Miss HOPE and FAITH from Black River

[59Alaskan]

Only had a doe and small buck come through tonight.  It’s surely not a normal November in Ohio.  62 today and will be over 70 tomorrow!  I think it’s affecting deer movement

I had a couple close encounters the last two mornings. I saw a new buck yesterday that is a stud 8pt. I “Hope” I get a crack at him at some point! Still in the blind with about another hour left before I have to go get ready for church.

I’m going to be out of pocket for most of this week, but Hope and I will be back in the woods by the weekend!

Bisch

[mangonboat]

Nice job, Bisch!  

What’s up with Faith up north?

It’s gonna be a couple more days till I get to hunt again with Hope!

Bisch

[59Alaskan]

Hey Bisch!  She’s been out a bit.  I have 5 days of hunting lined up 11/18 -11/22.  It hit 26 degrees last night and we have a dusting of snow here this AM.  If i can I will get her out sooner as it’s gonna get good here!  For now, it’s practice practice practice.  This bow is SWEET!

[deerhunter_w]

Congrats to everyone. These bows are shooters. I got my hands on hope when dalton had it.

Jeff

I have 3 big does in front of me now! It’s supposed to be rut time, so I’m holding off for now.

It’s taking every ounce of will power I have to hold off though!!!!
When it comes to shooting critters with my longbow, I have little restraint!                      

Bisch

It won’t be too much longer before my time is up with Hope.

Danny Red, if you are keeping up with this thread, please PM me with your address,so I can send Hope to you at the end of the month.

Bisch

[CRM_95]

Faith made it to east Texas today!! She's already shooting good for me, and Will makes an awesome bow. She's quiet and quick, and just beautiful craftsmanship. Be forewarned, hunting has been incredibly slow in my neck of the woods. With that said I'm persistent so she's gonna see a lot of tree time regardless. I have a week off coming up pretty soon and have a little public land camping/hunting trip planned. I'll keep y'all posted!! Oh, my first 3 shots at 12 yards the feathers were touching. I'll post some pics later on.

Good luck with Faith Ryan!!!!

Well, it’s near the end of the 4th qtr for me with Hope. I got just a couple more days to try to make something else happen, then she will also be headed to east TX.

I’ve been seeing a lot of deer, but have not connected on anything else yet!

Bisch

[CRM_95]

Faith and I will be headed out in a couple hours for our first hunt. The antlerless season for the county I live in ends tomorrow, and I've already used my buck tag here...so it would be awesome if I could see a doe this afternoon. Won't get to hunt tomorrow because of church so this is my last shot here at my lease. But I can still kill a buck in the county that borders mine, and I have a pretty good late season public land spot over there, so all is not lost no matter how this afternoon goes. I'll post some pics and an update when I get home.

A double up; Hope and Faith on the same day, sure would be cool! Let’s see if we can make it happen!

Good luck Ryan!

Bisch

[CRM_95]

No luck on my end!! Had a good afternoon in the woods but not much moving. I only heard one rifle shot all evening and that's odd for around here. This is the old ladder stand we were in.
 
 
And the view from the stand. This is normally a pretty good spot. Lots of sign but nothing came through today.
 
I'll be back at it next weekend!!

[CRM_95]

Holy huge pics!! Sorry guys not sure how that happened lol.

Hope is on her way to east TX!

Have fun with her Danny!

Bisch

[CRM_95]

Faith and I will be back at it tomorrow. The counties around where I live are mostly antler restriction counties, with relatively short doe seasons. In my county I can kill 2 bucks and 2 does. 1 buck has to have an inside spread of 13'' or greater, and the other has to be a spike or have at least 1 unbranched antler.

I've already used my big buck tag here, and doe season closed Thanksgiving weekend. So all I can shoot here is a spike or pigs. I can go to the next county over though and kill a big buck on public land still.

That was my plan for this weekend, but my son wants to hunt and hasn't killed a buck here yet in our county, so I'm going to our lease with him tomorrow. I have had a spike or 2 on camera and the pigs are showing back up, so we'll see what happens. If I see a spike or pig they're gonna be in trouble!!

After that I work a week and then start a week of vacation, and while I'm off I'm hoping to be able to camp and hunt quite a bit in the next county over with Faith and possibly connect on a buck there. It is however public land and gets hunted pretty hard. I'll update tomorrow and post some pics from the hunts!!

Good luck Ryan!

Bisch

[CRM_95]

Another day hunting with Faith today. This morning I set up in a ladder stand where the hogs have been coming in fairly regularly. I heard some but they never showed up. You can see where they've been rooting around a little in here on my corn.
 
This evening I set up in a somewhat random spot, because I'm limited on what I can shoot here anyway and I wanted to test out this new climber on familiar ground before I start hunting public land with it. Climbed up in a pine with a pretty good trail out front and on my right side, which is perfect since I'm a lefty. Wind was a little finicky and about 5:00 I heard a doe blowing downwind of me, so I guess she caught my scent. Nothing else ever showed, but any day in the woods is a good day in my book. And I think this new climber is gonna work out just fine, so that's a plus.
 
 
I start a weeks vacation when I get off Friday, so I'll be back in the woods then!! It's been a slow, tough season for me but I'm persistent.

[yleecoyote23]

Sounds like a fun weekend Ryan....even not getting one, it is a privilege just being out there...

[huntingarcher]

I am thinking Hope is taking the long way around Tx.Bisch put her in the mail on the 28th of Nov.She made it to N.Houston and now seems to have gone awol.Keeping my fingers crossed she finds her way.

I am only 350 miles from Bisch,its been 8 days.Sent Priority Mail USPS,Just sad!My post office says its still on the way.