Live from the field 2022 - 2023

[hunting_dad]

Nice job Boogie!

[greenhorndave]

Nothing like bringing it down to the wire lol

Noice!

[brkissl82]

No deer seen tonight, glad my late season clothing system is 90% dialed in. Nothing but straight 25-35moh gusts in my face. I stayed warm. Merry Christmas to everyone tomorrow and good luck to those able to go tommorow ill be back out monday morning.

Wana share that system

Feet heated socks, cabelas inferno boots, bottoms poly base layer, sweat pants and cabelas wooltimate pants, upper body, poly base layer, with stick on hot hands on my kidneys lower back and base of my neck, cabelas merino wool 250wgt quarter zip pull over, cheap amazon down puffy jacket, thin columbia fleece zip up coat, cabelas berber fleece winproof vest and cabelas wooltimate parka, gloves jersery gloves and huntworth with heatboost mittens with hot hands, face 2 slip over facemasks and a stockin hat. Waitin on a heated vest to arrive for less upper body layers but thats my system.

That wooltimate is nice and warm but mine picked up so many burrs and pitted so bad couldnt wear it anymore

[Bowhuntercoop]

Doubled with the longbow tonight. Found 3 shed antlers as well. Solid end to the season for me.

[hunting_dad]

Doubled with the longbow tonight. Found 3 shed antlers as well. Solid end to the season for me.

Congrats! Heck if a way to end the season!

[Lockdown]

Congrats to the killers!!

I never updated yesterday. Things got crazy. Long story but my buddy recovered his buck. It wasn’t a 120-130” ten (again long story) it was my target buck he shot it a couple miles from where I saw him during muzzy. Cold harsh winter plus 10 acres of standing beans equals insanity! It’s got over 20” of splits and trash, main frame 160’s plus the trash it’s a mega giant! And bigger than I thought.

I thought I’d be a little more jealous than I am but I’m not lol. I’m happy for him.

I did see a bunch of does pass by one of my public kill trees that morning. So that was good to see. One smaller buck too.

After that I did a quick speed scout then got called in to work for an hour that messed things up big time. I ran a half hour and did a super quick spot check and that looked terrible. Almost no signs of life.

So I headed back to the previous speed scouted spot. Decided to set up next to the road. Got there and there were already two vehicles there. Went with plan B and felt good about it.



I ended up seeing 11-12 deer all from 15-60 yards. I had a marginal shot on one just under 20 yards but I couldn’t for the life of me decide if it was a doe or a fawn. Then right at last light a big ole granny doe came right down the pipe.

Only problem was they were milling around and she ended up hitting my boot tracks and boogied! I had a couple tiny twigs to clear and that’s how she got me. I was expecting them to be mostly marching from bed to food but that’s not what happened at all. Some were within 50-60 yards for half the night.

Regardless, I don’t really care that she got away, it was just fun being out there and having such an awesome hunt on a brand new piece. I did see one yearling buck… small 8 or 6 pointer.

Saturday is the last day of the season. Hopefully the weather cooperates! I’m not gonna put any pressure on myself to get on a big one… just gonna go deer hunting and have fun with it!

My bank account knows full and well I can’t afford to send another buck to the taxidermist anyway!

[upwind predator]

Congrats killers. Hunted last night on a piece of public, saw 2 fawns. Then at 20 till closing young kid comes hoof thru lookin lost he bout jumped out of his skin when i asked if he shot one lol. He said no he was tryin to get back. Dont think he had a light.

This morning im setup in the sketchiest tree yet right at the edge of bedding. If they come into this bedding area be astounding if it works.

[Moose]

Congrats to the new killers

[brkissl82]

Took a day off of work tomorrow to try and fill my late season bow tag only to realize we have that stupid antlerless holiday hunt

[Dewey]

Took a day off of work tomorrow to try and fill my late season bow tag only to realize we have that stupid antlerless holiday hunt

Drive to a different county.

[Grizzlyadam]

Got out for a few hours this evening, I was in the right spot just didn't see the right buck.

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[justdirtyfun]

Way to stay after them guys!
I opened this thread wondering if it would be any kill stories. Late in the year, but the Beast group are killers.

[brkissl82]

Took a day off of work tomorrow to try and fill my late season bow tag only to realize we have that stupid antlerless holiday hunt

Drive to a different county.

I am.....just been lookin forward to hunting a certain spot

[Stingray713]

Finally found some deer this evening that haven’t been driven underground. A couple family groups of does and youngins which I’m all out of tags for, but it felt great getting to a spot where natural deer movement still exists.

Season ends next Saturday. There’s still hope.

[Grizzlyadam]

I sat the same stand as yesterday. When I got there I bumped a deer about 30 yards back. It didn't run hard and about 45 minutes later is came back to eat some berries. Looked like a button buck. Just at closing time one of the bucks from yesterday showed up again. This time he kept his distance and hung out and watched me get down, pack up, and leave.

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Tomorrow is the last day.