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Out of range
#2299351
11/20/17 04:25 AM
11/20/17 04:25 AM
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Joined: Nov 2017
Posts: 295 Bessemer, Al
Grant_UAB
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4 point
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OP
4 point
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Posts: 295
Bessemer, Al
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I had two good sized does come in just before dark last night but wouldn't quite break the 50 yard mark for me. I do everything I can to anticipate deer movement and set up in range, but it didn't pan out for me this time. My goal this year is to shoot a buck with my bow, and I intend to keep the bow in hand all year. However, I'll be damned if it isn't frustrating having deer just out of range!
I don't always hunt the line, but when I do, I make sure I'm close to my neighbor's 8 acre bean field.
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Re: Out of range
[Re: countryjwh]
#2299616
11/20/17 07:49 AM
11/20/17 07:49 AM
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Joined: Nov 2017
Posts: 295 Bessemer, Al
Grant_UAB
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Bessemer, Al
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Where I hunt sections are cut into firebreaks all through out property. I actually post up on intersections where I can see in all sorts of directions. Most time I can’t shoot but see plenty of deer. After a few deer cross certain trails I move in on em. I really just like seeing deer. Killing is just the topping on the cake. Good point, I was happy to see some thats for sure. A nanny doe still gets me shook up.
I don't always hunt the line, but when I do, I make sure I'm close to my neighbor's 8 acre bean field.
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Re: Out of range
[Re: Grant_UAB]
#2299641
11/20/17 08:12 AM
11/20/17 08:12 AM
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Joined: Mar 2013
Posts: 14,561 Tuscaloosa Co.
N2TRKYS
Booner
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Booner
Joined: Mar 2013
Posts: 14,561
Tuscaloosa Co.
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Watching a buck chasing a doe around out of bow range kinda of sucks too. Lol. Late season makes it harder to hide, as well.
Good luck with your quest.
83% of all statistics are made up.
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Re: Out of range
[Re: Grant_UAB]
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11/20/17 08:26 AM
11/20/17 08:26 AM
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Posts: 36,092 alabama
BhamFred
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
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alabama
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set up on a trail being used to reach the greenfield, maybe 25-40 yards off the field. You want ONE deer to walk by in range, not ten deer 60 yards away IN the field.
I've spent most of the money I've made in my lifetime on hunting and fishing. The rest I just wasted.....
proud Cracker-Americaan
muslims are like coyotes, only good one is a dead one
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Re: Out of range
[Re: Grant_UAB]
#2299689
11/20/17 09:14 AM
11/20/17 09:14 AM
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abolt300
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Booner
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^^^The master has spoken. Unless you've got a some sort of bottleneck in the field that will force them by you, you're better off hunting them on the trail or trails coming into the field. Generally, you'll also have better cover options in the woods just off the field.
Last edited by abolt300; 11/20/17 09:15 AM.
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Re: Out of range
[Re: Grant_UAB]
#2299851
11/20/17 11:43 AM
11/20/17 11:43 AM
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Joined: Nov 2017
Posts: 295 Bessemer, Al
Grant_UAB
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Good advice here, thanks.
My only issue is that this is timber company land and has 4-6 year old pine thickets that are impossible to hunt. There are some hardwoods, but a good majority is without climbable trees. Regardless, I could move the blind off the field and try and find some open areas to cut them off.
I don't always hunt the line, but when I do, I make sure I'm close to my neighbor's 8 acre bean field.
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Re: Out of range
[Re: Grant_UAB]
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11/20/17 01:01 PM
11/20/17 01:01 PM
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Joined: Jun 2012
Posts: 251 Eva
Johnathan
4 point
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4 point
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Eva
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I've had most shots set up on fence crossing and creek crossing.
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
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Re: Out of range
[Re: Grant_UAB]
#2299979
11/20/17 01:12 PM
11/20/17 01:12 PM
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Joined: Oct 2013
Posts: 2,153 Leeds
Smells
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Posts: 2,153
Leeds
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I had two good sized does come in just before dark last night but wouldn't quite break the 50 yard mark for me. I do everything I can to anticipate deer movement and set up in range, but it didn't pan out for me this time. My goal this year is to shoot a buck with my bow, and I intend to keep the bow in hand all year. However, I'll be damned if it isn't frustrating having deer just out of range! Had a pair of does feed up hill to me on 11/11. Lead doe finally stepped to 30 yds, turned the opposite direction from what I needed, took two steps and plopped down on the ground to watch the world go by for about 30 minutes. Other doe never quite made it into range, got twitchy after awhile and they both eased back down the hill the way they came. Saturday afternoon, on the gun opener, I got caught by two does walking down a clearcut hill as I was standing in the wide open on top of the end of a dam. By the time I saw them it was too late to scramble for cover so all I could do was stand very still. They kept coming and the lead doe got close enough for me to spit on before she finally looked up and saw me standing there. She nearly broke herself in half trying to get out of there. It would have been funny except I was carrying my rifle and it was bucks only on the wma. My freezer is still empty. I've had over a dozen deer in bow range this season and the only one I've had a shot on was a spike. I feel your pain.
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Re: Out of range
[Re: Grant_UAB]
#2300202
11/20/17 03:37 PM
11/20/17 03:37 PM
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Joined: Aug 2016
Posts: 3,101 Bagley Al.
Jmxinc
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10 point
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Posts: 3,101
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Listen to Fred ,,I imagine he has busted many that way!
Every day's a gift !
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Re: Out of range
[Re: kodiak06]
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11/21/17 04:27 AM
11/21/17 04:27 AM
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Joined: Nov 2017
Posts: 295 Bessemer, Al
Grant_UAB
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Bessemer, Al
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Like fred said, hunt inside the timber. Most animals mill around before entering. The advantage is if they're waiting on darkness, you're in the zone. As far as thick, short pines, find the crossings on roads and hunt them. Had a place in MS we hunted like that and saw lots of deer that way. Thanks for the advice. I have found an area that is beat down from them crossing across a main road, just got to find a spot on either side to set up.
I don't always hunt the line, but when I do, I make sure I'm close to my neighbor's 8 acre bean field.
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Re: Out of range
[Re: Grant_UAB]
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11/21/17 04:48 AM
11/21/17 04:48 AM
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Posts: 19,982 Northport, AL
GomerPyle
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I had two good sized does come in just before dark last night but wouldn't quite break the 50 yard mark for me. I do everything I can to anticipate deer movement and set up in range, but it didn't pan out for me this time. My goal this year is to shoot a buck with my bow, and I intend to keep the bow in hand all year. However, I'll be damned if it isn't frustrating having deer just out of range! Bow hunting is sort of like turkey hunting, to me, in that the frustration is what makes it so alluring. That deer that hangs up just out of range, or stops in just the wrong spot....if it wasn't for that, it wouldn't be nearly as fun.
There are 3 certainties in an uncertain world:
1. All Politicians Are Liars 2. All Gun Laws Are an Infringement 3. Taxation Is Theft
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