Nick
Hi John,
Nov. 1 and 2 was a busy weekend. The first 3 farms I tried to make reservations for were full so I went for spot # 4. It turned out to be a good idea. Deer were moving all weekend on account of the weather and the bird hunters. Saturday morning 7 does made their way past by 10:30 am but no bucks. The afternoon was nothing but bucks, just no big boys. Their was one coyote at dark that made a fatal mistake to stop at 20 yds. Sunday morning was more of the same. Bucks everywhere, two were checking scrapes just out of range then the does started filtering by. About 9:00 am a very big buck cruised by at 40 yds but just didn't present a shot. My guess was he had been bumped by bird hunters. I moved closer to the scrapes in the afternoon and just before dark a buck appeared on the edge of the milo field where he freshened a scraped then turned into the timber strait to the scrape I was hunting near. He freshened it and turned to head back out to the field edge, as he stopped just in front of the creek my arrow zipped through both lungs putting him down within 50 yds. As luck would have it he made it back to the field edge where I could get my deer cart to him with ease.
Once again I would like to thank everyone who works so very hard at MAHA to find and lease quality land to hunt. As I said before, the property I hunted this weekend was my fourth choice, but obviously not a bad one.
Thanks and good hunting, Nick
