LFTT 10/30/2018

Here we go. Nice cool morning in the hardwoods.

Hunting Black Warrior Management Area this morning. I’m set up at the intersection of a hardwood logging road and a draw that T’s into it. I’m also between a greenfield and bedding area both are at least 350 yards away and I’m right in the middle.The White Oaks are falling around me as I wait for daylight. Good luck everyone!

I’m hunting a buddy’s club. All I know is I’m next to a creek and he said he has pictures of deer on camera in the daylight here lol. We saw one doe on the road coming in. Hopefully I’ll be on the board before November.

In a tree at Lowndes WMA. On a pinch point between a pond and clear cut.

Man i made some noise this am getting set up. I ran them all yalls way so heads up.

Just had a big boar stroll by. No shot.

i'll be there this afternoon ...

Hey...that’s my usual job!

Gonna get out this afternoon for my first late afternoon-evening hunt. Good luck to all.

Fixn to staple a squirrel to a tree if he dont chill out.

Lol, gotta love them tree rats. They're just trying to keep the game fair.

Nothing here so far.

Slow

Nothing here. I'm facing a small green field with hardwoods to my back and thinned pines in front right. This is usually a busy little area but nothing so far. Want to give it 30 more min but my stomach is growling and a pecan waffle would be great right about now.

I hunted the hardwood ridge where I saw all of the deer Sunday evening. Beautiful morning up until about 7:45 when Emmett came walking in on me. I called him at 7:17 last night on my way home to let him know I had killed one. He didn’t answer and didn’t call back before I went to bed. He got up this morning and just happen to check his phone and saw I had called, only he thought I had called at 7:17 this morning. So he tried to call me back. I don’t get a cell signal in that spot so he couldn’t get me. He thought I had shot one or something had happened. He only lives about 10 minutes away and hauled ass up here. It’s good to have a friend like that, but I’m still going to give him hell about it.

Saw 11 this morning in the hardwoods. Scrapes and rubs everywhere up here in Illinois.

That’s funny Shaw and a great friend to have!!

Them friends are hard to find

Set up in a SMZ amongst a bunch of white oaks. Few acorns in here, not many. This is a travel corridor anyway. Emmett’s set up about 600 yards from me on the other end. Hopefully he’ll let me get my hunt in this evening. This is the same spot I had that run in with a bitch of a doe I named Hillary the season before last.

Set up in the same spot from this morning. Hardwood block of timber with a draw on my right. Soybean field 50 yds behind me. 20 mph South wind in my face. Scrapes and rubs all around me.

Set up on wheeler in between corn and soy.. here goes nothing

Just got set up about 50 yards from a road where they like to cross alot. Hardwoods, 78°, fairly shady so I'm not too hot getting settled. I'm sitting on the ground in a turkey lounger.

Wheeler again, good pinch point with food and bedding. GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!

Well, looks like my hunt is over already. Emmett’s done killed one. Gonna be a bit of an adventure getting it out.

I was drawing my bow back to make sure I could comfortably shoot all my lanes and while I was letting down the release got hung up on the safety harness and I accidentally launched an arrow. Can’t make this stuff up...

At least you had an arrow nocked, I did that about 20 years ago and dry fired mine like an idiot 🤦‍♂️

Set up on some green grass this afternoon.

Im in choccolocco. Didnt see a single vehicle coming in. Forgot the thermacell. Im paying for it.

No deer this evening, just coyotes. These deer wearing on my patience lol

My first bowkill came from there. 1992.

Alright y’all should have it out by now. We want to see what Emmett killed.

Just a big ol’ nannerhead. He spined her and had to get down and cut her throat. Damn near cut her head off. Told him I would have given anything for a video of him having a Vietnam flashback on that poor ol’ doe.

Saw 2 does and three fawns... didn’t cross my path but made it to the field. I’ll have to re evaluate and try again.

Got in stand at 5:35 pm. By 6:15 I was covered up. As 7 deer within 25 yards. Not bad for 75 degrees this PM.