LFTT 2/8/20

Guess I'll start it, sitting in a basket on a clearcut swaying in the wind. Good luck

Tucked in a nice little little shooting house waiting on the rain to start. Heard 2 shots already. Somebody almost waited till legal shooting time.

Rain pushed me into a shooting house in my backyard. Must be a bass tourney on Jordan, the boats are loud this morning.

Sitting same spot I killed my 7. Know there is a big guy running around in here.
Good luck everyone

Last day for me. Gotta fly to Vegas for a conference tomorrow. Got in a shooting house before the rain started. A deer was already in the field but walked off before legal light.
Good lord blessed me with a buck and doe yesterday evening, would like 1 more for the freezer.

Slipping in the rain this morning

Probably last sit of the season for me. Thinned pines in Geneva county. Very light breeze and clear as a bell. Been a tough but very rewarding season can’t wait till October.

Me and the boy are in the wood box with the heat on listening to the rain hit the roof. I just finished a peanut/banana sandwich. Saw one doe and a skunk so far. I guess ill be here till the rain stops anyhow, I dont feel like getting wet. Feeding chart says today is one of them "best" days for hunting. I cant ever remember one of them days being worth a crap. I might need to post a copy of that chart on my feeder

My dad and I are hunting edges of creek draws on new clear cuts. Well our entire lease is either new clear cuts or creek draws.

Sitting in a green field with a hardwood draw on one side and 5 year cutover up wind. Hoping for a little luck to take one with my grand dads old Weatherby. Sure would like to be able to tell him I did while he’s still with us. Took a bear and 6x6 bull last year and hope to add a whitetail.

Ha!! No joke, these deer sure don’t follow those feeding times.

Drinking coffee, cooking bacon trying to decide where to hunt. Not extremely motivated. Been a long season. I’m ready to start fishing.

Dang that looks like a goodun

Hunting with my granddaughter this morning in Winston Co. the rains moved out and the suns trying to shine, all we needs a buck to show up

Yes he is, neck looks like a tree trunk. I limited out the last Saturday of December and have seen this buck a couple times since.

Hunting a spot that has only been hunted a couple of times all season. Strip about 250 yards long on a ridge top planted and the deer trace it a good bit.

Still hunted almost to top of mountain, sat on a rocki waiting for rain to stop, had a buck at about 45 yards on a mission with his nose to ground. Too thick to get a shot and he was gone just as fast as I saw him. Gonna sit and watch this cut for a few then slip across top and back down by lunch. Rain stopped here just a few minutes ago.

Doe and little one so far in Marengo County. Planning on sitting all day

Drinking coffee in a hotel in Nashville. Blue bird day up here! I’ll be checking in on the action tho! I’ll be back for the last day!

Dr. B

Trying the ground blind with my son who is asleep in Coosa cnty. Got here a little late, saw a group of turkey walking in. Waiting in the rain to stop hoping one comes in

Good luck, guys. I’m live from JSU. Both kids have music auditions today. Say a lil prayer they do their best.

Got in late after morning showers. They on their feet. Couple decent bucks, smaller ones and does. Turkeys also.

In Barbour county nothing so far.

Slowest morning of the year in Marengo County

Cause they was they was on the highway last night because of the moon lol.

Had a great buck come up chasing 3 doe, he came back by then a dog popped up out of no where, chased em all off

No way I’d tolerate a dog chasing deer off.

Be in stand since before daylight.

Have not seen any deer.

I have hunted almost everyday in last two weeks except on Sundays and I have not seen a deer in all those sits.

Can someone tell me what one looks like?

Quit wearing your wife's perfume.

Still in the stand, there's a doe on the hill side. Been therefor 2hrs,snuck stood up and my scopewas foggy. She is still there, he must be close

You need a new scope.

Didn’t see a deer this morning. Grab a bite to eat, regroup and move to a different spot for the afternoon.

Don't do such as that.

It gets like this every year at our club.

So much hunting pressure and the deer just disappear.

This year has been the worst I have seen it.

I’m in for midday. Wind shifted on me. I can’t catch a break

Been the same way at the house this year.

Dog would not survived.

Swarovski not good enough?

Saw a spike with 3" spikes at 11:10 a.m. Nothing else so far. Sitting all day.

Had a deer in the field before I could make out what it was, it left.... also seen a 3 pt with a broken foot, or something of the sort.

Also shot at some coyotes. Not sure if I hit one. But definitely scared the chit out of em.

I'm sitting below the house this afternoon in some super thick stuff @ a small creek bottom. I'm hoping they move before this little front comes through. Had a big 8 on camera down here Thursday evening.

Sat from before sunrise till 1:30. Didn’t see a thing during legal light.
Came out for a drink and headed back for the finale.

Sat till 2
Saw one spike. Done for the day. Be back at it tomorrow.

Sitting on a 4 acre pasture at my FIL. Been some good ones taken off this property over the last 15 years. Hopefully can add another one to the list.

Windy

Sitting a shooting house with my son. Probably our last hunt of the year. We might try to get a doe or two. Not sure. Gonna see how the day pans out

Still trying to get my niece’s son a big un in Macon County.

Got down and 11:30 and back in tree by 12:45. Same doe is on the hill. She has been in an area the size of a football field all day

Set up over looking a big bottom. Not much confidence in this pm hunting with that big moon. Oh well never been over to close it out so I’m here. Gotta work this way next week anyway.

Just wish the 2 Skunks getting it on under my house would hurry up and get done. I mean dang, they shaking the whole damn house 🤭🤣🤣🤣

Went to a stand I'd kinda been saving for a day like today. Dang tree had blown over so came back to the cabin..guess I'll be watching out the windows.

I came to fill the freezer and then I see 2 does getting pushed by a small 4 point. I just can’t bring myself to shooting either. The hot doe could bring in something bigger and the 4 point is just a dink. Then the devil on the other shoulder yells “we need some meat!”. I guess I’m old and soft now.

Nah it aint dark yet, they prolly some more on their way.....Need some meat 45 bust one!!!....

Well....did you shoot

No shot so far. I’m still waiting it out. Deer are moving good this evening here in Lowndes. I’ve seen 9 total. I think I’m gonna wait for my freezer queen tomorrow when I got some help to drag her back to the truck. That’s assuming they come back. With my luck though, who knows.

Nothing here this evening. I did hear something running on the ridge behind me

Does & fawns this evening.
Big doe gettin to ride home w/ me.

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She looks tired

Had 3 does come out at 5:20, nothing in tow

That moon is super bright tonight

Quality optics

Seven trucks lined up at South’s Finest Deer Processing. More driving in when I left.

4 does.

JT managed to smoke a big ol nanny tonight, just before dark. He wanted to set in my FIL’s ladder since he wasn’t there. It’s in the T intersection of two roads. He can see 75-90 yards on the two directions of the main road and 325 yards to the back of the well pad in front of him. I told him not to shoot anything past the creek crossing (216 yards) anything past it walks. I hear the shot and when I get back over to him I can see a white belly shining dead center of the well pad. He’s trying not to smile Incase he’s in trouble. 309 yds DRT. Him and that 260 make a good pair and have been killing together since he was five. 17 deer, 4 bucks over 120, 206 hogs, 4 coyotes and a bobcat in 9 years.

I know a lot of folks will have something to say about it but he shoots 95 grain vmax ( it’s the ONLY thing it will shoot less than 5 inch group with and it shoots them WAY sub moa) in the 260 and only one of the above mentioned hunts did the animal take a step. 1 doe went 23 yards.

Congrats to your son great shooting too...where is he aiming to have 240+ animals drt

If it was foggy, apparently not.

I ain’t had many take too many steps afterwards with my 260. Everything the past two years has dropped in its tracks. Love that model seven.

What‘a up with burnt up long leafs? collateral damage from sprayin?

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Head and Neck.

Deer are shot where the shoulder creese meets the neck line and Hogs are head shots. The doe that traveled was a little back and low center shoulder. The velocity that things cranking I doubt anything shot forward of the gut would go far if it moved at all.

This was a burn year.

I saw two big does and a yearling one big doe rode home with us Stephen got skunked again.

When the moon rose, it was brighter than the end of shooting light. Made me second guess my morals for a few minutes. I glassed up a good one at 615pm put the scope on him and decided to go have an end of season beer instead. Great year, already planning new stand locations and some other changes for next October