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They're moving in Huntsville area. Last night driving home over Cecil Ashburn around 1845, I saw a big buck dart out from the uphill side of the mountain and narrowly miss the traffic coming towards me. I hit the brakes and missed him (still not sure how-I was sure I would clip him) and he jumped/flipped over the guardrail on the downhill side. He was already limping bad crossing the road so I guess he'd already been hit...Couldn't count the points because it happened so fast and he was so close and broadside, but he was a mature buck and had a TALL rack. I stopped this morning and looked around for 30 minutes but didn't find him. I'm sure he's dead somewhere down there. Really steep rocks where he jumped. I don't see how he could have survived.
Crazy thing is I had pretty much the exact same thing happen just before Christmas back in 2010 in nearly the same spot on that mountain. It was the lady right in front of me that hit that one. It slammed into the side of her Expedition, somehow turned a flip over the top and landed on the other side. She was freaking out - thought she'd hit a person. I made sure she was calmed down some and then went back and finished the deer off with my knife.
Watch out cause they come out fast.
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Freak of Nature
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Probably one of those poorly placed deer crossing signs in the area. When will they learn and put those deer crossings in safer less travel areas ? 
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They got the crossing sign in front of the strip mall on the Jones Valley side.
I once saw like 10 or 11 grazing in the yard of that little church at foot of Mtn bug that was years ago.
Saw that crossing sign other night and said "This looks like a good place for a stand. You could just sit on top of one of these buildings."
“Killing tomorrow’s trophies today.”
On the distance I like to walk to my stands:
“The first 100 yards is also the last 100 yards.”
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They're thick in there. Used to be a decent little 8 point that would feed in that church yard every evening. Wife and I named him Jesus (you know, like the Mexican pronunciation...). 
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Some dumbass got arrested at the spa parking lot 10 or so years ago for shooting a deer out in the pasture where the new apartments are now. Pulled up, got out, watched the deer, shot one, started to get it -- on the Jones Family property, no less -- in broad daylight. Police and game wardens arrived pretty quickly.
"Hunting Politics are stupid!" - Farm Hunter
"Bible says you shouldn't put sugar in your cornbread." Dustin, 2013
"Best I can figure 97.365% of the general public is a paint chip eating, mouth breathing, certified dumbass." BCLC, 2020
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Haha I remember that Clem! My wife went to nursing school and is friends with one of the nurses at a clinic that backed up to the field. They used to watch the deer every day, and watched in horror when ol' Cletus pulled up and blew the deer away!
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Think they wrote him or just gave him a warning?  same thing happened here few years ago at Pier 69.
“Killing tomorrow’s trophies today.”
On the distance I like to walk to my stands:
“The first 100 yards is also the last 100 yards.”
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I saw a BIG buck laying dead there one day last year or the year before. I was heading to a job shortly after daylight one morning, passed by 30 minutes later with intentions on cutting the head off, It was already gone. I'd like to be able to hunt some of these patches around Huntsville.
One of my customers had a 150+" deer, along with a lot of other deer coming into his yard regularly last year. Lives over off the side of Chapman mountain.
The fool tells me his reasons; the wise man persuades me with my own.
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Road going up to the Ledges always has big rubs on the side of it. Lots ofem.
LUCK:::; When presistence, dedication, perspiration and preparation meet up with opportunity!!!
- - - - - - - -A government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take everything you have. Thomas Jeferson - - - - - - - -
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There are some damn studs on that mountain.
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Road going up to the Ledges always has big rubs on the side of it. Lots ofem. Sure are. Also on the side of Monte Sano- Beckett Dr. had one of the biggest rubs that I've ever seen at one point.
The fool tells me his reasons; the wise man persuades me with my own.
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The Land Trust is public land, right? Amirite?
"Hunting Politics are stupid!" - Farm Hunter
"Bible says you shouldn't put sugar in your cornbread." Dustin, 2013
"Best I can figure 97.365% of the general public is a paint chip eating, mouth breathing, certified dumbass." BCLC, 2020
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Public land is Public land in my book. 
The fool tells me his reasons; the wise man persuades me with my own.
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I live over this way as well and want to find a area for bow hunting only lease for next year.. Anybody got ideas on who to contact that may be a realistic option.. you can pm me if someone comes to mind.. thanks!
You can't kill em from the couch
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I live over this way as well and want to find a area for bow hunting only lease for next year.. Anybody got ideas on who to contact that may be a realistic option.. you can pm me if someone comes to mind.. thanks! I can tell you they are all gonna say no.
If you want to always win, never play anyone better than you!
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I live over this way as well and want to find a area for bow hunting only lease for next year.. Anybody got ideas on who to contact that may be a realistic option.. you can pm me if someone comes to mind.. thanks! I can tell you they are all gonna say no. haha. I know man.. thought it was worth a shot.. I know who a few land owners are but thought someone may take pity on me and throw me a bone.
You can't kill em from the couch
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We've done a lot of herbicide applications for Huntsville Utilities on the transmission right-of-way that runs from the Jones farm over to Hwy. 431 over the years, and there's always a ton of deer sign on that powerline. We found a nice 7 point dead there one Summer and we always jumped a bunch of deer while we were working.
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RMFT, welcome to the Cove. Those power line ROWs would be a heck of a long shot. I still can't believe that dumbass shot a deer from the parking lot of the women's spa and on the Jones property in broad daylight.
"Hunting Politics are stupid!" - Farm Hunter
"Bible says you shouldn't put sugar in your cornbread." Dustin, 2013
"Best I can figure 97.365% of the general public is a paint chip eating, mouth breathing, certified dumbass." BCLC, 2020
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Some dumbass got arrested at the spa parking lot 10 or so years ago for shooting a deer out in the pasture where the new apartments are now. Pulled up, got out, watched the deer, shot one, started to get it -- on the Jones Family property, no less -- in broad daylight. Police and game wardens arrived pretty quickly.
I Used to work on a fellers boat that got arrested for shooting a 160"+ buck in McMullen cove one time. Stopped the truck, got out and shot it dead across the field. Got arrested dragging it back to the truck lol. I asked him why and he said cause obviously no one else could kill it so he did lol The only albino deer I've ever seen on the hoof was in Huntsville right beside Obryans steak house one night. I've seen some big deer in jones valley and McMullen cove over the years
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RMFT, welcome to the Cove. Those power line ROWs would be a heck of a long shot. I still can't believe that dumbass shot a deer from the parking lot of the women's spa and on the Jones property in broad daylight. Thanks Clem. I'm holding out hope the golf course is going to let me hunt their deer someday. They are running around everywhere in those woods!
You can't kill em from the couch
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