LFTT 12/20

Headed to a new stand I hung thursday. Got a real good 8 here over a scape and tons of sign. Saw a little coming in. Hope that's a sign. Good luck and stay safe

Good luck.. I saw some moving on the way to work this morning around 4:45 so maybe after this rain the 8 will show up.

Loaded up and ready sitting at the clubhouse waiting till about 615 then gonna go sit in some Hardwoods watching some scrapes on the side of a clearcut

I'm here in Pickens co. I'm watching some hardwoods where we have pics of a few shooters, earl Pitts is with me hunting a gasline hoping one will cross.

I'm back in the thick swamp near where I shot at the buck yesterday. This thicket has become a hot spot here lately. It's prime time to kill a good one right now!

We're going to hunt this morning, then spend a lot of time looking for the one I shot at yesterday.

Good luck, everybody!

Got a hot one close. Chasing like crazy.... Oh wait it's a tree rat lol

Back in the woods this morning, brought the .308 today instead of the bow. Halfway up a Mtn here in madison county. Seen nothing but about 2 million blackbirds that just keep circling.

Watching a 350 yrd stretch of rd this drizzly morning 8-9 yr old pines on both sides. Waiting on a gooden to slip across. Good luck everyone.

Sitting on a small field surrounded by newly thinned pines. Just had 5 does come in and feed for a few minutes. The rain has not checked up in 24 hours down here but hasn't affected the deer movement much. I saw 3 yesterday afternoon in the rain.

Finally the fog lifted so I could get a pic

Bucks alt to be freshening up their scrapes after that rain last night. Good Luck guys. Be safe!

Chad

Watching a two month old clear cut. Left the bow in the camper. 7mm hasn't barked in years

Caught up on some sleep. Gonna get after them after lunch. Keep the the updates coming.

Still quiet and cold here in walker county

Nothing happening here yet, but that's nothing out of the ordinary. It's very rare to see a deer here before 8:00

Sitting in a select cut that was cut 2years ago. My oldest son is sitting on a big power line watching a year old cutover. No deer spotted for either of us yet. We are on a Nannygoat mission!! Good luck fellas

Moma and baby so far

1 yr old clear cut. Overcast and calm.

Sitting in a big holler of thinned pines. Ain't seen squat all morn.

I'm in pickens county this morning sitting in a hardwood draw. Haven't seen anything so far. Heard 1 shot about an hour ago.

Saw six about an hour ago... 3-point and an 8-point chasing a doe was the main attraction.

Saw a 2 yr old 7 make a rub bout 9:15

I came out didn't see nothing. ....try to get back in at 2

Didn't see anything this morning. Checked a camera on the walk out and it looked like they moved around 4am this morning.

Struck out, getting down and headed to the house.

Phuck!!!! Nothing like settling in for a hunt and seeing a pile of corn 30yds from you on neighbors land. End of my hunting here

I didn't see anything this morning

Starting to rut in Pickens Co. I killed a big 6 at 8:30. He was cruising looking for does.

Left Oxford, AL this morning and drove 6.5 hours to Columbia, SC for my wife's family's Christmas. Saw a BUNCH of deer between Atlanta and Augusta. Big buck dead in the median just across the S Carolina line.

Sitting in about a 20 acre cotton field. Checked a cam on my way in and had a pic of this guy this morning at 930. Not sure if he is old enough but he will get looked over closely if he comes back out this evening.

I decided to hunt a shooting house on a field this afternoon. This is one of the few spots we have that's fair to hunt with a swirling, easterly wind...I got here and a squirrel or something had built a huge nest of leaves and sticks in the shooting house. The nest was so big that I couldn't get in here without having to clean it out. Of course, it was very loud cleaning the nest out SMH. I've had a black cloud over me here lately; I can't win for losing!

Had a great morning on Cahaba, as it starting to go off. At 7:00am I grunted and then rattled. Heard grunting in front of me and something sliding down the hill from the road, but also heard a crash behind me. Since I heard the grunting in front of me I focused solely there. After 10min and no movement I reached for the rattle bag and a 6pt ran back up the hill, tried to get the scope on him but I am borrowing someone else's gun and it wouldn't focus well with the fog and the fine adjustment, by the time I decide to shoot anyways, he gets back up the hill on the road and gives me a great blow job out of sight. Thinking that every deer in the area knew my whereabouts I cussed to myself, looked to my left downwind and there stood a beast. Couldn't get a great look at the rack, but messed with the scope again and by the time I get it situated he trotted up the hill away from me. Lots of mass and well outside of the ears. Got down from the stand around 9:00, made a circle downwind of the direction the big one went, but no luck but did see where he crossed a road. Then I opted to circle where I saw the first one go and no luck. At 11:10 I decided to move stand locations and remain there for the rest of the day, but thought I should look down in the clearcut while I was walking the road and spotted a buck down in the valley working his way up the other side. After missing the other two opportunities I took him. I've only killed 9 other deer before in 17 years of hunting, 2 in Alabama and 7 in Wisconsin(5 last year). All does or spikes, but nothing with an actual rack. He has 4 points on the left, but his brow on the right didn't come in fully and was lacking a g3 on that side too making him a 6pt. Not a giant, but my biggest yet and tomorrow I hope the missus lets me go out with the bow so I can go after the giant before I leave for a week and miss all the action.

Yep, it was a squirrel...I heard "a deer" coming from behind me about 4:00. I eased around and was looking, but couldn't see it. Next thing I knew, the "deer" had climbed the ladder and was about to come through the shooting house window. It scared the chit out of both of us!!! He ran down the ladder and barked at me for about 10 minutes. SMH

Congrats on the buck, swam4au!

Good thing he didn't go for your nuts!

That's hilarious Brian!

Congratulations

didn't see any deer, but shot a yote about 8:30.

Saw a doe fawn and a 4 point this evening. Still eating white oak acorns

Dang 1-inch tree! Alright...so this is more of less my first year deer hunting, aside from climbing up trees with a bow as a kid. After my first deer and finally going to have a good stretch of time to get in the woods pretty often. In-laws offered to watch my kid for the night, wife is out of town, so I made a mad rush to the woods. Went to an area where we saw deer earlier in the week, but have not had a chance to do proper scouting. Basically, leaned up against a big tree about 50 years from a large clearcut. Very thick in the woods too, but had one area (upwind) where I could see decently. Had been sitting there for about 45 minutes when I hear what sounded like a goat coming up from behind me. A few minutes later a small buck is coming through the thick brush. I suppose he heard me moving since I had to turn a bit with him approaching from behind my left shoulder. He was 15 yards away, could see most of his body, but there was a tree right in from of his vitals. Of course my heart was racing. He's there for about a minute while I'm running through my mind whether or not to take an obstructed shot. Decided to pass since he would (hopefully) be walking into a more open area. He starts moving again, but by the time he's in the open area he's going too fast for a shot (75 yards). Perhaps I should have made some type noise to get him to stop. I'm getting closer!

I always yell STOP!!!

nice lever porn...theres a yote in the pic?

Had a small fawn come in the patch this afternoon that had a broke front leg. I figure it will heal up enough to make it thru life. Then a dang flop ear walked right in front of my stand and started the head bobbin and foot stomping. I was going to make sausage out of her, but she got behind a big pine and ran straight away from me.

kill all the yotes

Kinda slow in my neck of Lee County woods. Hoping it will pick up in the next week or so.