Home Grown Hunting Equipment for 2006/07 (UPDATE - Nov. 5th, 2006)

[just_a_hunter]

I'm still bearin' with ya for sure. Keep on friend!!

Todd

[Bowspirit]

Osagetree,
 
 I'm still praying you get your deer this year. Besides, the seasons far from over...  

[blacktailchaser]

BOY,i hope this works out for you.cant wait to see the end result in this.john

[Shaun]

Was just thinking about this tread and here it is back up top. Keep after em OTree and know we are rooting for you.

[Osagetree]

Update:

Saturday morning at 8:00am, I hunted out of my Lone Wolf Climber in another area. I had a doe and fawn coming in and as I was trying to stand and ready for a shot, another doe was coming in behind me and busted me moving. She blew, then the other doe started blowing and the gig was up.
I sat there until 10:40 and a doe came by at about 35 yrds with a spike trailing her. She was moving on and I thought he acts like he is chasing her like a hot doe. Just then, another spike came along the same trail keeping the same fast pace to its walk. I thought no way,,, it's too early for the rut!
I sat there another ten minutes before I heard a faint grunt,,, I thought I was imagining things but, sure enough,,, here comes a fork horn just a getting it. Had his nose to the ground jsut like he was trailing a hot doe.
I told my buddy about this and he stated someone else told him close to the same thing...

WHAT'S UP WITH THAT????   :confused:  

Later, I saw the doe and fawn again but they were out of my range.

I left about 12:00noon and returned at 4:00pm for the evening hunt. I saw nothing, but a big owl swoop past right at dusk. I thought he may have been after my snake skin but trealized something was not right and pulled off his attack at the last minute. Funny how you can not hear them owls when they fly by! Silent fletching, but illegal!

This morning the wife hunted with me and we did not see a thing. We sat for five hours! The wife was tickled as a small bird landed on her arrow as she sat in her tree in full camo. She has told me the story three times today!

One good thing,,, we stopped at a friends house to see if his hunting had been any better and he tells me the guy next door just dozed a haul road to the an old gas well and he had up rooted a small osage tree. My friend said "I got out my buck saw because I thought you might come by. Lets go get it if you want it." The tree was not a real good specimen, but I could not tell him as he was so excited he found me some osage!

The three on the floor are the ones I got today
 

Hang in there with me TRADGANG & Thanks for your support!

Picture from the tree, for the Gang
 

[Shaun]

Good hunting and way to keep after your deer. Nice that the wife was out too. Bird on the arrow is the kind of thing that keeps us going. Enjoy your time afield.

[Tom Leemans]

Hee hee Boss stops by my shop Friday and asks if I'm  still  looking for osage. I laugh because he don't know we never  stop  looking for osage.

[4runr]

Hey Joe, glad to see you're still gittin after it.
Looks like that puppy is growin.
Some work changes have kept me from even gettin out yet. Plus the fact that I can't hit what I'm aimin at yet. I'm not goin back to the wheelie, so I just have to keep practicin.
Good luck Bud!!

[Curtiss Cardinal]

This has been an outstanding thread. I haven't been able to interupt and say anything until now. My comment has to do with the small bucks following the doe as if she was in heat. As I understand it the most mature yet still in breeding age does come into phase about now. What we think of as "The Rut" is just when the majority of does come into phase. Does that have not been bred will come into phase again in about 30 days. The youngest does will sexually mature and come into phase last. generally 30 days after the peak time. If most of the does in your area are mature your peak could be early and if most does are yearling/2.5 year olds it could be late. There are also envoronmental factors that can effect "the Rut." I once hunted in Morthern Ontario in early November. It should have been the peak of "The Rut" but a warm front sent the temperatures into the 80s and it shut the deer movement and breeding activity down. The deer had their Winter coats and the Summer like weather just made them lay around in thick cover and shade and pant. They also became completely nocturnal, not from hunting pressure but; because it was the only time when the temps were comfortable enough to move and feed. So "The Rut" is not as dependable as we hunters think it is.

[DarkeGreen]

With all the hard work put in you deserve for something good to happen. Major mojo has got to be coming your way! Good luck!

[Osagetree]

C2,,, thanks for the insight on the rut.

Darkegreen, I sure hope your right!

Tom, well,,,, did you go get the osage?

Kenny,, don't work to hard we got to set our priorities you know,,, God, Family, Country, Hunting then work!

Shaun, I created a hunting monster when I got my wife to start hunting a few years back. Today, it's 81 degrees outside and when I got home from work at 4:00pm. She didn't have dinner ready,,,she had the hunting gear ready to go.

I told her she could set in the stand and I would still hunt around and try to push something her way. To make a long story short I jumped 5 does within the first couple hundred yards. Took a shot at a running rabbit and missed badly.

The best thing about this evening was as I slipped though a small path with honey suckle and greenbriers thick on both sides, I came face to face with a nice little eight pointer. We had a mexican stand off for about 2 minutes before he turned and hauled *&^%#! He didn't go far. I don't think he really knew what I was, because he slipped around and down wind of me. I could barley make him out through the sceen of greenbries and small saplings before he took off again.

Just across the creek from where this event took place, I have two stands that were hung last season. So, since I was there I went to see what sign was around these stands. Glad I went to look. I'll be in one of these stands next time I hunt.

Talk about incentive!    
   

[Patience]

Osagetree,

Can't say anything that hasn't already been said. Amazing    . You really should take this whole thread and turn it into a book.  

[Tom Leemans]

He stopped back by yesterday to say he didn't get any cutting done over the weekend but I did tell him what to look for and how I'd like it cut. Geez, he's gonna cut it for me!

[4runr]

Can't let this get too far back for O'tree!!!

[Osagetree]

Thanks 4runr, good to hear from you. How's the job coming?

Last weekend I saw a total of eight deer and one was a decent buck. None of them within my shooting range though.
I also saw a coyote and called him in to within 25 yards, but could not shoot due to him hiding in the honeysuckle. He hung up there and I did not call anymore as he was scoping hard for the sounds I had been making. He turned and went back the way he came,,, I was sure he'd step out for a shot, but he never did.

Off work the next three days and will be hunting most of the time. I'll shoot some pics if nothing else!

[the Ferret]

Joe a coyote at 25 yards is a pipe dream, he'll be long gone by the time your arrow gets there LOL

Good luck this weekend. Saw a big 10 out cruising yesterday morning. Unfortunately I was driving at the time.

[Osagetree]

Yes,,, your'e probably right! I shot at a red Squirrel the other day at 25 yrds and he jumped from the ground to a tree trunk during the flight of the arrow.
It's hard to lead something if it's standing still upon release.    

Dang the rain this morning!  :mad:

[leftbow]

Good stuff.

[Osagetree]

Well, I thought I might have a little better luck today since it is my 42 birthday, but no such luck.

This morning around 9:15am, I spot a small spike coming down the trail to my right. He was walking at the edge of a steep drop off just above a small creek or what I call a wash as it only has water in it after a good rain. This little buck was intently looking accross the wash as if he was watching something on the other side of the hollow. I was going to wait, but he gave me a good broadside shot through an opening in the leaves and trees, about 30yrds away which is really pushing my range limit.

The shot felt right, so I released. The arrow whizzed just under his chest and just behind the front legs. A good clean miss.

I saw the arrow fly over the drop off and thought to myself, that one is gone for sure! As the little buck high tailed it back the way he had come, two dogs came accross the wash/creek and up the hill and were hot after the running deer.He must have seen the dogs and was standing still motionless hoping the dogs he saw would move on so he could continue on his cautious way.

An hour or so later I went to find the arrow. Just as I was going to give it up. I turned to leave and saw the arrow sticking out of the dirt just on the other side of the wash, so I snapped this picture.
 

[the Ferret]

Happy Birthday Joe? 42? What a pup!

Ever notice you find most arrows just after you've decided to quit looking?