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Offline vermonster13

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Re: Ohio Bound
« Reply #100 on: November 26, 2007, 01:23:00 PM »
As it got lighter out a chorus of shotguns shooting could be heard. The pheasant hunters were back at it and I am sure some folks were sighting in guns for Monday's opener. It was not the best of circumstances to be hunting in as some of the shooting was closer than one might like.

I made it to the bottom of the ridge and took a few pictures that I posted above. Saw my third squirrel of my visit, a black colored fox. He was busy going about his business about 60 yards away. The chickadees were doing their usual flitting about and peeping, if not for all the gun noise it would have been about perfect in the woods.
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Re: Ohio Bound
« Reply #101 on: November 26, 2007, 01:31:00 PM »
I decided to try a little calling since we had only seen bucks in here and no does as of yet. I hit the doe in heat can and then did a string of tending grunts. A deer wheezed at me from upwind in the thick stuff to my left back up the ridge a ways. I waited a while to see what would happen next.
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Re: Ohio Bound
« Reply #102 on: November 26, 2007, 01:38:00 PM »
After nothing showed I decided to work a little towards where I had heard the wheeze from and call a little more. I stalked a bit down the horse trail through the thick stuff and as I went around a small bend caught some antler out of the corner of my eye. The buck was laying in his bed and was going to let me walk right by him it appeared. He was only about twelve yards from me in a thick little hidey hole, but I had a good open shot at his left front quarter. I swung slowly drawing as I kept walking so he wouldn't know I had spotted him and hit full draw.
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Re: Ohio Bound
« Reply #103 on: November 26, 2007, 01:43:00 PM »
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Re: Ohio Bound
« Reply #104 on: November 26, 2007, 01:45:00 PM »
I never released the arrow. Something wasn't right about this buck and upon walking up to him and pulling him onto his side I discovered what.

 

Someone had heart shot him maybe two or three days before and never found him. His body cavity was full of blood. It was a shame that such a deer went to waste but he was the only Ohio deer that I got to draw on this year.

Sorry for the poor ending to three great days of hunting. As a consolation prize I did get to spend a few hours at Hill Country Bows with the owner Roman and his boys. We got to shoot a lot of bows and had a grand ole time. Anthony says hello Killie.
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Re: Ohio Bound
« Reply #105 on: November 26, 2007, 01:51:00 PM »
Doh,thats a shame Dave,it sure sounds like you had a great hunt none the less.
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Re: Ohio Bound
« Reply #106 on: November 26, 2007, 02:01:00 PM »
I don't go with high expectations John. This is only my second year there and the public piece we hunt is pretty high pressured and has been hunted for quite a while before I get there. It's good to see some fellow Trad Gangers and new country. I enjoy every minute of it when I'm there. Kenny has said he is going to see about getting us permission to hunt a couple of the farms around for next year though.
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Re: Ohio Bound
« Reply #107 on: November 26, 2007, 02:12:00 PM »
Here is my question... How in the heck does a deer get heart shot and not found?  That sucks.  sounds like you had a good trip though.
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« Reply #108 on: November 26, 2007, 02:14:00 PM »
It was raining pretty good at times so it must have happened late Wednesday or early Thursday morning. Just about any blood trail would have been washed away in that typhoon.
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Re: Ohio Bound
« Reply #109 on: November 26, 2007, 04:12:00 PM »
Dave, looks like you had fun all in all. I enjoyed your thread.  Thanks for sharing..
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Re: Ohio Bound
« Reply #110 on: November 26, 2007, 04:17:00 PM »
Sorry i could not meet up with you this year.  Got stuck in West virginia for the weekend.  Hopefully I will be able to hunt with you next year.
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« Reply #111 on: November 26, 2007, 04:26:00 PM »
Missed seeing you Steve. Would have loved to get on that other piece of property with you. I may be back before my tag runs out so who knows.
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Re: Ohio Bound
« Reply #112 on: November 26, 2007, 04:32:00 PM »
Glad the experience was worth the while. There's always a next time.
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Re: Ohio Bound
« Reply #113 on: November 26, 2007, 07:22:00 PM »
Sounds like a pretty good hunt Dave, you were with friends, family and into animals, not much more a guy can ask for........  :thumbsup:  


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Re: Ohio Bound
« Reply #114 on: November 26, 2007, 09:57:00 PM »
Well, It was a hoot reading about and that's one more buck than I've seen this year.   :banghead:
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Re: Ohio Bound
« Reply #115 on: November 26, 2007, 10:04:00 PM »
Hey Bryan, the fellow who lives next door to me took a nice 7pt out of one of my ground blinds I told him he could use while I was gone. It was his very first deer period and he got it in the last legal light of the regular season. He's pretty happy. lol
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Re: Ohio Bound
« Reply #116 on: November 27, 2007, 06:59:00 AM »
Nice! You getting out in Dec?
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