Well, it's 8:16 Monday October 8th. I'm in a treestand at my golf couse property. I hunted opening day (Sat the 6th) and decided that I should keep this journal updated this year.
On Saturday the 6th I hunted the persimmon tree stand at the house. Larry and Hazzard set it up when I was in Hampton at a class and man, it's a nice spot. I got in there really early, I was setup by 5:45am. This wasn't on purpose, I misjudged sunrise. It was great though, pitch black out, barely any moon, and it was dead calm. All I could here were the persimmon's falling. I didn't see anything all morning. In the afternoon, I went to a golf course I got permission to hunt. I knew there was a stream confluence that had some really defined trails crossing the water, so I headed for that spot. Sneaking through the woods along the fairways, I made it back to where I wanted to be. I only spooked 25 deer on the way in. As I started to find the right tree I spooked a doe in one direction and a fawn in the other. I was headed where the fawn went, and I continually bumped him as I kept walking. I got tired of bumping this deer and I rushed my setup. I picked a bad tree, and even with my climber adjusted as small as it would go, by the time I was only 10' off the ground the tree was too small. I sat for only a minute, then got smart and climbed down and continued to look. Eventually I found a nice area next to a dried up wetland that seemed to funnel the trails down to within 40-50yds. I set up between the wetland and the stream. I was setup by 4:30. It was about 75-80 degrees all day. I was sweating and nervous about my scent. The fawn came back through within minutes after I set up. He was within range for a long time, then moved off to about 60yds and bedded down. At 5:30 he suddenly jumped up and ran right under me. Stopping for a moment to look behind him. I kept my eyes glued in that direction and eventually heard deer running and saw a glimpse of antler in some sunlight that was poking through the canopy. I readied my bow and the buck ran right into my primary shooting area. I drew as he came within range. As I drew, the velcro on my release came undone. When that happened, I came undone as well. I had this happen a few times when target practicing, so I knew I could hold my bow, but not for very long. I bleated with my voice to stop the deer, he didn't stop, so I kept doing it, getting progressively louder. All the while, my ability to maintain composure has gone out the window because of my release. As the buck finally stops, I put the pin on his chest, and let it go. Had I not been so nervous about my release and the amount of bone on the head of this deer, I would have easily noticed the branches dangling in my shooting lane that he stopped in. Instead, the arrow glanced off a branch, then glanced off the back of the deer, and stuck in a log. I had just put a Lumenock on that arrow the night before, so it was real easy to see that the arrow just barely touched the deer. I recovered the arrow to find a few pieces of hair in the front of the fletching and that was it. That buck is obviously no worse off than he was when he came in, smarter, but not wounded. My heart sank. How could this happen. I shoot extremely well, and in the past few seasons have gotten pretty good at maintaining composure under tense situations like this, but that velcro coming undone might as well have been my treestand peeling away from the tree. I had all I could do to steady my top pin in the armpit of that buck (which I managed to do). The overwhelming excitement didn't cause me to shake as it used to, it caused me to make a poor decision. Now all I can do is hope I see him again and try to remain positive. He was easily 18" wide with a main frame 8pt rack. Nice buck for sure!
Now I'm on the otherside of the couse, and I saw a ton of deer bedded as I walked in in the darkness, with my headlamp. I'm not familiar enough with the area yet to come in blind. A doe and two fawns stayed bedded 30yds from me while I set up my climber and climbed up. Just before shooting light they got up and walked away. I have seen one fawn at 60-70yds and two does that ran in to 15 yds, then ate for a second, then ran back the way they came. I'm about to get down and go scout some spots for this evening.
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On Saturday the 6th I hunted the persimmon tree stand at the house. Larry and Hazzard set it up when I was in Hampton at a class and man, it's a nice spot. I got in there really early, I was setup by 5:45am. This wasn't on purpose, I misjudged sunrise. It was great though, pitch black out, barely any moon, and it was dead calm. All I could here were the persimmon's falling. I didn't see anything all morning. In the afternoon, I went to a golf course I got permission to hunt. I knew there was a stream confluence that had some really defined trails crossing the water, so I headed for that spot. Sneaking through the woods along the fairways, I made it back to where I wanted to be. I only spooked 25 deer on the way in. As I started to find the right tree I spooked a doe in one direction and a fawn in the other. I was headed where the fawn went, and I continually bumped him as I kept walking. I got tired of bumping this deer and I rushed my setup. I picked a bad tree, and even with my climber adjusted as small as it would go, by the time I was only 10' off the ground the tree was too small. I sat for only a minute, then got smart and climbed down and continued to look. Eventually I found a nice area next to a dried up wetland that seemed to funnel the trails down to within 40-50yds. I set up between the wetland and the stream. I was setup by 4:30. It was about 75-80 degrees all day. I was sweating and nervous about my scent. The fawn came back through within minutes after I set up. He was within range for a long time, then moved off to about 60yds and bedded down. At 5:30 he suddenly jumped up and ran right under me. Stopping for a moment to look behind him. I kept my eyes glued in that direction and eventually heard deer running and saw a glimpse of antler in some sunlight that was poking through the canopy. I readied my bow and the buck ran right into my primary shooting area. I drew as he came within range. As I drew, the velcro on my release came undone. When that happened, I came undone as well. I had this happen a few times when target practicing, so I knew I could hold my bow, but not for very long. I bleated with my voice to stop the deer, he didn't stop, so I kept doing it, getting progressively louder. All the while, my ability to maintain composure has gone out the window because of my release. As the buck finally stops, I put the pin on his chest, and let it go. Had I not been so nervous about my release and the amount of bone on the head of this deer, I would have easily noticed the branches dangling in my shooting lane that he stopped in. Instead, the arrow glanced off a branch, then glanced off the back of the deer, and stuck in a log. I had just put a Lumenock on that arrow the night before, so it was real easy to see that the arrow just barely touched the deer. I recovered the arrow to find a few pieces of hair in the front of the fletching and that was it. That buck is obviously no worse off than he was when he came in, smarter, but not wounded. My heart sank. How could this happen. I shoot extremely well, and in the past few seasons have gotten pretty good at maintaining composure under tense situations like this, but that velcro coming undone might as well have been my treestand peeling away from the tree. I had all I could do to steady my top pin in the armpit of that buck (which I managed to do). The overwhelming excitement didn't cause me to shake as it used to, it caused me to make a poor decision. Now all I can do is hope I see him again and try to remain positive. He was easily 18" wide with a main frame 8pt rack. Nice buck for sure!
Now I'm on the otherside of the couse, and I saw a ton of deer bedded as I walked in in the darkness, with my headlamp. I'm not familiar enough with the area yet to come in blind. A doe and two fawns stayed bedded 30yds from me while I set up my climber and climbed up. Just before shooting light they got up and walked away. I have seen one fawn at 60-70yds and two does that ran in to 15 yds, then ate for a second, then ran back the way they came. I'm about to get down and go scout some spots for this evening.
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