulations Crappie_Slayer and a great story too.  I must apologize...  ummm, what time did you say dinner was?      I woke up yesterday with my eyes feeling like two golf balls just whacked out of a sand trap.   Guess running through "Burr" weeds and standing in the Goldenrod, hiding from deer the night before, wasn't such a good idea.  Had a exciting afternoon hanging around in my yard sitting in my tree yesterday.  Almost 6:00 PM straight-up and a doe pops from the treeline walking into the bean field and I assumed it's the same deer I've been seeing.  Shortly past 6:00 a second doe appears on the edge of the field, looking like a twin of the first, and of course both deer are 100+ yds. to my south.  Watched for a bit then the second doe  takes three giant steps to the west and up pops four more deer which in itself, was very exciting for me to see. Of course deer being deer; all six screwed around like they have all day or something and daylight was burning, but being the patient type of guy I am, I decided to hang around a bit longer. Well the sun was set when four of the critters turned and started walking toward me and they weren't wasting time so it was bow in hand, nock arrow [note to self; pointy end out], affix release [note to self; close jaws] and wait.    I have a marker at 20 yds. and 30 yds. and I didn't want to be seen drawing the bow so I stood ready well before they approached the outer mark and they kept a comin'.    Thirty yard pin now on the lead deer that's just steps from the marker when she turned broadside  aaaand....  went into the woods, followed by the other three. All was not a loss, there is a trail 20 yds to my east and I have a lane leading right to the trail and sure enough, here comes the lead doe.  Taking her time of course, which was to my advantage because it will give me time to re-draw, when her head gets behind a Cherry Tree, just before she steps into the lane.  Just as her head disappears, I draw, annnnnd.... she stops behind the tree.  Yes, I remained full draw and she remained behind the tree with only her head beyond and daylight is going fast when she takes one baby step giving me a shot, just behind the shoulder.  Except it's much darker in the woods and while I could see my sight pin, I couldn't find the spot (aim small; shoot small) I wanted to see  on my target nor was I sure, she was far enough into a clear lane..  A few seconds later, I let the bow down and the deer walked into my field which is to my north but there was only three and I'm not knowing what became of the fourth. What really is exciting, seeing a clan having a matriarch, 2.5 yr. old and, two 1.5yr old deer which may even consist of, additional members.  Plus the gooder part, I got to pull and hold full draw on a legal shooter and it's been 8+ years since I Been There Done That.  What a rush!  I was so excited, I had no problem getting out of bed "before sunrise" and getting back in my stand this morning and I did see deer, but tooo far into the woods. Stupid deer!!  [note to self; wear boots, not slippers this afternoon]