Deer Season 2020-21

[42769vette]

our lovely November weather we’ve had this far are super helpful also.

I got stung by a bee while hunting a few days ago. I completely understand fighting bees the first week of bow, but I have never had to fight them in November.

 

[hereforthecootbash]

Saw 5 this morning in Hendricks county. One walked under me well before shooting light, looked like a doe but so dark I could mainly just see the silhouette and the white of the tail. Passed on a little 6 I’ve been seeing right about sun up. Around 9 had a beautiful 8 chasing a big doe around about 80 yards from me. Never came in close enough for a shot. Hit him with a bleat a few times. He stopped and turned but decided he wasn’t leaving what he had for what might be. Saw a decent 6 about 30 minutes later. He was staying on the same trail the 8 and his lady had been on and moving with a purpose. Climbed down around 10 and just got back up in the stand now.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Question for you guys that are seeing bucks at what seem to be good ranges, are you just waiting for something bigger or? I've only been deer hunting once and that was when I was a kid, so I'm just curious. Back then, if I'd have seen a 6 or 8 pointer within range, I'd have shot for sure (but I was gun hunting, not bow hunting).

 

[Tryin']

Pretty frustrated so far. We literally have does walking around in front of our cameras like they’re looking for bucks. We haven’t had a shooter on camera for two months. Still an excess of corn standing around us which has been dry enough to cut for two months and our lovely November weather we’ve had this far are super helpful also.

Its been a tough year. This was tonight at very last light. Came within 20yds of the blind, but no shot to be had. A few miles from your house, actually.

 

[42769vette]

Question for you guys that are seeing bucks at what seem to be good ranges, are you just waiting for something bigger or? I've only been deer hunting once and that was when I was a kid, so I'm just curious. Back then, if I'd have seen a 6 or 8 pointer within range, I'd have shot for sure (but I was gun hunting, not bow hunting).

Every hunter is different, and right all at the same time. I pass a ton of young bucks because I spend a ton of time on stand, I dont mind not filling my tag, and I like to see them grow up. That is "right" for me.

Some guys kill the first thing they see. Maybe they haven't killed much, or only hunt once a year. That is "right" for them.

The only time hunting becomes wrong is when folks complain to hunters like me "can't eat horns, etc" or folks that hunt like me say "should have let him grow a year"

 

[42769vette]

Also, I can say for a fact, I've passed bucks that are bigger than anything I've ever killed (my biggest scored 145 when I was 15). That may seem stupid to some, but this year I have the honor of hunting a 7 1/2 year old stud, that was 150 inch as a 4 year old when he bedded 50 yds from me in gun season. Its very likely I never kill this buck the buck in question. But for me, you don't know until you let them grow. If I dont kill him, or someone else does, thats fine. To me the hunt is about the experience, the kill has very little to do with it. Tracking this guy as he matured has been the hunting experience of my life.

 

[ndawoods25]

Wow what a day. Sat all day. I saw 6 bucks. I took my nephew. told him he had a shooter coming in. He took a nice 125" 9 pointer. They are moving. All bucks walking in woods ainsley if ur not in the woods. Get there

 

[ndawoods25]

Wed Wow what a day. Sat all day. I saw 6 bucks. I took my nephew. told him he had a shooter coming in. He took a nice 125" 9 pointer. They are moving. All bucks walking in woods ainsley if ur not in the woods. Get there

 

[ndawoods25]

Question for you guys that are seeing bucks at what seem to be good ranges, are you just waiting for something bigger or? I've only been deer hunting once and that was when I was a kid, so I'm just curious. Back then, if I'd have seen a 6 or 8 pointer within range, I'd have shot for sure (but I was gun hunting, not bow hunting).

I am a rack hunter. Outside tgecears are my good idea. does are my meat

 

[phylodog]

To me the hunt is about the experience, the kill has very little to do with it. Tracking this guy as he matured has been the hunting experience of my life.

Same here. I value the hunt 10 fold over the kill. I’m only in it for big bucks (most of the time) because it allows me to spend a lot of time in the woods. If I get one that’s great. A lot of hard work came together, if I don’t I still get hours and hours and hours on stand.

 

[sugarcreekbrass]

I was able to get a mid 130s 10 pt tonight. I saw a small 8 walking in. The one I shot was at 4:50 as he was cruising through. After finding him and getting ready to walk out a deer blew in the tree field behind me. It was a booner bouncing away. In the past I have usually seen the most buck activity around the 10th-12th. I didn't get to hunt yesterday but it seems like the pattern continues. The next couple of days should be really good.

 

[76caprice]

Congrats to all! I get to got out later today!

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Thanks for the explanations guys! If I had freezer space I'd likely be a meat hunter, but I do understand the allure of getting a trophy sized buck too. And I definitely understand about just being out in the woods, no matter the results and can relate to that.

 

[ndawoods25]

Question for you guys that are seeing bucks at what seem to be good ranges, are you just waiting for something bigger or? I've only been deer hunting once and that was when I was a kid, so I'm just curious. Back then, if I'd have seen a 6 or 8 pointer within range, I'd have shot for sure (but I was gun hunting, not bow hunting).

Comes to bucks I'm a trophy hunter. General guidelines, outside the ears. I do draw hunts for my meat. I harvest 3-5 deer a year. I pass about 10-15 bucks a year. sometimes dont fill my buck tag. I'm fine with that. I'd guess I'm in the woods about 40 days through the season

 

[42769vette]

Comes to bucks I'm a trophy hunter. General guidelines, outside the ears. I do draw hunts for my meat. I harvest 3-5 deer a year. I pass about 10-15 bucks a year. sometimes dont fill my buck tag. I'm fine with that. I'd guess I'm in the woods about 40 days through the season

I haven't filled a buck tag since 2015. I wait until the last half of muzzleloader season, and take a few does, and call it a day. This year I did kill a doe in October, just be cause we discovered a new jerky recipe we wanted to try, and I hadn't taken a bow deer in about 8 years.

 

[jagee]

Depends on the situation for me. I have killed small spike bucks, but I've also passed on them as well. Each year is different for me and my availability to get in the woods. Last year I only had 1 weekend (2 days) so I killed what I saw for the meat. This year I'm going to a completely different property that I've never been to with a friend - so I'll follow his rules if there are any. If he tells me to shoot whatever I see, I'll likely kill the first thing I see because my availability only gives me 2 Saturdays to hunt this year.

 

[yetti462]

Just missed a 10, 2020 can kiss my a$$.

 

[sp3worker]

Another dead morning for me. This stand just isn't producing like it was in early season. In fact a lot of our stands don't seem to be.

 

[avboiler11]

Just missed a 10, 2020 can kiss my a$$.

I missed a nice 8 a couple weeks ago, so I can relate

 

[sugarcreekbrass]

Here is the one I got last night.