11-15-2009, 06:00 PM
November 14th turned out to be a great day for hunting for me. I started out leaving my house in Orem just before 5:00. I drove out to meet a couple guys in Duchesne. My dogs were bouncing off the walls, ready for the BIRDS. Well we started hunting about 8:00, at 26 degrees and slight snow. We put up quite a few hen pheasants before finding the roosters, but we did manage a few. Finished out the morning bird hunt with a limit of quail.
Now that the birds were in the bag, I headed to my tree stand for the evening. In the stand a little later than I had hoped (3:51). Saw my first deer at 3:53. They ended up being a group of 5 does, which came in straight under me. After a couple staring contests with the two biggest in the group, they decided something wasn't right, so they fed off to the north. About 20 minutes later I saw a buck chasing a doe in a field about 200 yards away. It was a very good sized deer, but I didn't get a good look at the rack. Then, another doe came in and fed about 15 yards away. The doe started to get nervous, then looked back behind me, and bolted. Next thing I know I hear leaves rustling straight behind me. As I wrap my head around the tree as far as I can, I see a doe..... then a buck in hot pursuit. I drew back, pointed at the next opening the buck should come to if he stays on the does path. Lucky for me, he even decided to pause in that opening. I let the arrow fly...and watch him run off into the field I saw the deer in to the south of me just earlier. After about 30 minutes, I get out of the stand to see if I can find blood. No such luck, as the arrow stuck in him, and did not pass thru. So, I follow the general path he took into the field, and hadn't found a spot of blood. Just as I start thinking this is no good, I see a bit of movement in the field. It is the bucks head slowly dropping, then he would pick it up again, and so on. Well, I left him alone for another half hour, then went to see if he had expired. And...... he had.
All in all, a great day fo me. A nice bird hunt, followed by filling my deer tag on the extended archery with a nice little Uintah Basin two point. He measured a hair over a 19 inch spread. Not a monster, but much better then an empty tag. And also not bad for being in the stand for less than an hour to the point of the kill.
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Now that the birds were in the bag, I headed to my tree stand for the evening. In the stand a little later than I had hoped (3:51). Saw my first deer at 3:53. They ended up being a group of 5 does, which came in straight under me. After a couple staring contests with the two biggest in the group, they decided something wasn't right, so they fed off to the north. About 20 minutes later I saw a buck chasing a doe in a field about 200 yards away. It was a very good sized deer, but I didn't get a good look at the rack. Then, another doe came in and fed about 15 yards away. The doe started to get nervous, then looked back behind me, and bolted. Next thing I know I hear leaves rustling straight behind me. As I wrap my head around the tree as far as I can, I see a doe..... then a buck in hot pursuit. I drew back, pointed at the next opening the buck should come to if he stays on the does path. Lucky for me, he even decided to pause in that opening. I let the arrow fly...and watch him run off into the field I saw the deer in to the south of me just earlier. After about 30 minutes, I get out of the stand to see if I can find blood. No such luck, as the arrow stuck in him, and did not pass thru. So, I follow the general path he took into the field, and hadn't found a spot of blood. Just as I start thinking this is no good, I see a bit of movement in the field. It is the bucks head slowly dropping, then he would pick it up again, and so on. Well, I left him alone for another half hour, then went to see if he had expired. And...... he had.
All in all, a great day fo me. A nice bird hunt, followed by filling my deer tag on the extended archery with a nice little Uintah Basin two point. He measured a hair over a 19 inch spread. Not a monster, but much better then an empty tag. And also not bad for being in the stand for less than an hour to the point of the kill.
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