*** 2010 Missouri Tradtional Deer Hunt thread

[SEMO_HUNTER]

I didn't see but only one small buck bumping a doe along with his nose and that was during bow season in late October. I did not see a single buck chasing a doe at all during the rifle portion.
I did get a heavy 8pt. with a rifle, but I had to walk him up while still hunting mid day on the Sunday of the season opener.
He was all rutted up and stunk to high heaven, but he hadn't been breeding as evidence of no hair missing on his brisket area. He appeared to have rubbed his horns slick on the inside from torchering the poor cedar trees in the area, evidently out of sexual frustration?    

Something definitely seems amiss this year with the rut, I can't quite put my finger on it.  :rolleyes:

[huey]

Anybody see sign that the rut ain't over or maybe second rut. I don't hunt during gun season so my last hunt was the weekend before gun. Bucks were chasing on my last hunt and yesterday along with finding newly pawed ground, I watched a 8 point chasing a doe.

[Missouri Bowman]

Hey Chris, I'm thinking the rut will be longer and spread out this year.  I hunt around your area and activity was sparse prior to gun season.  I'm out in the woods tonight, first time since gun ended and see a lot of new rubs and scrapes still fresh.  No deer, kind of windy.

[SEMO_HUNTER]

I'm pretty sure you are right about that Neven. The rut did seem sporadic and not very intense in my area at all. Lots of rubs, scrapes, and buck activity......but I think mostly nocturnal?
I had heard from someone else that the rut forecast was supposed to call for exactly what we got.......a sporadic rut, less intense, and drawn out longer. I believe that's truly what has happened. Which isn't such a bad thing for us late season bowhunters, it means we have a better chance of catching a buck crusing for does further into the winter season. It could be a bonus?

[Missouri Bowman]

I agree Semo, and last night was an example of that.  Even with the winds, at about 4pm a small four pointer was following some does around.  He got close to me and was picking me up, but wasn't too shook up because he kept on after the does.

[Benny Nganabbarru]

Hey, well-done to the Missouri blokes on some fine deer!

i posted a question yesterday, if anyone had taken anything with there arrow trade arrows, and nobody did,,..sooo i stuck mine that i got from (hot hap)in my quiver and set out to use it for what it was made for.........

[SEMO_HUNTER]

And?.........What's running around with the other half?  

this arrow that hap had sent me had killed three deer,so it had some good history behind it.
i shot the arrow a few times after i got it, it seemed fat compaired to my carbons but it shot very good,anyway,i put it on one of my mounts rack and its been there since,i look at ever now and then and think,you know thats pretty cool that some guy killed three deer with that one arrow and now i have it to look at all the time,when really its his memorys that are in that arrow,he's the one that got to see it slice through the brown hair of his deer,so thats when i decided to ask the question of other tradgangers(did you kill anything with your arrowtrade arrow?)......

went out about mid morning just looking for a rabbit or something maybe a coyote,sinse theres been so much talk about yotes, and theres plenty in these woods,there very vocal rite now...got to where my stand is and seen several trails converging just under my stand, with turkey tracks everywhere and i mean everywhere.
so i backed out and went looking for rabbits around the old house, i jumped 1 with no shot , wanted to go get somthing to eat and drink but i knew if i left i might not get back to hunt the evening.
so i just stayed,and goofed around in the old barn,but i couldnt stand it any longer i know theres turkeys around so i figured i would go sit in the stand the rest of the day.
at 1:30 i climbed up and started to wait for what ever would show up....

i was just starting to get cold(fingers and toes) and starting to think about bailing out.
it was about sunset i caught movment off to my left about a hundred yds away.
got my hands out of my pockets and picked up my bow and knocked the arrow.
nice big fat doe,( oh boy here we go.)
thats what i always say to my self, she was on a trail that would tak her about 50-60 yds away , and for what ever reason she turned and came down on the trail leading under my stand,
thirty....twenty....fifteen...shes nervous, i know she can smell me,i been there for what three hrs. she stomps her foot trying to get somthing to move,sticking her nose in the air checking and rechecking, she's not sure but she takes another step, then she turned her head aweay and i raise my bow and draw all in one motion slow and smooth,
she seen me and hops afew yards away and ive good a goodshot and it just feels rite..
that arrow was so pretty in flight it was like a slowmotion movie.PERFECT!   sheran about 40 yds and tipped over.......buetiful doe!

thanks for the arrow HOT HAP  

[SlowBowinMO]

Nice!  

[Mudd]

Truly awesome!!! Now that arrow is as much a trophy as is the doe.

Congratulations!!

Thanks for sharing.

God bless,Mudd

[kennym]

Excellent!!

[SEMO_HUNTER]

Great Job Bryant!!
Way to go man, now you broke the traveling arrow.......what now?          

[Hot Hap]

HEY-How about that! Good shooting Arrow 30! That's why we make them. Too bad it broke, it was sure on a roll.

The arrow I received was a real beauty-but about 3" too short.

Hap

[Onestringer]

Turkeys anyone.  Got these last Saturday evening.  Had a blind set up on the edge of a hay field where I have seen deer and turkeys feeding.  There was a group of 20 or so turkeys come by.  Only one was really close enough to shoot, so I took the shot.  I hit it a little higher than I would have liked and severed its neck right at the base.  Lucky for me the bird never even flopped.  All the rest of the birds just stood there looking around, like turkeys do.  Finally after about 5 minutes a mature hen came over to investigate, now we have two turkeys for Christmas dinner.

[swp]

Nice shootin Tex!!