I'd like to share a mornings hunt with you on Thursday,Nov.11. I'm hunting in a saddle between 2 big hollows with a large ridge running between them. It started out slow but around 8:30 here came 2 does out of 1 hollow. Probably 5 minutes later I heard a grunt and saw a small 4-pt. coming along the edge of the ridge. Something spooked him and he ran back where he came from. I'm thinking a bigger buck was the culprit because the wind was in my favor. Next thing I hear 1 running across an old logging road and I look and see it is a nice buck going down into the opposite hollow. He goes on and 10 minutes later I hear crashing out the ridge to my right. Grabbing my bow I look up and see a large bodied buck chasing a doe full tilt right at me. They ran right under me to the logging road and on up into the brush. Just 2 minutes later here they came back and the 8-pt. stopped right under me . As I was coming to full draw he took off again after the doe. Things quieted down for a little while and here came a spike buck and checked a scrape 20 yards from me. He then came right by me at 5 yards and I passed on him. After a while here came a doe out on the logging road followed by a bruiser 10 pt. and a real nice 8 pt. In the meantime a smaller buck appeared out in front of me where I saw the first buck. The doe started across a little draw towards me with the big buck in tow. 30 yards from me she cut up into a little brushy patch in front of me. The big 1 followed with the 8 pt. following along . In the meantime another 6 pt. came out and started skirting them and walked right past me. The doe then turned and ran down past me, too far for a shot with the big buck chasing her. They went back to the logging road and up over the hill and on out the ridge. All this finally ended around 12:00. I stayed in stand another hour but nothing else. Drat I had to go back to work but will be off again Tuesday for a week. Guess where I'll be. I'm going to move my stand over to the logging road. Wish me luck on the big 10 pt. I have also seen 2 other big bucks in there earlier.
Topic: Exciting morning (Read 432 times)
