Team 20
Stoneman
Crkelly
Squeaky
Slippinlipjr
Jeffpike83
Deer Tracker

Checking in

I'm here fellas.

Waiting on the others...getting pumped for this opener.

I'm here too.

Lets all come up with a few names.

Team droptine?

wonder where our other team mates are at?

Quick bio about myself, I'm 23 yrs old, engaged, have a 2 year old little girl. I have 5 different private owned tracts I hunt to myself. Work full time but out in the woods every weekend. I hunt in st Clair, Blount, and dekalb county.

Team Bows&Does

I like this one. It sounds cool!!!

Short bio also: I'm an old man, 63. Hunts between Phenix City and Opelika, Al with wife's 1st cousin. Have 3 grown kids and 9 grandchildren. Married 39 years. Semi-retired. Drive Phenix City school bus for insurance.

Did you PM all the other members like you did me?

Been doing this team thing for over 5 years and never been on a team where "all" the members were active and participated.

I'm present. Just got back from Marion junction making some final preparations for opening day. So damn dry up there I'm not even bothering with a food plot. There's plenty of acorns though.

I like ole droptine as well for a name.

DeerTracker, I'm a first timer. First year on here. i like droptine also. I hope the other guys participate

I have gotten to really know several fellow brothers/sisters during these contests. Those that do not participate are really missing out on a treat.

We need one more to like Team Droptine which will give us 4 and a majority and let's send it in.

I guess just a waiting game.. I'm excited for this season. I have some great deer I saved from last year and some really nice nontypicals coming through everyday. Just hope wind is right for opening day

Deer tracker, can you send our other teammates a pm

I'm here

Welcome kelly, what you think about team droptine?

Sounds good to me heading to lowndes county in 2 weeks any y'all ever hunted down there

I've always been In central AL.

10/4 ill be hunting mostly around the Haleyville area

Public land or club?

Sure. Will send to those who haven't checked in. Working on it now.

If everybody is good with the name Team Droptine, we've got 4 votes for it. Y'all just let me know

I'm good with it and family land about 600 acres

Team droptine is cool with me. I actually have a couple to hunt this year with droptines. I've been on this site a long time and participate in these contest. I'm usually good for solid buck. I'll be hunting Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky and Bama.

Just PM'd JeffPike83. Everyone else has posted.

Go ahead and register the name. We got a majority.

Jeffpike83 registered to participate in this on 9/16 then posted once on 9/18 and hasn't posted since. that doesn't mean he hasn't been browsing.

Does anyone know him???

I'm usually good for killing something. Ive killed 3 every year for the last 10 years. Just not sure what it will be yet. Ha. I layed off on shooting does last year but that won't happen this year. In lower Alabama I'm a meat hunter but up in Dallas county I'm hunting biggun. Good luck everybody.

I don't have any with droptines but I've got some super non typical with 1" + stickers everywhere. Y'all can count me in easy on a doe. I'll be in AL and Michigan.

We had a very unusual year last year on our lease. I lost my job of 38 years and it took almost a year to find something else. Deer sightings were down considerable and with my job I was totally distracted and had a dismal season.

All that is past me now and I can concentrate and have fun again. The last 4 years I have killed a nice buck each year with the exception of last year. Shot a really nice 10 point but couldn't find him. Maybe he will be back this year. I am out of deer meat now and plan on shooting the first doe or the first decent buck i see.

Got a piebald spike gonna try to shoot opening day got him on camera everyday

That'll be awesome. Surely a piebald would be a +20 pt deer.

I'm surprised they don't do a predator point. Like a coyote is +5 pts per yote.

Sorry for the late reply just got my new phone set up I'm good with that name.

if I knew how to post pictures I would put some of him on here he's got a messed up head

Go to Aldeer Pictures and Trail Cams and follow the instructions. Very simple. If I can do it anybody can

If you can't figure it out, e-mail them to me and I will post later today. Got to get ready for church now. My e-mail address is svdbygrace77@att.net

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How many of y'all bowhunt?

The second linked worked some I killed last year and few this year

I do

I won't be able to bow hunt this year but I took the first week of muzzle loader off.

Got this buck last year in Winston county.ill be hunting in Marion county this year got lots of bucks on camera

That is a monster. I've never killed any that big but do have em on camera just all nocturnal all season

Jeff what part of Marion county

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g255/kellycaleb/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zpsvlb8vod9.jpeg. This was in Marion county Winston county line

They might as well go ahead and put team Droptine on the trophy

Yep. I have a feeling it is gonna be a good season for us.

Hackleburg off of 187

Alright im on 129 in Haleyville u about 20 min from me

I bow hunt but prefer the gun. Not real sure about hunting next Saturday with it being 80 degrees

I hunt near Salem which is about half way between Phenix City and Auburn.

That's some prime area for some big deer.

I agree with the 80° temps but the east wind will benefit me.

That morning hunt with be golden with how cool it's been. My deer in last week have been way more active in the acorns in the a.m.

There's a lot of deer in that area I pulled my camera because I was sick of seeing deer tons of bucks mostly 8 points

Any of y'all hunt them longbeards? I personally don't and haven't tried but we've got over 50 turkeys running my property in blount county. Would like to have any of y'all come out and show me the ropes on turkeys.

If you ever kill a turkey you'll be hooked for life.

Every morning you'll hear them coming out of the trees. Almost every hunt last year I saw a turkey while in the stand

I too want to learn the ropes of turkey hunting but have gotten frustrated trying to figure it out.. I have invited a friend who I go to church with to come go with me. He has killed many before but the three times we went, were unable to locate any and walked around for a couple hours and called it a day.

Well guys, it's almost here. I wish our team the best of luck this weekend. I learned the hard way 2 years ago about wearing a harness, after a trip to the hospital and dealing with a broken ankle for weeks. If you don't have a harness I have 2 extra I will ship to you if needed. Let's kick some whitetails boys

Got word the other day that our lease is going to be thinned heavily on about 85 acres of a 450 acre tract. These are huge mature pines. Are planning on getting in next week and may only take 1 possibly 2 weeks to complete.

I have looked high and low for my HSS. Can't find it anywhere. Reckon I'm gonna have to dig out the old ones that came with my trees Tanda and figure it out. Bout to pack all my stuff up, load the truck and head to Selma.

Good luck tomorrow guys

Good luck boys. Got the baby to sleep. And about to hit the hay. Let's get on the board in the morning

Be safe and shoot straight. Got a lot planned tomorrow and may be Sunday afternoon before i go.

Got us some points on the board. They sure we're moving this afternoon. It was by the grace of God I found this deer. She had run almost in a complete circle and I was walking back to the truck when I stumbled upon her.

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Congrats my friend. Would lover to hear a detailed story of your experience when you get time.

Awesome! I had seen 3 in the afternoon but had too many limbs in the way, 35 yard shot. I hope we get some this afternoon

Sweet. Congrats

Thanks. I was heading to a spot I always bow hunt at some point in time during the season. On one side is a small field with sawtooth oaks in it and on the other is a small power line with a lot of laurel oaks that are loaded this year. Can only hunt it on a south or east wind. I eased on in there at 2:30 and there was a small 4pt with a doe standing under one of the laurel oaks. It took me about 30 minutes to crawl to my spot on the ground. They both bedded up just out of my sight but I knew they could see me if I was standing up. I finally got situated and at about 4:30, a big gust of wind came up and I could hear a bunch of acorns hitting the ground. I waited about a minute and then hit the grunt twice. It wasn't another minute then here they come up to the tree. I drew back and was shaking so bad I couldn't get the bow back in time. I had to sit there and watch em for a minute until she finally stepped in the shooting lane again. This time I was able to get the bow back with no problem and it was a 20 yard shot. I hit a small dead vine that was in they way. It was about the size of a small stirring straw. It was big enough to deflect it down just a tad but not enough to miss her. She ran 75 yards and didn't have much of a blood trail at all. I had just about given up looking for her when I decided to take the long way back and she was layed up in the middle of a dried up slough. I was tickled to get her. First one I ever killed and recovered on opening day of bow season.

That's awesome. My deer have all of the sudden decided to go completely nocturnal since Friday so I'm trying a spot I set up today. A lot of deer poop acorns

Well how did it go?

Got set up in my climber yesterday evening. Had 2 small basket rack bucks come in together and they eventually walked off after 30 mins of muching on the acorns. Had a pack of does trot down the ridge beside me at about 40 yards, couldn't get a clear shot. It was a good opening weekend of seeing deer, but the bucks were too young for me to take. Now if one of them slickheads would've been 10 yards closer it would have been game over. I've got some land right 5 mins down the road from work im going to check on this evening and hopefully be able to slide in there one or two days this week.

Seen a couple spikes so far one small 8 hunting a sub Divison today the old women said the deer have been eating there flowers said she seen about 10 yesterday at dark so gonna try to take them out

Will try and slip away Thursday afternoon for a few hours. Not sure about Saturday yet. Kids have got games Saturday morning and may wait and go Saturday afternoon.

Well boys, looking like i'll be in the stand Friday and Saturday all day. The temps look good, moon phase looks good. Checked on a spot at a property I haven't been to in a couple of months and it paid off. beaten down deer trails all through a hardwood bottom where I hung my lock on at several months ago. Didn't get too close, don't need my scent in there.

My hunting buddy went this morning to our lease and said it got so hot around noon, that he loaded up and went to the house. By the way, he has to drive 140 miles just to hunt and usually hunts all day to make it worth the drive. But today, said it was so hot and the bugs were terrible, he just had to leave. SISSY!!!

I thought about going tomorrow afternoon but its going to be 90 or better for the high so I will stay at home and shoot my bow.

Still hoping to go Saturday.

Next week should be better I've been seeing deer at 8am and 5pm

I'll probably give it a try in the morning on one of our local management areas. Not expecting much, never do out there, but ya never know.

Cant kill em on the couch.

I drive a school bus. Plan on getting home Friday morning after morning route about 8:30 AM, loading up my climber, machete, and lopping shears and heading to the woods to hang my stand for Saturday.

I've been seeing them but none in range at all or too thick. Won't hunt this weekend or next with daughters birthday this weekend and Halloween the next. Best of luck guys

Went this morning and hunted a hardwood bottom. Sat from Sun up to about 10 and saw nothing. Moved about 200 yards north west and stayed to 11:30 but again saw nothing. When driving out, two bucks crossed the road in front of me. One was really nice and heavy. Saw 9 does cross here last year. May scout this spot out and see if I can find me a try to hunt next time we have a NNW wind.

I've found a lot of good places to hunt unintentionally just like that.

I drive a school bus and get finished with my morning run at 7:25 AM. Thought about going hunting this morning for a couple hours but had a health fair at work i needed to attend.

Looks like Saturday morning is the next time I can go.

Going to go in the morning. I went and trimmed some limbs back today on my lunch so I have a semi descent open shot on this oak tree that's dropping acorns has a deer $hit everywhere around the base. Checked cam and morning activity has been constant. Hope the wind is right and I should be able to get us some points in the morning. Best of luck to u guys

About to get ready and head out myself. Just about sick with a cold and got a ton of stuff to do today but want to give it a shot for a couple of hours.

Everyone be safe, may God bless yall and have a good time!!!

Went Saturday morning and hunted the edges of where a hardwood bottom and pines meet. Been in stand about 10 minutes and hear one blowing southeast of my set up. I was upwind from it and far enough away it couldn't see me. I am set up about 150 yards from a dirt road and I see and hear about 25 members of a local college track team come running by being followed by one of their vans.

Needless to say, I saw nothing. Started to move and get deeper into the woods but as mentioned in an earlier post, am full of cold and coughing and didn't want to get too worked up and sweaty.

I'm ready for muzzleloader

I can't catch a break with these dang deer. Only if I could fling an arrow over 50 yards I would be good. Too many acorns where I'm at. Can't predict which tree their gonna be under. I'm giving my properties a break until gun opens up. Not many properties hunted that's near me so hopefully deer won't get gun shy.

I had a biggun I think I missed last year come by me at 50 yards. I killed another doe Sunday evening but she had EHD.

Already put in vacation day for Friday. With temps dropping down I have to get in the woods. Haven't stepped foot on a property that's only 27 acres but sets in hardwoods bordering a wide powerline. Always deer here but the does are very smart. Have to hunt the wind right here or you wont see a thing.

You just perfectly described one place I hunt Stone Man. I ain't going in there till the rut though. There's never any bucks in there this time of year it seems. But them does bring em in around January.

My buddy went today and had two blow at him and shot at a coyote. As mentioned earlier, the loggers showed up this morning and started cutting. They said it may take 2 to 3 weeks before their gone.

I have a loc-on in the bottom where a creek runs through the hardwoods. Haven't stepped foot in there since I hung the stand. Haven't checked game cam in there in almost 3.5 months. Passed up on some good solid bucks last year at that property. Hopefully when I wake Friday morning the wind will be right and if not then I will go to my other property depending on wind direction.

Glad to finally hear someone else on the same page as me about hunting pressure. I love to hunt. But I can constantly disturb the areas I do hunt so I have a whole bunch of land I frequent. Including public land. Most public land down here has less pressure than the hunting clubs.

Got called into work this morning but about to hop in the truck and head out now. Wind is perfect. Ready to be in the stand, pull the card and check out photos while in the stand. Rifle season will be here soon

The earliest I can get back in the Woods will be Tuesday. Calling for rain though so I don't know. Lord we do need some rain around here.

I killed a 9pt while in Iowa. He's definitely not what I went up there for. I think my brain short cicuited. I put inches of bone on this deers head he obviously did not have.

I'm in IL until Friday trying to get it done here. If not I'm headed to KY for their opening week of rifle season.

Need some cold weather bad up this way. These mild to hot temps have day time movement subdued.

Congrats on the doe Slippin!!

Didn't make it to the woods this weekend due to kids playing soccer and Sunday afternoon spent the evening with the wife who has been working 10 to 12 hours a day for the past several weeks.

Am off Friday and hope to hunt then possibly Saturday.

Ole ground shrinkage. I feel your pain. Congrats though.

Post that 9 pt up on the points thread!

Well I blew it yesterday afternoon. Had a spike and a good 8pt come in and they ended up smelling me. That's the way it goes sometimes.

I haven't been in the stand a while and it's driving me crazy. I'm manager for my father in law and have to oversee 2 stone quarries and 40+ Hispanics and with this drought were unbelievable busy. I've got my vacation in and got everything set up for next weekend and then it's on.

Checked my cameras today and we've got a lot of does coming into our dirt fields every morning, but I'm taking my fiancé whose never shot a deer with me opening morning to hopefully let her get her first kill.

Got a doe this morning. 3 came in about 8:00 AM and I took the largest. she weighed 102 pounds on the hoof. Ran about 100 yards before she went down. Blood was everywhere. Ray Charles could have tracked her.

Haha, awesome job deer tracker. I got one also yesterday but photobucket is acting up. If someone wants to post their email or phone # I'll send it to you and you can post it

Checking in guys. I killed another 9 pt and a 11 pt in Illinois. I'll get the 11 posted up in a few days. Here are few pics for the time being of the 3 bucks so far this season.

Posting for Stoneman.

Holy Cow!! You are wearing out some bucks. Great job and keep up the good work. Awesome!!!!

Good job guys

I hunted yesterday evening, killed a coyote on the way to the stand and took it back to the truck and got settled into my ground blind. About 1 month before season I cut a 20 yard wide break in the hardwoods where I had "planned" to plant a green field. I've gotten so many pictures of mature deer off this camera during day light I couldn't believe. Seen does and right before dark a small 4-5 point stepped out and was munching on acorns in the dirt strip. I set up a new stand on the same property on a beaten down trail on the side of the ridge along a old property line fence.