Having lost our lease in Mo at the end of the 2014 season we had to find another one.
Ended up on a new property that's about 15 miles SE of original lease.
Most of it is cultivated ground, corn and soybeans with a few patches of timber and a small creek bottom on the SW side.
I set my bow stand up in an area we called the " Jungle ".
It's a honeysuckle and green briar thicket in the creek bottom.
Most of this stuff is 3-5 feet high, where it grows into the trees it forms an impenetrable wall.
Knowing we had that giant super moon coming I resolved myself to sit in my bow stand all day every day if necessary.
Glad I did.
Opening morning I saw 4 different bucks between daylight and 9 AM along with 17 does and fawns. Two of the bucks squared off and tussled with each other about 25 yards from me.
At 11:10 I got a glimpse of a set of tines moving through the honeysuckle
I never saw the deer's body, just part of a rack.
My eyes were straining as I searched through the under growth with my binos.
After about 5 minutes I couldn't see anything that resembled a deer so I dropped my binos to my chest.
As I did I caught movement 50 yards to my right front. A deer's tail flicking side to side.
Grabbed the binos again and found he back half of a deer standing there.
Finally it lifted it's head and I could see part of a rack.
Only problem was, the deer was looking directly at me.
Finally after a Mexican standoff that took forever he took a step forward and dropped his head.
Grabbed the 280 off my bow hanger and the deer looked directly at me again.
It made a fatal mistake, it took a step forward where I could see the entire rack and the front shoulder.
One 139 gr Hornady BTSP sealed the deal.
Ended up on a new property that's about 15 miles SE of original lease.
Most of it is cultivated ground, corn and soybeans with a few patches of timber and a small creek bottom on the SW side.
I set my bow stand up in an area we called the " Jungle ".
It's a honeysuckle and green briar thicket in the creek bottom.
Most of this stuff is 3-5 feet high, where it grows into the trees it forms an impenetrable wall.
Knowing we had that giant super moon coming I resolved myself to sit in my bow stand all day every day if necessary.
Glad I did.
Opening morning I saw 4 different bucks between daylight and 9 AM along with 17 does and fawns. Two of the bucks squared off and tussled with each other about 25 yards from me.
At 11:10 I got a glimpse of a set of tines moving through the honeysuckle
I never saw the deer's body, just part of a rack.
My eyes were straining as I searched through the under growth with my binos.
After about 5 minutes I couldn't see anything that resembled a deer so I dropped my binos to my chest.
As I did I caught movement 50 yards to my right front. A deer's tail flicking side to side.
Grabbed the binos again and found he back half of a deer standing there.
Finally it lifted it's head and I could see part of a rack.
Only problem was, the deer was looking directly at me.
Finally after a Mexican standoff that took forever he took a step forward and dropped his head.
Grabbed the 280 off my bow hanger and the deer looked directly at me again.
It made a fatal mistake, it took a step forward where I could see the entire rack and the front shoulder.
One 139 gr Hornady BTSP sealed the deal.
