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Cold front and prerut... the deer are getting excited!

By topheavy on Oct 21, 2008 | In Uncategorized | 1 feedback »

I sat Monday night and saw 18 deer including several young bucks, they were grunting and fighting and actually bothering a few of the does. I never did shoot anything, they just stayed out over 40 yards.
Tonight the cold front is even closer, the wind turned from the N just before dark and the deer were on their feet. I passed on the 4 bucks that all went by at under 30 yards. A 1 1/2 year old 3X3, the 115" 2 1/2 year old 4X4, a new 2 1/2 year old 4X5 and a brute of a big 4X4 that will score about 140! This was a mature deer to say the least. He chased the 3 smaller bucks around and tried to fight all of them. It was comical to see them run with fear as his 50lb bigger body was too much for them! I also saw several does and fawns, racoons and 4 tom turkeys, I did shoot over the back of one lucky gobbler, maybe I will have time to range them next time...

Comment from: bigbuckhunter [Visitor]
Your journal entries are great Matt. It is like you are actually taking the readers into the stand with you. Keep up the great work because people do read them.
10/23/08 @ 21:37

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