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Thursday A.M.
This morning I hunted the bedding area where I jumped the Whitetail does yesterday. I went in well before daylight, set up my climbing stand, climbed up and waited for shooting light. As the sun came up I noticed a deer trotting across an opening in my general direction, and it had a big rack. As it got closer though, I realized that it was a big Mule Deer buck, not a Whitetail. It was going to pass me at about 50 yards, but I wanted it to come closer so I could get some pictures. Just hoping to get lucky, I used my Primos "Can" call twice, and the buck stopped dead in his tracks, looked my direction and then came to my tree on a string, enabling me to get some nice photos. He was a nice buck, one I'd be happy to take if I had a Mule Deer tag.     A little bit later I saw the same small 8-point Whitetail I've seen twice already this week. He was just cruising through the woods, but too far for a good photo. I saw a group of deer about half a mile away but I couldn't tell what they were. At 8:00 a.m. two Whitetail does walked right under me, headed to bed, but unfortunately there was no big buck trailing them.   Thursday P.M. This afternoon I did some scouting on a different property about 20 miles away that another MAHA member told me had some good Whitetail habitat. He was right. In fact, I can't remember where I've ever seen so many rubs and scrapes in such a small area. In a 50 yard radius there were probably close to 20 rubs on pretty good-sized trees, and around a dozen ground scrapes. It's a creekbottom that borders a standing milo field and there are some pretty awesome trails. I found a tree that I could use my climber with and got set up. 
I didn't see anything until almost dark, and then heard some footsteps running through the creekbottom. Two does ran up the bank being chased by an 8-point. It was bigger than most of the smaller bucks I've been seeing, but not quite what I was looking for still. It was running around in a thicket and I never could get a good picture. A few minutes later a nubbin buck walked under my stand, and then right at dark a 4-point walked under my stand. No big bucks this evening, but I'm hoping for some action there in the morning. Check in tomorrow for more action!
Joshua Flournoy owns and manages the Livehunts.com web site. He also arranges exciting hunts through his business Longleaf Hunting Adventures. Joshua resides in east Texas with his wife and four children. |
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