My nephew Dave was supposed to join me this weekend but he came down with some stomach troubles. Hope that he's ok. Joan was planning to stay home on Christmas prep but she got drafted to come along. It's a good thing as she assisted on the recovery of my buck.
Saturday was miserable - high winds and rain squalls. I didn't see a thing. Sunday cooled off and calmed down. I saw several does while still hunting. I also saw several candidates for poop of the week. They were fresh and it seemed like taunting to me.
They have a surprising array of food options still available. Lots of acorns on the ground.
Brassica plots still look great.
Clover plots are still in amazing shape.
I tried not to just sit on stand.
But I've never had any success on whitetails from the ground.
With 30 minutes of light left, the 7 point that I'd been seeing all year stepped out. I shot him with the 45-70 at about 100 yards. He made it about 50 yards into the woods. Easy blood tracking. I marked him by putting my shooting sticks in a teepee over him and then went to get the tractor.
Of course, when I came back to find him in the dark, he was no where to be found. I was walking around with my head lamp and a small flashlight and just could not find him. Eventually I had to call Joan to bring out bigger flashlights and I followed the blood trail again. Don't know how I could have missed him. Must have walked by 10 times.
He's a reasonable buck that I would have preferred to give another year. I had several other target bucks but time was running out.
We've been seeing a ton of bluejays. They must be migrating in flocks.
This is the camera on the gut pile and carcass from Eric's buck. It never caught anything other than crows but only the hooves are left. I had retired that camera for a reason.
It's not like there aren't creatures around who would like to feast on such a bounty.
Already seeing some one-sided bucks.
The bobcat was everywhere this week.
Another season done and at least I won't have tag soup this year.
This is the camera on the gut pile and carcass from Eric's buck. It never caught anything other than crows but only the hooves are left. I had retired that camera for a reason.
It's not like there aren't creatures around who would like to feast on such a bounty.
Already seeing some one-sided bucks.
The bobcat was everywhere this week.
Another season done and at least I won't have tag soup this year.
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