LFTT 10/15

Almost to property. Who's already in tree?

Ill be there this afternoon. Got to milk this morning

Good luck everyone that's hunting today. Guess I'll have to grind it out @ work, but I'll be checking this thread a lot today. RH

I'm here, live from the fire station. Good luck today guys and be safe.

Just got settled in. Love this time of the morning. Gives me opportunity to thank God for the blessings He has given me.

I'm just waiting on daylight. I already have some deer below me but I can't see my hand much less the deer..

He is an 8 point, I can see him through binos as he is in and out of moon light. He standing directly beneath my stand now. Hope he does smell where I walked in

Oh man I can breathe, I feel alive again. Just got settled in my tree up about 15 ft in a hardwood lined ridge right in front of a good choke point. Not where I planned to be but better ... met a young man who has hunted here all his life and he led me here on his way up the ridge. Pics later

Live from Bankhead National Forest. Ready to shoot. I didn't think this day would ever get here. I'm hunting a good trail around the top side of a bluff between sawtooths and bedding area. Wind is perfect. Good luck guys and gals.

I've got the truck packed and headed to...work, but I'll be headed to the woods when I get off today. Good luck yall.

I've seen two so far. Too dark to shoot em. Good luck everyone!

They don't give vacation in hose dragging?

Been settled about 15 minutes. Sitting on edge of old cutover on a fence crossing

In a hardwood creek bottom looking at water oaks and a freshly planted hidey hole green field about 20x20yds. Biggest deer killed on this prop was shot here, so I know I'm in a good area. Gonna give it a sporting chance here this morn then headed to my farm this afternoon for some real hunting!

Good to be back in the woods in Alabama. I am minus 3 rds in the Xds... 2 Beaty little eyes come at me... I think it was s fox and I'm pretty sure I missed

Seen 3 bucks, one boarder line shooter 8 point, another smaller 8 and a decent 7. Was a little to dark to shoot and I wasn't 100% he was a shooter so I let him pass.

I'll be a LFTT thread watcher today while sitting here in the office. But I'll be after 'em the next three mornings!

Good luck to all you guys and gals out there this morning.

Dang man y'all making it hard to put on vinyl siding today! Good luck and wear them safety harnesses

In the stand now. Yote slipped under me before I could even see my pins so he got lucky. Turkeys are sounding off about 50 yards from me. Hopefully the deer show up now

My spot isn't much to look at, but I know if I was thread watching this morn I'd want pics!!! To my left.

One day he calls it, "Burning the bearings out". The next day he calls it, "Milking". What will Daniel think of next?

K

They get enough time off.... Even at work

Had a large bodied deer going to bed behind me and stopped to eat some acorns about 6:15. Way to dark to see him good.

White oaks took a beating last night

Just had 1 cross the creek to my right. Couldn't tell what it was other than a big bodied deer

hey, yall take it easy on me, i might have to clean something today. i am using my vacation for the south zone. i will get off on the 25th and go back on the 30th. i don't have but 8-24 hour shifts i can take off. if i took them all in a row, i could take 3 weeks off but if i take them one at a time i can get 5 days off, 8 times.

Good luck guys. Keep the pics coming!

Good luck to all, and be safe.

Dang I hate being at work today.

good luck guys!

Youre working today????

I hate every single one of y'all. Or I'm just jealous as hell. But don't sorry fri sat sun I'll be in a tree

Sitting in a hardwood bottom, enjoying the morning.Spots one and two
were taken so hopefully number 3 will be lucky. I lost a lens out of
my glasses, luckily it was the left one and I'm right handed. On the
downside I'm hunting with one eye closed. Good luck to everyone
Stay safe.

Yup I'm working today.

Good to see all the pics! But dang y'all are killin me. I do not want to be at work today!

Just because you live on this road doesn't mean you own this national forest land! So blow it out your azz dipchits! Rant over back to hunting. lol.

Huh?

Man I've got to pee! Holdin it for now. So far, have seen 1 swamp rabbit and 3 squirrels.

Good luck guys!

Good luck

Just got off work. Heading out in about 3 hours.

Sorry might have been a little confusing on that last post. 2 different cars has stopped at my truck and laid on the horn. Little did they know I'm watching them from 15 ft. High and 80 yards from my truck.

View of my set up today:

Somebody should have done let the air out of one.

Agreed, nice morning to do so!

Good luck guys

Somebody throw out some clorox so you can get a kill. Everybody is waiting.

I woke up to what I hope is a dead battery in my truck....At least I'm really hoping it's just a dead battery!

Cut em

Sitting on the can here at work reading these post on my phone. Going to try and slip in my stand by the house when I get home. Have a 3 day weekend to hit the pre-rut in GA this weekend!!

Good luck everyone.

I setting 20yds from creek and the ridge pinched down 20yds behind me. If they walk on this side of the creek I'll see them. This is so much better than work.

Good luck guys. Great weather and hope ya'll stick a big one.

8:40 and no arras flung yet??? What's wrong with y'all?

Dr. B

Doc I think they are just not fessin up

Ain't seen nothin beautiful mornin though. Gonna set till 9 and check some cams and figure out what to do this afternoon

If they don't hurry I'm going to let air out of this doe in my backyard from the deck.

Setting on a hardwood creek bottom, tried post pics but service isn't good enough for photobucket to load it. Havent seen anything, still feels great. Good luck to all.

Same here

I was the first to strike 2 years in a row! Just a ole nanny head.

Congrats JD!

Seen 6 this am in a pine thicket with lanes cut. 4 too far. 2 walked all over me but couldn't get a shot.

Do it

Good job jd. Glad someone was able to sling one

Way to go JD. Man I'm glad LFTT is back. Makes work a little better.

Good job! I think they moved before daylight with that moon. I'm gonna give it til 11, then I'm gonna run grab my climber and sit on some acorns for the remainder

Congrats JD!

I'd like to know what phone service yall have, I have never had service from a tree stand

X2

Congrats. JD.

Had to leave my stand early for a few reasons, didn't see nuthin. Of course I saw fresh doe and fawn tracks over my tracks walking out, they musta smelled me and slipped away before I saw them.

And damn that turkey that was making such a racket in the tree 20 yards behind me, I don't need that on a super quiet morning bro.

X2! Good job!!

Sitting close to a creek, got a slope in the hill behind me, spooked some coming in. Had a doe and two fawns feed on acorns right under me. Gonna sit all day. Congrats JD!

Saw several. Got clipped up on a nanner head but she busted me before I could get a shot. Got clipped on another that turned out to be a small buck, so I passed. Saw a batchlor group (out of range) with a couple shooters. One had something going on with his right antler, I hunt thick stuff so couldn't tell exactly what. Looked like he had a drop tine growing down by he eye or a double beam. Maybe get a chance to see him at a later date.
Got busted three times by 9. Had a South wind I needed but I think the damp air was swirlling my scent.
This is my 38th season with a bow.

GOOD LUCK

Sounds like a good morning even if you didn't kill anything

Good Deal JD

Well so far I have had 2 does come within 75 yards of me - fun to watch them but really wish they would come back closer to me :-) going to stay here until 11 and then figure out where to go this afternoon.
Congrats JD!

Congrats JD! Hope the rest of you get a shot! Have fun and be safe!

Congrats JD

Congrats JD!! Fire up the grill!!

Good luck today boys. Wish I could be up in a tree. Living for Saturday around here...

congrats jd

Dad got him a 9 pt. 180#. [img:center][/img]

Congrats to your Dad!

Congrats!

Good luck guys! I'm literally teaching a class right now but checking this when I can. I might have to buy a bow for next year...

To the deer slayers

Struck out at TVA. Heading to New Market looking for better luck

Sorry it took me so long. But here she is.

Ain't no deer in new market...

LOL We will see

congrats but i gotta know, how short is your draw length?

I struck out on the wma. First time huntin there but hunted the nf all my life lol

Heading in this afternoon for a white oak bottom funnel. Ought to be a great sit if these gusty winds will die down a bit. Good luck all you afternoon hunters.

27 1/2" draw length. I got short arms and where a lot of clothes. It's a must.

lol, not as short as i thought. those look like crossbow bolts.

Congrats on both of those fine deer!

Doubled up this morning buck and a doe. Pics are in the lftt in the serious deer hunt forum.

Back at it. Saw a few deer this morning, couldn't get a shot
off. The winds whipping and I dropped my glasses,
think it's time for contacts after today.

No luck this mornin. Jumped a doe headin in and had one slip behind me. Stepped on a rattler comin out... Didnt make a sound til my boot was on him. Almost had a heart attack. Stay safe everybody! And good luck

Still on stand. Been here all day and ain't moving till dark I know a couple big are around here somewhere. And yes lol I peed out of the stand earlier

Back at it sameish spot as this mornin. Had some deer in here yesterday from 5-6 maybe I'll see one.

Congrats to everyone that has harvested a deer today!

Might as well leave now. Wasting your time.

Set up on some sawtooths this afternoon. Run a doe off walking in.

Made it to the farm only to find that our barn had been broken into and a friends 4 wheeler stolen. Made me sick to my stomach as soon as I walked up and noticed the door was cracked. Hate a thief! After checking the rest of the place out for any more dang I finally made it to my stand. In in a beautiful white oak funnel between 2 thickets.

Those are nice looking set ups.

I can't stand a damn thief. Hate that for ya.
Dang nice setup though!

Jumped a doe on the way in earlier, hopefully she will circle back around.

Got me a live decoy.

At the house hunting. I hope that rain helps my greenfield. It looks bad

Finally up a tree at choccolocco Saw a few coming in

Small doe.

Sitting on a power line between a hard wood bottom and a 5 year old clear cut!! [img:center]http:// [/img]

Let the air out of a nanny about 4:15 watching this bachelor group of bucks hoping they come on in

Boy I've gotten soft. She had a fawn that still had spots, so I chose not to pull the trigger. My, how times change. Of course, next time may be a different story!

Some sho nuf nice deer and great pics.

Mighty quiet right now. Prime time!

Congrats josht101

Yes congrats to all of you that scored today. I'll be back at it tomorrow trying to catch up

BBD

Ended up seeing a decent 3 year old 8 and a fork horn about 10 mins before dark.thought about shooting the 8 but I know there are better ones here. that was a looooong 12 hour sit on stand, time to eat some stew and catch some sleep. I'll be back at it in the morning and if a doe comes within 40 yards she's gettin shot at. Congrats to everyone who harvested something on opening day!!!

Awesome!

Just got back from Cahaba WMA. No cell service while there. Saw 6 does and 3 fawns. BUT the highlight of my day came around 3 PM.

I decided to get down around 2 PM to scout another area and put my cameras out where I was hunting a particular buck last year. I had to clear a path that I used last year just to get to the location so I'm making quite a bit of noise getting through there. I finally get to the spot where last years scraps and rubs were and the bucks trail was noticeably still used because it's worn down more than it was last year so I'm excited at this point. Now all I need to do is get this camera strapped on then I'm backing out.

While strapping the camera to the tree I hear a very loud stick SNAP right behind me, it startled me because I was so focused on being quiet, as I turned around I see a large doe running full speed straight at me! I just froze and things start to happen in slow motion lol. As I jumped out of my boots she takes a hard left literally about 5 feet away from me and keeps trucking. It happened so fast I didn't know what to think.

I figured she was already running on the trail I was placing the camera on and didn't see me, then when she scared me I turned and scared her at the same time. I think me and her both about crapped ourselves.

She was one of the does I saw earlier in the morning but she had her fawn with her then. I knew it was her because she is the lightest colored doe I've ever seen and was noticeably older.

Ended up jumping a doe on the way in, and had one come under my stand right after dark. Try again tomorrow.

Congrats yall!

Congrats to those who connected! And I'm jealous of all of you who were in the woods, whether you killed one or not!

Buddy of mine is looking for one now, first deer with a bow, wish I was able to help him track it... Sounds like they were moving this afternoon.

Beautiful afternoon in the woods and I had a doe and fawn bed down 35 yards from my stand for a spell. That was all the action I got except for a coon running down the creek right about dark. It's great to be back in the stand though.

mackdaddy, you're killing me man, post some pics for the people at work. congrats

No joke. I've been checking this thread every few minutes hoping to see what he killed!

His post had nothing to do with deer. He's over at Jamal's house and got mixed up on what forum he was posting in

Hmmm

Way to get it done guys on the opening day kills. Makes it that much harder for us in southern zone seeing all these kills and having to wait another 10 days.