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<blockquote data-quote="DreamingMan" data-source="post: 889640" data-attributes="member: 5222"><p>Went out in NC OK Sat. morning expecting to see pretty good movement. Got set up in the Double Bull slightly before sunrise and sat there till </p><p>~ 9:30 when a doe popped out 75 yards away on a wheat field and kept on going at a pretty good clip into the wind w/ her tail up. </p><p>~ 9:45 another doe came out 20 yards away on the wheat field and was looking behind her. We thought that another doe or two were coming out or a decent buck. We were disappointed by a spike dogging her across the field for 200 yards. </p><p>~ 9:55 here comes another spike following the EXACT route the doe from 10 minutes earlier took.</p><p></p><p>We were thinking "OK, it took a little while to get the deer moving, but here we go." Those were the only deer we saw on Saturday. We did have five turkeys sneek behind us ~10:15. They were silent till they got through the brush and were safe. </p><p></p><p><strong>Oh yeah, answer me this</strong> ... my buddy goes into the woods to follow the turkeys and he comes upon a tree with about ten turkeys (<em>not the same ones he was chasing</em>) in it at nearly 11:00 in the morning. Do turkeys stay in their roost this far into the day? <strong>What gives on this?</strong></p><p></p><p>Went out again Sunday evening expecting to see more of the same. Good cool weather in front of a pretty good front coming in (today), cloudy, the rut affecting some deer.</p><p></p><p>~ 4:30 a four or six pointer popped out 75 yards away almost the same place as Saturday's doe, he sniffed around for about two minutes and went into the woods. This was exactly where I told my buddy to set up, but he went on the other side of the draw on the wheat field. No biggie, he wasn't going to shoot a small buck. We heard turkey's at 5:00, but no sighting. </p><p></p><p>~ 6:00 and too dark to see more than 5 yards I sit back and relax in my blind till my buddy shows up. I can see his flash light from across the field 150-200 yards away. THEN a decent body sized buck walks by me 5 yards away. I can only see him because the silhouette of the wheat field. He walks three more yards and is in front of brush, so essentially camouflaged. I can't see him! Is he still there? <img src="/images/smilies/anyone.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":anyone:" title="Anyone :anyone:" data-shortname=":anyone:" /> I guess he is watching the flash light of my buddy. He eventually thunders off. The baffling part of this buck, who had some mass, etc. and was probably a small to medium eight pointer, is that he came from an almost completely wide open area, hardly any cover for about a 1/2 section. He might have been an old guy or something and has learned that chasing does in the daylight = bad luck.</p><p></p><p><strong><em>Summary:</em></strong> Two spikes two chasing does on <strong>Saturday</strong> morning. On <strong>Sunday</strong> evening, no does, but spike looking and older buck hiding out till dark.</p><p></p><p>Dreaming Man</p><p><img src="/images/smilies/smile_osu.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":osu" title="OSU Smilie :osu" data-shortname=":osu" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DreamingMan, post: 889640, member: 5222"] Went out in NC OK Sat. morning expecting to see pretty good movement. Got set up in the Double Bull slightly before sunrise and sat there till ~ 9:30 when a doe popped out 75 yards away on a wheat field and kept on going at a pretty good clip into the wind w/ her tail up. ~ 9:45 another doe came out 20 yards away on the wheat field and was looking behind her. We thought that another doe or two were coming out or a decent buck. We were disappointed by a spike dogging her across the field for 200 yards. ~ 9:55 here comes another spike following the EXACT route the doe from 10 minutes earlier took. We were thinking "OK, it took a little while to get the deer moving, but here we go." Those were the only deer we saw on Saturday. We did have five turkeys sneek behind us ~10:15. They were silent till they got through the brush and were safe. [B]Oh yeah, answer me this[/B] ... my buddy goes into the woods to follow the turkeys and he comes upon a tree with about ten turkeys ([I]not the same ones he was chasing[/I]) in it at nearly 11:00 in the morning. Do turkeys stay in their roost this far into the day? [B]What gives on this?[/B] Went out again Sunday evening expecting to see more of the same. Good cool weather in front of a pretty good front coming in (today), cloudy, the rut affecting some deer. ~ 4:30 a four or six pointer popped out 75 yards away almost the same place as Saturday's doe, he sniffed around for about two minutes and went into the woods. This was exactly where I told my buddy to set up, but he went on the other side of the draw on the wheat field. No biggie, he wasn't going to shoot a small buck. We heard turkey's at 5:00, but no sighting. ~ 6:00 and too dark to see more than 5 yards I sit back and relax in my blind till my buddy shows up. I can see his flash light from across the field 150-200 yards away. THEN a decent body sized buck walks by me 5 yards away. I can only see him because the silhouette of the wheat field. He walks three more yards and is in front of brush, so essentially camouflaged. I can't see him! Is he still there? :anyone: I guess he is watching the flash light of my buddy. He eventually thunders off. The baffling part of this buck, who had some mass, etc. and was probably a small to medium eight pointer, is that he came from an almost completely wide open area, hardly any cover for about a 1/2 section. He might have been an old guy or something and has learned that chasing does in the daylight = bad luck. [B][I]Summary:[/I][/B] Two spikes two chasing does on [B]Saturday[/B] morning. On [B]Sunday[/B] evening, no does, but spike looking and older buck hiding out till dark. Dreaming Man :osu [/QUOTE]
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