I got a chance to get out one more time before gun season and Mikey was gracious enough to invite me to one of his spots. He said that we should go back to the stand that he had shot a 10 point a week ago. He saw some good rut activity when he was on that property and the landowner had been seeing a good 8 point almost daily. Not having any properties to gun hunt I jumped on the oppurtunity to get one more crack at them with my bow. Mike said he would run the camera and to meet him at his house at 5:30.
I get to his house on time for once and we headed down the road. I have filmed him at this spot a few times and everytime in we usually run deer out so I was surprised, and a little concerned, when there was nothing in there this morning. We usually don't like running deer off when going to and from stands but this spot is right behind a barn and the deer are used to alot of human traffic and don't seem to mind it much. After getting set up and all settled in I asked Mike what has his trail cameras been getting and he tells me that he just pulled the one under the stand the night before and the deer activity is now kind of sporadic. Not bumping any deer on the way in and the trail camera news had me a little pesimistic about seeing any deer.
We didn't see the first deer until a half hour after sunrise and it was 4 does across the driveway and not looking like they were even thinking about coming our way. Then I caught a glimpse of a good buck working the woodline 100 yards from us heading away. I hit the grunt tube a couple times and threw a few bleats at him and he stops but eventually works his way off.
Over the next 2 hours we saw 2 more 1 1/2 old bucks and one bedded down 80 yards from us. Time seemed to be dragging so we decided to mess with the young buck to see if we could get him to come in. I grunted and bleated and he just stayed put. I had enough and was ready to leave but Mike wanted to see if he could get the buck to come in with his grunt tube, or should I say fog horn. Damn that thing was loud. All the buck did was just look our way. I turned around to start packing up and I noticed a deer trotting down the hill toward us. Then I see antlers gleaming in the sun. Looked like a good one for this area to me so I got my bow ready. Mike got the camera rolling on him and confirmed that it was a shooter. He came in looking for the source of the grunts and bleats. He got to a good shooting lane at 30 yards so I tried to stop him and he stops behind a small tree. A few steps later he had an arrow in him.
At the end of the best blood trail I have ever seen was a good 3 year old 8 and my second bow buck of the season. Not a giant but a good buck for the area and a 3 year old. Looks like I'm cameraman for the rest of bow season, minus a couple
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