Post by ohiobowhunter on Nov 1, 2007 12:18:11 GMT -5
was a crazy night out in the stand.... evening started out watching 7 deer pass through the other side of the property (90yds out) and not one of them gave any intentions on crossing the creek to get to me..... so I called my buddy up and asked him what he was doing and wouldnt you believe it he was hunting on the backside of the property I was at..... so I asked him what he had been seeing and he couldnt give me any good info so I told him I would catch him later.....
sat until 6pm and hadnt seen much of anything else when I startted hearing crashing sounds come through the woods.....looked down to see a small button buck with a crossbow bolt sticking out of it..... it was ridiculous with him crashing around and stumbling all ending with him piling up about 20 yds out of shooting range from me.....
after watching all this take place I decided it probably wasnt worth sitting in a stand where a dead deer was relatively close and on top of it all the noise it was making..... so I started climbing down and happen to turn my head and there stood not one but two 160-180 class bucks only about 10 yds from the button buck...... I had my bow on my shoulder and was trying to climb back up the ladder when my quiver started clanging up against the rails..... stopping dead in my track I watched as the other bucks stood about the younger one with no regard to the noise I was making shaking and climbing back up the stand...
I finally got back up in the stand and watched the bruisers just standing there, they finally started sniffing and nudging the dead button buck.....I was in total shock that they were hanging around it still.....
so after about 10 mins watching them circle the dead buck I tried grunting and they took their attention off the button buck and looked directly my way....I was getting ready when I hear my buddy on the 4-wheeler come crashing through the woods.....
the two bucks spooked off and we went and check out the button buck.... my buddy had put a 34yd shot on him, nice little deer..... but watching those two older mature bruiser bucks circle and nudge the dead one like it was a mature dominant buck in the woods was crazy.....I belive if time would have allowed they would have started to fight it.....
? who knows..... a first for me seeing something like it.....
sat until 6pm and hadnt seen much of anything else when I startted hearing crashing sounds come through the woods.....looked down to see a small button buck with a crossbow bolt sticking out of it..... it was ridiculous with him crashing around and stumbling all ending with him piling up about 20 yds out of shooting range from me.....
after watching all this take place I decided it probably wasnt worth sitting in a stand where a dead deer was relatively close and on top of it all the noise it was making..... so I started climbing down and happen to turn my head and there stood not one but two 160-180 class bucks only about 10 yds from the button buck...... I had my bow on my shoulder and was trying to climb back up the ladder when my quiver started clanging up against the rails..... stopping dead in my track I watched as the other bucks stood about the younger one with no regard to the noise I was making shaking and climbing back up the stand...
I finally got back up in the stand and watched the bruisers just standing there, they finally started sniffing and nudging the dead button buck.....I was in total shock that they were hanging around it still.....
so after about 10 mins watching them circle the dead buck I tried grunting and they took their attention off the button buck and looked directly my way....I was getting ready when I hear my buddy on the 4-wheeler come crashing through the woods.....
the two bucks spooked off and we went and check out the button buck.... my buddy had put a 34yd shot on him, nice little deer..... but watching those two older mature bruiser bucks circle and nudge the dead one like it was a mature dominant buck in the woods was crazy.....I belive if time would have allowed they would have started to fight it.....
? who knows..... a first for me seeing something like it.....
