Live from Swan Creek Management area today. Hunting out of the boat today. I’m set up on some whiteoaks dropping very good and a 10 acre swamp to my right for a pinch point. Good luck y’all!

Back on the refuge again today. Acorns sound like rain where I am at. Not too far from a bedding area.

Beautiful morning! At Portland landing this weekend. Saw 3 bucks, 3 does, and 2 spotted fawns yesterday evening.

White stuff coming down. Game on.....

Sitting in KY ina stand of White oaks with a cut corn field to my right. Hoping something moves through here headed back to bed

Good luck to everyone!!

In a ground blind at a transition zone where planted pines meet a thick swamp. Never hunted here before but hoping to catch a buck cruising the edge of this swamp

Set up on bankhead with whiteoaks dropping in front of me. Hopefully something comes through. If not atleast I can scout a few places for tomorrow after I climb down.

beautiful morning.....best of luck guys

Seen 5 so far. Been non stop action since 6:30.

Just sent one down range. Bit high but saw blood. If I ever quit shaking after a shot I'll quit hunting

2does and buck at 20 yards. No shot just needed one step. Caught my scent and walked out.

Atta boy Top!

Two more young bucks just came through. Come on big daddy!

Got her

I am ready to be off work, will be headed to swan creek this afternoon myself. Hoping to drop one with my recurve today.

I'm out today, in Bham with mom at Kirkland clinic, good luck guys

Congrats top! Nothing doing for me today. Went in blind to a new area and didn't see anything all morning.

Congrats Top Cat!

This will be a scout day for me...but i will be in the tree in the morning and lord willing ill be sucessful

What unit you in?

Just outside of Little Rock on our way to Kansas!

Dang, Sonny. You're in some beautiful country!

Was hunting the timber this morning. Had some close, but no joy.

Sonny, did they just plant those pines that are over your left shoulder?

Nope

Unit 1

Not hunting today but saw 6 bucks yesterday and killed an 8 point.

I’m back. Went and eat lunch in the boat. I’m in the same tree as I was this morning.

I think I have seen over 35 deer since 9am. 8 or so bucks and the rest appear to be does.

Gotcha. I got unit 12 but it ain't til January

Been in the tree since about 1300. No deer stirring, it is still warm if you walking....ugh
I haven’t found many acorns here so far, I may be in the wrong place.

First sit of the year for me. Also my first actual hunt from the saddle. Here we go!

Watching a small pond with acorns falling bedding east of my stand. I am in a climber in a white oak. Not ideal maybe 18 ft high forgot my limb saw. I have had success here in the past fingers crossed.

First sit of the year. Got several oaks dropping around me, so here I wait.

Bibb county. 63 slight east wind. On a hardwood draw between 2 thickets. Walked all over this little draw I’m on and didn’t seem to be a ton of deer sign. There are a few acorns dropping around, but it’s traditionally an excellent early season spot so maybe I’ll get lucky. Bumped 2 different groups of turkeys on the way in

Out on wheeler for my first hunt of the year. In a pine but have some acorns falling around me. Seems to be fresh sign so we will see. I just “scouted” my way in and stopped when I saw something that looked good.

Up a sweet gum in a smz with 5 yo cutover on both sides and good plot in front of me now all we need is a contestant squirrels are out acorns are talking and had a baby possum stroll by lil bit ago

Sitting in a funnel between some really thick bedding and a swamp full of acorns. Creek has them cut off from the acorns and I’m sitting on the best crossing

I’m on a foodplot with lots of water oaks dropping around me...At 3:15, a doe and 2 fawns came out 200 yds. from me. They slowly made their way to a water oak close to me and I got greedy!! The doe was 33 yds. for a few minutes, but I really thought she’d come closer to me. The wind swirled and she caught a whiff of me and they took off. Why’d I do that!?

50 yds. from me:

JD I sure enjoyed those pics of deer in the boat last season. Hint !!!!

First sit of the year. Hunting in Blount County on some family land. Watching the corner of a field I planted in late September. Have plenty of does on camera in the afternoon. Hopefully I can get on the board early this season.

Swan creek wma this evening. Recurve ready in the swamp already seen one too far off.

Right after I posted the picture above, a mangy coyote came sneaking into the field. He got up to 30 yds. or so and went behind a bushy water oak. I drew and waited for him to step out. He never gave me a good shot, but I was able to find a hole to see his body. I knew it was gut-ish, but I didn’t care!! I let ‘er fly and he made a 75 yd. death run into the woods behind me with a Rage hole through his guts

I can see right now 2 armadillos, 2 deer, 4 gray squirrels, 1 ground squirrel and 2 dang mosquitos buzzing my ears.

I have never seen so many chipmunks in my life

Just had a doe and fawn come by at 5 yards. Fawn looked like it had lost its spots like yesterday and was probably still nursing. Couldn’t bring myself to kill the doe. Saw a doe through some thick stuff about an hour ago but she was like 80 yards off

Just smoked a doe at 18 yds! Gah I love this feeling never gets old! Ole knees are knocking

Had 3 does come through in bow range. Hoping for a buck in this spot. But dadgum it was hard not to pull the trigger

I had 2 spikes, a doe, and a fawn come into the field and work their way to 20 yards of me. I drew on the doe twice, but never could get a shot I liked. Finally, they all fed to the other side of the water oak they’d been under/behind and the doe finally stopped walking at 32 yards. I shot and she hit the ground like she’d been shot with a cannon!! I think I clipped her shoulder and it paralyzed her. I got another arrow in her at 40 yards and she was done. What a hunt!!!!! It ain’t every day that you see a deer go down from your stand while bow hunting!! Man, I love this!!!!!

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Congrats to the killers!

I saw a couple does, out of range. Always like seeing deer on public land, though!

Congrats on the kills.

I had 4 does and a fawn come into the field about 5:00. Never got in range but just enjoyed seeing deer for the first sit of the year.

I didn’t find any acorns today. I’m gonna have to do some looking. How is your acorn crop?

I can’t step foot i the woods without seeing acorns everywhere! It’s hard to find a hot tree!

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