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Author Topic: 2018 Stickboys Ohio Public Land Buck  (Read 8065 times)

Offline joe vt

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Re: 2018 Stickboys Ohio Public Land Buck
« Reply #20 on: November 16, 2018, 05:30:58 PM »
Oh my goodness!!!
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Re: 2018 Stickboys Ohio Public Land Buck
« Reply #21 on: November 16, 2018, 08:39:48 PM »
Needless to say, I was pretty bummed. That was the first good buck that I've lost a chance at due to the camera, I bet he probably wont be the last, but it definitely hurt.

I beat myself up the whole way back to the truck, but knew it was still early, and I knew the best hunting should be in front of me.

The next day is when the people really got annoying. I went back to that same funnel the next morning. After seeing several deer all keying on one part of the funnel I made the move over there. I saw several more deer, and several people. I can handle people, It's public land, they have as much right to it as I do but these guys were just obnoxious. Walking in an hour after daylight, walking right under you, literally following you in, you name it. Come to find out it was the same guys we saw last year, they knew we killed some good deer in there last year and were looking for our spots as they were hunting the whole week after we left.

Even so the funnel still worked, right at dark a pretty good buck came through but he never came close and was on a mission.
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Re: 2018 Stickboys Ohio Public Land Buck
« Reply #22 on: November 16, 2018, 08:44:26 PM »
Against my better judgement I went back to the same funnel the next morning. Even with the people I had saw some good deer movement and I knew what the deer were doing in there.

Right at daybreak, I thought i had made the right move. A deer came bouncing across the ditches below me. I could see his white face and massive rack clearly from around 75 yards away. He never came near me, and was clearly getting away from something. He was easily the biggest deer I've ever seen in the woods. Look in the middle of this picture and you can vaguely make his rack out.
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Re: 2018 Stickboys Ohio Public Land Buck
« Reply #23 on: November 16, 2018, 08:45:48 PM »
Look directly in the middle of the pic.

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Re: 2018 Stickboys Ohio Public Land Buck
« Reply #24 on: November 16, 2018, 08:56:50 PM »
Shortly after that deer trotted out of my life I heard something else coming, you guessed it, those same guys. They had busted him out of a thicket, a thicket that 3 of us were hunting. As they walked by I decided to be nice and threw my hand up with a nod. The guy looked right at me, shot me a "go to heck" look and turned right, no wave, nod, or anything.

I was fuming, the guy could have at least threw his hand up.

After that debacle I decided that was all I could handle of that crew. I slid down the tree and headed out. Ethan and Aaron had both also been messed up, and were equally as aggravated with our stalkers.

After a couple cheeseburgers at a local gas station, we were back on the hunt.

This was the last evening, and our hopes were all but shot. Ethan decided to go sit back where my dad had hunted the whole time, after all he had seen a shooter multiple times with no shot. Aaron and I decided we would go back in the vicinity of where I shot my buck last year.

Aaron's dad had been hunting the area, and on his way out that morning he had seen several deer including two good bucks on the next ridge over from where he had been hunting. We said what the heck, and gave it a go. 
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Re: 2018 Stickboys Ohio Public Land Buck
« Reply #25 on: November 16, 2018, 09:04:15 PM »
That ridge was tore up. The deer had clearly felt the pressure from Brad and just picked up and moved one ridge over. There were several scrapes and rubs and before long Aaron picked out a great looking bench on the leeward side of the ridge. I gave him a fist-bump and headed on out the hill.

As I went on out there the sign got less and less frequent. It seemed I had walked past all the deer, but I had to in order not to be all over Aaron. Reluctantly I picked a small White Oak and scurried up the tree. Zero confidence would have been an improvement but being perched in the sun, comfortable I was content to just sit and reflect on the fun we had had.

That's when Aaron texted and said he had just let a basket 8 go, and that Ethan was watching two 130s run the same doe. I perked up and told Aaron I was going to hit that dumb can call and see if I could get that 8 under me.

I followed the bleat with a couple grunts, then went back to daydreaming. It wasnt two minutes and I heard the unmistakable footsteps of a deer in the crisp November leaves. It also had that monotonous, continuous gate of a cruising buck, at the same time I look up to see a rack coming over the hill, heading directly for me.
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Re: 2018 Stickboys Ohio Public Land Buck
« Reply #26 on: November 16, 2018, 09:10:27 PM »
He was closing the distance fast and I barely had time to get the camera on, pointed in the right direction and back on the string before he walked into my shooting hole, at a mere 6 steps from the base of my tree.

I hit full draw as I made a noise to stop him, he obliged but had no clue where the noise came from, I never gave him a chance to figure it out. The string dropped on that #42 Omega Native and the lighted nock proved the hit to be nearly perfect. The arrow blew through the heavy buck and he stormed off, I never even had a chance to get nervous.

He made it about 30 yards and stood for a few seconds, as his back-end got heavy he jumped down the hill another 40 yards or so and the awfullest crashing, thrashing, and commotion you've ever heard ensued. The buck was mine.

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Re: 2018 Stickboys Ohio Public Land Buck
« Reply #27 on: November 16, 2018, 09:11:27 PM »
Screenshot of arrow impact

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Re: 2018 Stickboys Ohio Public Land Buck
« Reply #28 on: November 16, 2018, 09:15:15 PM »
That's when the shakes started. After I settled down a bit and gave Aaron and Ethan a bingo text I eased down the tree.

I was surprised (hadn't seen the footage yet) to find some gut material on my arrow, I started second-guessing my shot, but the giant splatters of pink frothy, bubbly blood erased any doubt. The trail was profuse, short, and easy to follow. It didn't take long to find him, and I could literally smell his nasty hocks from 30 yards away.
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Re: 2018 Stickboys Ohio Public Land Buck
« Reply #29 on: November 16, 2018, 09:16:37 PM »
The buck as I found him.

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Re: 2018 Stickboys Ohio Public Land Buck
« Reply #30 on: November 16, 2018, 09:18:45 PM »
I snapped some pics once I got him tagged.

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Re: 2018 Stickboys Ohio Public Land Buck
« Reply #31 on: November 16, 2018, 09:23:22 PM »
Group shot

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Re: 2018 Stickboys Ohio Public Land Buck
« Reply #32 on: November 16, 2018, 09:26:08 PM »
After doing an exit interview and some follow up B roll it was getting dark. I was one happy bowhunter.

Overall it was a great "Rutcation." We encountered a ton of adversity but ultimately fought through it. There were a lot of lessons learned and we will be better hunters and men because of it. I filmed Ethan the next day to no avail, and Aaron also went down swinging with a tag still in his pocket.

Ohio never disappoints and I am already dreaming of where I'll sit first next November. I hope you enjoyed the tale, and I apologize for being long-winded.

Good luck the rest of this fall!!

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Re: 2018 Stickboys Ohio Public Land Buck
« Reply #33 on: November 16, 2018, 09:29:23 PM »
P.S, the footage turned out great on two different angles, hopefully I can get that put together before long! Keep a check on our YouTube channel, "The Stickboys" to see it.

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Re: 2018 Stickboys Ohio Public Land Buck
« Reply #34 on: November 16, 2018, 09:47:28 PM »
Love your stories Dalton!!!

Great Buck, way to stick with it through diversity :thumbsup:
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Re: 2018 Stickboys Ohio Public Land Buck
« Reply #35 on: November 16, 2018, 10:00:25 PM »
Congrats way to keep at it.
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Re: 2018 Stickboys Ohio Public Land Buck
« Reply #36 on: November 17, 2018, 04:24:50 AM »
Congrats and well done.  Public land hunting can be tough, but the rewards can be great too.  It's a Double challenge: outwit the deer AND the other hunters!  Your dad and buddies shouldn't give up on the season yet - I have experienced some good second and even third rut action in mid December and late January in Ohio.  You often see multiple bucks chasing a hot doe then.
Definitely worth the drive.
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Re: 2018 Stickboys Ohio Public Land Buck
« Reply #37 on: November 17, 2018, 04:52:16 AM »
That was a very great read!  Congrats on a beautiful buck.
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Re: 2018 Stickboys Ohio Public Land Buck
« Reply #38 on: November 17, 2018, 05:25:27 AM »
well done dalton!!! :thumbsup: no need to apologize for a story very well told :nono:

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Re: 2018 Stickboys Ohio Public Land Buck
« Reply #39 on: November 17, 2018, 07:32:12 AM »
What a great trip for you guys to enjoy every year.  Thanks for the story.  Congrats on the nice deer too.

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